PSA Month: Beware of Strangers (Even if they have Milk)

 PSA

           We have to head over the UK again, because honestly,  why not?  Or in this case I guess it would be a P.I.F again, well semantics.  The feature today isn't very long so  we  may have to do more than one look at something to make this feel fleshed out.

           A  Classic message is to watch out for strangers , because they are strange and might be up to no good.
              Though usually , this is to warn the children because they don't know any better, but just because you are an adult doesn't mean you know better right?
   

Meet this woman. She seems kind of dangerous , I mean look at the weapon she is holding.  

      Unnamed Woman ,was minding her business putting her milk out for the milk man to do whatever milkmen do with the old bottles. (Sell them for beer?)    When some guy walks up to her with milk and and orange juice.  Well, that's nice of him he must be the milk man. 

I'm the man with all the milk, if all means 1 glass. 

    Wait she says that he's not her normal milkman. Oh, Ok , he must be a fill-in , Milkmen are people too ,Lady With no name,   Wait a second, he says no he's not. This is getting strange.  He's here to read the meter. Hmm  he's not the normal meter guy either.   

This is the face you make , when you knock the guy over and run he's a stranger !  

   So he says  he's from the council , no just there to sell to her something, She with out a device to which to be identified   hasn't run in side  her house yet, while the man then says he's there to con his way in (well that was easy) to still the family silver.  (Jokes on him my family has no silver) 

 He gets in and locks the door , while still takes the time to put the milk down. (umm) 

Darn what is this device blocking me from the inner part of this box thing? 

 The voice over says that not everyone is what they seem , check if they are by their ID or something.  While the lady stares in her own house wondering what he's doing with her candle sticks. 

   Out of  context  this would be a good poster. 

Taking out the context : it looks like she is the stranger  that you don't want in. Or  a peeping Tomma. 

Here's the full p.i.f 

  

      
 Moral of the story:  Everyone is out to get you.

more after the jump , come with us strangers.. (eeek)

PSA Month: Don't play around Trains (I mean really)

 PSA'S  

    Public service announcements : Those things that you might end up seeing during un-sold time on a CW affiliate on a Saturday Morning, or on your cable system during the local commercial opt time.  That is what we are talking about this month on  Joshuaonline (Celebrating 11 years ), now now we wont' be talking about "This is your Brain on Drugs" because it's too famous and honestly, rather boring.    We have to to do something more exciting.  In the United Kingdom they are called Pif's (Public Information Films) and  sometimes they aren't all just for ad breaks, some can be longer , like the featured today called "The Finishing Line". It's 19 minutes of what the heck?

          At first it seems tame , there's a boy on the side of the bridge. (well that sounds tame)  Hearing a voice saying the "... railways aren't for any playing of games" (not even scrabble). That's true, don't play games around trains.  The voice says it twice to hammer its point. (like a hammer to a nail)   The boy then takes words and. thinks:
                            a)  Yes  It's really stupid to play on trains I won't do that.
                            b)   Nah,  I'm playing with any train I want
                            c)    Where is that voice coming from?
                            d)    This is trick list of  solutions.
                  He thinks though, if it was he'd have special races and trains and a whole Train dodging Olympics.  (also a band)

                                             

Hmm well he's sure has one wild imagination. 

                   Where is this going? (To Wonderland?)  It leads to a band playing happy music by the train tracks. (They must be launching a new train)  It looks like a happy day there are some people there , looks like a real fun day, I wanna join!   Also there are some medical staff  because, kids are fragile.  There's a trophy ah I see it must be some sort of field day, well this might be fun thing to watch, yeah maybe it's not a P.I.F after all.   (hahhhaha)  Aw Wait , there's  a race going to happen well this very happy and cheerful , this is weird.     Ok it's too happy what goes wrong?
                              a) During the race one of the kids accidentally goes the wrong way and a train gets him because he ran in the tracks.
                             b)   There's a dispute to the winner of the race
                             c)   HA HAH HAHAHHAHAHAHHAH, trick question

                Ok, let's see the rules to race : Wait what?

                                                 

You really should have put this race in a better location, there's a Train Here! 

             So the children have to run across the tracks before the train comes. (This was an  Olympic sport before it was banned in 1984 ,after a cheating scandal,  --- This is a Lie)
      The race starts and apparently, the first goal is get through the fence. (Mean fence keeping people out)  Almost all get across ,except one because the train. (Moral of the story : Most will make it across , except one? No wait, it's saying  just because everyone else makes it across, doesn't mean you will, aaaah)
     
    The next thing, is throw stuff at the moving train. (what?)
                                     

Seems hard.  

