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« Reply #25 on: Feb 13, 2005, 11:04 PM »
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Oh F*^#

I also forgot Wonderfalls.  It got cancelled before the end of it's first season last year, but it's playing on ONE, and the DVD's available as of Feb 1 2005.



Yeah....on my friends Niagara Falls Web Site she had this show mentioned as a topic when it was first announced last March 2004.

I read the description of the show and it was about a souvenier shop lady and the figurines talked to her leading her into the past for adventures. It was on FOX. I didn't really make an effort to check it out.  Sounded like a "Bewitched " lost episode.

I would like a show that just showed Niagara Falls. Like the Yule Log at X-mas time!!!!


Not sure where that description you mention came from, but she never travelled in the past.

"Although a recent graduate of Brown University, Jaye Tyler decides to ignore her degree, live in a trailer and work at a tourist gift shop in Niagara Falls called Wonderfalls-much to the despair of her well-to-do family. But Jaye's aimless life takes a startling turn after a lion figurine begins talking to her. Her family calls it an "episode," but Jaye knows better. Fearing for her sanity, Jaye nevertheless starts doing exactly what an increasing number of inanimate objects tell her to do and is amazed when her outrageous actions begin changing people's lives in unexpected ways.

Biggest problem is that Joan of Arcadia premiered at the same time on CBS.  Critics accused Wonderfalls to be a rip-off, but they really didn't have much in common, aside from Joan conversing with "God" and Jaye hearing inanimate objects speak to her to get her to do things that help other people - usually complete strangers - out (they were never clear on what they meant, which lead Jaye on a number of hilarious escapades until things delightfully fell into place by the end of each hour  :wink:  ).  I think what killed it was that it was a FOX show.  FOX is not known for good shows, I guess this one was too far out of their league to keep alive.  As a sidenote, it was supposed to take place on the American side, but except for a few shots across the border, the majority was shot on the Canadian side (the gift shop you enter after leaving the caves and the Maid of the Mist tours) and a studio in Toronto.
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« Reply #26 on: Feb 13, 2005, 11:17 PM »
My old-school faves:

50's: Honeymooners (dawn of the "fat-obnoxious-guy-with-hot-wife" paradigm)

60's: Green Acres* (the quintessential springboard for surreality)

(:oops: *and Petticoat Junction for, uh, less artistic reasons...*cough* cheescake! *cough* :oops: )
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« Reply #27 on: Feb 14, 2005, 12:08 AM »
Gues I forgot 6' Under( watching it now ,missed a few at the beginning of the season because of the Sopranos) and Amazing Race .
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« Reply #28 on: Feb 14, 2005, 12:39 AM »
Pretty much everything everyone else said......It's like we all get the same programming in Canada or something :roll:

...oh yeah, and Chapelles Show, Man show, Corner gas, Malcolm In The Middle (one of my favs), Conan, Fashion Uncensored, Survivor (series), Daily Planet, Mythbusters, Cold Case Files, Anything on Comedy Central, Fear Factor, American Chopper, Monster Garage, Monster House, This Old House, Antiques Roadshow,  Fish'n Canada and all the others like fishin' with Shelly and Courtney (woohoo).....

and now...girls jumping on trampolines!!!
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« Reply #29 on: Feb 14, 2005, 12:50 AM »
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-Dog the Bounty Hunter (he's an interesting character; scary wife)


Ha, I watch that show too "bra" and you're right....she is scary. :lol:
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« Reply #30 on: Feb 14, 2005, 12:59 AM »
Here's a joke......

What do you get when you cross Sesame Street and Monster Garage....huh...huh??

*punchline said in Cookie Monsters voice and to the tune of Monster Garage's intro*...ready?

COOK-IE....COOK-IE MON-STER!  

hahaaaaaa  get it?

instead of Mon-ster....Mon-ster Ga-rage it's...it's...ah fuck it.   I thought it was funny when I made it up !  I'm fuckin' copyrightin' that maw!  it's funnier in person.
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« Reply #31 on: Feb 14, 2005, 01:15 AM »
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In no particular order:

- Any BBC Mystery (anytime)
-- Antiques Roadshow (British original)
- South Park
- Rough Cuts
- The Passionate Eye


I love BBC, Ben.  The best comedies and mysteries.  Have you ever seen "Touching Evil" which stars Robson Green?  Robson Green ... mmmm. Heh.

I love docs too.  The Fifth Estate, Rough Cuts and The Passionate Eye .. my faves.

Cheers,
B.

Agreed, BBC Mystery series RULE! (Touching Evil is a fave :D )

www.pbs.org
Cheers!
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« Reply #32 on: Feb 14, 2005, 01:45 AM »
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Here's a joke......

What do you get when you cross Sesame Street and Monster Garage....huh...huh??

*punchline said in Cookie Monsters voice and to the tune of Monster Garage's intro*...ready?

COOK-IE....COOK-IE MON-STER!  

hahaaaaaa  get it?

instead of Mon-ster....Mon-ster Ga-rage it's...it's...ah fuck it.   I thought it was funny when I made it up !  I'm fuckin' copyrightin' that maw!  it's funnier in person.



