Dr. Phil McGraw’s new cable broadcasting network Merit Street Media will launch two live news shows next month.
Morning on Merit Street, airing weekdays from 8-10 a.m. Et, will be hosted by Dominique Sachse and Fanchon Stinger, and will feature a mix of news, entertainment and advice. Sachse was a longtime anchor at Kprc-tv in Houston and has a popular YouTube channel and podcast, Over 50 and Flourishing. Stinger was evening news anchor at Fox59 in Indianapolis. She is co-founder of the charity Grit & Grace Nation, which empowers young people with leadership skills. Andrew Scher is executive producer.
The News on Merit Street, scheduled for 7-8 p.m. Et, will feature senior anchor Kris Gutierrez and co-hosts Lyndsey Keith and Loni Coombs. According to an announcement, the show will be in the “spirit of legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey” and “will provide viewers with fact-based research to dispel misinformation each weeknight.
Morning on Merit Street, airing weekdays from 8-10 a.m. Et, will be hosted by Dominique Sachse and Fanchon Stinger, and will feature a mix of news, entertainment and advice. Sachse was a longtime anchor at Kprc-tv in Houston and has a popular YouTube channel and podcast, Over 50 and Flourishing. Stinger was evening news anchor at Fox59 in Indianapolis. She is co-founder of the charity Grit & Grace Nation, which empowers young people with leadership skills. Andrew Scher is executive producer.
The News on Merit Street, scheduled for 7-8 p.m. Et, will feature senior anchor Kris Gutierrez and co-hosts Lyndsey Keith and Loni Coombs. According to an announcement, the show will be in the “spirit of legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey” and “will provide viewers with fact-based research to dispel misinformation each weeknight.
- 1/25/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A new video depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump as a messianic figure has spurred controversy within Iowa’s evangelical community.
This video is called “God Made Trump.” It imitates Paul Harvey’s famous “So God Made a Farmer” video.
On January 5, a week before the Iowa Republican caucuses, Trump posted the video on his Truth Social account.
“‘God Made Trump,'” he wrote in the caption.
The video had a piano score and started with a narrator speaking seriously.
“And on June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise, and said, ‘I need a caretaker,'” the video’s narrator stated while a black-and-white clip showing a view of the Earth was played. “So God gave us Trump.”
“God said, ‘I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, fix this country. Work all day. Fight the Marxists. Eat supper,'” the narrator continued. “‘Then go to the Oval...
This video is called “God Made Trump.” It imitates Paul Harvey’s famous “So God Made a Farmer” video.
On January 5, a week before the Iowa Republican caucuses, Trump posted the video on his Truth Social account.
“‘God Made Trump,'” he wrote in the caption.
The video had a piano score and started with a narrator speaking seriously.
“And on June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise, and said, ‘I need a caretaker,'” the video’s narrator stated while a black-and-white clip showing a view of the Earth was played. “So God gave us Trump.”
“God said, ‘I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, fix this country. Work all day. Fight the Marxists. Eat supper,'” the narrator continued. “‘Then go to the Oval...
- 1/13/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Don Imus, a foul-mouthed pioneer of the shock-jock radio format, died Friday at the age of 79. His family said his wife and one of his sons were by his side at the Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, according to ABC News, but neither they nor his publicist revealed a cause of death. He had been hospitalized on Tuesday.
As the cowboy-hat-wearing, pistol-toting host of the popular Imus in the Morning syndicated radio show for nearly five decades, Imus found ways to offend all walks of life.
As the cowboy-hat-wearing, pistol-toting host of the popular Imus in the Morning syndicated radio show for nearly five decades, Imus found ways to offend all walks of life.
- 12/28/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
As Paul Harvey used to say: And now, the rest of the story. “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” serves as a kinda-sorta sequel to “Unbroken,” Angelina Jolie’s harrowing 2014 drama about the War II experiences of Louis Zamperini, the Olympian distance runner and Army Air Forces bombardier who survived 47 days on a life raft after his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, then endured two years of merciless torture in a Japanese Pow camp. This follow-up — which, like its predecessor, is taken from Lauren Hillenbrand’s nonfiction best-seller “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” — focuses on Zamperini’s postwar struggles with alcoholism, crushing disappointment (an injury prevents him from competing in another Olympics), and recurring nightmares and hallucinations triggered by Ptsd.
