MetaFilter posts tagged with TV

One Aggregated TV Site To Rule Them All

willmize — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:07:41 -0800

Clicker is a site that collects all available streaming videos, movies and television shows and gathers them all up in one nice neat little bundle for your searching and viewing pleasure. Discovered via this post on Lifehacker. Instead of going to each individual site, Clicker brings them all to you. Once inside Clicker you can search, add to your playlist, etc. Comments in the post reveal that it's not Outside The US Friendly, which sucks. Enjoy!

Ambiguous movie (and TV) endings resolved.

meadowlark lime — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:43:42 -0800

Ambiguous movie endings resolved. Some jokesters have put together imagined endings to some ambiguous film (and TV) endings. Much funnier and better executed than I expected.

Movies with Stingers (Post Credit Scenes)

Effigy2000 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:54:59 -0800

What's After the Credits? is a handy website which tells you if a movie, television show or video game has any extra or special scenes during the credits or post credits, known 'in the biz' as a Stinger. And if after checking out those websites you're tired of just reading about these post-credit scenes, check out a whole bunch of them by following this link to Youtube.

Do The Mario!

The Whelk — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:24:42 -0800

Hey Paisanos! It's the Super Mario Brother's Super Show! Hosted by Captain Lou Albano ( previously ) as Mario and Danny Wells as Lugi, the show boasted an unusual list of guest stars including Elvira, Magic Johnson, Erine Hudson, Moon Zappa, Regina Williams (with Capt. Lou in drag) , and in a meta-twist, Cyndi Lauper trying to find Captain Lou himself. Extra SMBSS Goodness The First Episode of the Legend of Zelda cartoon (1 2) The First episode of Captain N: The Game Master ( 1 2 3)

The Fox Rox San Diego Archive

milquetoast — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:53:33 -0800

Fox Rox was a local music show that ran from 2001 - 2007 in San Diego. Here's the YouTube archive of more than 230 good-quality studio performances from bands as disparate as Electric Six, Blackalicious, Drive-By Truckers, Buzzcocks, Peaches, High on Fire, and many more. [post-mortem || myspace]

Civilian Authority (for the) Protection (of) Everyone, Regardless

MrVisible — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:04:04 -0800

Remember a TV show that featured goofy crimefighting teen heartthrobs driving around in a van with a giant hotdog on top? Operating out of Northeast South Weston's Krelvin building (the tallest building in the world without elevators), the Kids From C.A.P.E.R. solved mysteries, sang bubblegum pop songs, and tried to bring Don Kirshner's Monkees-style madness to NBC's Saturday morning lineup. Only 13 episodes were made, and only one has surfaced on YouTube so far. The Phantom of the Drive-Through: Opening Theme Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Bonus Song: When It Hit Me (Hurricane)

Mad Props

dersins — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:24:41 -0800

There was a typewriter repairman in North Hollywood, California. He couldn’t believe it when all of a sudden someone deposited 24 vintage typewriters on his doorstep and said, “Make them look new.” He probably hadn’t had that much work in the last 25 years. He was probably just about ready to hang up the “Going out of business” sign and cursing the arrival of the laptop computer when all of a sudden here I come with 24 typewriters. The Collectors Weekly interviews Scott Buckwald, propmaster for Mad Men.

The Mad Men essay you probably should read.

The Devil Tesla — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:23:21 -0800

Mad About Mad Men: The flaws in Mad Men's period detail and the show's greater triumphs. Via The Footnotes of Mad Men, ironically. (previously)

Tex Avery: a Documentary

milquetoast — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:24:07 -0800

John Needham's 1988 documentary on the life and work of animation legend Tex Avery [part 1 2 3 4 5]. Some representative work, much of which is covered in the documentary: Porky's Duck Hunt (1937, first appearance of Daffy Duck) || A Wild Hare (1940, first appearance of Bugs Bunny) || Dumb-Hounded (1943, first appearance of Droopy) || Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) || Bad Luck Blackie (1949) || The House / Car / TV / Farm of Tomorrow (1949, 1951, 1953, 1954) || Symphony in Slang (1951) || I'm Cold (1954, Tex's first Chilly Willy)

