tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post2282073188096548587..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Hate WatchingBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43329079241267711802013-09-13T13:30:27.615-07:002013-09-13T13:30:27.615-07:00There was a roundtable of top NFL broadcasters dis...There was a roundtable of top NFL broadcasters discussing the art of calling football. After a segment on Cosell, the moderator asked, "Will there ever be another Cosell?" Replied Dallas Cowboys PBP man Brad Sham, "I hope not." <br /><br />Landmark broadcaster, yes, but apparently not a pleasant person. Liggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86307226836836937042013-09-08T06:36:58.535-07:002013-09-08T06:36:58.535-07:00I loved the original Hawaii 5-) and I tried to hat...I loved the original Hawaii 5-) and I tried to hate-watch the new Hawaii 5-0 but it was impossibly bad. I quit after three episodes. If they have honestly named the show: Two Buddy Cops from Hawaii, it never would have aired.Mr First Nighternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37514640061645117052013-09-07T15:41:30.095-07:002013-09-07T15:41:30.095-07:00I think you can especially appreciate Howard if yo...<i>I think you can especially appreciate Howard if you listened to his daily "Speaking of Sports" commentary on the ABC Radio Network.<br /><br />He was Keith Olbermann before there was Keith Olbermann.</i><br /><br />Good analogy. Howard also did a Sunday night interview show on WABC (and probably picked up by a few of the radio network's affliliates), "Speaking Of Everything," which discussed an array of topics of the day and proved there was much more to Cosell than sports. I would hope a few of those programs have survived.<br /><br />I'm also glad someone specified the '60s revival of "Dragnet" under the over-the-top, "so bad it's good" category. People who have only seen that version of "Dragnet" are in for a pleasant surprise when they watch the '50s TV version (or even better, listen to the original radio show). Yes, Jack Webb was parodied even then (ask Stan Freberg), but Webb brought realism to detective shows for the first time (listen to some of the hackneyed series -- a few of which Webb acted on himself -- before "Dragnet" for proof). Webb invented the police procedural, and without him there would be no "Law & Order" stable of shows.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39734391187993267362013-09-07T12:10:21.856-07:002013-09-07T12:10:21.856-07:00I've only hate-watched one show -- and that wa...I've only hate-watched one show -- and that was eons ago when I was in college. My dorm roommate and I got a Kirk Cameron poster and used it as a dartboard and would throw darts at it every time he annoyed us during an episode of <b>Growing Pains</b>. Now that I'm more mature, I don't understand why people would do this unless it is watching kitschy shows that are funny such as my vote for the funniest show of all time: the 1960s version of <b>Dragnet.</b>Edward Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463676135131274426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62620208124241679322013-09-07T09:19:30.823-07:002013-09-07T09:19:30.823-07:00I'm Hate Reading this blog right now! ;)I'm Hate Reading this blog right now! ;)Werner von Wallenrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102856408266833762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43377322209532738252013-09-06T21:50:30.510-07:002013-09-06T21:50:30.510-07:00I agree with the posters about Dark Shadows being ...I agree with the posters about Dark Shadows being a blast to watch. Jonathan Frid is arguably America's (and Canada's) king of comedy. <br /><br />Cheesy shows can be loads of fun. But it's also interesting to watch a series or movie that misfired to figure out the reasons why. Perhaps learn from the mistakes. Usually there are glimmers of good even in some of Hollywood's biggest bombs.<br /><br />Nick at Nite marketed hate watching by making fun of The Donna Reed Show and its reputation for sweetness. It seemed to work, yet it kind of messed with the legacy of the show because if you really watch closely, the Stone family is not that perfect, at least below their attractive surface.<br /><br />When David Letterman interviews someone like Paris Hilton, he's hate watching along with the studio and home audience. It's an amazing layered effect that few can pull off.Greg Ehrbarhttp://www.mousetracksonline.com/blog.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59689594607206470852013-09-06T20:53:28.017-07:002013-09-06T20:53:28.017-07:00I had a lot of respect for Cosell. Yes, he really ... I had a lot of respect for Cosell. Yes, he really get bitter at the end. <br /><br /> But for a couple of decades he was one of the only major sports journalists who wasn't afraid to criticize the establishment. I think you can especially appreciate Howard if you listened to his daily "Speaking of Sports" commentary on the ABC Radio Network.