SnarkyBytes

A loony environmentalist (redundancy alert) is in the Discovery Channel HQ.

OK, I’m sure there are a LOT of loony environmentalists in the Discovery Channel HQ, but this one seems to be shooting and may have a bomb.

His purported demands are incoherent so it’s possible that this guy really is loony. (and I use loony here in the clinical sense)

Phil Plait runs the Bad Astronomy blog and has a new series on The Discovery Channel.

When I think or hear “Doctor Who” I see this one in my mind:

For me, Tom Baker will always be The Doctor, because that’s who The Doctor was when I started watching the show.

Now we’re on the 11th Doctor, played by Matt Smith and like all new Doctors I have to make up my mind whether I dislike him because he’s new, or he’s just not “The Doctor”.

(Also, while I get older, The Doctor is getting younger. Hmmmm…)

One thing I do like is the new companion, Amy Pond (Karen Gillan).

Yeah, she’s on my list.

So, who’s your Doctor?

CNN 908 million viewers -30%

CNN (-30%) fell more than any other cable network.

If that doesn’t put a smile on your face this morning, you might be a liberal.

When “The Great Balloon Adventure” was going on last week, I suspected it was a publicity stunt. Turns out, it was.

Apparently this was another family plotting their “reality” show future.

Enough. Please.

I am sure I’m wasting my time railing against it, but this celebrity culture where being infamous is as good as being famous has to stop. People are famous for nothing more than being famous. WTF?

No need to accomplish something meaningful. No need to have any actual talent. Just become a media sensation and you’re in.

Now we have a case where a PR stunt tied up media networks for hours, (granted, it was a welcome respite from 24 hour Obamarama) cost millions of dollars (Flying those helicopters isn’t cheap) and wasted the time of hundreds of emergency responders all because the Heenes wanted publicity so they could be on another “reality” show.

Unfortunately it will probably work.

I remember the first time Saturday Night Live made fun of Carter. Now they’re making fun of Obama.

Keep in mind that everyone at SNL are liberals who supported and voted for Obama.

When a liberal loses the liberal base, it’s over.

Via Breda

Joss Whedon finally won an emmy.

Today is the day most analog television broadcasts stop in the US.

The first TV I remember was a 19 inch black and white on a stand with wheels. It never moved so I’m not sure what the wheels were for.

Then in the late 60′s dad built a color TV from parts (Heathkit. Remember those?) and I remember being amazed at what would now be considered a really crappy picture. We still only had three stations, but ZOMG! COLOR!!! I also remember going to Radio Shack and using the tube tester to figure out which tube needed replacing, which always seemed to happen right when you wanted to watch something.

In the 80′s cable TV finally arrived for me, and in the 90′s satellite (I’ve never been an early adopter in things television related) and finally Tivo in the early 21st century.

Over the last few years my TV viewing time has dwindled to almost zero. I can’t even remember the last time I watched an actual broadcast network TV show on an actual television in real time.

Broadcast television has been irrelevant to me for years. As far as I’m concerned turn it all off, digital broadcast too and use that RF space for more useful purposes.

I won’t miss it.

On of my favorite bands, Abney Park, is on G4 this week. The segment covers the band and Steampunk in general.

Tonight on 20/20: “Bailouts, Big Spending, and Bull”

On Friday, March 13, 2009, John Stossel looks at “Bailouts, Big Spending, and Bull” with segments about the crackdown on medical marijuana, universal preschool, traffic congestion, stimulus spending, border walls, and the myth of the struggling middle class—all inspired by Drew Carey’s award-winning Reason.tv videos.

More from ABC here.