In the Canadian category, Team Alternate Feed selects...
SportsCentre is a sports news program airing on the CanadiannetworkTSN. TSN's flagship program, it airs several times daily and was known as SportsDesk until 2001.
The show also appears on sister network CTV after its Sunday NFL broadcasts and serves as a recap show of the day's action.
On September 25, 2006, SportsCentre began broadcasting in High Definition (HD), and TSN has announced hopes to have all reports from its bureaus in HD in the near future. [1] SportsDesk's re-branding came after the American sports network ESPN acquired a share of TSN. As a result, SportsCentre's graphics and format are identical to ESPN's own flagship program, SportsCenter, with one obvious difference being that TSN's version of the program uses Canadian spelling. As a result of the rebranding, many ESPN personalities will appear on Sportscentre for short segments including John Clayton as an NFL insider and Chris Berman for the 2 Minute Drill.
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The Couch Potatoes choose from the Wildcard Category..........
"ALF"
The Tanner family is an average American family. One day, they discover that they have a visitor. He's small, he's furry, he's arrogant, and he's an alien from the planet Melmac. Unsure what to do, they name him ALF: Alien Life Form. Alf soon decides that as much as he misses his home planet, there's a lot to be said for Earth: the Tanners are willing to concede anything as long as he doesn't announce his presence. Oh yeah, the the Tanners also have a cat, which looks rather tasty...
ALF doing Bob Seger - Old Time Rock'nRoll
ALF driving a Ferrari - C'mon Lady this ain't a Parade
ALF sings and Moonwalks to Michael Jackson's Billie Jean
With our next selection Team Jumped the Shark is happy to select in the Canadian category:
Bizarre was a weekly Canadian TV sketch comedy series, airing from 1980 to 1985. The show was hosted by John Byner, and produced by the CTV television network at the CFTO Glen-Warren Studios in suburban Toronto.
The series contained slapstick sketches, monologues, TV parodies, and performances by guest stand-up comics. Interactions between John and members of the studio audience, or show producer Bob Einstein, who often came in to halt a sketch midway through, provided an early example of removing the fourth wall. Much of the humour on the show was considered risque during the original run of the series.
A regular feature of the show was Super Dave Osborne, played by Bob Einstein, in which Super Dave would perform elaborate mock stunts meant to enthrall viewers; a reporter would assist in framing the sketch. Inevitably, the stunt would fail spectacularly, resulting in severe, hilarious injury to Super Dave. These sketches would usually finish with a view of the scene, in which Super Dave was buried, encased, launched etc., as appropriate for the sketch. Meanwhile, feigning agony, Super Dave would discuss sundry details - information about the next show, why the stunt failed, or what he'd do to the reporter once he recovered from his injuries.
Two versions of the show were produced: episodes that aired on the Showtime cable network in the United States contained nudity and coarse language. The versions that aired on CTV (and later in syndication) had the nudity removed and the language bleeped by a horn-honking sound. Although the "adult" version is most closely associated with Showtime, it did go out on a few independent TV stations during the 1980s, playing as late-night fare, although the "clean" version is the one that was more commonly found in syndication.
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I would have thought that eventually Super Dave would have figureout out that the problem was that "Saskatchewan Sealskin".
And Super Dave is Albert Brooks' older brother IRL.
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The Cleveland Indian Head Test Patterns are oroud to select in the Soap Opera/Serial category:
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
It takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show (also called Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip or Studio 60) on the fictional television network NBS (National Broadcasting System), whose format is similar to NBC's Saturday Night Live. The fictional show-within-a-show is run by head writer and executive producer Matt Albie (Matthew Perry) and executive producer Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford).
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip aired on NBC from September 18, 2006 to June 28, 2007.
It's been 30 hours since the last pick which means 3 AK's which brings the total to 8 AK's (Barnes made a pick but is still 1 pick behind) which means the draft is pretty much dead.
Here is what we're going to do now to finish this off.
I'm going to borrow the supplemental draft route from the all-time Flames draft.
Starting at 9am Mountain Time Today (Feb 5) you are allowed 1 selection every 12 hours. If you are currently AK'd (have a pick before #313) you can catch up before 9am. I am updating the board right now so hopefully it will be updated by 9am.
Any questions let me know.
EDIT: Draft board has been updated, please check it to see how many picks you have remaining and in what categories.
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So, we can make a pick at any time as long as it's been at least 12 hours since our last pick?
Alright...Frozen TV Dinner elects to move Quantum Leap from Action/Adventure to Sci-Fi/Fantasy, which frees up a spot for me to make my next selection...
Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the Police Academy.
For my next pick, Frozen TV Dinner is pleased to select in the Action/Adventure category, Charlie's Angels.
Debuting in September 1976, on ABC, Charlie's Angels was one of many shows produced during the late 70s and early 80s for ABC by Aaron Spelling. As with most of Spelling's shows, Charlie's Angels featured a cast of very attractive women finding a reason to wear very revealing clothing.
The first crop of Angels were portrayed by Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors (who later dropped the hyphenated name after she divorced the Six Million Dollar Man), and Jaclyn Smith (the only Angel to remain with the show through its entire 5 season run). When Fawcett left the show after the first season, she was replace by Cheryl Ladd (my personal favourite Angel), who portrayed Fawcett's character's sister. Jackson left the show after the third season and was replaced by Shelley Hack for season 4, who was replaced by Tanya Roberts (who would later play Donna's mother, Midge, on That 70s Show) for the show's fifth and final season. Fawcett also returned in a recurring role during the show's third and fourth seasons.
