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General Discussion / Re: Commercials You Loathe

« on: April 16, 2013, 03:19:54 PM »

Here's a screenshot from the Microsoft ad I mentioned in my previous post.

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General Discussion / Re: Commercials You Loathe

« on: April 10, 2013, 08:03:21 PM »

All Progressive ads. Seriously, Flo was mildly funny when she first debuted, but it's gotten really old.

Pandora shows some rather obnoxious ads. One is for some Microsoft program that allows people to collaborate over the internet. A good product, I'm sure, but the chick they hired to do that ad is annoying as heck. She's a stuck-up b****, and I assume that's supposed to be funny, but it's not.

The other one is for a local hospital. It's one of those ads that companies do for some reason, where they brag about how awesome they are. And at the same time, telling you very little about what they do. This one, in particular, brings out all the cliches like "we are never standing still" and "making healthcare healthier." Which, unless other area hospitals have a stated goal of making people sicker, means nothing to the listener.

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Local Forecast / Re: Are the classic LF playlists complete, or... ?

« on: April 10, 2013, 03:24:48 PM »

http://www.twcclassics.com/local-forecast/playlists/

After '94, there isn't another Christmas playlist until '99. (I checked the latter month playlists too to make sure the songs weren't hidden amongst them.

I have others that I plan to add soon.

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Local Forecast / Re: Are the classic LF playlists complete, or... ?

« on: April 10, 2013, 10:21:42 AM »

Which site are you referring to? Yes, they played Christmas music during those years.

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General Discussion / Re: TV Shows & Movies that Haven't/Won't Age Well

« on: April 04, 2013, 10:58:36 AM »

Even I Love Lucy has elements to it that simply will not work now.  Of course, the show is a timeless classic and always will be, but... the elements of "men are the earners and women are the spenders," women can cheer themselves up just by buying a new hat, and it's the role of the husband to discipline the wife have gone completely out the window sixty years later.

Yep, sitcoms have done a complete 180 in that realm. Now it's the husbands that are the "children." Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, Yes Dear, etc. all portray men as dumb, childish, unreliable, and incompetent. This also shows up often in commercials. And it drives me crazy! It sends the wrong message to young men. It sends a subconscious message to them that this is how they're supposed to act. Which is why I'm thankful for people like Brett McKay at artofmanliness.com who are trying to help men find their true manliness (and not the comical way portrayed in the media).

I think any mildly-popular-today-but-forgotten-tomorrow show like "Broke Girls" won't age well. As will any show that, as Applesuace pointed out, relies heavily on topical humor like SNL, the Simpsons, South Park, and all of Seth McFarlane's shows. A perfect example of this is "In Living Color." For those who are too young to remember (or to have even seen it), "In Living Color" was basically Fox's answer to SNL in the early 90s. It was pretty funny and cutting-edge at the time, but if you watch it today, WOW! Most of it has not aged well.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Recommended weather sites

« on: April 03, 2013, 10:08:25 PM »

Some good stuff there. Thanks!

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General Weather Chat / Re: Recommended weather sites

« on: April 03, 2013, 07:08:07 PM »

Matt, I've moved this topic here to the weather section.  If you're looking to just get a forecast, the main ones have already been stated above.  However, if you want to see more information like the models, radar, satellite, and so forth, I would check out some sites mentioned in the Weather Models topic pinned in this board.

No, I'm not just looking for a forecast (I get that from my local NBC station). I'm looking for cool and informative maps, radar, and satellite images for a sister site to TWCC.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC Greenlights 6 New Series in Time for First Upfront in 5 Years

« on: April 03, 2013, 03:27:32 PM »

Ugh. They might as well change their name to "The Reality Show Network."

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General Discussion / Re: Remember You Don't Know Jack?

« on: April 02, 2013, 07:34:08 PM »

I remember that we had the game, but I can't remember what it was like.

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General Weather Chat / Recommended weather sites

« on: April 01, 2013, 04:12:10 PM »

Excluding the big ones like TWC, AccuWeather, and Weather Underground, can anyone recommend some good weather websites? Thanks!

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Local Forecast / Re: 20th Anniversary of playlist

« on: April 01, 2013, 03:25:58 PM »

Today is also the 20th anniversary of my favorite playlist - The April 1993 playlist

This was the first playlist where I remember every song vividly (and the first playlist I got). It was also about this time that I started watching TWC daily.

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General Discussion / Re: No new posts?

« on: March 27, 2013, 10:22:53 AM »

This is quite a common occurrence for me.

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: Debut of TWC

« on: March 22, 2013, 10:27:00 AM »

I disagree. Current, yes. Varied, no. Bright and upbeat, not always.

But isn't it varied? They have jazz, country, pop music and i've even some classic rock. I don't follow what they play very closely so perhaps I'm not on the same page.

The genres, yes. The sound, no (IMO).

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: Debut of TWC

« on: March 21, 2013, 10:40:31 AM »

Landmark is a top notched company and continues to operate a fine media empire from my hometown. Frank Batton was a genius in building both the company and TWC.

I couldn't agree more.

Notice what was said about the music. It was their intent to keep it upbeat, varied, current and bright. One might argue that TWC is simply returning to this way of thinking.

I disagree. Current, yes. Varied, no. Bright and upbeat, not always.

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General Discussion / Re: Commercials You Loathe

« on: March 16, 2013, 07:48:02 PM »

"The General" ads are usually stupid, but this one is the worst. In fact, it's the dumbest commercial I've seen in a long time!

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7wiJ/the-general-party