There is a happy ending to the story — but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive nearly soon enough.
It would be unfair, and not entirely accurate,...
There is a happy ending to the story — but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive nearly soon enough.
It would be unfair, and not entirely accurate,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
While Breaking Bad hasn’t been on the air since 2013, fans of the show may want to revisit it based on a new morsel of information about Walter White and why he left Gray Matter Technologies. As a refresher, Gray Matter is the firm White co-founded with his friend Elliot Schwartz. In what turns out to be a bad business move for White, he sells off his interest in the firm to Schwartz for just $5,000. The company becomes wildly successful, making Schwartz a billionaire while White scrapes a together a living as a high school chemistry teacher before earning millions as a drug king pin. The series does touch on why White leaves the firm. It happens after White spends the weekend with his girlfriend/lab assistant/future wife of Elliot Schwartz, Gretchen and her uber-rich family. But Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan shed a lot more light the what...
- 3/17/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
'Ben-Hur' 1959 with Stephen Boyd and Charlton Heston: TCM's '31 Days of Oscar.' '31 Days of Oscar': 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Ben-Hur' are in, Paramount stars are out Today, Feb. 1, '16, Turner Classic Movies is kicking off the 21st edition of its “31 Days of Oscar.” While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is being vociferously reviled for its “lack of diversity” – more on that appallingly myopic, self-serving, and double-standard-embracing furore in an upcoming post – TCM is celebrating nearly nine decades of the Academy Awards. That's the good news. The disappointing news is that if you're expecting to find rare Paramount, Universal, or Fox/20th Century Fox entries in the mix, you're out of luck. So, missing from the TCM schedule are, among others: Best Actress nominees Ruth Chatterton in Sarah and Son, Nancy Carroll in The Devil's Holiday, Claudette Colbert in Private Worlds. Unofficial Best Actor...
- 2/2/2016
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Looking to discover a top-quality film that honors lasting values? Jean Renoir gives Zachary Scott and Betty Field as Texas sharecroppers trying to survive a rough first year. It's beautifully written by Hugo Butler, with given realistic, earthy touches not found in Hollywood pix. And the transfer is a new UCLA restoration. With two impressive short subjects in equal good quality. The Southerner Blu-ray Kino Classics 1945 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 92 min. / Street Date February 9, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, Carol Naish, Norman Lloyd, Zachary Scott, Percy Kilbride, Charles Kemper, Blanche Yurka, Estelle Taylor, Paul Harvey, Noreen Nash, Nestor Paiva, Almira Sessions. Cinematography Lucien Andriot Film Editor Gregg C. Tallas Production Designer Eugène Lourié Assistant Director Robert Aldrich Original Music Werner Janssen Written by Hugo Butler, Jean Renoir from a novel by George Sessions Perry Produced by Robert Hakim, David L. Loew Directed by Jean Renoir...
- 1/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Robert Walker: Actor in MGM films of the '40s. Robert Walker: Actor who conveyed boy-next-door charms, psychoses At least on screen, I've always found the underrated actor Robert Walker to be everything his fellow – and more famous – MGM contract player James Stewart only pretended to be: shy, amiable, naive. The one thing that made Walker look less like an idealized “Average Joe” than Stewart was that the former did not have a vacuous look. Walker's intelligence shone clearly through his bright (in black and white) grey eyes. As part of its “Summer Under the Stars” programming, Turner Classic Movies is dedicating today, Aug. 9, '15, to Robert Walker, who was featured in 20 films between 1943 and his untimely death at age 32 in 1951. Time Warner (via Ted Turner) owns the pre-1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library (and almost got to buy the studio outright in 2009), so most of Walker's movies have...
- 8/9/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Our Man in Tehran
Written by Drew Taylor & Robert Wright
Directed by Drew Taylor & Larry Weinstein
Canada, 2015
As the esteemed radio host Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” From Canada comes a fascinating new documentary about the daring extraction of 6 American Embassy workers from Tehran during the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis. While Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed espionage thriller, Argo, twisted the facts in pursuit of excitement, Our Man in Tehran uses these facts to capture the real-world drama. Insightful and provocative, this is one history lesson you won’t be sleeping through.
