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"GOODNIGHT BURBANK"

My tele-bloggin' buddy Joe Bua (of "I Am A TV Junkie" fame - you'll find the link to the left, blokes!) clued me in to this new online sitcom called 'Goodnight Burbank'.

It's not really for me, although it's mostly because I just don't do longform online TV very well. My attention begins to wander and there's so many tangents I want to explore in the Internet.

And I'm puzzled as to why Dominic Monaghan is slumming in this. As a favor to a friend, perhaps?

But I did like this episode because it offered up a leading contender for a 2011 Toobits Award with the presence of John Barrowman as himself.....

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ALT-COLUMBO

Here's another TVXOHOF member as he appeared in Skitlandia:

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TIP TOP TAPS

Big thanks to J.r. Klink for digging up this chestnut. As a big fan of everybody in this clip from Dean Martin's show, I had a big grin on my face when I first saw it......

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U68? U-BET!

I remember watching "Nocturnal Transmissions" from U68 back around 1982, when MTV wasn't on the Manhattan cable system yet. It was grainy and on a black & white set in my bedroom, but it opened up a whole new, yet very transitory, world of TV music.

When I finally got the chance to see MTV, I actually preferred the low-rent flavor of U68.

Thanks to my friend Scully, here's a collection of station IDs by mostly famous personalities for U68.....

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MAYBERY IN SKITLANDIA

Both Sheriff Andy Taylor of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and comedy legend Bob Hope (as himself) are members of the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame.

With this sketch from a 1963 Bob Hope comedy special, we learn that Andy Taylor also exists in Skitlandia - where he proves himself to be tele-cognizant and able to come back from the dead.....

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"DOCTOR WHO" - "THE ALMOST PEOPLE" PREVIEW

Tonight is the mid-season finale for 'Doctor Who' - at least in the UK. Because of Memorial Day weekend, the show was bumped from BBC-A last Saturday. So tonight American audiences will be watching the second part of the "Rebel Flesh" story - "The Almost People".

I've seen it. I follow the mantra of "Trust In Moffat", but the Doctor's actions at the end? I don't know....

Anyhoo, here's the trailer and three clips from "The Almost People" for my fellow Americans.....

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AS SEEN ON TV: THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS

June 4, 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).

THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS

AS SEEN IN:
'Monty Python's Flying Circus'

AS PLAYED BY:
Terry Jones (Joseph)
&
Eric Idle (Jacques)

"Inner Toob" previously wrote about the event three years ago as a Tiddlywinkydink.....

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FRIDAY MUG SHOT

I haven't done a Friday Mug Shot in a while.......

This is for the fans of 'Game Of Thrones'. If you can, identify the actor. But at least identify the character he plays in the HBO fantasy series.

Bonus points if you can name the series from which this was purloined.....

The answer on Monday!

I've already had one partial answer - Andy knew who the actor is.  And he let me know I forgot to change the name of the jpg file.  So I've replaced the picture and added Andy's answer to my files, and we begin again.

Andy already has locked in the name of the actor.  I'm still looking for the name of this character, the show he was in, and who he's playing in 'Game Of Thrones'......

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AS SEEN ON TV: JAMIE DIMON

JAMIE DIMON

AS SEEN IN:
"Too Big To Fail"

AS PLAYED BY:
Bill Pullman

From Wikipedia:
James "Jamie" Dimon (born March 13, 1956) is the current CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co, and previously served as a Class A director of the Board of Directors of the New York Federal Reserve, a three year term which started January 2007. Dimon was named to Time Magazine′s 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 lists of the world's 100 most influential people.

In March 2008 he was a board member of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and CEO of J.P. Morgan and made decisions in connection with the $55 billion loan to J.P. Morgan to bail out Bear Stearns.

Following the acquisition of Washington Mutual by JPMorganChase, President Barack Obama had this to say about Dimon's handling of the real-estate crash, credit crisis, and the banking collapse affecting corporations nationwide, including major financial institutions like Bank Of America, Citibank, and Wachovia:

"You know, keep in mind, though there are a lot of banks that are actually pretty well managed, JPMorgan being a good example, Jamie Dimon, the CEO there, I don't think should be punished for doing a pretty good job managing an enormous portfolio."

We've got one more ASOTV showcase to do from this HBO movie, but it's the only one that needs a Toobworld splainin. I'll write it up over the weekend and have it available on Tuesday.

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