<br /><br /> He was Keith Olbermann before there was Keith Olbermann.Joey Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718595858513830730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9592135176202611502013-09-06T14:01:39.053-07:002013-09-06T14:01:39.053-07:00For awhile, the only time I'd watch TV was whe...For awhile, the only time I'd watch TV was when I was visiting my father. He wouldn't get cable, so he watched Jerry Springer and the various People's Court clones. At some point I gained an appreciation for people who could portray over-the-top assholes. Now that I have cable, I have a certain respect for the purported "customers" at the Hardcore Pawn shop. It's still an awful show and I don't know why they want to portray Detroit residents as they do, but I watch it. Lou H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71096421867195208092013-09-06T12:09:13.754-07:002013-09-06T12:09:13.754-07:00I hate watch Grey's Anatomy and How I Met Your...I hate watch Grey's Anatomy and How I Met Your Mother. I started watching both when they were fresh and higher quality. Now I'm invested in the characters but aggravated with myself for sticking with shows that have turned to shit. I felt the same about The Office after about season 4 or 5 (so yes, even before Steve Carell left). Little Miss Smoke and Mirrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929842073300471147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62565849825536958962013-09-06T08:27:20.797-07:002013-09-06T08:27:20.797-07:00Never have hate-watched a TV show, unless you coun...Never have hate-watched a TV show, unless you count Cosell on both "MNF" and his baseball coverage, but even then, part of me liked Howard, or at least was amused by him.<br /><br />Bob Uecker got the best of him one night during a mild argument about when to bunt in a given situation. Howard says, "Ueck, I get your point. You don't have to be so truculent." (Pause) "You do know what truculent means, don't you?"<br /><br />Without missing a beat, Uecker said: "Yeah, if I borrowed your truck and gave it back to you, it would be a truck-you-lent." <br /><br />I thought Al Michaels was going to pee in his pants. Jake Mabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908036270824377919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55696901577851078762013-09-06T06:47:22.608-07:002013-09-06T06:47:22.608-07:00I used to hate watch Nancy Grace. I found it so i...I used to hate watch Nancy Grace. I found it so infuriating that she would invite guests on her show only to cut them off and dismiss their opinions, which more times than not were valid opinions. <br /><br />I stopped watching simply because I couldn't find any additional swear words in the English dictionary to yell at the TV.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14439336851954129022013-09-06T06:04:06.756-07:002013-09-06T06:04:06.756-07:00I started Hate-Watching "The Neighbors" ...I started Hate-Watching "The Neighbors" because a show with a plot like that had to terrible. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum....<br />It got good. Really good. Funny, warm, charming and addicting. And Toks Olagundoye....yow!Michael Stoffelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49975706234749261692013-09-06T05:55:21.900-07:002013-09-06T05:55:21.900-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.solidismehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244298011065618978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88641634859785247192013-09-06T05:53:30.708-07:002013-09-06T05:53:30.708-07:00In contrast to some here, I quite like Glee and I ...In contrast to some here, I quite like Glee and I really like Girls and I love John Waters's films. I even like Samsh, or the parts of it where McPhee doesn't show up and suck the air out of a scene.solidismehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244298011065618978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90353983539482686632013-09-06T01:22:00.120-07:002013-09-06T01:22:00.120-07:00I never hate watch, although I kept watching Priva...I never hate watch, although I kept watching Private Practice far longer than it deserved; bloody plots would cross into Grey's Anatomy occasionally.<br /><br />But I LOVED Howard Cosell. Yeah, he was arrogant and opinionated, but usually right as well. He was out there supporting Muhammad Ali's choice to change his name from Cassius Clay when others resisted. Always got admiration from me for that.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36624185218730214312013-09-06T00:58:19.498-07:002013-09-06T00:58:19.498-07:00My best friends join my husband and I twice a week...My best friends join my husband and I twice a week for what we call "The Burn Unit" (Yes, we got it from "Bob's Burgers"); we watch old sci-fi and horror movies and give them the MST3K-style business. But if a movie isn't blowing our collective skirts up by 30 minutes in, and there's nothing funny-bad, just bad-bad, we ditch it and move on.