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Just saw a promo on MeTV for St. Patrick's day, when ever that is. Sven is running 8 episodes of The Green Hornet that day. I suspect this will open the door to the show becoming a regular on the network, perhaps in the next quarter?
I remember my Dad used to watch that show when I was little, mom hated it because it was violence. I saw a few of them I guess back then since Dad had it on. I always thought the main dude was kinda hot.. I guess he dropped off the screen after that show, I can't recall ever seeing him again.. What a shame..
Well, more corny shows on the way! Can't ever have too many corny shows as far as I'm concerned!
I remember my Dad used to watch that show when I was little, mom hated it because it was violence. I saw a few of them I guess back then since Dad had it on. I always thought the main dude was kinda hot.. I guess he dropped off the screen after that show, I can't recall ever seeing him again.. What a shame..
Well, more corny shows on the way! Can't ever have too many corny shows as far as I'm concerned!
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Svenghoolie is my hero as he acknowledges his predecessors at the beginning of his show. Ernie Anderson "Ghoulardi" did a similar bit in Cleveland in the 1960's and Seven shows a brief glimpse of him every week.
Here is a C/P from Wickopedia.
From 1963 to 1966, Anderson presented the program under the alter ego of Ghoulardi, a hipster that defied the common perception of a horror host. While this version of Shock Theater also featured grade "B" science fiction and horror movies, Ghoulardi openly mocked and berated said films, and spoke in an accent-laden beatnik slang. Often, comedic sound effects or music would be inserted in place of the movie's audio track. Occasionally, Ghoulardi would even insert himself into a film and appear to run from the monster, using a chroma key system that WJW normally utilized for art cards. He loved firecrackers (which at the time were against the law in Ohio) and started by blowing up apples and leftovers and graduated to blowing up model cars, statues and items sent in by viewers.
Here is a C/P from Wickopedia.
From 1963 to 1966, Anderson presented the program under the alter ego of Ghoulardi, a hipster that defied the common perception of a horror host. While this version of Shock Theater also featured grade "B" science fiction and horror movies, Ghoulardi openly mocked and berated said films, and spoke in an accent-laden beatnik slang. Often, comedic sound effects or music would be inserted in place of the movie's audio track. Occasionally, Ghoulardi would even insert himself into a film and appear to run from the monster, using a chroma key system that WJW normally utilized for art cards. He loved firecrackers (which at the time were against the law in Ohio) and started by blowing up apples and leftovers and graduated to blowing up model cars, statues and items sent in by viewers.
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The "Inserting himself into Pictures" was the idea of WJW-TV Producer-Engineer "Big Chuck" Schodowski. who also was reluctantly pushed by Anderson into doing occasional skits..This eventually led to Chuck taking over the show with Bob "Hoolihan The Weatherman" Wells once Ernie Anderson left in late 1966. The Newly named "Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show" (Later renamed Big Chuck and Lil John) was on WJW weekly until June 2007..Nearly 41 years..In September 2011 the show was revived as a half-hour Saturday skits only show..
Svenghoolie is my hero as he acknowledges his predecessors at the beginning of his show. Ernie Anderson "Ghoulardi" did a similar bit in Cleveland in the 1960's and Seven shows a brief glimpse of him every week.
Here is a C/P from Wickopedia.
From 1963 to 1966, Anderson presented the program under the alter ego of Ghoulardi, a hipster that defied the common perception of a horror host. While this version of Shock Theater also featured grade "B" science fiction and horror movies, Ghoulardi openly mocked and berated said films, and spoke in an accent-laden beatnik slang. Often, comedic sound effects or music would be inserted in place of the movie's audio track. Occasionally, Ghoulardi would even insert himself into a film and appear to run from the monster, using a chroma key system that WJW normally utilized for art cards. He loved firecrackers (which at the time were against the law in Ohio) and started by blowing up apples and leftovers and graduated to blowing up model cars, statues and items sent in by viewers.
The "Inserting himself into Pictures" was the idea of WJW-TV Producer-Engineer "Big Chuck" Schodowski. who also was reluctantly pushed by Anderson into doing occasional skits..This eventually led to Chuck taking over the show with Bob "Hoolihan The Weatherman" Wells once Ernie Anderson left in late 1966. The Newly named "Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show" (Later renamed Big Chuck and Lil John) was on WJW weekly until June 2007..Nearly 41 years..In September 2011 the show was revived as a half-hour Saturday skits only show..
Tim,
Thanks for the update.
I haven't seen the show since 1971 when I left Cleveland to serve in the U.S. Air Force. They planted me in Michigan and I stayed since then.
"Give me a close up on Camera 4"
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You missed a lot..Big Chuck estimates they produced over 2000 skits since 1966..Lil John is John Rinaldi, a Cleveland Area Jeweler who had acted in skits since 1970. he became co-host in 1979 with Big Chuck..
Here is a Fan-based Big Chuck and Lil John website, which will tell you more than you'd ever want to know, including the Ghoulardi days..
big chuck and lil john - big chuck and little john
Includes a place to buy DVD's and other memorabilia..
The Pictures above are Big Chuck and Lil John posing with me and my wife at the 2008 Ghoulardifest..Which is where I met them for the first time..They (and Bob Wells) are among the most approachable, friendly "TV People" You'd ever want to meet..Great with fans..
Tim,
Thanks for the update.
I haven't seen the show since 1971 when I left Cleveland to serve in the U.S. Air Force. They planted me in Michigan and I stayed since then.
"Give me a close up on Camera 4"
You missed a lot..Big Chuck estimates they produced over 2000 skits since 1966..Lil John is John Rinaldi, a Cleveland Area Jeweler who had acted in skits since 1970. he became co-host in 1979 with Big Chuck..
Here is a Fan-based Big Chuck and Lil John website, which will tell you more than you'd ever want to know, including the Ghoulardi days..
big chuck and lil john - big chuck and little john
Includes a place to buy DVD's and other memorabilia..
The Pictures above are Big Chuck and Lil John posing with me and my wife at the 2008 Ghoulardifest..Which is where I met them for the first time..They (and Bob Wells) are among the most approachable, friendly "TV People" You'd ever want to meet..Great with fans..
Once upon a time, and I can't remember for sure when or where, but I think it was on our old C-band dish in the 80's or maybe the 90's, there was a channel called "Good Times TV" that showed all sorts of really tripped out old stuff.
That was where I saw the ORIGINAL Batman show.
He ran around in some lumbering beast of a 30's model car and used a revolver pistol to shoot it out with bad guys!
My dad said he remembered those from the theater when he was a kid, back before they had TV.
I saw another theater serial that was sort of like Indiana Jones too..
What really flipped me out was they were always airing old Army OSS training films of guys in Lone Ranger type masks blowing stuff up and showing how to kill people and spy on bad guys.
I couldn't believe they aired that stuff!
Good Times TV was pretty much similar to White Springs TV in content and quality with the exception that they ran things even more obscure and oddball than White Springs..
But yeah, Dad gave me the run down on old theater serials.
And I remember when I was little, in the 60's, that they would run lots of cartoons at the theater too..
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - This Week in Space 232
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Edq2eavsQ
Direct YouTube Link - This Week in Space 232
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oRVxjGm0qtE
Direct YouTube Link - Tim Cook, Elton John & King Charles: A Royal Tech Event
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Direct YouTube Link - Tim Cook, Elton John & King Charles: A Royal Tech Event
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