It’s not so much that Our Man in Tehran expands upon the themes and plot threads central to Argo so much as it takes a completely different perspective on them. A decidedly pro-American affair, Argo largely ignores the Canadian contribution to the operation. After all, the Canadians may have put their...
Written by Drew Taylor & Robert Wright
Directed by Drew Taylor & Larry Weinstein
Canada, 2015
As the esteemed radio host Paul Harvey used to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” From Canada comes a fascinating new documentary about the daring extraction of 6 American Embassy workers from Tehran during the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis. While Ben Affleck’s critically-acclaimed espionage thriller, Argo, twisted the facts in pursuit of excitement, Our Man in Tehran uses these facts to capture the real-world drama. Insightful and provocative, this is one history lesson you won’t be sleeping through.
It’s not so much that Our Man in Tehran expands upon the themes and plot threads central to Argo so much as it takes a completely different perspective on them. A decidedly pro-American affair, Argo largely ignores the Canadian contribution to the operation. After all, the Canadians may have put their...
- 5/14/2015
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
The Musicals Collection Blu-ray set from Warner Home Video contains four Hollywood classics of the genre, at least two of them among the greatest of all time: Kiss Me Kate, Calamity Jane, The Band Wagon, and Singin’ in the Rain. And all except for Singin’ in the Rain are making their Blu-ray debut. While the films may not rank equal in terms of quality—those latter two titles are the all-time greats—each of the transfers are outstanding, the movies themselves are still nevertheless enjoyable, and the set is a terrific bargain.
Kiss Me, Kate
Written by Dorothy Kingsley
Directed by George Sidney
USA, 1953
Kiss Me, Kate is offered in 2-D and 3-D versions. Though the 3-D is certainly not the best to grace a Blu-ray, it’s still the version to watch, even with the clichéd, though occasionally amusing gimmick of characters throwing things at the camera. However, it...
Kiss Me, Kate
Written by Dorothy Kingsley
Directed by George Sidney
USA, 1953
Kiss Me, Kate is offered in 2-D and 3-D versions. Though the 3-D is certainly not the best to grace a Blu-ray, it’s still the version to watch, even with the clichéd, though occasionally amusing gimmick of characters throwing things at the camera. However, it...
- 3/17/2015
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Australian Coldplay fans were in for a treat today (June 17) as Chris Martin and the boys headed to King Street Newtown to shoot their music video for “A Sky Full of Stars.”
Joined by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, Mr. Martin paraded around in a funky getup and even showed off his toned arms in a grey tank top.
Manager Paul Harvey shared that he definitely didn’t think so many (250+) loyal followers would show up for the shoot, which he tweeted about on Monday night (June 16).
“When I sent out the tweet last night I thought maybe 20 or 30 people would turn up. We love Sydney, we love Australia. I used to live in Melbourne. When we knew that Sydney was on our little routes in our promo tour we said that's the spot where we want to do our shoot.”
"It's kind of based on a one...
Joined by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, Mr. Martin paraded around in a funky getup and even showed off his toned arms in a grey tank top.
Manager Paul Harvey shared that he definitely didn’t think so many (250+) loyal followers would show up for the shoot, which he tweeted about on Monday night (June 16).
“When I sent out the tweet last night I thought maybe 20 or 30 people would turn up. We love Sydney, we love Australia. I used to live in Melbourne. When we knew that Sydney was on our little routes in our promo tour we said that's the spot where we want to do our shoot.”
"It's kind of based on a one...
- 6/17/2014
- GossipCenter
“Clone Wars” Is Not Part Of The “Star Wars” Universe! How Dare You Desecrate Our Sacred Soil So!!!!!
Okay, this conversation did not actually happen. However, given how passionate a lot of long-time Star Wars fans are at the very mention of “the CW word” (not to be confused with the TV network of the same name), it might as well had happened. This, despite the fact I’ve gone to at least two or three major Sci-Fi/Comic conventions here in Dallas and see cosplayers dressed as Clone Troopers based off of information they could have only gotten from the series. I also had a friend from Memphis who one year cosplayed as Ahsoka Tano (Anakin’s first apprentice) at the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention in Nashville. With this being Star Wars month, I decided to set the record straight about this wonderful addition to the Sw universe and...