                       It's 2 PTS for a smashed Window (that's also how you play baseball in the neighbourhood, yeah we added a 'u" or our British readers, that's how we kept the U)
                       It's 4 PTS for a direct hit (wait wait, direct hit? ...people?)

      So the children throw rocks at the train.  Yep the 4pt hit is where you directly hit people, as evidence by crying girl 1 and bleeding train drive 1. Well that's disturbing.  (Moral of the story: Don't throw things at trains)

               There's a musical interlude   and meet us after the jump , but let the train pass first.

Fox Announces their Spring Premiere dates

FOX Spring  Midseason 2017  

    Fox has announced dates and times for some spring series including:  "Making History","Prison Break" ,"Shots Fired" , and more.

  Related : For details of FOX's winter line up including : 24:Legacy  [Read Here] 

    Sundays starting March 5th
  7PMET   Animation Encores
7:30pmet    Bob's Burgers
 8pmet   The Simpsons
8:30pm   Making History (new series)
 9pmet     Family Guy
 9:30pm    The Last Man on Earth (spring premiere)

Thursdays Starting March 9gh
8PMET  Masterchef Junior
9PMET   Kicking and Screaming (new series)

Wednesdays, Starting March 22nd
8PMET  Shots Fired (new series)
9PMET   Empire (spring premiere)

Tuesday, April 4th
8PMET  New irl
8:30pmet  The Mick
9pmet  Prison Break (new season)

Tuesdays Starting April 11th
8PMET  Brookyln  Nine-Nine (Spring Premiere )
8:30PMET The Mick
9PMET   Prison Break

ABC Announces Mid Season premieres

ABC  Mid Season Winter 2017  

       ABC has announced , Monday,  there mid season premiere dates with returning favorites, a mini-series, and more.

  T.G.I.T returns January 26th
  8PMET  Grey's Anatomy
  9PMET    Scandal (new season)
10pmET    How to Get Away with Murder

Monday February 27th to Thursday  March 2nd
  9PMET-11PMET   When We Rise (mini-series)

Sunday March 5th
8PMET  Once Upon a Time
9pmet    Time After Time (Two-hour series premiere)

Wednesday March 8th
10pmet   Designated Survivor

Thursday March 9th
10PMET   The Catch (season premiere)

Sunday March 22th
9PMET  Time After Time (Time period)
10PMET  American Crime (new Season)

Wednesday ,March 29th
8:30PMET  Imaginary Mary (Sneak Peak)

Tuesday April 4th
9:30pmet  Imaginary Mary (Time period)

April 7th
8PMET  The Toy Box


Wednesday, May 24th
8PMET  Dirty Dancing

Summer
 Downward Dog

press release after the Jump

The CW renews 7 series for the 2017-18 season

The CW 

      The CW has renewed 7 series for the 2017-18 season this includes the 4 D.C shows : "Flash", "SuperGirl" , "Arrow", and "D.C's Legends of  Tomorrow". Also renewed are "Crazy Ex Girl Friend", "Supernatural", and "Jane the Virgin".

   Other series' status will be known later.

Via press release

THE CW PICKS UP SEVEN CURRENT SERIESFOR 2017-18 SEASON
Network Gives Early Renewals for Next Season to “Arrow,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,”“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Flash,” “Jane The Virgin,”“Supergirl” and “Supernatural”


January 8, 2017 (Pasadena, CA) — The CW Network has given early renewals to seven of its primetime series for the 2017-2018 season. The announcement was made today during the network’s session at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena by Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW.
“Over the past several seasons, The CW has built a schedule of proven performers, from our lineup of DC superheroes, to critically acclaimed comedies, to sci-fi dramas,” said Pedowitz. “Early pickups of these seven series now allow our producers to plan ahead for next season, and gives us a solid base to build on for next season, with original scripted series to roll out all year long.”
The series being ordered for the 2017-2018 season include ARROW (Season 6), CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (Season 3), DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (Season 3), THE FLASH (Season 4), JANE THE VIRGIN (Season 4), SUPERGIRL (Season 3), and SUPERNATURAL (Season 13). Specific premiere dates for each series will be announced at a later time.

Greta Van Susteren Joins MSNBC

MSNBC  TV News  

    After leaving Fox News Channel  last September after 14 years Greta Van Susteren is joining MSNBC.     She will be hosting a new 6pmet show called "For the Record" which replaces MSNBC Live which had been airing in the slot, since  "With All Due Respect" ended in December. "WADR" was Bloomberg TV show that re-aired on MSNBC from January -December 2016.    Much like her Fox News show it will be done from D.C giving MSNBC 3 hours between 5-8pmet of programming from the nation's capital.

via press release 

 Veteran Broadcaster to Host “For the Record with Greta,” Weeknights at 6 p.m. ET on MSNBC
JANUARY 5, 2017 – Veteran broadcaster Greta Van Susteren will join MSNBC, it was announced today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC.

