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First things first: I will not apologize for making Justy watch the Fox 'News' Channel. Being that he has his own free will, I am not responsible for him watching Fox, I only recommended that he do so. And so what if he did listen to my suggestion?

Justy, you should be patient and do what Americans are doing more than ever: Watch The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox 'News' Channel.

Maybe Mr. Factor is not for everyone, but he should be. The O'Reilly Factor takes no prisoners and shoots from the hip. His is the best show on the Fox 'News' Channel. He is the antidote for all crappy news shows on Television. I love Mr. Factor.

I suggest that Justy watch Mr. Factor everyt day for three weeks. Bill grows on you. You will learn to love Bill.

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Speak of Mr. Factor, did you see the interview with Marilyn Manson? You didn't!? Shame on you. That interview is a great example of the kind of person Mr. Factor is, and what he brings to the table every night on the Fox 'News' Channel.

The interview was the definition of 'fair and balanced.' While the entire Fox team is hell bent to the right, Mr. Factor is hell bent to do right! Mr. Factor asked 'Mr.' Manson questions and followed them up with tougher questions. Never did Bill raise his voice. Not once did he insult the intelligence of his audience. He and Manson had a frank and sincere conversation about violence, rock and roll and how celebrities influence children.

If you had watched the interview, you would have seen two intelligent men having a civil discussion about issues that matter to America.

You should be watching The O'Reilly Factor.

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WE HAVE A NEW FALL TEE-VEE LINE UP! BUT WE STILL HAVE TO WATCH KING OF THE HILL ON SUNDAYS AT 7:30PM! WHY!!!!!!

Obviously, the anger and rage of sensible people has not reached the hallowed halls of Fox Broadcasting. For some unknown reason, Futurama does not lead into the Simpsons, it leads into King of the Hill. Arg!

So, for the second year in a row, Futurama will be bumped by Football every Sunday night. Jeez! A show that funny and that well written does not deserve that kind of shabby treatment.

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What worse is that King of the Hill is now on tee-vee five days a week! What happened to Martin and Living Single?

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Fall Tee-vee is not all bad. Temptation Island II is coming and I, for one, am excited. This time they promise more sexy man and women AND more sexy positions. I hope, this time, that TI will break the rules as promised. A real success will be two breakups and five nasty, funky hook-ups!

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You should prepare for an exciting run to the Major League Baseball Post Season. Expect to see the last week of the season televised on ESPN and ESPN2. With one close division race and a boat load of teams in the wild card race, every game will be a nail-biter. No sports fan will be disappointed.

Well, that is, unless you listen to Joe Morgan. Mark my words, as soon as someone mentions that the Mariners are vying to be the 'best team ever' he will go on a rant about why he was on the best team ever and why Seattle cannot be the best team.

Of course, if he does not bad-mouth Seattle, look for John Miller to NOT press him about why he dogged the NY Yankees in 1998 when they were the 'best team ever.' For some unknown reason, Joe Morgan is allowed to bad mouth the Yankees.

(Actually, Gary Thorne pressed Joe once about his hatred for NY, and Joe was speechless.)

Joe Morgan is a little, little man.

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My last word will be about HBO's Six Feet Under. That was the best show on tee-vee this summer. If you did not see it, catch it in re-runs. You will be happy that you did. It is the best show on tee-vee, even in reruns.