Okay, this conversation did not actually happen. However, given how passionate a lot of long-time Star Wars fans are at the very mention of “the CW word” (not to be confused with the TV network of the same name), it might as well had happened. This, despite the fact I’ve gone to at least two or three major Sci-Fi/Comic conventions here in Dallas and see cosplayers dressed as Clone Troopers based off of information they could have only gotten from the series. I also had a friend from Memphis who one year cosplayed as Ahsoka Tano (Anakin’s first apprentice) at the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention in Nashville. With this being Star Wars month, I decided to set the record straight about this wonderful addition to the Sw universe and...
- 5/29/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jonathan M Cook)
- Cinelinx
“Clone Wars” Is Not Part Of The “Star Wars” Universe! How Dare You Desecrate Our Sacred Soil So!!!!!
Okay, this conversation did not actually happen. However, given how passionate a lot of long-time Star Wars fans are at the very mention of “the CW word” (not to be confused with the TV network of the same name), it might as well had happened. This, despite the fact I’ve gone to at least two or three major Sci-Fi/Comic conventions here in Dallas and see cosplayers dressed as Clone Troopers based off of information they could have only gotten from the series. I also had a friend from Memphis who one year cosplayed as Ahsoka Tano (Anakin’s first apprentice) at the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention in Nashville. With this being Star Wars month, I decided to set the record straight about this wonderful addition to the Sw universe and...
Okay, this conversation did not actually happen. However, given how passionate a lot of long-time Star Wars fans are at the very mention of “the CW word” (not to be confused with the TV network of the same name), it might as well had happened. This, despite the fact I’ve gone to at least two or three major Sci-Fi/Comic conventions here in Dallas and see cosplayers dressed as Clone Troopers based off of information they could have only gotten from the series. I also had a friend from Memphis who one year cosplayed as Ahsoka Tano (Anakin’s first apprentice) at the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention in Nashville. With this being Star Wars month, I decided to set the record straight about this wonderful addition to the Sw universe and...
- 5/29/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jonathan M Cook)
- Cinelinx
Previously, on The Vampire Diaries
Our “mid-season finale” opens with Damon repeatedly punching the wall of his cell. Man, he’s been rough on his hands these last couple of episodes. He knocks a chunk of wall loose and grabs it, along with a bullet that butterfingers Aaron dropped last week. He slips the bullet into the lock and strikes it with the stone, setting it off. It initially appears not to work, then the cell door opens. Title card!
From Damon’s bang to Stefan and Katherine’s. Our Kitty Kat wakes up to discover she’s turned into a coyote date overnight, with steaks of white through her hair. She leaps out of bed and runs from the room before Stefan can spot her, literally bouncing off a wall in her haste.
She makes for the front door, tucking her hoary locks under a fugly baseball cap, but...
Our “mid-season finale” opens with Damon repeatedly punching the wall of his cell. Man, he’s been rough on his hands these last couple of episodes. He knocks a chunk of wall loose and grabs it, along with a bullet that butterfingers Aaron dropped last week. He slips the bullet into the lock and strikes it with the stone, setting it off. It initially appears not to work, then the cell door opens. Title card!
From Damon’s bang to Stefan and Katherine’s. Our Kitty Kat wakes up to discover she’s turned into a coyote date overnight, with steaks of white through her hair. She leaps out of bed and runs from the room before Stefan can spot her, literally bouncing off a wall in her haste.
She makes for the front door, tucking her hoary locks under a fugly baseball cap, but...
- 12/13/2013
- by John
- The Backlot
Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in ‘Gone with the Wind’: TCM schedule on August 20, 2013 (photo: Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel in ‘Gone with the Wind’) See previous post: “Hattie McDaniel: Oscar Winner Makes History.” 3:00 Am Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943). Director: David Butler. Cast: Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, Eddie Cantor, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Edward Everett Horton, S.Z. Sakall, Hattie McDaniel, Ruth Donnelly, Don Wilson, Spike Jones, Henry Armetta, Leah Baird, Willie Best, Monte Blue, James Burke, David Butler, Stanley Clements, William Desmond, Ralph Dunn, Frank Faylen, James Flavin, Creighton Hale, Sam Harris, Paul Harvey, Mark Hellinger, Brandon Hurst, Charles Irwin, Noble Johnson, Mike Mazurki, Fred Kelsey, Frank Mayo, Joyce Reynolds, Mary Treen, Doodles Weaver. Bw-127 mins. 5:15 Am Janie (1944). Director: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton,...
