But First These Messages...
So This is Christmas (ewww why did we write this) Every Christmas season the commercials put on their decorations and sell you stuff ,while fitting the season. Is this pandering ? Yes , but that's what commercials do.
But First These Messages :
In 1994, the remade "Miracle on 34th Street" it's an alright remake. So of course 7 Up (the Un Cola) decided hey lets tie ourselves with the movie. Also at the same time get some miracle money.
Coca Cola (the Cola Cola ) is very much apart of Christmas (In fact in the 80's Christmas was called ,Coca-Cola presents New Christmas , that is a lie!) so in 1994, they seem to be warning us of something.
The Santa Packs are coming, do not run , they are coming! You can not escape them!
Beer isn't really Christmas related ,but this Budwesier commercial feels very Christmas-y .
The Cyldesdale Horses get a Christmas outing in this ad, and yes it feels very Christmas-y , and it's nice they wish you best , and not just scream Buy our Beer!
Toys! Nothing says Christmas like toys! (In fact... in the old days Christmas and Toys were synonyms , ok we lied again)
One thing about this 1976 Toys 'R' US commercial is that it's not loud , annoying or disturbing. It has the gentleness that Christmas should be. (opinion?)
It's weird to think that M&M's ads used to not have those weird talking candy things . This 1978 just shows us Christmas and the product being used in the fun.
Though this one is nice too
more after the jump (come along with us)
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Thursday, December 01, 2016
The Lookback : Christmas Everyday (1996)
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Wow, this TV movie is 20 years old now, and we mean like today. But first, we before we talk about the movie ,we have to talk about the concept of Christmas everyday stories. It's kind of an interesting idea , what if the the great wonderful Christmas (bias) was the every single day?
One of the earliest examples of this type of story is "Christmas Every Day" William Dean Howells, which you can read here . In the original story a little girl wishes that it was Christmas everyday and it happens , and moral of the story is don't do that. Or for full understanding : That Christmas is a great day but what makes it special is that it's not everyday, that don't do too much of a good thing or it won't be as loved or special anymore.
Now to reference our movie "Christmas Everyday" came out on December 1st 1996, on The Family Channel (which became Fox Family in 1998, became ABC Family in 2001 , now known as Freeform in 2016) it was an original movie for the channel made with Mary Tyler Moore Studios (also at the time owned by Pat Robertson because... that's another story). This movie is not following that story in as much as it follows a popular movie, "Groundhog Day".
Now Our lookback won't be telling the movie's events instead we kind of just parse the plot.
The movie stars Erik Von Detten who you may know from such movies like "Brink" , as a boy named Billy , who is well a movie teenager , (That mean's he's moody alot) For the "GroundHog Day"plot to work , you have to have some establishing of our character and well Christmas. Christmas Day doesn't go well for Billy. His uncle comes to visit and this brings up that he wants to build a mega store, which the small town is against because it would put small merchants out of business, Billy's father also happens to be against it. Billy has a bully or something that is bothering him , and he's also trying to attract this girl he likes. (Because it's a movie with a teenager) When he plays a trick on said bully at the Christmas pageant, this brings up the town getting fired up over the mega store. And other minor events too. Christmas ends with Billy very un happy and getting mad at his sister and she ends up wishing that It was Christmas everyday.
Well guess what happens? The next morning Billy wakes up thinking everything is a trick on him and keeping bringing up that everything he's seeing happened already. The next Christmas he tries to explain to his parents that it keeps being Christmas but they ,of course, think he's sick. (The doctor said it's because he's a teenager ... darn teenagers and their repeating days) So after getting the hang of what's going on , the next Christmas (the 4th one) he's tries to use his new future knowing abilities to his advantage. (Of course why not, I'd do the same?. bow to my power!) That doesn't go well and it ends in more black eyes. (Billy gets punched alot in this movie)
Wow, this TV movie is 20 years old now, and we mean like today. But first, we before we talk about the movie ,we have to talk about the concept of Christmas everyday stories. It's kind of an interesting idea , what if the the great wonderful Christmas (bias) was the every single day?
One of the earliest examples of this type of story is "Christmas Every Day" William Dean Howells, which you can read here . In the original story a little girl wishes that it was Christmas everyday and it happens , and moral of the story is don't do that. Or for full understanding : That Christmas is a great day but what makes it special is that it's not everyday, that don't do too much of a good thing or it won't be as loved or special anymore.
Now to reference our movie "Christmas Everyday" came out on December 1st 1996, on The Family Channel (which became Fox Family in 1998, became ABC Family in 2001 , now known as Freeform in 2016) it was an original movie for the channel made with Mary Tyler Moore Studios (also at the time owned by Pat Robertson because... that's another story). This movie is not following that story in as much as it follows a popular movie, "Groundhog Day".