Alfred Hitchcock on The Tomorrow Show

dhammond — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:34:50 -0800

"Long thought to be lost or destroyed, this complete recording of one of the few hour long interviews of Alfred Hitchcock has been found." From the description on the YouTube page:

Originally broadcast as one of the first Tomorrow Shows with Tom Snyder in the Fall of 1973. This recording appears to be from a second repeat of this show broadcast on Memorial day, 1980. The VHS (SP) tape itself was found to be in excellent condition. While properly stored in a climate controlled environment it apparrently had not been played in decades. Great care has been taken to make the digital transfer.

Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Loser has to keep America clean!

jeremy b — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:38:06 -0800

Family Guy Corn Maze. Walk among the rows with Brian and Stewie.

Sing!

not_on_display — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:39:17 -0800

Even if you don't know Joe Raposo's name, you probably have heard his music. Throughout the 1970's and 1980's, Joe was the main composer of songs and incidental music for the children's television shows Sesame Street and The Electric Company. In this role, he wrote some of today's standards while also imprinting his musical stylings on the consciousness of a generation of children worldwide. In the second half of this post, you will find a curation of youtube-links leading to a good chunk of Joe Raposo's oeuvre -- all gems, mostly under two minutes each. Sing along if you know the words! From Sesame Street ABC-DEF-GHI ♫ African Alphabet Song (With Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Kermit) ♫ African Animals ♫ Air (with Bip Bippadotta) ♫ Alaskan Carver ♫ Animal Babies feeding ♫ Animals have two parts ♫ Animals Fighting ♫ As I Was Going to St. Ives ♫ At the Vet ♫ Baboons ♫ Baby Climbs the Stairs ♫ Backflips ♫ Baker Counting Series (10) ♫ Bald Eagle ♫ The Ballad of Casey McPhee ♫ Basket o' kittehs ♫ The Batty Bat ♫ A Bee! ♫ Bein' a Pig ♫ Bein' Green (1969) ♫ Bein' Green (Ray Charles) ♫ Bein' Green (1975) ♫ Believe in Yourself (Diana Ross) ♫ Birds ♫ Body Parts ♫ Bugs ♫ Butterflies ♫ C is for Cookie ♫ C is for Cookie (Candice Bergen version) ♫ Carving a Wood Horse ♫ Cats have Kittens ♫ Chicken Hatching ♫ The Chicken or the Egg ♫ City Alphabet Song ♫ Clink, Clank ♫ Colleen Lives in Arizona ♫ Comb Your Face ♫ Cornfield ♫ Counting Boxes ♫ Counting Buses ♫ Dancing Groove ♫ Days of the week, with Roosevelt Franklin ♫ Dentist ♫ Desert ♫ Did You Guess What It Is? ♫ Disco Frog ♫ Doctor's Office ♫ Doggy Paddle ♫ Doin' the Pigeon ♫ Dolphins ♫ Down, Down, Down ♫ Dressed Up ♫ Dry & Wet ♫ Eating ♫ Eight Penny Candyman ♫ Elephant Guessing Game ♫ Elephants ♫ Empty, Full, Empty ♫ Everybody Dance! (from the Pilot) ♫ Everybody Eats ♫ Everybody Run ♫ Everybody Sleeps ♫ Everybody Wash ♫ A Family ♫ Fast Faster Fastest ♫ Fat Cat (with Bip Bippadotta) ♫ Fish ♫ Fish II ♫ Fish III (luminescent) ♫ Flying ♫ Follow the Arrows (arrangement only) ♫ Forty Dots ♫ Four Furry Friends ♫ The Frog Prince Part 1 ♫ The Frog Prince Part 2 ♫ The Frog Prince Part 3 ♫ Frogs ♫ Froggy (La de da de o day) ♫ Fruit Song ♫ Gazelle ♫ Gibbon ♫ Giraffes ♫ Go Ahead and Touch ♫ Grow High Grow Low ♫ Has Anybody Seen My Dog? ♫ H ♫ H building exercise ♫ Hamburger Bun Factory ♫ Hee Hee Ha Ha ♫ Hey Cow I See You Now ♫ Hippo! ♫ Hoisting the neon sign 'o' ♫ Horse ♫ Horses ♫ How Do You Do? (Lena Horne & Grover) ♫ I Like Alaska ♫ I Stand Up Straight and Tall ♫ I'm an Aardvark ♫ I'm Pretty ♫ Imagination ♫ It's Alive ♫ It's a Long Hard Climb ♫ I've Got Two ♫ Jackrabbit ♫ Jasper Johnson's J Walk ♫ J Jump ♫ Kangaroo Blues ♫ Kayak ♫ Kids ♫ La, La, La! (Ernie and Bert's L song) ♫ Learning to walk ♫ Lemurs ♫ Let's Make a Dream ♫ A Little Bit at the Beginning ♫ Little Plant ♫ Little Things ♫ Lions ♫ Lions II ♫ Look a little closer ♫ Look Through the Window (Placido Domingo) ♫ Marmoset ♫ Me ♫ (Everything I am is) Me ♫ Me and Yo (Everything I am is Me with Spanish verse) ♫ Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco ♫ Me Lost Me Cookie In The Mosh Pit ♫ Mother giving baby a bath ♫ Mothers and Babies ♫ The National Association of "W" Lovers ♫ Nearly Missed (warning: Elmo & Rosie O'Donnell) ♫ Neon Sign "R" ♫ New Life ♫ New Life tribute YT vid ♫ News Flash Theme ♫ A New Way to Walk ♫ Numero Comparsa (w/Celia Cruz) ♫ The Off-Key Song (We are a couple of Grouches) ♫ One of These Things ♫ One Little Penguin ♫ The "Op" Family Song ♫ Opposite (Bip Bipadotta) ♫ Oryx ♫ Oscar's B Sandwich ♫ Otter! ♫ Otters!! ♫ Over, Under, Around and Through ♫ P (animation) ♫ Panda ♫ Peanut Butter ♫ Pelicans ♫ Penguins ♫ Penguins 2 ♫ Pottery ♫ Practice makes perfect ♫ Prairie Dog ♫ Pretty Baby (Rhinos' Love Song) ♫ Primates ♫ Put a Circle 'Round my Nose ♫ Put on your Kammikluuk ♫ Quiet Time Song ♫ Rain Falls (Oscar) ♫ Readers of the Open Range ♫ Rhinos ♫ Rhyming in School ♫ Riding a Tortoise ♫ Road Runner ♫ Round Ditty (Hippopotamus) ♫ Scuba Diver (on, into, under, through, around) ♫ Seeds Sprouting ♫ Sesame Street Fever ♫ Sesame Street Theme (conclusion to Parents special) ♫ Share ♫ Sing ♫ Sing (in Japanese, Korean) ♫ Sing (from the Sesame Street 25th Anniversary Special) ♫ Sing Your Synonyms ♫ The Skin I'm In ♫ Sleepy Sloth ♫ Slide ♫ Smocks ♫ Snake ♫ Somebody Come and Play ♫ Starfish ♫ Starfish (cover by Universe Society) ♫ Swimming Animals and Children ♫ Swing Up High ♫ Tails ♫ Take a Breath ♫ Take My Hand ♫ There's a