Here's the show opening for Season 2:
Also regular characters on the show were Bosley, played by David Doyle, and, of course, Charles "Charlie" Townsend, played by John Forsythe, whose voice was heard during every episode, but whose face was never seen during the course of the series.
As if it matters, the premise of the show was that during the 1970s, although women were being allowed to attend and graduate from Police Academies, they were never given "real" police roles within the Police Department (also a premise on an earlier pick of mine, Life on Mars). Charlie recognized the special skills that these women could bring to the world of detective work, so he started a private investigations firm and hired his "Angels" to be his detectives.
The series was a standard episodic show with the Angels taking on one or more different cases in each episode. Invariably, the cases would require the Angels to go undercover in a situation where skin-tight and/or revealing clothing was helpful to the investigation.
As Farrah Fawcett said: "When the show was number three, I figured it was our acting. When it got to be number one, I decided it could only be because none of us wears a bra."
Speaking of which, this poster was one of the best selling of all time (it is possibly still the best selling poster ever)...
The show was an instant success, finishing its first season as the fifth highest rated show of the year, and it moved up to fourth in its second season. Then, its ratings began a steady decline, finally leaving the airwaves as the 59th highest rated show in its fifth and final season.
I wasn't even 8 years-old when the show went off the air, so it's actually hard to believe that a show which was so "sexy" had such an impact on me...
Wait, what was I saying?
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for my wildcard category, Team Abe vigoda chooses (and I can't believe no one else did) Happy Days
Happy Days is an Americantelevision sitcom that originally aired from 1974 to 1984 on ABC. The show presents an idealized vision of life in 1950s and early 1960s America.
The family consists of Howard Cunningham, a hardware store owner, his homemaker wife Marion and the couple's two children, Richie, an optimistic if somewhat naive teenager, and Joanie, Ritchie's sweet but feisty younger sister. The Cunninghams also had an older son named Chuck, a character who disappeared during the second season.
The earlier episodes revolve around Richie and his friends, Potsie Weber, Ralph Malph and local dropout Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli, but as the series progressed, "Fonzie" proved to be a favourite with viewers and soon more story lines were written to reflect his growing popularity. Soon Fonzie befriended Richie and the Cunningham family. The focus would also occasionally shift to other additional characters, such as Fonzie's cousin Chachi, who became a love interest for Joanie Cunningham.
This long-running show spawned several other television series, including Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, and Joanie Loves Chachi.
Despite some inconsistencies, it is generally indicated that the events of the series begin in 1955 and, after eleven seasons, end in 1965. Most episodes take place about 19 years before the year of their first air date. The second season episode "The Not Making of the President" revolves around the 1956 presidential election, while the sixth season episode "Christmas Time" ends with a photo dated Christmas 1960. In the 10th season episode "Babysitting", Fonzie watches the first heavyweight championship fight between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston on television. This boxing match occurred on February 25, 1964. In the first part of the series finale "Passages", Joanie and Chachi are wearing T-shirts that say "The Kinks – Summer 1965 Tour".
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In Action/Adventure, Watching Through the Static chooses Starsky and Hutch.
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The protagonists were two Southern California policemen: the dark-haired Brooklyn transplant David Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) who was a streetwise detective with intense, sometimes childlike moods, and the blond Duluth, Minnesota native Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson (David Soul), a more reserved and intellectual character. Under the radio call sign "Zebra Three", they were known for tearing around the streets of "Bay City" in Starsky's two-door Ford Torino, which was red with a large white vector stripe. It was nicknamed the "Striped Tomato" by Hutch in the episode Kill Huggy Bear; the nickname was subsequently adopted by the fans of the series.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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"Danger Will Robinson!"
The Couch Potatoes select from the Sci Fi Category Irwin Allen's claasic.......
Lost In Space
In 1997, as planet Earth becomes critically overpopulated, the Robinson family is selected from more than two million volunteers to begin the conquest of space. Believing that planets revolving around the nearby star Alpha Centauri may have atmospheres similar to that of Earth. Scientists construct the Jupiter II, the most sophisticated rocket ship yet built.
Determined to beat the United States to Alpha Centauri, an enemy nation (presumably the U.S.S.R.) resorts to sabotage. Sneaking aboard the Jupiter II, Colonel Zachary Smith programs the environmental control robot to destroy the ship eight hours after take-off.
As countdown preparations continue, the Robinson family -- collectively representing a unique balance of scientific knowledge, emotional stability, and pioneer resourcefulness -- board the craft. As they enter the freezing chambers, where they are to spend the five-and-a-half-year voyage in suspended animation, all hatches are secured and Smith is trapped inside the craft.
Shortly after Jupiter II is launched, the craft penetrates a meteor shower and, because of Smith's extra weight, is unable to escape damage. Unable to save the ship himself, Smith enters the freezing chamber and releases the pilot, Major Donald West. Unaware that Smith is an enemy, West revives the Robinson family: John, an astrophysicist; his wife Maureen, a biochemist; and their children Judy, Penny, and Will.
As West struggles to maneuver the ship, Smith attempts but fails to re-program the robot. Totally thrown off course and unable to maintain orbit, the ship crash-lands on an unknown planet, which becomes a temporary home and enables them to repair their ship. The series depicts their adventures in space and John Robinson's attempts to continue with the original goal and find Alpha Centauri, in defiance of Dr. Smith's endless attempts to thwart his efforts and return to Earth.
Oh one more thing. HalifaxDrunk and Jagger cannot pick in this time block because they already made their 15th pick. They must wait until the next time block at 9pm.
Anyone who has picks to make prior to round 15 can make them anytime in addition to the time blocks.
Hope that makes sense!
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