6 posts tagged “tv”

Sling Media

I'm a complicated kind of guy.  That's actually an understatement.  When it comes to electronics and gadgets, I'm hella complicated.  I'd list out a number of the gadgets I've bought over the years buy my wife might read this... 

My downstairs is pretty open and my living room, dining/breakfast area and kitchen are all one decently sized area.  In the living room I have Salma, my lovely new LCD HD TV (yeah, I named her) and in the kitchen I have an older 10" TV (that I'd love to replace with a small LCD).  In the past I used a video/audio sender from X11 to send the signal from the living room to the kitchen so they'd be in sync.  The last thing I was is a Blues Clues vs. Dora caged TV fight between the kids.  However, with all of my neighbor's and my wireless phones, WiFi gear, etc., the interference became too much for the X11 gear to remain useful.  So, I have a dilemma.  Woe is me...  ;-)  Being that it's all downstairs, I could run a cable all the way around the house, which is nasty or I can try another wireless technology.  I just came across the "SlingCatcher" at ZNF and I'm ready for my next gadget!  Now, if only it was already on the market...

Samsung LNS-4692D

You told me my shiney new HD LCD TV would arrive between the 12th and the 14th.  It's the 14th.

UPDATE: Why is it always me?  Well, of course, my TV has gone missing - the shipper, Eagle, can't find it.  After working it out with Amazon, they're shipping another one, hopefully tomorrow.  To help smooth things out, they've credited my account with $150 - without my asking and prior to the rant I was going to use to compel them to help a brother out.  If it wasn't for the $200 I was already saving by buying from them and now the $150 credit, I would have been to Best Buy by now.  But I have to admit, they've always been good to me and even though this wasn't Amazon's fault per se, they again treated me well.

Of course, if I'm in the same boat next week...

Update: It's here.  It rocks!

I'm Rick James...

TV Land will count down The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases in a week-long look at the memorable sayings from cartoons, television series, commercials and news programs over the past 60 years like Donald Trump’s (The Apprentice) “You’re fired” to Billy Crystal’s (Saturday Night Live) “You look mahvelous!” to Walter Cronkite’s “And that’s the way it is.”

The show, which begins on Monday, December 11 from 10 to 11 P.M. ET/PT, will take a look inside the origins of some of pop culture’s most remembered and repeated catchphrases.

Here is the list of The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases in alphabetical order:

… if it weren’t for you meddling kids! (Various villains, Scooby Doo,
Where Are You?)
Aaay! (Fonzie, Happy Days)
And that’s the way it is. (Walter Cronkite, CBS Evening News)
Ask not what your country can do for you … (John F. Kennedy)
Baby, you’re the greatest. (Ralph Kramden, The Honeymooners)
Bam! (Emeril Lagasse, Emeril Live)
Book ‘em, Danno. (Steve McGarrett, Hawaii Five-O)
Come on down! (Johnny Olson, et al, The Price is Right)
Danger, Will Robinson! (Robot, Lost in Space)
De plane! De plane! (Tattoo, Fantasy Island)
Denny Crane. (Denny Crane, Boston Legal)
Do you believe in miracles? (Al Michaels, 1980 Winter Olympics)
D’oh! (Homer Simpson, The Simpsons)
Don’t make me angry… (David Banner, The Incredible Hulk)
Dynomite! (J.J., Good Times)
Elizabeth, I’m coming! (Fred Sanford, Sanford and Son)
Gee, Mrs. Cleaver… (Eddie Haskell, Leave it to Beaver)
God’ll get you for that. (Maude, Maude)
Good grief. (Charlie Brown, Peanuts Specials)
Good night and good luck. (Edward R. Murrow, See It Now)
Good night, John Boy. (The Waltons)
Have you no sense of decency? (Joseph Welch to Sen. McCarthy)
Heh heh… (Beavis & Butthead, Beavis and Butthead)
Here it is, your moment of Zen. (Jon Stewart, The Daily Show)
Here’s Johnny! (Ed McMahon, The Tonight Show)
Hey now! (Hank Kingsley, The Larry Sanders Show)
Hey, hey, hey! (Dwayne Nelson, What’s Happening!!)
Hey, hey, hey! (Fat Albert, Fat Albert)
Holy ______, Batman! (Robin, Batman)
Holy crap! (Frank Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond)
Homey don’t play that! (Homey the Clown, In Living Color)
How sweet it is! (Jackie Gleason, The Jackie Gleason Show)
How you doin’? (Joey Tribbiani, Friends)
I can’t believe I ate that whole thing. (Alka Seltzer)
I know nothing! (Sgt. Schultz, Hogan’s Heroes)
I love it when a plan comes together. (Hannibal, The A-Team)
I want my MTV! (MTV)
I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl… (Larry, Newhart)
I’m not a crook. (Richard Nixon)
I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV. (Vicks Formula 44)
I’m Rick James, bitch! (Dave Chappelle as Rick James, Chappelle’s Show)
Is that your final answer? (Regis Philbin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire)
It keeps going and going and going… (Energizer Batteries)
It takes a licking… (Timex)
Jane, you ignorant slut. (Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd, Saturday Night Live)
Just one more thing… (Columbo, Columbo)
Let’s be careful out there. (Sgt. Esterhaus, Hill Street Blues)
Let’s get ready to rumble! (Michael Buffer, Various sporting events)
Live long and prosper. (Spock, Star Trek)
Making whoopie! (Bob Eubanks, The Newlywed Game)
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! (Jan Brady, The Brady Bunch)
Mom always liked you best. (Tommy Smothers, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)
Never assume… (Felix Unger, The Odd Couple)
Nip it! (Barney Fife, The Andy Griffith Show)
No soup for you! (Soup Nazi, Seinfeld)
Norm! (Cheers)
Now cut that out! (Jack Benny, The Jack Benny Program)
Oh my God! They killed Kenny! (Stan and Kyle, South Park)
Oh, my nose! (Marcia Brady, The Brady Bunch)
One small step for man… (Neil Armstrong)
Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon? (Grey Poupon)
Read my lips: No new taxes! (George H.W. Bush)
Resistance is futile. (Picard as Borg, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Say good night, Gracie. (George Burns, The Burns & Allen Show)
Schwing! (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, Saturday Night Live)
Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy. (Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle)
Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids! (Trix Cereal)
Smile, you’re on Candid Camera! (Candid Camera)
Sock it to me. (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
Space, the final frontier… (Capt. Kirk, Star Trek)
Stifle! (Archie Bunker, All in the Family)
Suit up! (Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother)
Tastes great! Less filling! (Miller Lite Beer)
Tell me what you don’t like about yourself. (Dr. McNamara & Dr. Troy, Nip/Tuck)
That’s hot. (Paris Hilton, The Simple Life)
The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat. (Jim McKay, ABC’s Wide World of Sports)
The tribe has spoken. (Jeff Probst, Survivor)
The truth is out there. (Fox Mulder, The X-Files)
This is the city… (Sgt. Joe Friday, Dragnet)
Time to make the donuts. (Dunkin’ Donuts)
Two thumbs up! (Siskel & Ebert / Ebert & Roeper)
Up your nose with a rubber hose. (Vinnie Barbarino, Welcome Back, Kotter)
We are two wild and crazy guys! (Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, Saturday Night Live)
Welcome to the O.C., bitch. (Luke, The O.C.)
Well, isn’t that special? (Dana Carvey as The Church Lady, Saturday Night Live)
We’ve got a really big show! (Ed Sullivan, The Ed Sullivan Show)
Whassup? (Budweiser)
What you see is what you get! (Geraldine, The Flip Wilson Show)
Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis? (Arnold Drummond, Diff’rent Strokes)
Where’s the beef? (Wendy’s)
Who loves you, baby? (Kojak, Kojak)
Would you believe? (Maxwell Smart, Get Smart)
Yabba dabba do! (Fred Flintstone, The Flintstones)
Yada, yada, yada… (Seinfeld)
Yeah, that’s the ticket. (Jon Lovitz, Saturday Night Live)
You eeeediot! (Ren, Ren & Stimpy)
You look mahvelous! (Billy Crystal as Fernando, Saturday Night Live)
You rang? (Lurch, The Addams Family)
You’re fired! (Donald Trump, The Apprentice)
You’ve got spunk… (Mr. Grant, Mary Tyler Moore

This show is slowly becoming one of my favorite comedies and this episode was one of the bests.

Tivo

Here's a nice, real world, review of the new Series 3 HD Tivos.  It's by Matt Haughney who runs PVRBlog.  Unfortunately, he states the obvious, 1) it's awesome and 2) it's damn expensive.