<br /><br />I was hate-watching the first few episodes of SyFy's "reality" show, "Heroes of Cosplay", but I had to stop, because it really did angry up my blood to watch it. That piece of crap is so ridiculously bad, it actually started to make me hate myself and my passion, convention costuming, which I've been doing longer than any of those fools have been alive. I realized watching the third episode that I was so pissed off that my jaw muscles were cramping up. I called "bullshit on THAT".<br /><br />Friends keep asking "Oh, have you seen that cosplay show? It made me think of you!" and my husband begs them to shut up before everyone feels the hurting.<br /><br />Cheers, thanks a lot,<br /><br />StormStormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90159091551815603542013-09-06T00:54:29.966-07:002013-09-06T00:54:29.966-07:00I leave that kind of "hate watching" to ...I leave that kind of "hate watching" to late night reruns of sitcoms I would never have watched in their first run. There's enough of those. <br /><br />But Subway has to get some innovative credit for the way they've managed to insert themselves into the fabric of the programming itself -- most obviously on the reality shows like Pawn Stars, American Pickers, Counting Cars etc. <br /> A_Homernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71164644629641710982013-09-05T22:51:16.778-07:002013-09-05T22:51:16.778-07:00Just a note, Tom Lawrence. Howard did work WWOS du...Just a note, Tom Lawrence. Howard did work WWOS during the 60s as well as through the mid 80s. Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4592384791202670402013-09-05T22:49:12.806-07:002013-09-05T22:49:12.806-07:00I think Ken added Howard Cosell because he knew it...I think Ken added Howard Cosell because he knew it would draw feedback. My beef is that he explains it like we had never heard of him.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46233058656416700162013-09-05T22:29:32.155-07:002013-09-05T22:29:32.155-07:00Howard Cosell was arrogant, irritating and beyond ...Howard Cosell was arrogant, irritating and beyond pompous. He was also one of the greatest, and most honest, reporters ever.<br />To correct your post, Cosell dominated ABC sports from 1970 to the mid-1980s, calling football, boxing and baseball, while also doing interviews and other shows including "Wide World of Sports" and the wonderfully campy "Battle of the Network Stars."<br />Howard was truly unique and his grating voice and sharp insights are missed.Prairie Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154574048042724149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10876668793124129302013-09-05T22:27:49.119-07:002013-09-05T22:27:49.119-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Prairie Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154574048042724149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17745198882563481902013-09-05T21:38:33.099-07:002013-09-05T21:38:33.099-07:00I ironic hate-watch. I watch shows I like.I ironic hate-watch. I watch shows I like.Waynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73935396578423998002013-09-05T19:57:39.575-07:002013-09-05T19:57:39.575-07:00I can't think of any show I've hate watche...I can't think of any show I've hate watched. Closest thing that comes to mind is that every year my mom would include those orange circus peanuts in my easter basket and I'd force myself to eat the damn things because: "Hey, it's candy!"-beenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81593910994900524372013-09-05T19:44:20.151-07:002013-09-05T19:44:20.151-07:00I think [Cosell] used to do those halftime highlig...<i> I think [Cosell] used to do those halftime highlight reels off the cuff, and was really good at it.</i><br /><br />Not quite off the cuff. The highlight reel was a special cut from NFL Films. As soon as the games were over, all the crews would catch flights to NFL Films HQ in Philadelphia (they later moved to South Jersey). They'd work at their in-house lab through the night developing the film and creating the reel. They then drove it up to ABC in New York. <br /><br />Sometime on Monday afternoon, Cosell would make his way to the truck, and watch the reel as they showed it from New York. He'd write his script for delivery at halftime.<br /><br />Good memories...I was in grammar school, and would always negotiate with my parents to stay up "so I can watch the Highlights."DJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86486396853332020952013-09-05T19:01:04.342-07:002013-09-05T19:01:04.342-07:00I don't get the concept of "hate-watching...I don't get the concept of "hate-watching." The only thing I can think of is they hate-watch just to make snarky comments in social media or message boards and then builds a following.<br /><br />I really don't "hate-watch" but if there is one thing I would do it, it is Fox News, but that means giving them more attention, which I won't do anytime soon.Tracy Tranhttp://thispersonstinks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com