- 8/21/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Ann Blyth movies: TCM schedule on August 16, 2013 (photo: ‘Our Very Own’ stars Ann Blyth and Farley Granger) See previous post: "Ann Blyth Today: Light Singing and Heavy Drama on TCM." 3:00 Am One Minute To Zero (1952). Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman. Bw-106 mins. 5:00 Am All The Brothers Were Valiant (1953). Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth. C-95 mins. 6:45 Am The King’S Thief (1955). Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven. C-79 mins. Letterbox Format. 8:15 Am Rose Marie (1954). Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas. C-104 mins. Letterbox Format. 10:00 Am The Great Caruso (1951). Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz, Ludwig Donath, Alan Napier, Pál Jávor, Carl Milletaire, Shepard Menken, Vincent Renno, Nestor Paiva, Peter Price, Mario Siletti, Angela Clarke,...
- 8/16/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Gregory Peck from ‘Duel in the Sun’ to ‘How the West Was Won’: TCM schedule (Pt) on August 15 (photo: Gregory Peck in ‘Duel in the Sun’) See previous post: “Gregory Peck Movies: Memorable Miscasting Tonight on Turner Classic Movies.” 3:00 Am Days Of Glory (1944). Director: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Gregory Peck, Lowell Gilmore, Maria Palmer. Bw-86 mins. 4:30 Am Pork Chop Hill (1959). Director: Lewis Milestone. Cast: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn. Bw-98 mins. Letterbox Format. 6:15 Am The Valley Of Decision (1945). Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp. Bw-119 mins. 8:15 Am Spellbound (1945). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming, Bill Goodwin, Norman Lloyd, Steve Geray, John Emery, Donald Curtis, Art Baker, Wallace Ford, Regis Toomey, Paul Harvey, Jean Acker, Irving Bacon, Jacqueline deWit, Edward Fielding, Matt Moore, Addison Richards, Erskine Sanford, Constance Purdy. Bw-111 mins. 10:15 Am Designing Woman (1957). Director: Vincente Minnelli.
- 8/16/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Bette Davis movies: TCM schedule on August 14 (photo: Bette Davis in ‘Dangerous,’ with Franchot Tone) See previous post: “Bette Davis Eyes: They’re Watching You Tonight.” 3:00 Am Parachute Jumper (1933). Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd, Harold Huber, Leo Carrillo, Thomas E. Jackson, Lyle Talbot, Leon Ames, Stanley Blystone, Reginald Barlow, George Chandler, Walter Brennan, Pat O’Malley, Paul Panzer, Nat Pendleton, Dewey Robinson, Tom Wilson, Sheila Terry. Bw-72 mins. 4:30 Am The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935). Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Katharine Alexander, Helen Jerome Eddy, Bill Elliott, Edward McWade, André Cheron, Wedgwood Nowell, John Quillan, Mary Treen. Bw-69 mins. 6:00 Am Dangerous (1935). Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Dick Foran, Walter Walker, Richard Carle, George Irving, Pierre Watkin, Douglas Wood,...
- 8/15/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Humphrey Bogart movies: ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ ‘High Sierra’ (Image: Most famous Humphrey Bogart quote: ‘The stuff that dreams are made of’ from ‘The Maltese Falcon’) (See previous post: “Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Movies.”) Besides 1948, 1941 was another great year for Humphrey Bogart — one also featuring a movie with the word “Sierra” in the title. Indeed, that was when Bogart became a major star thanks to Raoul Walsh’s High Sierra and John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon. In the former, Bogart plays an ex-con who falls in love with top-billed Ida Lupino — though both are outacted by ingénue-with-a-heart-of-tin Joan Leslie. In the latter, Bogart plays Dashiel Hammett’s private detective Sam Spade, trying to discover the fate of the titular object; along the way, he is outacted by just about every other cast member, from Mary Astor’s is-she-for-real dame-in-distress to Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nominee Sydney Greenstreet. John Huston...
- 8/1/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
This is going to be old news by the time you’re reading this, but as a card-carrying Dfh I am still obsessing over the gender and racial politics of the Super Bowl. And also the nerd politics.
First, a disclaimer: I’ve never been able to figure out football. Even when my son played it in high school, I couldn’t understand the rules. I know there are two teams fighting over a ball. I know there “downs,” and they matter. I know it isn’t soccer, which I do understand. So I’m only watching for the commercials, and because every other television station has surrendered and is running reruns.