Now Our lookback won't be telling the movie's events instead we kind of just parse the plot.
The movie stars Erik Von Detten who you may know from such movies like "Brink" , as a boy named Billy , who is well a movie teenager , (That mean's he's moody alot) For the "GroundHog Day"plot to work , you have to have some establishing of our character and well Christmas. Christmas Day doesn't go well for Billy. His uncle comes to visit and this brings up that he wants to build a mega store, which the small town is against because it would put small merchants out of business, Billy's father also happens to be against it. Billy has a bully or something that is bothering him , and he's also trying to attract this girl he likes. (Because it's a movie with a teenager) When he plays a trick on said bully at the Christmas pageant, this brings up the town getting fired up over the mega store. And other minor events too. Christmas ends with Billy very un happy and getting mad at his sister and she ends up wishing that It was Christmas everyday.
Well guess what happens? The next morning Billy wakes up thinking everything is a trick on him and keeping bringing up that everything he's seeing happened already. The next Christmas he tries to explain to his parents that it keeps being Christmas but they ,of course, think he's sick. (The doctor said it's because he's a teenager ... darn teenagers and their repeating days) So after getting the hang of what's going on , the next Christmas (the 4th one) he's tries to use his new future knowing abilities to his advantage. (Of course why not, I'd do the same?. bow to my power!) That doesn't go well and it ends in more black eyes. (Billy gets punched alot in this movie)
Darn it Billy ,that's not how you apply make up!/Copyright Freeform?
The Last Christmas (he gave you his heart, sorry) didn't go well so the next one (5th) he tires a different approach (it's like a puzzle) he takes things to his advantage and tries to give himself the best Christmas he ever had. He kisses the girl ,defeats the bully, and stole his uncle's car. (Because teenager) Anyway this Christmas (will be... sorry) he talks with his father and learns something (you can tell) . So his new plan is to do nice things for the next Christmas (the 6th one). I am cite some examples of things he did He saved a family from a house fire , finds a girl scout troop in the woods (what?) , gives an old lady free food and stuff, but he's not happy (because teenager) , mostly because he figured out something he can't solve all the world's problems. (he learned an important lesson that day) He over hears his parents talking about how their store would be hurt if the mega store comes to town.
I wonder if the clothes stayed clean or something... also camcorder/copyright Freeform?
So the next Christmas (the 7th one) he does nice things for people with a new Christmas spirit. This is also the end of his Groundhog day of Christmas because he learned his lesson of what Christmas is about.
He also makes this for under his sister's bed/copyright Freeform?
There's a cameo from Santa , who apparently was responsible for this or something and the next morning , Billy Wakes up and finds out that it's not Christmas (nope it's tax day now. pay upt!) anymore.
More after the jump , come with us please.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
CBS Announces Mid Season Scheduling
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CBS has set their mid season schedule which includes the return of "The Amazing Race". They are also putting a series on Saturday (mostly as a place to burn off a show,possibly).
New Series include : "Training Day" , "Ransom" , "Training Day" , "Doubt". The Return of "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race".
Here's the Schedule;
Wednesday, December 21st
8PMET Undercover Boss (new season ) (new hours
Sunday, January 1st
8:30PMET "Ransom" (special NYD premiere)
Saturay , January 7th
8PMET "Ransom" (time Period premiere)
Sunday, January 22nd
10PMET Hunted (new series)
Wednesday , January 25th
8pmet Hunted (time period premiere ) (2 hours)
Thursday, February 2nd
10PM "Training Day" (new series)
Wednesday, February 15th
10PMET "Doubt" (new series)
Wednesday, March 8th
8PMET "Survivor" (two hours) (new season)
Friday, April 21st
8PMET "The Amazing Race" (new season) (Two hours)
Press release after the Jump
Thursday, November 17, 2016
What doesThe Lookback: Winnie the Pooh eat on Thanksgiving?
The Flashback
As I have stated before, there are not many Thanksgiving specials out there so it's nice to find one, that's not an episode of a TV show , to write about. This us to our hero, Winnie the Pooh. (accept him) Also I didn't know that Christopher Robin lived in the United States.
"A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving" came out in 1998 and aired on ABC and reran up until 2003. (weird they stopped after they got the Peanuts rights) it also was nominated for the Primetime Emmy for outstanding Children's program. So was it outstanding?
