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Out of the Blogosphere
by Bob Sassone, posted Jun 30th 2007 3:32PM
Peter Jennings helped a lot of people to quit smoking. - Aaron over at TV Barn calls John From Cincinnati "truly baffling."
- There's something truly wrong with Ann Coulter.
- Kevin Eubanks is one sexy vegetarian.
- Katee Sackhoff hates the original Battlestar Galactica.
- Watching Wimbledon this week? Check out ESPN.com's blog.
- TV Guide.com lists the Top 30 Cult Shows of All-Time. Can Star Trek and Lost be considered "cult" shows?
Bill Simmons picks the best YouTube videos
by Bob Sassone, posted Jun 27th 2006 8:30AM
ESPN.com's Bill Simmons is one of my favorite columnists, and he's got a good one up at the site right now. He picks the best videos you can find on YouTube. He calls it the YouTube Hall of Fame, and while it leans heavily towards TV, media, and pop culture, he has a lot of it right.He picks some great TV-oriented videos, including Vanilla Ice's meltdown on MTV (I watched this when it first aired - bizarre!); Roddy Piper and Superfly Snuka with a coconut; Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley and that MTV "kiss;" Band-Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (his commentary about this is more entertaining than the video, an odd choice on this list); William Shatner singing "Rocket Man," and David Letterman's Late Show speech after the 9/11 attacks.
It's not just the list that he picks, it's the column itself. Simmons is a very good writer, and the column is just as entertaining as the videos themselves.
The Bill Simmons guide to TV nudity
by Bob Sassone, posted Dec 20th 2005 6:26PM
I have to admit, ESPN.com writer Bill
Simmons is right. The
"N" that comes before programs on HBO is a good thing in general, but they should really be more descriptive.
I mean, what kind of nudity is it? As Simmons says:
"...the N could mean anything - two dudes naked in a shower, a 53 year-old woman getting embalmed, even Kathy Bates going topless in About Schmidt."
He wants to replace the N with other letters, depending on the nudity situation. SN for Standard Nudity, SSC for Strong Sexual Content, UDN for Unexpected, Delightful Nudity...and more.
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