(And even then, I switched to the Law & Order marathon on TNT occasionally, especially during the black-out.)
The commercials were depressing.
And they were depressing for a lot of reasons. For one, they weren’t very good. I get that,...
First, a disclaimer: I’ve never been able to figure out football. Even when my son played it in high school, I couldn’t understand the rules. I know there are two teams fighting over a ball. I know there “downs,” and they matter. I know it isn’t soccer, which I do understand. So I’m only watching for the commercials, and because every other television station has surrendered and is running reruns.
(And even then, I switched to the Law & Order marathon on TNT occasionally, especially during the black-out.)
The commercials were depressing.
And they were depressing for a lot of reasons. For one, they weren’t very good. I get that,...
- 2/8/2013
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
One of the most talked about commercials from last night's Super Bowl featured photos of modern-day farmers set to the words of a 1978 speech by conservative radio broadcaster Paul Harvey to the Future Farmers of America Convention. The ad, for Dodge Ram trucks, stood out for its slow, deliberate pace and two-minute length, much in the way Clint Eastwood's "Halftime in America" Chrysler ad did the year before.
- 2/4/2013
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
Sure, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers were responsible for the majority of the hype during last night’s SuperBowl Xlvii, but the top-notch commercials also played a role in getting folks excited.
Taco Bell led the way in hilarity thanks to a bunch of senior citizens who escaped from their retirement home and painted the town red, including tattoos, public displays of affection, and plenty of other illicit activities that culminated in a late night stop at the Mexican fast food restaurant.
Additionally, Samsung recruited Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd for a ‘Next Big Thing’ meeting that turned into a comical exchange of already-done concepts.
“Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler lent her celebrity cred to Best Buy as she meandered around the store asking questions like, “What’s Lte? Is it contagious?” and “Can I use a dongle with this?”
On the more heartwarming end of the spectrum,...
Taco Bell led the way in hilarity thanks to a bunch of senior citizens who escaped from their retirement home and painted the town red, including tattoos, public displays of affection, and plenty of other illicit activities that culminated in a late night stop at the Mexican fast food restaurant.
Additionally, Samsung recruited Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd for a ‘Next Big Thing’ meeting that turned into a comical exchange of already-done concepts.
“Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler lent her celebrity cred to Best Buy as she meandered around the store asking questions like, “What’s Lte? Is it contagious?” and “Can I use a dongle with this?”
On the more heartwarming end of the spectrum,...
- 2/4/2013
- GossipCenter
Now that it’s Monday — the Super Bowl seemingly ended just a few minutes ago, amiright? — it’s time to take stock of the dozens of commercials that aired during the Big Game and evaluate them with fresh eyes.
Read my picks for the Best and Worst commercials – among those that were actively trying to do something, and not including movie trailers — then vote for your Three most favorite in the poll at bottom.
Related | Our Reviews of the Commercials from the 1st Half and 2nd Half
The Best
Best Buy, “As Amy” | Aka hopefully the first of many ads featuring Amy Poehler.
Read my picks for the Best and Worst commercials – among those that were actively trying to do something, and not including movie trailers — then vote for your Three most favorite in the poll at bottom.
Related | Our Reviews of the Commercials from the 1st Half and 2nd Half
The Best
Best Buy, “As Amy” | Aka hopefully the first of many ads featuring Amy Poehler.
- 2/4/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
One of the most popular ads during Super Bowl Xlvii was the Ram ad that featured photography of farmers and rural landscapes while Paul Harvey's classic "So God made a Farmer" played over top.
In Zap2it's poll, that ad is second in the voting for best ad, behind the Budweiser Clydesdales ad, and according to Hulu's fan voting, it's the no. 1 ad from the broadcast.
However, I didn't find the ad as great as everyone seems to think it is.
No, it's not because I don't appreciate farming. I'm the granddaughter of farmers on both sides of my family. My 90-year-old grandfather still putters around his farm. I appreciate farming and farmers very much.
No, it's not because it mentions God, as one commenter in the poll post says is probably the reason.
It's not the monologue by Paul Harvey. That's a great piece, which celebrates what used...
In Zap2it's poll, that ad is second in the voting for best ad, behind the Budweiser Clydesdales ad, and according to Hulu's fan voting, it's the no. 1 ad from the broadcast.