Pooh is happy that it's Thanksgiving Day (especially when he found out they don't eat bears on that day) and he invites Christopher Robin the wood's Thanksgiving dinner. Pooh is a hurry to prepare for Thanksgiving. (with song)
The creatures of the 100 Acre Wood brings something for the meal , Rabbit tells them that their meal is wrong , because honey, acorns and melty chocolate ice-cream aren't part of tradition, and they need to have Turkey , cranberries , pumpkin pie , and etc... without these things it's not the same. (Wait wait , Rabbit wants Turkey?) Rabbit tells Tigger and Eeyore to gather cranberries, Gopher (good thing's only one gopher) to make pumpkin pie, Owl to clean the dinnerware , Rabbit will decorate, and Pooh and Piglet have to get turkey. (murder?)
Pooh and Piglet look for turkey and can't seem to find one. (and we get another song, about how terrifying turkeys are) While the others stick to their mission. Tigger and Eeyore have to re get their the cranberries after they lost the others due to a hole in a bag and Tigger's jumping, they follow a trail and end up in Pooh and Piglet's turkey trap. Gopher and Owl have finished their jobs and Piglet and Pooh show up with their 'turkey'. The whole meal plan falls apart after Tigger and Eeyore break out the bag. Rabbit and the others feel sad that it's been ruined.
Pooh thinks of an idea to go each of the other's homes and they invite Rabbit to their newly made Thanksgiving party , with most of the stuff they were going to use in the first place. (We get another song about Friends).
This special feels like Thanksgiving , just feels warm watching it (or it's the weather) it's Winnie the Pooh , so it's awesome. The message of Thanksgiving is in this special : that it's not about the food or what kind of food you have , it's about being thankful and friends (or family) and that's really what this special does in a subtle way, except that end song. It also has it's laughs and the songs are very nicely done. If you are looking for a Thanksgiving special , besides the awesome Peanuts one, well here's one.
Tune in next time when we find out that Rabbit really does love eating meat!
As I have stated before, there are not many Thanksgiving specials out there so it's nice to find one, that's not an episode of a TV show , to write about. This us to our hero, Winnie the Pooh. (accept him) Also I didn't know that Christopher Robin lived in the United States.
"A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving" came out in 1998 and aired on ABC and reran up until 2003. (weird they stopped after they got the Peanuts rights) it also was nominated for the Primetime Emmy for outstanding Children's program. So was it outstanding?
Pooh is happy that it's Thanksgiving Day (especially when he found out they don't eat bears on that day) and he invites Christopher Robin the wood's Thanksgiving dinner. Pooh is a hurry to prepare for Thanksgiving. (with song)
Somehow only the top part of C.R is cold/copyright Walt Disney
The creatures of the 100 Acre Wood brings something for the meal , Rabbit tells them that their meal is wrong , because honey, acorns and melty chocolate ice-cream aren't part of tradition, and they need to have Turkey , cranberries , pumpkin pie , and etc... without these things it's not the same. (Wait wait , Rabbit wants Turkey?) Rabbit tells Tigger and Eeyore to gather cranberries, Gopher (good thing's only one gopher) to make pumpkin pie, Owl to clean the dinnerware , Rabbit will decorate, and Pooh and Piglet have to get turkey. (murder?)
Now go kill ! /Copyright Walt Disney
Pooh and Piglet look for turkey and can't seem to find one. (and we get another song, about how terrifying turkeys are) While the others stick to their mission. Tigger and Eeyore have to re get their the cranberries after they lost the others due to a hole in a bag and Tigger's jumping, they follow a trail and end up in Pooh and Piglet's turkey trap. Gopher and Owl have finished their jobs and Piglet and Pooh show up with their 'turkey'. The whole meal plan falls apart after Tigger and Eeyore break out the bag. Rabbit and the others feel sad that it's been ruined.
Looks like real Thanksgiving to me /copyright Disney
Pooh thinks of an idea to go each of the other's homes and they invite Rabbit to their newly made Thanksgiving party , with most of the stuff they were going to use in the first place. (We get another song about Friends).
awwww/copyright Disney
This special feels like Thanksgiving , just feels warm watching it (or it's the weather) it's Winnie the Pooh , so it's awesome. The message of Thanksgiving is in this special : that it's not about the food or what kind of food you have , it's about being thankful and friends (or family) and that's really what this special does in a subtle way, except that end song. It also has it's laughs and the songs are very nicely done. If you are looking for a Thanksgiving special , besides the awesome Peanuts one, well here's one.
Tune in next time when we find out that Rabbit really does love eating meat!
But First These Messages: Thanksgiving
But First these Messages
Happy November! (AKA the month that's not December) and that means , it's coming! (Yes Only 4 more months to beat the Saint Patrick's Day rush!) Yes, Thanksgiving. (Oh yeah ,that) Mostly now Thanksgiving season's commercial air space is used to tell you that ... you can wake up really early to spend some money on stuff while hopefully not being punched in the face for said stuff, because some other person wants that stuff.