"That's funny right 'dere I don't care who y'are""
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Plus ...I also enjoy PBS programming.
I remember I would watch the BBC stuff like "Chef" and "Red Dwarf".
Those were my recent faves.
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« Reply #33 on: Feb 14, 2005, 01:58 AM »
Yes!!  Blue Collar comedy show rocks!  Thanks Sarge, I thought it was funny when I made it up and my daughter started laughing when I did Cookies voice.

Git 'er done!

My sister.........she's covered in moles. :lol:
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« Reply #34 on: Feb 14, 2005, 06:52 AM »
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The apprentice with Donald Trump

Don't you mean "The apprentice with The Donald Trump." :P

During the 80s my 5 TV staples were:

MacGyver
The Dukes of Hazzard
Knight Rider
Airwolf
The A-Team
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« Reply #35 on: Feb 14, 2005, 06:54 AM »
Now I thought this was a thread about "Current" T.V. shows...if this is about my most fave  T.V. shows of all-time,  then the list would be soo fuckin' huge:)
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« Reply #36 on: Feb 14, 2005, 12:46 PM »
Okay, Ghostdog. I'll modernize. :P

Sopranos, Curb Yer Enthusiasm & Ali G

Networks are dead to me which is why I can only come up with one representative from that category:
Family Guy (the 4+ year hiatus ends with new ep's in May!)

Cheap Seats (ESPN Classic)

The Office (I know 'tis gone, but it's recent & I watch little teevee)

Harvey Birdman, Sealab 2021 & Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Adult Swim)

[Soapbox: I'd mention Simpsons & South Park, but in my utterly worthless opinion they've both really tapered off consistrency-wise.]
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« Reply #37 on: Feb 14, 2005, 05:05 PM »
I just noticed that Newsroom starts a new season tonight, that show was good, hopefully will be again.
CBC tonight at 8:30, ha same time as Degrassi, the last one with Kevin Smith, I'll have to tape one of them.
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« Reply #38 on: Feb 14, 2005, 05:37 PM »
I miss "Made in Canada"  :(
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« Reply #39 on: Feb 14, 2005, 05:40 PM »
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Hold up!

New show I love,

House

Starring Hugh Laurie, adopting an American accent for the series

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An American Accent??? Which one??
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« Reply #40 on: Feb 14, 2005, 05:47 PM »
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An American Accent??? Which one??


I have no idea, but knowing he's British, maybe I tend to not try and figure out where it "could be from"  :wink:

I also enjoy watching "The Sea Hunters"
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« Reply #41 on: Feb 14, 2005, 07:49 PM »
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The apprentice with Donald Trump

Don't you mean "The apprentice with The Donald Trump." :P

During the 80s my 5 TV staples were:

MacGyver
The Dukes of Hazzard
Knight Rider
Airwolf
The A-Team


 Hell yeah, RNC, the A-Team was awesome. It was always so great to hear B.A. tell Murdock to "shut up, fool!" or hear one of Hannibal's lame catch phrases ("I love it when a plan comes together!" was his most notable). And if that wasn't enough, you'd have Face pulling some elaborate con job and Murdock thinking he has some imaginary pet dog while doing all sorts of crazy voices...wait a minute, how did this show ever become a hit? heh Lates.

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« Reply #42 on: Feb 14, 2005, 08:13 PM »
80's?  Magnum PI! 8)  8)
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« Reply #43 on: Feb 14, 2005, 09:30 PM »
Pipes, this is for you...

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.

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« Reply #44 on: Feb 14, 2005, 09:39 PM »
Next week's episode of "Corner Gas" has the Tragically Hip on it.
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« Reply #45 on: Feb 14, 2005, 10:10 PM »
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Next week's episode of "Corner Gas" has the Tragically Hip on it.


You know, I just haven't watched that show...yet.  Can anyone give me a rundown on what it's "aboot"?

Thx!  :wink:
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« Reply #46 on: Feb 14, 2005, 10:17 PM »
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Next week's episode of "Corner Gas" has the Tragically Hip on it.


You know, I just haven't watched that show...yet.  Can anyone give me a rundown on what it's "aboot"?

Thx!  :wink:


It's "aboat" a small town in Saskatchewan, and its quirky residents.

Yeah, I saw that, they said The Hip would be on next week, they weren't supposed to be on until March.
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« Reply #47 on: Feb 14, 2005, 10:19 PM »
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Next week's episode of "Corner Gas" has the Tragically Hip on it.


You know, I just haven't watched that show...yet.  Can anyone give me a rundown on what it's "aboot"?

Thx!  :wink:


It's "aboat" a small town in Saskatchewan, and its quirky residents.


Sorta like Twin Peaks meets TPB?
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« Reply #48 on: Feb 14, 2005, 10:25 PM »
I loved Twin Peaks!  CG is nothing like TPB.  I can't describe it, seriously I can't, you should just give it a try, and what better reason than to catch The Hip episode.
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« Reply #49 on: Feb 14, 2005, 10:26 PM »
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I loved Twin Peaks!  CG is nothing like TPB.  I can't describe it, seriously I can't, you should just give it a try, and what better reason than to catch The Hip episode.


Yes, most definitely a good reason  :)

Thanks!
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