tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post8987717135204244961..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Random RantsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71400132066476074632010-01-28T13:08:45.168-08:002010-01-28T13:08:45.168-08:00Your "Where’s my flying car that folds up int...Your "Where’s my flying car that folds up into a suitcase?" question reminds me exactly of The Ghost's almost identical question from an episode of CBS's "The Flash" almost 20 years ago.<br /><br />You didn't write that episode, did you?Thomas Becknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5969228034029412092010-01-11T16:26:47.563-08:002010-01-11T16:26:47.563-08:00I agree that this is a fun show, with an attitude ...I agree that this is a fun show, with an attitude of "Hey, lighten up guys. It’s only murder." But to enjoy that, you have to overlook the extremely dark backstory about how he started helping the cops after a serial killer murdered his family.<br /><br />I liken it to other gory procedurals with light comedic elements, such as "Bones" and the "CSI"s, in which the grisly crimes, spurting blood and gross body parts make you wonder exactly what you're supposed to be laughing at.BigTednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81649695537223761332010-01-07T01:01:00.898-08:002010-01-07T01:01:00.898-08:00Anonymous, sorry I wasted those 30 seconds trying ...Anonymous, sorry I wasted those 30 seconds trying to help you, a mistake I won't make again.Dr. Leo Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669626692363827776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33420369814685746512010-01-06T16:10:19.553-08:002010-01-06T16:10:19.553-08:00ahhhh, dr. marvin weighs in on the debate. so &quo...ahhhh, dr. marvin weighs in on the debate. so "my hostility isn't such a great advertisement for my political views", but ref, the guy who attacked me without provocation ("you just put yourself at the top of [the stupid people] list") and all the warm, caring progressives joking about a man's heart trouble - "jabba the rush"; "limbaugh has no heart" - are merely indicative of....what, exactly? a keen, rapierlike wit? advertisements for the overwhelming nay **angelic** compassion associated with their apparent political philosophy? <br /><br />are you a "doctor" of hypocrisy, my good man? you certainly seem to be. <br /><br />think about it.<br /><br />still waiting for an intelligent biden quote. MY personal favorites are "i went to law school on a full academic scholarship, the only one in my class; [and] i ended up in the top half of my class." when, in fact, he had only a *partial* scholarship, and graduated 76th out of a class of 85.<br /><br />hmmm. ya know, come to think, biden's lies aren't such a great advertisement for his political views, are they. let's think about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76029945573750626282010-01-06T15:06:46.040-08:002010-01-06T15:06:46.040-08:00According to a story on LARadio.com this morning, ...According to a story on LARadio.com this morning, Rush does NOT have health insurance.<br /><br />He paid for his bill at the Honolulu hospital with a credit card.Bob Oscarhttp://www.boboscarjohnson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42588026846070641102010-01-06T12:20:01.873-08:002010-01-06T12:20:01.873-08:00Anonymous (2 12:01 P.M. today). Your hostility isn...Anonymous (2 12:01 P.M. today). Your hostility isn't such a great advertisement for your political views. Think about it.Dr. Leo Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669626692363827776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78998648051021377522010-01-06T12:01:34.570-08:002010-01-06T12:01:34.570-08:00i'm the anon 11:10 whose comment in re biden y...i'm the anon 11:10 whose comment in re biden you had a problem with, ref. maybe you, in your self-proclaimed wisdom, can help poor dumb me out here. can you think of anything biden did or said anytime in his career that *wasn't* stupid, mendacious, or arrogant? bearing in mind your answer will be checked via lexis/nexis. <br /><br />can't do it, can you, good buddy. so why don't YOU go to the top of the list while we wait. maybe you could cover your embarrassment by making a snarky limbaugh crack? call him fatty, even though he's lost 90 lbs.? that seems to be a popular strategy nowdays with all the hip, smart people.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75458690909232834982010-01-06T04:23:40.037-08:002010-01-06T04:23:40.037-08:00The Rush Limbaugh comment is because Rush decided ...The Rush Limbaugh comment is because Rush decided to hold a press conference after he was released from the hospital in Hawaii to announce that, based on his personal experience, there was nothing wrong with the U.S. healthcare system.