Until the end of it , you wouldn't even know it was a commercial , you would think that in the middle of "Murder She Wrote" , CBS hit a button and is airing the Peanuts. Until at the end they say "Happy Thanksgiving from Met Life". That was very nice of Metlife (or Metropolitan Life and Affiliated Companies) to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving. Now go buy some insurance!
What do people happen to eat on Thanksgiving? (Goat! ) Oh that's right... Turkey. (No , I said Goat!)
Good thing Marion (I don't know what they are saying) didn't hear them or this would have been their last Thanksgiving. Butterball says they are always juicy... I bet someone could prove them wrong. Maybe I like dry turkey...huh Butterball..what about the dry turkey lovers?
Also at the end there: "We are Beatrice" what?
I have three reasons to visit Walmart, thanks alot Mary, Jerry, Lauren (was Lorry not taken?) and mmm fixings. Sure, she's happy now she has extra food, but wait until your are still eating Thanksgiving stuff in March!
Cool Whip , was around in 1969.
Hmm Uncle Harry concerns me.... who doesn't want pie?
Now after dessert it's time for dessert. (you don't understand how this works do you?)
That poor turkey ... that narrator was giving him terror of his life and then tells him it's Icecream I mean really. That's just mean.
Most of the commercials here seem to do with food, well except that insurance commercial, which with all that cool whip you are going to need life insurance.
Now back to our program.. When Thanksgiving Turkeys attack.
Happy November! (AKA the month that's not December) and that means , it's coming! (Yes Only 4 more months to beat the Saint Patrick's Day rush!) Yes, Thanksgiving. (Oh yeah ,that) Mostly now Thanksgiving season's commercial air space is used to tell you that ... you can wake up really early to spend some money on stuff while hopefully not being punched in the face for said stuff, because some other person wants that stuff.
" Look at the fragile stuff! "/copyright Target
So this is Thanksgiving... But first these messages:
Sadly, around the time this was made , we found out that Metlife is changing up and as part of this they are dropping the Peanuts characters as their mascots, which is disappointing.
Maybe they can work for State Farm,
"Like a good Neighbor...Lucy is there" /copyright Metlife.
This ad from 1988 :
Until the end of it , you wouldn't even know it was a commercial , you would think that in the middle of "Murder She Wrote" , CBS hit a button and is airing the Peanuts. Until at the end they say "Happy Thanksgiving from Met Life". That was very nice of Metlife (or Metropolitan Life and Affiliated Companies) to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving. Now go buy some insurance!
What do people happen to eat on Thanksgiving? (Goat! ) Oh that's right... Turkey. (No , I said Goat!)
Good thing Marion (I don't know what they are saying) didn't hear them or this would have been their last Thanksgiving. Butterball says they are always juicy... I bet someone could prove them wrong. Maybe I like dry turkey...huh Butterball..what about the dry turkey lovers?
Also at the end there: "We are Beatrice" what?
Join our cult, your name will be Beatrice, worship our poultry!
Gotta buy that Butterball somewhere. (that's a mean thing to say about Aunt Lois!)
I guess Walmart?
I have three reasons to visit Walmart, thanks alot Mary, Jerry, Lauren (was Lorry not taken?) and mmm fixings. Sure, she's happy now she has extra food, but wait until your are still eating Thanksgiving stuff in March!
Cool Whip , was around in 1969.
Hmm Uncle Harry concerns me.... who doesn't want pie?
Now after dessert it's time for dessert. (you don't understand how this works do you?)
That poor turkey ... that narrator was giving him terror of his life and then tells him it's Icecream I mean really. That's just mean.
Most of the commercials here seem to do with food, well except that insurance commercial, which with all that cool whip you are going to need life insurance.
Now back to our program.. When Thanksgiving Turkeys attack.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
CW Announces Mid Season premiere dates
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The CW has released their mid season schedule premiere dates.
The CW has released their mid season schedule premiere dates.
