Comments on: My HBO problem. http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-hbo-problem one writer's daily download Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:45:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321628 nancy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:55:39 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321628 KB! You've found us! KB! You’ve found us!

]]> By: Sycamorebaby http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321625 Sycamorebaby Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:38:10 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321625 It is interesting how far these comments have come -- I am about to cancel HBO...though I've enjoyed aspects of some of the newer programming (if you've seen it, you've repeated Ted Danson's whine "I want a colonic"), but most seem to become shadows of themselves fairly quickly. I am either getting 1) too old, 2) too jaded, 3) too difficult to entertain, or all three. Plus, I want all the channels in hi-def now and Comcast doesn't offer that. Oh, well....Red Sox season will be here soon, thank goodness. It is interesting how far these comments have come — I am about to cancel HBO…though I’ve enjoyed aspects of some of the newer programming (if you’ve seen it, you’ve repeated Ted Danson’s whine “I want a colonic”), but most seem to become shadows of themselves fairly quickly. I am either getting 1) too old, 2) too jaded, 3) too difficult to entertain, or all three. Plus, I want all the channels in hi-def now and Comcast doesn’t offer that. Oh, well….Red Sox season will be here soon, thank goodness.

]]> By: Jeff Borden http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321467 Jeff Borden Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:21:35 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321467 MichaelG, Bless you for your call for a return to more normal vehicles in NASCAR. When I was a much younger pup, I bought a copy of stock car magazine every month and pored over every page. The race cars (this is in the mid-1960s) looked like the same cars you saw on the street. Richard Petty's blue Plymouth Belvidere wasn't much different than the car Mr. Bodkins down the street owned. Today, they are all fiberglass shells bolted to exotic chassis and drivetrain combinations. I miss the sheetmetal. MichaelG,

Bless you for your call for a return to more normal vehicles in NASCAR. When I was a much younger pup, I bought a copy of stock car magazine every month and pored over every page. The race cars (this is in the mid-1960s) looked like the same cars you saw on the street. Richard Petty’s blue Plymouth Belvidere wasn’t much different than the car Mr. Bodkins down the street owned. Today, they are all fiberglass shells bolted to exotic chassis and drivetrain combinations. I miss the sheetmetal.

]]> By: MichaelG http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321466 MichaelG Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:08:34 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321466 Brian, MarkH, you two couldn't be more right about Speed. It's been ruined by lowest common denominator shows the same way the Food Channel was. The British and German touring cars are lots of fun, F-1 guardedly so (the whole program and Bernie E piss me off so much I can't really get into F-1) and last weekend's coverage of the Daytona 24 hours was superb. I miss the Aussie V-8 supercars and the Rally coverage. Do we really need a thousand hours of watching identical '69 Camaros auctioned for obscene prices? NASCAR was good twenty years ago but I don't like the spec racing series for a few hyper rich owners into which it's devolved. Bring back real cars. Also, Brian, don't get rid of all the ovals. I like a few of the big ones where the cars can really get out and roll. Over the years I've seen them at Sears (now Infineon) a half dozen times. Watching those big cars bumping and grinding their way around a road course is a great show. Brian, MarkH, you two couldn’t be more right about Speed. It’s been ruined by lowest common denominator shows the same way the Food Channel was. The British and German touring cars are lots of fun, F-1 guardedly so (the whole program and Bernie E piss me off so much I can’t really get into F-1) and last weekend’s coverage of the Daytona 24 hours was superb. I miss the Aussie V-8 supercars and the Rally coverage. Do we really need a thousand hours of watching identical ’69 Camaros auctioned for obscene prices? NASCAR was good twenty years ago but I don’t like the spec racing series for a few hyper rich owners into which it’s devolved. Bring back real cars. Also, Brian, don’t get rid of all the ovals. I like a few of the big ones where the cars can really get out and roll. Over the years I’ve seen them at Sears (now Infineon) a half dozen times. Watching those big cars bumping and grinding their way around a road course is a great show.

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321465 Dorothy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:49:55 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321465 In yesterday's mail guess what arrived? The February 2010 issue of National Geographic. And what's on the cover? Polygamy in America: One Man, Five Wives, 46 Children. The beaming old dude is wearing a hat just like the one Roman wore in BIG LOVE. In yesterday’s mail guess what arrived? The February 2010 issue of National Geographic. And what’s on the cover? Polygamy in America: One Man, Five Wives, 46 Children. The beaming old dude is wearing a hat just like the one Roman wore in BIG LOVE.

]]> By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one) http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321464 Jeff (the mild-mannered one) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:30:47 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321464 Still waiting for a word on Lovejoy the telly version cf. the books -- can anyone tell fans of the print series how the film approach does the antiques history? Still waiting for a word on Lovejoy the telly version cf. the books — can anyone tell fans of the print series how the film approach does the antiques history?

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321463 Dorothy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:37:50 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321463 MarkH: they must be updating imdb daily about TREME. I looked at it a week or 10 days go and they didn't even have John Goodman listed as part of the cast, despite evidence to the contrary (pictures from the set posted online). Then a day or two after that check I did, I found John listed as part of the cast but no character name was attributed to him yet. He and Melissa Leo should make a pretty good pair on screen. She's a terrific actress. And considering her history as part of the cast of HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS (and it's connection to David Simon), I'm not surprised she's been cast in the show. MarkH: they must be updating imdb daily about TREME. I looked at it a week or 10 days go and they didn’t even have John Goodman listed as part of the cast, despite evidence to the contrary (pictures from the set posted online). Then a day or two after that check I did, I found John listed as part of the cast but no character name was attributed to him yet. He and Melissa Leo should make a pretty good pair on screen. She’s a terrific actress. And considering her history as part of the cast of HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS (and it’s connection to David Simon), I’m not surprised she’s been cast in the show.

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321462 alex Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:44:15 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321462 Slightly OT, but here's an interesting video clip showing determined journalists who refuse to let a politician evade their line of questioning: http://salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/02/02/fox_bow Slightly OT, but here’s an interesting video clip showing determined journalists who refuse to let a politician evade their line of questioning:

http://salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/02/02/fox_bow

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2010/02/02/my-hbo-problem/#comment-321456 Dexter Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:52:12 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=5303#comment-321456 Everyone's forgotten the 2003 HBO series "Carnivale". That one got a bit weird at the end, coinciding with Professor Lodz's escalating usage of absinthe. There's an interesting cocktail , but I had quit before I heard about this mysterious wormwood drink. http://www.howtodrinkabsinthe.com/ One of my faves was "John from Cincinnati", which didn't last long. "I got my eye on you"..."NO I GOT MY EYE ON YOU!!" Some investors are going to refurbish the Loew's Theater in Brooklyn, NY, a 3,200 seat palace neglected since 1977. Good for them. I still can't believe The Embassy nee "Emboyd" still has a vibrant life in Fort Wayne. I love that palace. It seats 2,477 with the newer seats. Everyone’s forgotten the 2003 HBO series “Carnivale”. That one got a bit weird at the end, coinciding with Professor Lodz’s escalating usage of absinthe. There’s an interesting cocktail , but I had quit before I heard about this mysterious wormwood drink.
http://www.howtodrinkabsinthe.com/

One of my faves was “John from Cincinnati”, which didn’t last long. “I got my eye on you”…”NO I GOT MY EYE ON YOU!!”

Some investors are going to refurbish the Loew’s Theater in Brooklyn, NY, a 3,200 seat palace neglected since 1977. Good for them. I still can’t believe The Embassy nee “Emboyd” still has a vibrant life in Fort Wayne. I love that palace. It seats 2,477 with the newer seats.

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