<br /><br />And I agree with Ken: let's hear Rush's testimonial if he didn't have insurance (and he probably has a pretty great plan, no less).<br /><br />EDJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51639498541909124082010-01-05T16:04:35.387-08:002010-01-05T16:04:35.387-08:00Introducing the new Fujinon HDTV lens, featuring t...Introducing the new Fujinon HDTV lens, featuring the patented "Dick Clark/Barbara Walters Soft-Focus Filter.:Joey Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718595858513830730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25594011482571838712010-01-05T10:54:42.558-08:002010-01-05T10:54:42.558-08:00A la carte is opposed because it will cut the reve...A la carte is opposed because it will cut the revenue stream. Here's why:<br /><br />The way it works now, the cable operator pays the channel a fee per subscriber. For example, ESPN used to get something like 10 or 15 cents per subscriber from your cable provider to be licensed to retransmit the signal. Additionally, these channels also sell commercial advertising. Some of the channels are also packaged, sort of like with big name movies, so if you take the big one, you have to get a couple small ones. <br /><br />If the system went a la carte, they might be able to make up the subscriber fee by charging some extra, but that will backfire with consumers who will not pay $1.00 a month just to watch Chiller, in addition to everything else they want. Plus, there goes a big chunk of commercial ads, not being able to be in such a great number of homes. This would lower their revenue. <br /><br />There will always be people like me who want everything, just in case there is something I want to watch on channel I ordinarily wouldn't.Bob Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72756324200750358462010-01-05T10:48:48.199-08:002010-01-05T10:48:48.199-08:00I agree with Ken on Dick Clark as well. Every tim...I agree with Ken on Dick Clark as well. Every time I see him I wonder how much worse his portrait in the closet looks.Mike in SLOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57392250555387900012010-01-05T10:04:30.404-08:002010-01-05T10:04:30.404-08:00I agree, Ken...watching Dick Clark is like stoppin...I agree, Ken...watching Dick Clark is like stopping to watch a bad car accident. You know it won't be pretty but you just have to see it. And YES, I did watch "Rockin' Eve" just to see Dick speak. It certainly wasn't to see Ryan Seacrest!Sandy Koufaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38165321983577159122010-01-05T09:56:30.750-08:002010-01-05T09:56:30.750-08:00Here's hoping craft services will provide TWO ...Here's hoping craft services will provide TWO AND A HALF MEN with plastic cutlery for the week...kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00638423881433571637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86599142520850404652010-01-05T09:20:57.143-08:002010-01-05T09:20:57.143-08:00Sorry Ken, but you're not dead until you'r...Sorry Ken, but you're not dead until you're dead. May Dick Clark continue to be part of life until he takes his last breath.Matildanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53980789902186615952010-01-05T08:00:01.234-08:002010-01-05T08:00:01.234-08:00RE: Rush Limbaugh -- Headline for a news item I re...RE: Rush Limbaugh -- Headline for a news item I read: "TESTS FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH'S HEART"... Maybe they need to re-calibrate their equipment... <br /><br />Actually, I would have been less surprised to read "TESTS FIND NOTHING WHERE RUSH LIMBAUGH'S HEART SHOULD BE"...Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41220333086087120252010-01-05T07:57:18.246-08:002010-01-05T07:57:18.246-08:00as long as we're being random, I just had to t...as long as we're being random, I just had to tell this somewhere it might be appreciated:<br /><br />over the weekend I was talking on-line to a friend. He announced that the Cowboys were spanking the Phillies. Just for a nanosecond, I thought he was watching pay per view of ranch hands fondling young horses... I'm just sayin'...<br /><br />I vote for Twenty-Ten; short, concise, to the point.SharoneRosenhttp://www.sharonerosen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38004870404081269242010-01-05T06:38:09.858-08:002010-01-05T06:38:09.858-08:00Is there a worse sportscaster than Brent Musberger...<i>Is there a worse sportscaster than Brent Musberger? To describe him I shall borrow a line he himself used on the Rose Bowl telecast. “To be blunt – the man is a load.”