Archive for the category "tv"

On The Goat Again

February 4th, 2007 @ 2:02pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in tv, youtube

We watched an amusing clip this morning, courtesy of Inside The CBC. This does in fact prove that the CBC can be funny… sometimes.

Rocket Man

February 1st, 2007 @ 7:38pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in tv, youtube

Stewie Griffin’s version made us seek out the original spoof on Elton John‘s classic by William Shatner. Words cannot express how I feel about this. Really… they can’t.

The Appeal of ReRuns

January 23rd, 2007 @ 2:07pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in tv

I wrote last week about a podcast we’d be listening to, where one of the show themes was about TV reruns [ms604]. The woman producing the segment said that Boy Meets World was her guilty pleasure, which made me shudder then wonder, what are mine? First off, I know you’re thinking ‘why not just turn [...]

Road Hockey Rumble

January 14th, 2007 @ 3:49pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in hockey, tv

I spotted this show, Road Hockey Rumble, on OLN today and caught the last 15 minutes of the episode. The premise: Two guys travel across Canada, landing in communities and assembling road hockey teams who will play 1 game in the town before they move onto the next. The series premiered last week in Trail, [...]

The Race Is On

January 10th, 2007 @ 2:25pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in contests, travel, tv, vancouver, youtube

Last night before heading out for a little bit of birthday dinner, my sister and I met up with Bill Lin from The Amazing Hunt to sign some forms and get more info for our team. I’ve talked about the race in the past on some of my other sites, since I’ve been an Amazing [...]

Grumpel Time

December 19th, 2006 @ 2:45pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in internet, tv

Gus and I were just trying to remember the Vancouver reference in this past Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons. After a couple Google searches, locating the episode name and going from there, I found it. Moe: (Selma and Patty are admiring Elvis Stojko) Don’t you hags know that all male figure skaters are twinkly in [...]

Vancouver Newsy Personalities

November 30th, 2006 @ 12:25pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in news, tv, vancouver

I’ve been watching the news a lot more recently, due to the water warnings and storms. I usually catch Global Morning News before I leave for work and in the evenings it’s a toss up, really. John enjoys leaving CNN on in the background while he goes about his daily tasks. I grew up with [...]

'no nude scenes' bob barker retires

October 31st, 2006 @ 8:55pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in tv

According to CBS, Bob Barker – Mr. Price is Right – will be retiring next summer. “In June, Barker [wiki]will celebrate 50 years on television and 35 as host of the game show that asks people to guess the retail price of items in its showcases.” [cbc] This December, he’ll be 83 years old (just [...]