However, I didn't find the ad as great as everyone seems to think it is.
No, it's not because I don't appreciate farming. I'm the granddaughter of farmers on both sides of my family. My 90-year-old grandfather still putters around his farm. I appreciate farming and farmers very much.
No, it's not because it mentions God, as one commenter in the poll post says is probably the reason.
It's not the monologue by Paul Harvey. That's a great piece, which celebrates what used...
- 2/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Zap2it has made our picks for the best ads and the worst ads of Super Bowl Xlvii -- but do you agree with our choices?
We think that Naya Rivera trying to eat the red M&M was pretty awesome, as was Amy Poehler for Best Buy. We also enjoyed watching the old people cavort around town like college kids and end up pigging out at Taco Bell. The only thing missing from that ad was some medicinal marijuana for their cataracts. Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd were also funny for Samsung.
And, as always, the Budweiser Clydesdale won our hearts. *sniffle*
Conversely, the annual GoDaddy commercial was disgusting (the smacking, it will haunt our dreams), the Psy pistachio commercial was awful (that jumped the shark when the "Today Show" hosts did the Gangnam Style dance) and the Bud Light "Black Crown" nonsense was just silly.
Then there were the more controversial ads,...
We think that Naya Rivera trying to eat the red M&M was pretty awesome, as was Amy Poehler for Best Buy. We also enjoyed watching the old people cavort around town like college kids and end up pigging out at Taco Bell. The only thing missing from that ad was some medicinal marijuana for their cataracts. Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd were also funny for Samsung.
And, as always, the Budweiser Clydesdale won our hearts. *sniffle*
Conversely, the annual GoDaddy commercial was disgusting (the smacking, it will haunt our dreams), the Psy pistachio commercial was awful (that jumped the shark when the "Today Show" hosts did the Gangnam Style dance) and the Bud Light "Black Crown" nonsense was just silly.
Then there were the more controversial ads,...
- 2/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Ravens? 49ers? Brothers John and Jim Harbaugh coaching against one another in the Super Bowl? Sure. But a significant segment of the audience for Super Bowl Xlvii is watching the commercials as much as the game.
Advertisers paid up to $3.8 million per 30-second spot on CBS' broadcast of the game, which will reach 100 million-plus viewers. Did they get their money's worth? Check back throughout the game for Zap2it's running commentary on the best ads of Super Bowl Sunday.
M&M's: But I won't do that
Anytime you can work Meat Loaf into an ad, you're ahead of the game. M&M's did just that, as Red sang the anthem "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" as "Glee's" Naya Rivera tried ever more ways to eat him. Well done.
-- Rick Porter
Audi: Prom
If you pulled up to prom in a brand-spanking new car,...
Advertisers paid up to $3.8 million per 30-second spot on CBS' broadcast of the game, which will reach 100 million-plus viewers. Did they get their money's worth? Check back throughout the game for Zap2it's running commentary on the best ads of Super Bowl Sunday.
M&M's: But I won't do that
Anytime you can work Meat Loaf into an ad, you're ahead of the game. M&M's did just that, as Red sang the anthem "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" as "Glee's" Naya Rivera tried ever more ways to eat him. Well done.
-- Rick Porter
Audi: Prom
If you pulled up to prom in a brand-spanking new car,...
- 2/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It’s time for the Super Bowl (airing on CBS), where every year advertisers pony up big bucks to wave their wares in front of 100 million viewers.
Who drafted big stars to shill? Who went for laughs? Who tugged at heartstrings? And who went out of their way to remind us with a sledgehammer, “Sex sells”?
Related | Super Bowl 2013: Reviewing the Commercials From the 1st Half
Read our quick take on the commercials from the 2nd half of Super Bowl Xlvii — refresh for updates! — beneath this handy gizmo for playing back your faves (or ones you missed whilst hitting...
Who drafted big stars to shill? Who went for laughs? Who tugged at heartstrings? And who went out of their way to remind us with a sledgehammer, “Sex sells”?
Related | Super Bowl 2013: Reviewing the Commercials From the 1st Half
Read our quick take on the commercials from the 2nd half of Super Bowl Xlvii — refresh for updates! — beneath this handy gizmo for playing back your faves (or ones you missed whilst hitting...
