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Video: The Cliche Family in TV Land

Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:37 pm PDT

One of the largest producers of TV commercials made this short film in the 1960s, as an in-house joke that probably would have landed them in very hot water if their clients had ever seen it. [Video]

Video, History, Advertising, Television, Americana

9/11 Trutherism on 'Rescue Me'

Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:13 am PST

Coming soon on FX: 9/11 Trutherism for the masses, promoted by a cretinous actor who is a genuine, in-real-life Troofer. Disgusting. A coming episode of the acclaimed FX drama “Rescue Me” will tackle what may sound like a far-fetched plot line: that the attacks of Sept. 11 were an ...

9/11, 9/11 Conspiracies, 9/11 Troofers, Truthers, Troofers, FX, Television, Hollywood

Our Friends the Saudis: Astrologers Must Die!

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:51 pm PDT

Islamic clerics in Saudi Arabia have been on a crusade (can I use that word?) to shut down Western-influenced media, and now their wrath is turned upon the heathen astrologers: The MEMRI Blog - Saudi Sheikh: Kill Hosts of Horoscope Programs. Member of the High Judicial Council in Saudi ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sharia, Ramadan, Television, Media, Wahhabism, RoP

Saudi Clerics Issuing Death Fatwas for TV Producers

Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:14 am PDT

Saudi clerics are raging and seething about the Turkish soap operas (dubbed into Arabic) that are becoming very popular in the religious apartheid kingdom, and they’re calling for people to be killed. “If they continue airing depravity and shamelessness they should be banished from this place and others brought ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sharia, Ramadan, Television, Media, Wahhabism

Iowahawk: Hillary's Hellcats

Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:24 pm PDT

Another long-lost episode from a TV series that never existed, courtesy of the thoroughly demented Iowahawk: TV Classics: Hillary’s Hellcats. The action-adventure genre got a sexy shot in the arm in 1983 with the debut of Hillary’s Hellcats, the Friday night NBC series starring Farrah Sansabelt-Haggar as Hillary Dale, ...

LGF, Iowahawk, Parody, Clinton, Hillary, Culture, Television

The Netherlands Pays for Jihad Television

Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 12:09 pm PDT

In the Netherlands, two Islamic public broadcasting channels have now been merged into one—and that channel is in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. THE HAGUE, 13/10/07 - Radical Muslims have taken control of the Dutch Muslim Broadcaster (NMO). At least three of the public broadcaster’s eight directors are ...

LGF, Netherlands, Islam, Dhimmitude, Television, Muslim Brotherhood

Little Mosque Creator Q and A

Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 3:31 pm PST

The creator of the Canadian TV series Little Mosque on the Prairie takes questions from the ummah, at the Wahhabi propaganda site IslamOnline: Little Mosque: How Far Can Funny Go? (Hat tip: Scaramouche.) She explains that any improprieties in the show, such as an imam shaking hands with a woman, ...

Canada, Little Mosque, Dhimmitude, Islam, Television

24 Day 6 Open Thread

Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 6:57 pm PST

I’m posting this open thread on tonight’s episode of 24 right smack dab in the middle of the US viewing window, in a craven attempt to get the least number of readers pissed off at me for spoiling their experience because of something they read in the comments, even though ...

Open Thread, Television, 24, Jack Bauer

By Popular Request: The 24 Open Thread

Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 8:16 pm PST

Here’s an open thread to discuss tonight’s episode of 24...

Television, 24, Jack Bauer, Terrorism

Wafa Sultan Interviewed

Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 3:48 pm PST

From Israel National Radio, here’s Wafa Sultan on the Tovia Singer radio show. (Running time: 13:27.) The full show is 48 minutes long, so I’m including only the section with Sultan; follow the link above to hear the rest of the show. [Audio]

Wafa Sultan, Islam, Al Jazeera, Television, Israel National Radio

Saudi Prince Launches Propaganda Channel

Wed, Mar 8, 2006 at 1:25 pm PST

Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, whose $10 million donation was rejected by Rudy Giuliani after 9/11, is now spending a tiny part of his immense oil wealth to launch another Islamic satellite channel: Al-Resalah Launched. RIYADH, 7 March 2006 — Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, CEO of Kingdom Holding Company, officially launched ...

Arab News, Prince Alwaleed, Saudi Arabia, Islam, Television

Wafa Sultan Interviewed Tonight

Tue, Mar 7, 2006 at 4:59 pm PST

Wafa Sultan, the Arab American psychologist who’s the talk of the blogosphere after appearing on Al Jazeera in a fearless encounter with an Islamic cleric, will be interviewed tonight on the Tovia Singer show and Ted Belman has details: Tovia Singer to interview Wafa Sultan and Ted Belman tonight. You ...

Wafa Sultan, Islam, Al Jazeera, Television