</i><br />Yes there is pardner. Folks, I give you:<br /><br />"Line drive, base hit...caught out there"- the totally inept Chip Carey.Given too long a chance by Cub fans who adored his grandfather. It was almost painful when he did Bulls basketball a couple of years.brickbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976216085653924376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34834193465404670772010-01-05T03:14:48.164-08:002010-01-05T03:14:48.164-08:00I don't get the Rush Limbaugh remark ... Does ...I don't get the Rush Limbaugh remark ... Does he say, no one should have Health Coverage? Or is the debate rather about the financing? And what happens with people that have a heart attack in the US? I heard that they are treated even if they don't have coverage? Sorry, maybe I didn't get it because of the language barrier - I'm from Germany ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35163572774888574252010-01-05T02:51:18.565-08:002010-01-05T02:51:18.565-08:00Anon 11:10, you just put yourself at the top of th...Anon 11:10, you just put yourself at the top of that list...and what color IS the sky on your planet?Refnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38534146260313317802010-01-05T02:28:49.538-08:002010-01-05T02:28:49.538-08:00Ken, for a long time I have been meaning to mentio...Ken, for a long time I have been meaning to mention this, and now that it is the new year...<br />Besides the great writing, cast, and all on "Cheers" there is something about the show that has always fascinated me, and even after all these years I get intrigued by it. <br />The opening credits. I can't really even explain, but the old photos from the 1800's (looks like) where each character is named and that characters "counterpart" from some old photo (but real...) is just..I hate to use the word but sublime. The green dress for Rita, Wendts character, Rathernburger (just so cool...the same type but a little more cocky and dangerous), etc. <br />Every time I see it in reruns, I get drawn in.<br />Who's idea was that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33931254564640172262010-01-05T02:12:19.455-08:002010-01-05T02:12:19.455-08:00"...paying only for the channels you want&quo..."...paying only for the channels you want". They have that now; it's called "the internet".blogwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362291687463326731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20492009876264561192010-01-04T23:15:54.508-08:002010-01-04T23:15:54.508-08:00I have never seen Ugly Betty. For one, it didn...I have never seen Ugly Betty. For one, it didn't make sense, because in all the pictures I've seen of the main character, she's sort of cute.<br />Second, it seems as if the producers are saying that ugly girls have glasses and braces. Is that really a message we want to send to teen-age girls? <br /><br />"Am I a bad Facebook friend because I don’t join 99% of the groups I’m invited to join?"<br /><br />Ken, does that mean you do join 1% of the groups you're invited to join? That's a lot of groups. And I hope that not joining all those groups makes one a bad friend.MattAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89807514376545281982010-01-04T23:10:00.180-08:002010-01-04T23:10:00.180-08:00so sorry, but when you're looking for 'stu...so sorry, but when you're looking for 'stupidest person of the year', the correct answer is "joe biden".<br /><br />stupid, mendacious, arrogant, ugly, *and* unlikable. a heartbeat from the presidency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87841183582376367712010-01-04T23:03:19.070-08:002010-01-04T23:03:19.070-08:00Is there a worse sportscaster than Brent Musberger...<i>Is there a worse sportscaster than Brent Musberger? To describe him I shall borrow a line he himself used on the Rose Bowl telecast. “To be blunt – the man is a load.”</i><br /><br />I couldn't agree with this more if I were Brent Musberger's ass. So again I have to ask, what am I missing that's so objectionable about Tim McCarver?Dr. Leo Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669626692363827776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40741765441805849812010-01-04T22:45:21.264-08:002010-01-04T22:45:21.264-08:00I actually watched alot of that Astros-Nats game. ...I actually watched alot of that Astros-Nats game. The first eleven innings (in DC) were played in 40 degree weather with several rain delays and a million walks. Took over six hours and by the end their were more folks on the field than in the stands. One of the most miserable games ever. <br /><br />When the game resumed in Houston the Nats had runners on the corners with one out. The catcher hits a grounder to 2nd. Flip to short. Tejada tags the bag then air mails the throw to first. At least ten feet over Berkman's glove. Game over. The perfect microcosm of an awful season for the Astros.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00195653273428067908noreply@blogger.com