- 2/4/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Ravens? 49ers? Brothers John and Jim Harbaugh coaching against one another in the Super Bowl? Sure. But a significant segment of the audience for Super Bowl Xlvii is watching the commercials as much as the game.
Advertisers paid up to $3.8 million per 30-second spot on CBS' broadcast of the game, which will reach 100 million-plus viewers. Did they get their money's worth? Check back throughout the game for Zap2it's running commentary on the worst ads of Super Bowl Sunday.
Budweiser: Black Crown
Budweiser has introduced its Black Crown beer, which is an amber lager with a higher alcohol content. And based on that stupid commercial, one has to wonder if the beer sucks too. Oooh, everyone's in black. Oooh, look how edgy we all are. Like hot, trendy people in a hot, trendy bar are going to drink Budweiser. Sorry, not buying it. Also, the goth lipstick is doing you no favors.
Advertisers paid up to $3.8 million per 30-second spot on CBS' broadcast of the game, which will reach 100 million-plus viewers. Did they get their money's worth? Check back throughout the game for Zap2it's running commentary on the worst ads of Super Bowl Sunday.
Budweiser: Black Crown
Budweiser has introduced its Black Crown beer, which is an amber lager with a higher alcohol content. And based on that stupid commercial, one has to wonder if the beer sucks too. Oooh, everyone's in black. Oooh, look how edgy we all are. Like hot, trendy people in a hot, trendy bar are going to drink Budweiser. Sorry, not buying it. Also, the goth lipstick is doing you no favors.
- 2/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I can’t think of a more fitting B-Sides to run on the weekend that sees the release of another big budget horror comedy based on a 1960’s half-hour program about a ghoulish family living in a Gothic manner than this weekend’s musical selection.
Michael Jackson was originally tapped by Paramount to pen a “Thriller”-esque theme song for the 1993 sequel Addams Family Values. Then Jackson got accused of doing things more ghoulish than anything the Addams Family could ever come up with, and the song got scrapped. Paramount turned to the very popular at the time Mc Hammer, who quickly whipped up the “Addams Family Groove”.
I’ve always found this song to be like a lot of Mc Hammer’s music: starts off getting your blood pumping and then quickly becomes annoying and repetitive. That “Addams Family Groove” came about at the last second might explain why...
Michael Jackson was originally tapped by Paramount to pen a “Thriller”-esque theme song for the 1993 sequel Addams Family Values. Then Jackson got accused of doing things more ghoulish than anything the Addams Family could ever come up with, and the song got scrapped. Paramount turned to the very popular at the time Mc Hammer, who quickly whipped up the “Addams Family Groove”.
I’ve always found this song to be like a lot of Mc Hammer’s music: starts off getting your blood pumping and then quickly becomes annoying and repetitive. That “Addams Family Groove” came about at the last second might explain why...
- 5/12/2012
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Side Street
Directed by Anthony Mann
Screenplay by Charles Schnee
U.S.A., 1950
There is a favourite saying used among film reviewers when espousing the virtues of a film that uses the story’s locale to the full extent: location ‘x’ is a character in of itself. While an admittedly clever term, it has been slightly overused in recent years to the point where it seems that just about any film’s geographical setting can be deemed a figurative character. Rare are the movies for which a director will take that saying to heart to the extent that the location actually feel like its own character, perfectly complementing the overall picture. Anthony Mann is one such director, whose stunningly brings Manhattan, the city that never sleeps, to life in Side Street.
Struggling through life as a part-time mail carrier, Joe Norson (Farley Granger) is not the most accomplished fellow in the world.
Directed by Anthony Mann
Screenplay by Charles Schnee
U.S.A., 1950
There is a favourite saying used among film reviewers when espousing the virtues of a film that uses the story’s locale to the full extent: location ‘x’ is a character in of itself. While an admittedly clever term, it has been slightly overused in recent years to the point where it seems that just about any film’s geographical setting can be deemed a figurative character. Rare are the movies for which a director will take that saying to heart to the extent that the location actually feel like its own character, perfectly complementing the overall picture. Anthony Mann is one such director, whose stunningly brings Manhattan, the city that never sleeps, to life in Side Street.
Struggling through life as a part-time mail carrier, Joe Norson (Farley Granger) is not the most accomplished fellow in the world.
- 2/3/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
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