Posts Tagged ‘Television’
Stuff I Loved That My Kids Don’t Care About – Godzilla
Man, did I love me some Godzilla. All the Japanese monster movies. I used to watch them on Channel 9, WOR, in New York.
My kids? Eh. They don’t seem to care about the big scaly lizard. Or Mothra. Or Rodan. None of ‘em.
To be fair, my kids have a lot more choices than I did. They can call up anything that we have on Tivo whenever they like. There’s also DVDs, video on demand, YouTube. They need my help for those, but they know it exists, and they know how to ask for it. Me, I had to turn on the television and hope there was something on that I wanted to watch.
What’s funny, now that I think about it, is how much I enjoyed what I found. We didn’t have cable. I grew up in the Bronx, which didn’t get cable TV until the 1980′s. Maybe the 1990′s, I’m not sure. We didn’t even have a color television until I was into double digits. (Yes, I’m not young, and mom was not made of money.) Sure, I watched some crap. Heckle and Jeckle comes to mind. There’s a reason you don’t see those two magpies much anymore. The show kinda sucked. But it was on, and sometimes that’s all that was on. I seem to recall that in the morning before school, this was the only animated show on the air. This was when I was very young, maybe 5 or 6 years old, in Kindergarten.
But I also got to see some cool shit. Like Godzilla. And Mothra. And Rodan.
I’ll keep posting shows I used to watch, the good and the bad, right here. Got any shows that you remember? Leave us a comment, or email daddy AT daddytips dot com.
Jon Gosselin Sex Tape?
This could be interesting. If it’s true.
So. How much would you pay for a tape of Jon Gosselin and Deanna Hummel making the beast with two backs? (For those of you who didn’t waste their time getting a liberal arts degree, that means having sex.) Read more »
Unattractive British Woman Sings Well
Watch this. Then I’ll tell you why we’re all supposed to think it’s cool.
Kelly Bensimon Loses Modeling Gig (AGE CORRECTION)
So you know Kelly Bensimon of Real Housewives of New York? Apparently she’s got troubles. Read more »
Affiliate-Netflix
Sick of watching the same stuff with your kids (even though they don’t seem to mind)? And have you decided that you really don’t need to own any more DVDs?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard about Netflix, the DVD-by-mail rental service. It’s not only DVDs, though. Now you can Read more »
Cody Linley next Brad Pitt; also annoying
Let’s start with “Who the hell is Cody Linley?”
He’s on “Hannah Montana”, and just got kicked off of Dancing With The Stars.
His dance partner, the incredibly hot Julianne Hough, says that, “He’ll be the next Brad Pitt, are you kidding? We’re going to look back in 10 years and be like, ‘Oh, I danced with him on Dancing With the Stars.’ ”
Um, Julianne? You’re the only one who will say that. Because you danced with him. The rest of us were denied that experience.
Cody also showed his sensitive side by bursting into tears, according to E! Online. He went on to say something so exciting I almost can’t type the words: “I’m excited for all the opportunities to come. Thank you, Dancing With the Stars! It’s been amazing. I don’t know about the modeling thing, but definitely films are in my future. Music is my largest passion, so there will definitely be a future there for me.”
Wow. Someone for the kids to look up to.
Not to be a “hater” but sometimes it’s better not to say anything at all. Really? You want to do movies? Maybe a CD? Music is your “passion”? The word “passion” should be banned from the mouths of celebrities — and I use the term loosely here — everywhere.
And Brad Pitt should be annoyed. He’s probably too busy raising his 57 children, but still.
Source: E! Online via Yahoo! (too! many! exclamation! points! YEAH!)
Gary Cole joins Entourage
I’m a big Gary Cole fan – ‘Brady Bunch Movie’, ‘Harvey Birdman’, et al. So the news that he’s going to appear in a three episode arc on HBO’s ‘Entourage’ makes me smile.
TV Host laughs at man with disability
Specifically, the guest had his testicles removed. Now he has a really high pitched voice. The host couldn’t stop himself from laughing. It’s pretty damn funny.
TV-Bizarre Foods
On this new program from The Travel Channel, two guys – one looks like half of a Hall & Oates cover band, the other like Matt Pinfield’s father – eat really weird crap that might make you ill just looking at it.
I’ll take Shows I Won’t Be Watching for $400, Alex.