Bird on Me ♫ Things you can carry ♫ Three Turtles ♫ Toothbrushin' an Orca ♫ Touch, Hold, Feel ♫ Travelling Musician ♫ Trees ♫ Trying Song ♫ Two is You and Me ♫ Warthog ♫ Water Baby ♫ Waterfowl ♫ Weaver Bird ♫ What Do You Do With a Pet? ♫ Wheelchair races with Sally Struthers ♫ Who is this Boy? ♫ Who You Lookin' At Tiger? ♫ Wood Carvings (Alaska) ♫ Would You Like to Buy an O? ♫ X Marks the Spot! ♫ You Need a Bridge ♫ You're My Baby ♫ The Zizzy Zoomers From The Electric Company A Hamburger? �� An E on the End 1 �� An E on the End 2 �� Argue �� Barley Farmer's Bar �� Be Kind to the Letter S �� Bicycle �� Billy Lick a Lolly �� Bleached Blonde Blanche �� Blizzard, Blow, Bloom �� BOOM! �� Candy Candles �� clunk! �� Coral �� Credits �� Deep, Deeper, Deepest �� Don't Bring Those Things �� Dr. Delight (Easy Reader) �� Easy (That's How I Move) �� Electric Company �� Face, Fingers, Feet �� Fight Song (Written by Tom Lehrer, arranged by Joe) �� Finch and Dench �� Fish �� Found Hound �� Free Sleep! �� Fruit! �� Go Wild! �� Good ol' Apostrophe S �� Grin �� Grumble, Growl & Grunt �� Hamburger �� Hat Song �� He Ho Hi �� Here Comes the Blob �� Heros! Hot Dogs! �� Hey, You Guys! �� Hill �� How is Howard? �� I am going to get that caterpillar. �� I don't have a cent �� I Like You �� I Love The Wind �� I was young once too �� I'm Small �� Ice Cream!! �� If it swims, we have it? �� If, you're so terrific! �� interstitials �� interstitials �� It Happens in May �� It's �� Jennifer of the Jungle �� Kissy Kiss Toothpaste �� Let's Get On With the Show �� Let's Rap (starring Violet Beuregarde from the first Wonka film) �� MC Battle: Easy Reader v. Dwayne �� Mumble Song �� My Name is Kathy �� N apostrophe T (Written by Tom Lehrer, arranged by Joe) �� Of �� Old Double E �� Oodles of Noodles �� ow and oa �� Pedro & Maurice the plant �� Platter of Plums �� Poison �� Shoo Shoo Sunshine �� Silent E (Written by Tom Lehrer, arranged by Joe) �� Silhouettes & Sundae Song �� Sing Out �� Slip Him Some Skin �� Slop the Hogs �� Spidey Fixes the Hum �� Sun/Stun Ballet �� T-I-O-N �� Thanks to th �� The Corner �� The End? �� The Hound Song (Written by Tom Lehrer, arranged by Joe) �� the Menu Song (Written by Tom Lehrer, arranged by Joe) �� The Platter of Plums �� The Sweet Sweet Sway �� Vampire! �� Walk & Talk �� What did she say? �� Whimper and Whine �� Yards and Yards of Yellow Yarn �� Yield �� You �� You Need an L Joe also did the music for The Great Santa Claus Switch, Halloween is Grinch Night, and Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. He was also the subject/host of a documentary, America Is... [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ] apologies for any errors, oversights, or neurological tunnels leading to ancient unrecoverable memories