Van Susteren will host “For the Record with Greta,” which will air weeknights from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET. The program will debut on Monday, January 9, based in Washington, D.C. It replaces the timeslot of Bloomberg’s political television show “With All Due Respect,” which ended in early December.

“For the Record” will provide news coverage and analysis of the day’s top headlines spanning politics and beyond. The early evening broadcast will build on MSNBC’s strategic shift to a breaking news focus during the day and, along with “MTP Daily” and “Hardball,” will provide one of the key bridges to primetime. MSNBC marked its most-watched year ever in 2016, and was the fastest growing top 100 cable network in weekday prime.

“Greta is a true pro with a proven record of tough journalism,” said Griffin.  “Her broad range of experience and sharp news judgment will be of great value to MSNBC as we build on our momentum going into a new year and a new administration.”

“I’m thrilled to start my next chapter at MSNBC,” Van Susteren said. “The network is the right destination for the smart news and analysis I hope to deliver every day, and I look forward to joining the talented journalists and analysts I respect there.”

A 25-year cable news veteran, Van Susteren joins MSNBC from Fox News Channel, where she hosted “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” for 14 years. Previously, Van Susteren spent more than a decade at CNN, where she served as a legal analyst and co-host of “Burden of Proof” and hosted the news program “The Point.” She is an experienced breaking news anchor and has traveled the world - including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, North Korea, Sudan, and more - often with Presidents, Secretaries of State and Defense, and other leaders.

Van Susteren was part of the investigative team that won a first place National Headliner Award for the "Attack on America." Additionally, her legal analysis and contribution to the election coverage in 2000 earned her the American Bar Association’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Journalism. Prior to her career in journalism, Van Susteren was a criminal defense and civil trial attorney.

Van Susteren graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in economics, with distinction, from the University of Wisconsin. She earned a Juris Doctor and a Master of Law from Georgetown Law. She is the first Stuart Stiller Fellow at Georgetown Law Center and was awarded honorary Doctorates of Law from Georgetown and Stetson Law School. In 2016, the American News Women’s Club honored Van Susteren with the prestigious 22nd annual Excellence in Journalism award.

Van Susteren is the co-author of My Turn at The Bully Pulpit: Straight Talk About The Things That Drive Me Nuts. She lives with her husband John P. Coale in Washington, D.C.

Fox News Channel finds Kelly replacement

Fox News Channel  TV News 

image: fox news channel 

     Two days after the announcement that Megyn Kelly was leaving Fox News Channel for NBC ; they have announced their replacement for the 9PMET slot.  Current 7PMET host, Tucker  Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" which started in November of 2016, after  Greta Van Susteren left will take the 9PMET  slot starting January 9th. Megyn Kelly's final "Kelly File" is  January 6th.

       Meanwhile, this leaves 7PMET open, Martha MacCallum -current co-anchor of their morning news show ,"America's Newsroom"- will host a  show called  "The First 100 Days". The program is to focus on the early days of the Trump administration. Starting January 16th.  She will also co-anchor the network's Inauguration coverage on January 20th.   While Shannon Bream , their Washington reporter , will be co-anchoring "America's Newsroom"

   via Fox News Insider :

Tucker Carlson Tonight is moving to 9:00pm ET beginning on Monday on Fox News Channel's top-rated primetime lineup.
"Tucker Carlson Tonight" - which currently airs at 7:00pm ET - had a record-breaking launch in November, fast becoming one of the most buzzed-about cable news programs on television.
"In less than two months, Tucker has taken cable news by storm with his spirited interviews and consistently strong performance. Viewers have overwhelmingly responded to the show and we look forward to him being a part of Fox News’ powerful primetime line-up," said Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of 21st Century Fox and Executive Chairman of FOX News.
Martha MacCallum will anchor a new 7:00pm ET show called "The First 100 Days," beginning on Monday, January 16.
"Martha is a versatile and skilled anchor who has proven to be an essential component of our news programming. For the last 12 years, our viewers have trusted her reporting and we are pleased she will be part of our primetime line-up for the first 100 days of the new presidency," said Murdoch.