- The new series "Riverdale" debuts on January 26th at 9pmet
- Season Finale of "No Tomorrow " Tuesday January 17 at 9PMET
- Season Finale of "Frequency" Wednesday January 25th 9PMET
- Season Finale of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Friday February 3 at 9PMET
- "I Zombie" returns April 4th
- "The 100" returns February 1st at 9pmet
- Series Finale of "The Vampire Diaries" airs Friday March 10th
The Dates in depth
Monday
8PMET Supergirl
9PMET Jane the Virgin
Tuesdays starting January 24th
8PMET The Flash
9PMET DC's Legends of Tomorrow (New Time)
Wednesdays starting February 1st
8PMET Arrow
9PMET The 100 (new season)
Thursdays Starting February 26th
8PMET Supernatural
9PMET Riverdale
Fridays starting February 10th
8PMET The Vampire Diaries
9PMET Reign (new Season)
Fridays starting March 17th
8PMET The Originals (Season Premiere)
9PMET Reign
Tuesday, April 4th
8pm I Zombie (new season )
9pmet I Zombie (new episode )
Tuesdays Starting April 11th
8PMET The Flash
9PMET I Zombie
press release after the jump
Monday, November 14, 2016
METV Holiday Schedule
METV Christmas Classics
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
2PM | 1C: Mister Ed: "Ed's Christmas Story"
2:30PM | 1:30C: Touched by an Angel: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
3:30PM | 2:30C: Grizzly Adams: "Upon a Starry Night"
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11
2PM | 1C: Petticoat Junction: "Cannonball Christmas"
2:30PM | 1:30C: The Brady Bunch: "The Voice of Christmas"
3:30PM | 2:30C: The Brady Bunch: "A Very Brady Christmas"
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18
2PM | 1C: MacGyver: "The Madonna"
3PM | 2C: The Love Boat: "The Christmas Cruise"
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25
2PM | 1C: The Beverly Hillbillies: "Christmas at the Clampetts"
2:30PM | 1:30C: Gilligan's Island: "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk"
3PM | 2C: Happy Days: "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas"
3:30PM | 2:30C: Laverne & Shirley: "Christmas Eve at the Bobby Hatch"
4PM | 3C: Family: "Tis the Season"
Classic's network , METV, has released their holiday programming schedule for this season , starting on November 27th. They will be airing Holiday related programming every Sunday at 2pm/1c until Christmas day.
(note all times are eastern/central ; mt is same as central and Pt is same as ET)
Here are the details
Sunday, November 27th
2PM | 1C: Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: "Mike's Dream: A Christmas Tale"
3PM | 2C: Little House on the Prairie: "Bless All the Dear Children"
3PM | 2C: Little House on the Prairie: "Bless All the Dear Children"
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
2PM | 1C: Mister Ed: "Ed's Christmas Story"
2:30PM | 1:30C: Touched by an Angel: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
3:30PM | 2:30C: Grizzly Adams: "Upon a Starry Night"
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11
2PM | 1C: Petticoat Junction: "Cannonball Christmas"
2:30PM | 1:30C: The Brady Bunch: "The Voice of Christmas"
3:30PM | 2:30C: The Brady Bunch: "A Very Brady Christmas"
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18
2PM | 1C: MacGyver: "The Madonna"
3PM | 2C: The Love Boat: "The Christmas Cruise"
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25
2PM | 1C: The Beverly Hillbillies: "Christmas at the Clampetts"
2:30PM | 1:30C: Gilligan's Island: "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk"
3PM | 2C: Happy Days: "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas"
3:30PM | 2:30C: Laverne & Shirley: "Christmas Eve at the Bobby Hatch"
4PM | 3C: Family: "Tis the Season"
Also airing are airing Thanksgiving programming and more Christmas programming you can find that info here.
Wednesday, November 09, 2016
CBS Announces Holiday Programming
CBS Holidays Christmas
CBS has announced their holiday programming for Thanksgiving until New Year.
Thursday, November 24
7-10AMET ; Live Mt , Delayed PT ) : Thanksgiving Day Parade
Friday ,November 25
8PMET Frosty the Snowman
8:30pmet Frosty Returns
Saturday, November 26
8PMET Robbie the Reindeer
9PMET The Story of Santa Claus
Tuesday, November 29
8PMET Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Friday, December 2
8PMET I love Lucy : Christmas Special
Monday, December 5
10PMET The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Friday,December 23
8PMET A Home For The Holidays
Tuesday, December 27
9PMET The 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
press release after the jump
image from CBS
CBS has announced their holiday programming for Thanksgiving until New Year.
Thursday, November 24
7-10AMET ; Live Mt , Delayed PT ) : Thanksgiving Day Parade
Friday ,November 25
8PMET Frosty the Snowman
8:30pmet Frosty Returns
Saturday, November 26
8PMET Robbie the Reindeer
9PMET The Story of Santa Claus
Tuesday, November 29
8PMET Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Friday, December 2
8PMET I love Lucy : Christmas Special
Monday, December 5
10PMET The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Friday,December 23
8PMET A Home For The Holidays
Tuesday, December 27
9PMET The 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
press release after the jump
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