The Jay Leno Show, two weeks in

The Devil Tesla — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:38:07 -0800

Two weeks ago the first episode of The Jay Leno Show gathered to big ratings, leading some to question what his appeal actually is. After the inevitable fall in ratings a review of the show showed up in The New Yorker. The A.V. Club reviewed it too: First Episode and First Week.

I prefer to think of it as a 'trolley opportunity'

grobstein — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:46:36 -0800

Michael Sandel's "Justice" has long been one of the most popular courses at Harvard. Now for the first time the class is being broadcast online. The site for "Justice." "Justice" is a wide-ranging introduction to issues in normative ethics and political morality that aims to work as a kind of supplementary civic education: "In a way, . . . the course [tries] to model what public discourse would be like if it were more morally ambitious than it is." The video series is an ambitious (and expensive) production, using multiple cameras to capture student discussion as well as Prof. Sandel's words.

Anatomically Incorrect and Not Safe For Wendell

wendell — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:13:08 -0800

In honor of the 5th season premiere of Grey's Anatomy on ABC:

Boobicon.Me let's you make very pink "Obamacon-styled" avatars in support of a breast cancer non-profit org called the "Feel Your Boobies Foundation" (Gallery inevitably contains NSFW images).

Accidental Dong is a single-topic blog, and the topic is things that look like penises (via Inquisitr, which perfectly calls it "a blog of dicks"). NSFAnyoneNoticingResemblances

And for your non-prurient anatomical interest, here are Weird Al's Brain (as seen at various county fairs) and his Pancreas.

Get your Saturday morning on

Rhaomi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:27:21 -0800

Saturday morning cartoons were once a staple of American television, but by the year 2000 they had all but disappeared. Of course, the Internet never forgets. Case in point: Cartoon Network Video -- a free, searchable, ad-supported service that provides hundreds of full-length episodes of classic shows like Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and The Powerpuff Girls, as well as current offerings and scads of shorter material. Too recent for you? Then give Kids WB Video a whirl -- it does the same thing with the same interface, but for older programs like Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Smurfs, Scooby-Doo, Thundercats, and the original Space Ghost. If you're in the mood to learn (and don't mind some live-action), PBS Kids Video has educational fare such as Arthur, Wishbone, and Zoom. And don't forget about Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, The Magic Schoolbus and Schoolhouse Rock! Now if only we had some Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs...

I'm addicted... to HOARDERS!

basilwhite — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:31:15 -0800

"Hoarders is a fascinating look inside the lives of two hoarders per episode. Tivoids set your season pass here, or watch complete episodes online. Kind of a mix between the documentary "Possessed" (previously) and A&E's Intervention. Discussion board includes some drama between the hoarders on the show and the production staff.

Goodbye Gastronaut

Elmore — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:25:05 -0800

Keith Floyd , the original Celebrity chef and the most flamboyant of gastronauts, has passed away from a heart attack at the age of 65. Floyd was known not just for enjoying a drink while he cooked, but also for making TV real. Slow cooked beef in red wine How to cook mussels Pheasant in Mead sauce Toulouse Cassolet Beef with Oysters and Guinness Fish stew Keith Meets Keith, which aired last night, for those who have access to Channel 4's 4oD (strong language). Keith's blog also has instructions on how to roast a turkey.

Advertising in the public interest

Rhaomi — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:54:54 -0800

"What if America wasn't America?" That was the question posed by a series of ads broadcast in the wake of the September 11th attacks, ads which depicted a dystopian America bereft of liberty: Library - Diner - Church. Together with more positive ads like Remember Freedom and I Am an American, they encouraged frightened viewers to cherish their freedoms and defend against division and prejudice in the face of terrorism (seven years previously). The campaign was the work of the Ad Council, a non-profit agency that employs the creative muscle of volunteer advertisers to raise awareness for social issues of national importance. Founded during WWII as the War Advertising Council, the organization has been behind some of the most memorable public service campaigns in American history, including Rosie the Riveter, Smokey the Bear, McGruff the Crime Dog, and the Crash Test Dummies. And the Council is still at it today, producing striking, funny, and above all effective PSAs on everything from student invention to global warming to arts education to community service.

