Tag: television

Betty White on SNL and Six Other Victories of the Internet That Influenced Pop Culture

Former Golden Girl and definitely not-the-typical Saturday Night Live host, Betty White actually *was* the host of last night's show, mainly because of an Internet campaign that started

Saturday Snap – Archival Footage of "Sask Sampler Book Archive Launch"

I recently bought a gizmo to convert old VHS tapes and other analog signals to a digital format.  As I was getting it set-up for the first time,

Friday Fun Link – Winter Olympics Begin (February 12, 2010)

Not sure if you heard but apparently the Wet & Rainy Olympics are in Canada this year and the opening ceremonies are tonight.  The Olympics are once again

Saturday Snap – RPL Joins SILS (from local CTV station)

Used a poor man's hack (point iPhone at TV) to get a clip from our local TV news about RPL joining our new province-wide consortium onto YouTube.  Sorry

Student Brings Typewriter to Class

We went to Indian Head to have an early Christmas with my folks this weekend and at one point my mom suggested renting a movie to keep Pace

Music Monday – UTwo-be

Is there any other link today than the archive of the live U2 concert that was broadcast on YouTube last night?  I haven't seen any final figures yet

Music Monday – "I was sitting there watching TV/Wendy came and sat on my knee."

In honour of the last episode of “Corner Gas” tonight, here's one of my favourite songs by the Odds, the former band of Craig Northey who wrote the

Little Mosque on the Prairie & Indian Head, Saskatchewan

My hometown served as a backdrop for many of the exterior shots of the CBC comedy, “Little Mosque on the Prairie”. (Saskatchewan has a film tax credit that

The Daily Show Looks at the Canadian Political Crisis

Comedy Central in the US won't allow Canadians to watch their clips so if you want to be legal, you have to watch The Comedy Network version of

The Monty Python Channel on YouTube

This is pretty funny and also somewhat groundbreaking.  (I'm sure some other entertainment entity has put everything they own the rights to up on YouTube by now, haven't

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