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TWC Today News / Re: To The Creative Amongst Us

« on: October 30, 2008, 02:10:00 PM »

So, wait, it ends not the day after this Chooseday, but the day after the Chooseday after that? Gotcha.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: October 30, 2008, 01:04:49 AM »

Well, this is a turn of events; Sharon came back tonight while Rich is now taking a load off.

This is a weird week...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Another new show?

« on: October 29, 2008, 04:34:26 PM »

Ok, time to dispel some rumors. First of all, Cantore's Stories is NOT a show. It is a special airing all next week wherein Jim Cantore will be showing favorite episodes of SS and giving tips. Think of it as a best of. Here's a link to a commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMXNBYO9sA0

Stephen, though I know you won't admit it, I'll admit it for you: you don't remember this show. They have never done this with SS before.

That video is actually something entirely different from last year; I didn't remember this myself until I saw that ad.

This year's "Cantore Stories: On Top of The World" sounds like something completely different and unrelated, and it doesn't start until November 10th.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 28, 2008, 01:32:32 AM »

Wow, that was an awesome shot; they showed Rich sitting all the way to the left of the big desk (with a different-than-usual wall shot behind him), then the new "cylinder" graphic flew in with the Evening Edition logo and city background (from the recorded teaser) on it. Pretty cool, IMO

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: October 28, 2008, 01:02:02 AM »

Sharon's off tonight; I wonder if this is just a one day thing or if she's taking another week-long load off.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 26, 2008, 04:35:02 AM »

Even though it's Sunday...

"Good morning, it's Sunrise Weather time, and I'm meteorologist Ray Stagich."

Methinks TWC is a bit shorthanded...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 25, 2008, 03:37:21 PM »

Do they ever show the older Weather Classroom anymore, or just the WWCH specials with the Cable in the Classroom logo?

They showed the Dr. Fujita episode the week before the new season of WWCH started, but it's been WWCH ever since.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dave Schwartz

« on: October 25, 2008, 03:24:20 PM »

Out of all of his recent partners, Dave always seems to be most comfortable when working with Kim or Vivian.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dave Schwartz

« on: October 25, 2008, 01:41:03 PM »

Dave is filling in on Weekend Now today, he's he's really been "being Dave" this past hour. At :10, he was covering the cold air and lake effect snow coming into the midwest, so he went into a whole thing teasing us with stuff like, "Oh, you're in Chicago? Well, you're going to wake up tomorrow with temps in the 50s, and you'll be like, 'Oh, Dave, what are ya talkin' about? It's 50 degrees!' Well, just you wait, by Sunday night and Monday, ho ho ho! It's going to be cooold! And east of the lakes, it's going to be snowin'! Let's look at those temps! Let's look at em' Come on! YES! That's what I'm talkin' about! What do ya think of them apples, Kim?"

Then during the Lifestyles introduction and the toss to break afterward, he kept not wanting to shut up because he was on such a role. They switched to the ceiling camera going to break, so Dave waved goodbye to us while reminding us that he's Dave Schwartz along with Kim Perez, and they'll be back right after this!

During the :20 segment, Dave started dancing to the production music while going to break.

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Local Forecast / Re: Ad I saw... Local on the 8s on DISH?

« on: October 24, 2008, 04:10:27 PM »

I happened to cap it along with the closing package to the MLB on TBS for the year. (which I happen to love)

http://d.imagehost.org/download/0573/MLB_on_TBS_2008Finale.avi

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Local Forecast / Re: Ad I saw... Local on the 8s on DISH?

« on: October 24, 2008, 01:38:27 AM »

The ad is a local ad through Dish that airs on other channels.

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Local Forecast / Re: Ad I saw... Local on the 8s on DISH?

« on: October 23, 2008, 02:18:10 PM »

Do they have a modern box that has interactive capabilities?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: October 23, 2008, 02:18:16 AM »

Wow, Rich has been wearing that brown sport coat for ages... <_____<

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Everything Else TWC / Re: New Weekly Planner maps

« on: October 23, 2008, 12:07:55 AM »

Here's what Chris Hoitsma sent me today...

Thank you for contacting The Weather Channel.

I will have our on camera meteorologists; severe weather specialists and
producers make a concerted effort to provide more detailed weather coverage
and analysis for Illinois, as well as the western half of the nation. We
continually strive to do a better job of covering weather conditions west of
the Mississippi River.

We are always happy to hear from our viewers and hope you will continue to
watch The Weather Channel for many years to come.

Sincerely,

Chris Hoitsma
Solutions Center/TWC

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Everything Else TWC / Re: How often do you record TWC?

« on: October 22, 2008, 08:18:29 PM »

It's like gee, I wonder who chose the first option.