Additional resources: A-to-Z index of Ad Council campaigns - Campaigns organized by category - Award-winning campaigns - PSA Central: A free download directory of TV, radio, and print PSAs (registration req'd) - An exhaustive history of the Ad Council [46-page PDF] - YouTube channel - Vimeo channel - Twitter feed

Goodall Music

Magnakai — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:15:28 -0800

British composer and TV presenter Howard Goodall presents a documentary exploring the influences and theory behind the music of The Beatles, and the transformation of their sound over their recording career. Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on Youtube. But that's not all... A fascinating program, to be sure. Howard Goodall's other programs are equally interesting: His series How Music Works examined four of the building blocks of music: Melody, Harmony, Rhythm and Bass. (previously on Metafilter) He also presented a series where he looks at important classical works and how they fit into their contemporary culture: Wagner 1874 (Pt 1 2 3 4 5) Mozart 1791 (Pt 1 2 3 4 5) Unfortunately, none of these programs, or unmentioned others, are available on DVD. Howard Goodall is also a noted composer, famously writing the theme tunes for Red Dwarf (and backwards!), Mr Bean and QI, among others. He has also been a guest on QI on a number of occasions.

Leave it to the production assistants to make the letter props.

zardoz — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:53:28 -0800

Mr. Ward Cleaver
485 Mapleton Drive
Mayfield, State

My Dear Mr. Cleaver:

This paragraph has absolutely nothing to do with anything.
It is here merely to fill up space.
An industrious Leave it to Beaver viewer freeze-frames a scene from the second season (1958) to read the text on a letter that Ward is reading, a note from the Beav's principal. But not really...

Giants and Spiders and Frogs, Oh My!

Hardcore Poser — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:08:28 -0800

As many as 40 new species may have been discovered near the crater of a volcano in New Guinea. Not to alarm anyone but Fearless Giant Rats, Caterpillars that look like Snakes and Fanged Frogs have been spotted and are said to be at large. BBC producer Steve Greenwood took a small crew from the BBC Natural History Unit in to Mount Bosavi crater. The extinct giant volcano is in the southern highlands of Papua, New Guinea. Partnering with a team from the London Zoo and Oxford University led by George McGavin, the crew recorded some of the team's fascinating discoveries. There were other dangers, besides the Rodents Of Unusual Size:

The area is so remote and inaccessible that no people live in the crater. Even villagers in the few scattered settlements surrounding the volcano rarely ventured in, due to the difficulty of climbing the slopes leading to a 2,800m summit. "'If you fall when climbing in,' one village elder said, 'no one will ever find your body,'" recounts Greenwood.

The series, titled 'The Lost Land of the Volcano' will air on BBC One on Tuesday September 8th, at 2100 BST. The Invertebrate Diary blog has a preview. _{First post, be gentle honest.}

Friday Night, 1974, and there's nothing going on

philip-random — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:34:10 -0800

Here’s a cool concept. Top breakthrough bands of the day playing LIVE on TV late every Friday night. Such was The Midnight Special - from 1972 - 1981 (though the glory days were the early to mid 70s, that lost decade somewhere between the meltdown of the hippie dream and the coincident eruptions of PUNK + DISCO upon planet rock). Burt Sugarman was the man behind it all. You name ‘em. They played it. From the sublime to the ridiculous ... ABBA Argent Badfinger Bee Gees (pre disco) Earth Wind + Fire Electric Light Orchestra (again) Guess Who Manfred Mann's Earth Band Curtis Mayfield The Steve Miller Band Ted Nugent Billy Preston Todd Rundgren T-Rex Thin Lizzy War Gary Wright All apologies for the hairstyles but, as some wise guys said, those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.

Limit Your Exposure : In depth annalysis of Mad Men

Mick — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:13:53 -0800

AMC's Mad Men is the best show on telivision that no one is watching (now that The Wire has ended), it's the most adult, most stylish, best written show on television at the moment. And we say "adult" in the sense that it's subtle and complex, not in the "there's a lot of sex" sense (although there's plenty of sex).. Here is some outstanding in-depth analysis of the first episodes of season 3 (spoilers aplenty).

Japan's Media Environment

armage — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:21:13 -0800

Japan -- Media Environment Open; State Looms Large (August 2009, PDF) A detailed, 67-page overview and analysis of Japan's traditional and new media environment published by the Open Source Center, an office of the Director of National Intelligence.