Tag Archives: Television

Glue #4: Glue Tech

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Ever since digital video recorders like TiVo came out, people have been prophesying the death of commercials because people can fast forward through them to only watch the show they recorded. But reality proves otherwise.

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Hallowsweat

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Jeff just sent me this website link featuring those old school, cheesy, plastic Halloween costumes like I used to crave as a kid: RetroCrush. These kinds of outfits (as Jeff admitted an affection for as well) smelled like the butt-end … Continue reading →

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“Aunt Bee, Can You Pass Me The Corn, Please?”

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I can hear the whistling of that familiar opening tune over black and white images of Andy and Opie strolling down a wooded trail to fish in the lake. I have heard that song all of my life. Now I … Continue reading →

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Hitler was a Vegetarian and I was Speeding?

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Vile human that he was – it’s true: The human butcher of the Third Reich didn’t eat meat. Look it up. Google it. Oddity of history, maybe, but does this make you want to swallow a side of beef, eat … Continue reading →

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Rachael and Katie

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Terry Taylor

This has been chewing at me for a while now, so I am going to unload it on you all in hopes that my discussing it will bring some closure and maybe exorcise the conflict I feel about these two … Continue reading →

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Dallas

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I didn’t shoot J.R., but I was there – wearing a dead man’s suit. It was hot enough to deep fry a 12-pound turkey under my arm when I got out of the limo in front of J.R. Ewing and … Continue reading →

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Cavemen

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I have been hearing about this for a while; the Geico cavemen (created by the Martin Agency under the creative direction of a wonderful un- caveman named Steve Bassett) may get their own sitcom on ABC. Apparently, Martin Agency writers … Continue reading →

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Digital Heroin

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Lev Grossman recently wrote about digital addiction in a piece for Time. He described a point on his commute when people on the train all grabbed their PDA’s and cell phones in pathetic unison as they exited the tunnel and … Continue reading →

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FF’d

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I couldn’t sleep Saturday night, so I had an idea. I’d just read a Nielsen report explaining that DVRs (digital video recorders) are not causing people to zap commercials like the experts initially assumed. Seems that three-fourths of the DVR-Tivo-ing … Continue reading →

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TMNT’d Again

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Terry Taylor

They’re back – Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo. April is back and so is Casey Jones. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (http://www.tmnt.com) are chopping and kicking and flipping on the big screen after a long vacation from public view – long … Continue reading →

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