MetaFilter posts tagged with tv

Frolicking Through Farmer's Markets Is Extra

The Whelk — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:57:06 -0800

Somtimes a guy just wants a curiously asexual sprite to whimsicaly break the chains of his workaday world for an hour or so - cue the Manic Pixie Prostitute!

Her?

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:32:04 -0800

The longest-delayed reveal in television history has been unveiled: I give to you: the mother from How I Met Your Mother. Of course he hasn't met her yet. But when he does, it will take place next season, on the 9th and final season of the show, which will occur 24-style over a single weekend... Hilarity real and recorded: sure to ensue. HIMYM previously

It's not a trick, it's an interactive visualization

DevilsAdvocate — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:38:41 -0800

Recurring Developments: An interactive visualization of running jokes in Arrested Development

reeks too much of "space pirate" or similar bad science fiction

Sara C. — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:38:58 -0800

How do you solicit freelance scripts for a science fiction television series that breaks the mold? You create a comprehensive guide to writing an episode of Star Trek. Harvard's Houghton Library recently acquired the 31-page document, which has not (yet?) been completely digitized. But what has been released provides a glimpse into a world before the conventions of TV sci-fi that Trek cemented into place. No pockets. No space suits. No, we are not on LSD. In other "incomplete smidges of weird Star Trek ephemera" news, wikia is working with Roddenberry Entertainment to start releasing materials from the archives of Gene Roddenberry via their new Trek fan portal, Trek Initiative.

"The story of Grizzly Adams is big and powerful. Beautiful!"

zarq — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:46:21 -0800

"Now, my friend Adams was accused of a crime he didn't commit, so he escaped into the mountains, leaving behind the only life that he ever knew." In 1977, three years after the popular movie The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams introduced the story of John "Grizzly" Adams to the public, a TV show of the same name premiered. Background * Official Site for the movie and tv series * John ‘Grizzly’ Adams did exist. He was a California frontiersman who lived from 1812 to 1860, and resided in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the 1850s. He experienced the great California Gold Rush and the birth of San Francisco. The movie and tv show were loosely based on his life. Contemporary Essays * P.T. Barnum: Old Grizzly Adams and The California Menagerie * An essay from James Adams himself: Jaguars in California * Two biographies of the real John "Grizzly" Adams are available for download at archive.org: 1) "The adventures of James Capen Adams, mountaineer and grizzly bear hunter, of California" by Theodore Hittell (1860) 2) Old Grizzly Adams, the bear tamer; or, "The monarch of the mountains." (1899, c1884) by Frank Powell. Movie * The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974) Starring Dan Haggerty, who would continue to play the role in the two-season television series.The movie had a reported budget of between $165,000 and $250,000. By 1978, it had made over 30 million in box office sales. The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV Show: 1977-1978) Playlist Links to Individual Episodes 1: Adams Cub 2: Blood Brothers 3: The Fugitive 4: Unwelcome Neighbors 5: Howdy-Do, I’m Mad Jack 6: Adams Ark 7: Redemption of Ben 8: Tenderfoot Theodore 9: The Rivals 10: The Unholy Beast 11: Beaver Dam 12: Home of the Hawk 13: The Storm 14: Hot Air Hero 15: Survival 16: A Bear’s Life 17: The Trial 18: The Orphans 19: The Search 20: Gold Is Where You Find It 21: Track of the Cougar 22: The Choice 23: Woman in the Wilderness 24: The Spoilers 25: Marvin the Magnificent 26: A Time of Thirsting 27: The Seekers 28: A Gentleman Tinker 29: The Runaway 30: The Great Burro Race 31: The Littlest Greenhorn 32: (TV Movie) The Renewal 33: The Stranger 34: The Quest 35: The Skyrider 36: The World’s Greatest Bounty Hunter 37 (TV Movie): Once Upon A Starry Night Haggerty went on to reprise the role in The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982) Music * The theme song was performed by Thom Pace, and is named Maybe. Here’s Pace performing it in 1979. * A larger medley: Wear the Sun in Your Heart / Maybe

Danger Zone: On Archer's Underground Comix Roots

Room 641-A — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:40:54 -0800

Charles Bock examines how underground comics helped give rise to TV's Archer and reviews the series in a post-Sideshow Bob world. (First link contains NSWF embedded YT videos.)

Time to feel old!

The Whelk — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:21:57 -0800

Youtube user Thepeterson puts together collections of the major radio hits, movies, video games, and technology of a given year. So why not take a time machine trip to the media landscape of : 1997, 1999, and 2002

Who would win in a fight? Trudy or Annie?

The Whelk — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:11:03 -0800

Paul F. Tompkins and Allison Brie talk Community and Mad Men and then they create unsexy gifs and imitate various internet memes.

Antennas for all

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:40:23 -0800

Aereo is a web service that allows subscribers to watch broadcast TV on their computers or mobile devices. The broadcast networks are furious. Aereo is ready for a PR fight, and is currently winning the legal battle. Variety wonders: Is Aereo Actually a Good Thing? Previously on Metafilter.

MeatLifter

Charlemagne In Sweatpants — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:37:47 -0800

The best fake websites on Law & Order. TV's best fake websites.

