Friday Fun: Mission Magical
How I love Mission: Impossible! Let me count the ways… There’s a quirk of personal history connected with this show. The first time I ever saw it was as a teenager, when I happened to catch a rerun of a 1970 episode, “The Killer.” In this episode, co-starring Leonard Nimoy, the IMF team cons a [...]
Friday Fun: 11 Thoughts on the Love Boat
Earlier this week, I tweeted, “Yippee! NetFlix is shipping me the new Love Boat DVD’s today! (Yeah, I like The Love Boat. So sue me! <g>)” To that Robin (aka @Tuphlos) retorted, “I’m suing you for putting that theme song into my head.” No need for a lawsuit, Robin! (By the way, did I mention [...]
Truth in Advertising: New Names for Cable Channels
I’ve been noticing a change in the programming in many cable TV channels. I am therefore proposing the following name changes: The Discovery Channel will henceforth be called the Extreme Feats and Blowing Stuff Up Channel. The History Channel will henceforth be called the Dangerous Jobs and Ghosts and UFO’s Channel. The Learning Channel will [...]
Lie Detecting: A Bullshit Episode Penn & Teller Should Do
Penn & Teller haven’t yet done an episode on lie detecting for their Emmy-nominated series Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (which you can get on DVD). On Bullshit Penn & Teller expose, rip apart, and generally make fun of nonsense from talking to the dead to alien abduction to alternative, new-age medical mumbo jumbo to conspiracy [...]