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MacCallum, who recently signed a multi-year deal with Fox News Channel, will also anchor the Inauguration Day coverage on Friday, January 20th alongside Bret Baier.
MacCallum has anchored "America’s Newsroom" alongside Bill Hemmer since 2010 and has played a pivotal role during the network’s presidential election coverage since 2004.

and tweet from Shannon Bream

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STOP! HEMMER TIME! Cannot wait to spend the 1st 100 days of the new administration with my buddy @BillHemmer #wegotthis

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) January 5, 2017

It's a Charlie Brown Lookback: You're in the Superbowl, Charlie Brown

The Flashback   The Peanuts 

    First off, Happy New Year!  Second is the Superbowl a  holiday?  I hope not !  If you didn't know this existed well ,now you do.   Some history : This was the first special not to air on CBS, they cut off their relationship. (CBS was seeing other people)  So this was on NBC in 1994, until 2002's "A Charlie Brown Valentine" there was  no new specials premiered on TV , the next few ones were direct to video.  (We covered the two that were direct already here and here )  This one is an odd special for the peanuts (and we had It's the  Girl the Red Truck, already)  So let's start.

    It starts with animal football , of  birds playing football for the AFL (The Animal football league) they are playing the cats. (well somebody has a sense of humor).  Snoopy is the coach of the birds.

First London, then Mexico City, now the NFL has expanded into animals... some how. 

     The first 4 minutes of this special is essentially this football game  then it rolls into the  intro with some jazzy some how 90's stylized.   Of course a football based special couldn't be one with out the football gag.  (you know that ends)  Well know you don't because it doesn't happen.  Peppermint Patty and some others appear  to  announce that a contest is happening  and prizes are the a new bike and a trip to the  Superbowl ( trademark)  Charlie Brown does try to do the football but (now you know how that ends).  

       There's a girl that was watching Charlie Brown and Linus practicing  for the punt ,pass and kick contest.  (her name is Princess  Leia.) 

See I told you.... /copyright Peanuts 

      Her name is Melody-Melody (ummmm guys,,, did you guys think of this name at like 4:57 on a Friday?)  and she will be our girl of affection for the boys.  (because that's what it needs)    Out for Ice cream they tell her about  the contest.  (this will come up later)    Now back to football, this time dogs are playing the Birds. (I put my money on the birds because the Peanuts). 

   

     Make sure you get the NFL logo in real good, yep,that's it /copyright Peanuts 

   It's the day of contest and apparently , Linus and Charlie both want the attention of Melody-Melody (because who hasn't had a thing for Princess Leia?)  Lucy throws the football first  she gets 12 feet 3 inches. Her kick doesn't go as well it was minus 8 feet. (irony)  Franklin is second he gets 27 feet and 6 inches , while his kick is 16 feet and 2 inches.  Peppermint Patty is third  at 28 feet 4 inches , while  the kick is 17 feet and 8 inches.   Pigpen gets 24 feet and 3 inches (woah) and his kick 45 feet and 2 inches. Marcie  gets 18 feet 6 inches and no kick , she didn't want to.  Charlie Brown's throw is 72 feet and 6 inches. (woah)  His kick was 70 feet ,and 4 inches. (woah)  Linus' throw was 72 feet and 8 inches while his kick was 70  feet  and 8 inches. Meaning he won.   

   This is Lucy , we have nothing else to say just needed an image here /copyright Peanuts

  But, now we can't end it like this now can we?  (yes?)  There's  a twist, Melody Melody is also in the contest. (laughs uncontrollably)  and of course she wins. (because of course)    Now back to the birds, because of course.  Now the birds are playing the bison in the world championship. (What the...?)  Lucy shows up and tries to give advice,but Snoopy doesn't listen to her and the birds win  62-0. ( I want a recount)   And Lucy gets Chipade poured on her. 

 Yep , this is Lucy ... hahahhahahaha/ copyright Peanuts. 

      Linus says he will trust anyone again (even the government)  and Charlie Brown uses some Lucy advice  on him.  (woah)    That's the special. 

       The music featured in the special was  David Benoit's reworkings of   Vince Guaraldi's  scores, and it was  a good mix of the music.  A thing that I pointed out with the NFL logo  it seems it was some deal to work with it  ,but also the authentic football team dress the characters wore.    

 Now our review: To be honest it wasn't a bad special but it was kind of filler , the bird football games were the most interesting  even more than our main plot.(Unless the birds were the main plot)  It would have been better storywise with out the  Melody Melody part , would have even been nice to see a Charlie Brown win!  It wasn't a very strong special but it did have some laughs.  

That's our lookback tune tune in next time when Charlie Brown and Star Wars had a cross over.