All Posts Tagged With: "TV"
Jay Leno Uses Humor as Defense
Jay Leno has taken some hits this past week. With his ‘prime time’ show canceled, pulled, and jerked off – Leno is looking to return to the late night carnival circuit. Pushed out of the game of dominoes is Conan O’Brian. Conan’s ratings (the true measurement of media) have fallen far behind Dave Letterman. None […]
16Jan2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Jay Leno Uses Humor as Defense | Continued
The Future Is Not What It Used To Be
I studied electronics at The Electronics Institute in Kansas City. That was a long time ago. We studied vacuum tubes. Vacuum tube radios and television and radar systems. It was the dawn of the transistor – we talked about transistors in class, and experimented with diodes in building full-wave bridge power supplies. Resonant circuits were […]
12Dec2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Future Is Not What It Used To Be | Continued
The Internet Big Bang
The universe of modern media has been knocked off course, perhaps even blown to pieces. The order of the media universe has been disrupted a few times by technology. The printing press, radio, and television, and then cable television revolutionized means of communication. The common denominator that has not changed is in top down construction […]
2Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Internet Big Bang | Continued
Jon Stewart on color in the race, and Karl Rove
Son, Jon Stewart has really got it going. The election process is better for him than it is for us. Stewart has the ability to merge the written word, the spoken word, and video images. He is particularly adept at pointing out the obvious. The Television Networks, including cable, have gone to extremes to showcase […]
8Feb2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Jon Stewart on color in the race, and Karl Rove | Continued
Hotline TV, Clinton, Obama, Dream Ticket
Son, I just discovered Hotline TV. I never heard of them before tonight. They posted this video on youtube – I was just out walking, enjoying a stroll through Cyber Park – that is the recreational area of the internet – and I happened on this little picnic. I can’t quite figure out the point […]
2Feb2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Hotline TV, Clinton, Obama, Dream Ticket | Continued
Chris Matthews on Morning Joe
Son, Chris Matthews has lost complete touch with reality. Matthews is the host of the MSNBC program Hardball. They call it Hardball because Matthews is supposed to be asking the hard questions. That was probably true – a couple of years ago. On Morning Joe this morning, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, Joe and Matthews were talking […]
29Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Chris Matthews on Morning Joe | Continued