The limits of religious belieb

acb — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:15:43 -0800

A Norwegian television comedy show recently staged a stunt where a street stall in Oslo offered Justin Bieber tickets to teenagers in return for ostensibly converting to Islam on camera. The participants had to remove make-up, don a hijab and recite what the producers claimed was an Islamic creed in Arabic. There is video of the segment (in Norwegian) here. The stunt was run by the show Anne-Kat, on TVNorge. The host, Anne-Kat Hærland, said that the aim was to “to find out how far Norwegian beliebers are willing to go for tickets to one of the concerts”. Norway's state Lutheran church, however, criticised the show, claiming that it showed lack of respect for religious faith.

Have A Cow, Simpsons Fans.

The Whelk — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:30:39 -0800

"The Yellow Album isn’t an album so much as the most dramatic test of a true believer’s faith since God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. The album dares Simpsons diehards like myself to make it through a harrowing 48-minute gauntlet of ill-considered covers, train-wreck collaborations (Lisa and P-Funk All Stars: oh, it happened), generic synth-pop grooves, and jokes that would be killed in Jay Leno’s writers’ room for being insufficiently edgy. " - My World OF Flops on the bizarre, unloved Simpsons cash-in, "The Yellow Album. " complete with sample tracks.

Enter, Stranger

lalochezia — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:31:00 -0800

How we made Knightmare The creator and the dungeon master of the 1980s fantasy game show revisit dodgy technology and terrified children. The wikipedia entry explains more. Knightmare mentioned previously on mefi

They're not the same men

Potomac Avenue — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:06:12 -0800

Mad Men Season 6 (and simultaneous saturation coverage) begins again tonight. As the show winds down, along with the decade that defined it, the 1960s, critics are wondering "What's the best ending for the best series on TV? Can it survive the onset of the 1970s?"

You can't ground Spiderman!

The Whelk — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:59:22 -0800

Josh Keaton, the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man from 2007-09 for the TV series The Spectacular Spiderman reads a whole bunch of 60s Spider-Man Image Macros (Bleeped Audio) (Know Your Meme - video)

Yesterday and Today

Horace Rumpole — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:19:58 -0800

If Matt Lauer doesn’t want to be seen with sharp knives, it’s because last summer his co-host Ann Curry was discovered with one in her back. Five million viewers, the majority of them women, would not soon forget how Curry, the intrepid female correspondent and emotionally vivid anchor, spent her last appearance on the Today show couch openly weeping, devastated at having to leave after only a year. The image of Matt Lauer trying to comfort her—and of Curry turning away from his attempted kiss—has become a kind of monument to the real Matt Lauer, forensic evidence of his guilt. What followed was the implosion of the most profitable franchise in network television.

For the love of God and all that is holy

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:31:55 -0800

Michael Schiavello covers Resurrection Fighting Alliance 7 - Chavez v Mainus

"All of your favorite shows are ratings dogs."

mediareport — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:23:46 -0800

The Nielsen Family Is Dead. Nielsen Now Tracks (Almost) Everything You Buy: Credit, Debit and Bank Data Now Combined With TV, Online Viewing. Nielsen Offers Focus on ‘Zero-TV’ Homes. Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing. The 23,000 U.S. homes Nielsen currently samples are going to see some changes this year. Previously: Why Nielsen Ratings Are Inaccurate, and Why They'll Stay That Way

He has come, our Ultraman!

Charlemagne In Sweatpants — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:16:07 -0800

Ultraman Hit Song History Legend Hero Hen and Ultraman Hit Song History New Hero Hen are two 45 minute commemoration compilations of theme songs and clips of the Japanese tokusatsu hero Ultraman that were put together for the show's 45th anniversary. If you're pressed for time, you can just watch the original theme song with English subtitles.

Saving "You Bet Your Life"

vibratory manner of working — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:39:52 -0800

I walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone. “Is Mr. Marx in?”, the voice at the other end said. “I work at the NBC storage warehouse in Englewood Cliifs, New Jersey. We’ve got several boxes of 16mm reels of film from ‘You Bet Your Life’ and we were wondering if Mr. Marx wants any of it. If not, we’re going to destroy all of it tomorrow.”

The Dark Side of the Miss USA Pageant

reenum — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:10:30 -0800

Donald Trump trumpets the integrity of the Miss USA pageant. The truth is a bit different.

New Parasites for 2013/ The Cat That Screamed Like A Man/ Coffin Bro

The Whelk — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:13:52 -0800

Liar Town Usa: An alternate USA where our products, signage, headlines, and fads are all slightly more surreal, sinister, and threatening.

Detailed Floor Plan Drawings of Popular TV and Film Homes

reenum — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:54:45 -0800

For your enjoyment: detailed floor plan drawings of popular TV and film homes.

"We're back! We're hungry!"

bardic — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:00:20 -0800

Hungry? Meet Rocky and Mayur -- two likeable blokes who happen to host an Indian food/road show called "Highway On My Plate." Since 2005 they've been traveling around the country sampling the culinary delights of the subcontinent, and lately they've been visiting school and college cafeterias. Youtubery ahead! Some personal favorites: Street food in Mumbai. How the adorable kids at Assam Valley School dine. Fresh seafood at the beaches in Goa. A visit to a Muslim festival in Lucknow. Munching in Mangalore. A trip to Kolkata. French food in Pondicherry.

Humiliations in the Hidden Temple

gilrain — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:53:07 -0800

The best of the worst of the oh-so-watchable cringe-fest that was Legends of the Hidden Temple.