HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK BARRIS....84 TODAY!!

This is from back in the days when funny shows were actually funny.  We only had two or three channels with real, professional performers on all three.  And, it was all free!

Today we have 3,000 channels and you won't find an ounce of talent on any of them.  And, you have to pay to watch it!

A big thanks to Jacob for hooking up my new Charter TV modem yesterday.

I wouldn't have been able to figure it out in a million years.  I knew this was a job better left to a college graduate.  Even though this kid graduated, from the University, this spring, he's going back for another class this summer.  He just can't get enough of that learning!

 

Let me tell you, I don't think anyone with less than a college education could figure out how to hook this new Charter Cable converter box up.  The cable offices were PACKED with customers, yesterday, and not a single one of them was smiling.  None of the cable employees were smiling either.

 

I think they could have used a "smarty pants", like Jacob, to come up with a better plan for switching to their new "all HD" service.

 

The good news is that I've figured out enough of this big, bulky, heavy, ugly remote clicker, with more buttons on it than they have on one of the Blue Angels jets, to watch "Cops" and "Cheaters" tonight.  (That's the kind of stuff NON-COLLEGE GRADUATES watch).

I think Charter needs some "new blood" in their "customer relations" department.  I see a lot of tweets like this, this morning.
 

Made me do it.. finally shot video of some of #chartercable s LOUSY service. Great with bills.. lousy with service https://t.co/yk8m7cMYcP
— David Beach (@thedavidbeach) April 28, 2014

The late Maya Angelou wrote.....

"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot..it's all there.  Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."

Maya would have been quite unhappy with me because this Charter change to all digital has been about as non-positive as anything can be.

Hopefully, with Jakes help, tomorrow, I'll have everything I need to get hooked up correctly.

Carl got the cable part hooked up just fine but the modem that connects  the cable to the internet is not compatible with the HD transmission so I have to go back to the Charter office and get the new modem and come home and hook it up.

I could care less if the TV part ever works but if you screw with my internet I'm gonna get very unpleasant and I sure as hell won't be "positive".

A LITTLE TRASH NEVER HURT ANYONE

Everyone makes fun of me because I love watching "CHEATERS" every Saturday night.  Of course it's trash!  That's what makes it such fun.

 

I finally did a bit of research and found out that the host of the show, CLARK GABLE, is, indeed, related to the legendary star of the same name.

 

Our "Cheaters" host is the GRANDSON OF THE ORIGINAL CLARK GABLE.  Now, I know what you're going to say.  "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

LAWRENCE WELK DIED, AT THE AGE OF 89, ON MAY 17, 1989

I GUESS TV IS JUST NOT MY THING

It was on May 6, 2004 that the final episode of "FRIENDS" was broadcast on NBC.  I know it was one of the biggest sit-coms, ever, on TV.  It made unknown actors huge stars and NBC gazillions of dollars.....and I never saw a single episode.  Still have not seen a single episode and have no idea what the show was about.  

 

I'm not sure but, I think, I may have totally missed 2004.

RIP: EFREM ZIMBALIST JR.

Sorry to hear of the death of Efrem Zimbalist Jr. at the age of 95.

This makes perfect sense to me.

CHARTER IS GETTING BIGGER!

I have to give credit to the folks at Charter Communications.  They give me great service with TV and internet service!

 

Charter Communications to Become Second-Largest U.S. Cable Operator via Deal With Comcast http://t.co/qmjPPULBsr
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 28, 2014

Happy Birthday to Shirley Maclaine. She's 80 today!!

YOU TELL 'EM KIM NOVAK!!

Of all people, Donald Trump with that bale of hay he wears on his head, making fun of how someone else looks is just about the sickest joke of the year.

OWL SHOOK UP

Owl's don't give a hoot about what you want them to do.  They'll do what they do when they want to do it.

BUNNY TIME

REMEMBERING DICK CLARK

Dick Clark died 2 years ago today.

 

OLD AGE BOMBSHELL

Aren't you ashamed of yourself, complaining about your "old age"?  You've got to learn to boogie, baby!

TALKING TAXES

So, let's talk taxes...as only Roseanne can do it.

WHEEL OF BAD LUCK

You've got to feel sorry for this guy.

DAVID LETTERMAN IS 67 TODAY

What's the world coming to?

I wonder what Kramer would have to say about Julia Louis-Dreyfus appearing naked on the cover of Rolling Stone?

(Just the right amount of wrong?)

GOOD MORNING KATIE COURIC!

Katie  Couric co-hosting with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America should be interesting this week.  It's only for one week but I'll bet they make a great team.