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Conference ljsrv1::tv_chatter

Title:The TV Chatter Notes Conference
Notice:Welcome to TV Chatter :-)
Moderator:PASTA::PIERCE
Created:Wed Dec 16 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:498
Total number of notes:5416

185.0. "Our very own Paula Poundstone..." by AKOCOA::NOVITCH (PAM) Fri Oct 29 1993 05:26

    Don't forget that Paula Poundstone's tv show premires this 
    Saturday night.  Check local listings.
    
    This should be a good one.  I think she is the funniest 
    female stand-up in the cicuit today.  And, she's from 
    Sudbury!  Way to go Paula!
    
    Pam
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185.1HBO AND LENOCSLALL::FELDMANSat Oct 30 1993 05:106
    She did an HBO show about a year ago.
    Pretty good!
    
    She was on with Jay Leno last night.
    
    Gary
185.2HELIX::MAIEWSKISat Oct 30 1993 06:1911
  I normally like Paula Poundstone a lot. I saw her live in Boston Garden about
a year or so ago and she was fantastic. 

  She wasn't that great last night, seems that she made the top 10 worst dressed
list from that guy, ..., what's his name ... Blackwell? ... Blackman? ... I
forget. Anyway, she seemed to be griping about it quite a bit. Maybe she was
doing it for a gag but it didn't work, she came across as gripping. 

  She did have a few better jokes later in the show. 

  George
185.3Sam Donaldson reading "where the Wild Things Are" was great!TNPUBS::NAZZAROCeltics win 1993-94 NBA TitleWed Nov 03 1993 09:288
    I thought she had a couple of very funny bits, especially the one
    with the Neilsen guy and the cookies.  She wanted to interview a
    Neilsen family (the ratings people), but they wouldn't divulge the
    names of who they use.  Then she asked to interview a neighbor, and
    they declined to provide that also.  So Paula interview Leslie
    Neilsen's neighbors!!!
    
    NAZZ
185.4BEDAZL::MAXFIELDThe secret of my excess...Wed Nov 03 1993 10:2410
    I'm a big fan of Paula's, I try to catch her whenever she's part
    of some comedy special, and was lucky enough to see her show
    on HBO (which was pretty much a 1/2 hour version of her ABC
    show).  If we get the 13 shows ABC ordered, I guess we'll
    be lucky. I'll be very surprised if she survives the
    time slot (but hope she fares better than "Pick Lady and Jeff"!)
    
    My VCR is revved.
    
    Richard
185.5bombNETRIX::michaudJeff Michaud, PATHWORKS for Windows NTFri Nov 05 1993 19:385
	I like Paula live (saw her twice at Play it again Sam's about
	five years ago) performing but I had to turn her show off
	after about 1/2 an hour of it (I can't believe it's an hour
	show!!!).  She and Chevy should hang out together, they'll
	soon both be out of work ....
185.6Cancelled after only two (2) showsNETRIX::michaudJeff Michaud, PATHWORKS for Windows NTThu Nov 11 1993 19:368
	Well surprise surprise .... NOT!  CNN HN reports that the
	show has been cancelled after only two (2) shows.  The
	network is rumored to of said it was a ratings nightmare.

	This weekends show is pre-empted by show music show or
	something, and next week and on until a new replacement
	is found, they are going to run Matlock reruns in that
	timeslot.
185.7DECWET::METZGERAmerica's most beloved game show hostFri Nov 12 1993 13:4912
Geeze...talk about giving it a shot....Whatever happened to the idea of giving
shows a chance to "find" their audience? 

Did they expect a top 10 show on a weekend night after 2 weeks?

I guess I'll never run a network,


 Metz


185.8CSLALL::RAPAGLIA_NMWhere did I go wrong?Sat Nov 13 1993 02:437
    I saw her on Jeopardy a few nights ago, and she was hilarious.  I've
    seen and liked her stand-up, but never thought of watching her show.
    
    No matter how bad it was I can't believe the network would already
    cancel it.  Is this some type of record?
    
    Nancy
185.9COMICS::WEGGSome hard boiled eggs and some nuts.Sat Nov 13 1993 03:5411
>    No matter how bad it was I can't believe the network would already
>    cancel it.  Is this some type of record?
        
        Jackie Gleeson's follow up to The Honeymooners ("You're in 
	the Picture"??) was cancelled after the first show.  

	I think the Australian's hold the record with a show of home
        video clips that was cancelled half way through - it didn't 
	return after a commercial break.
        
        Ian.
185.10DYOSW8::NORMANSat Nov 13 1993 05:362
    South of Sunset (Glenn Fry) was cancelled after 1 episode.  They're
    killing 'em fast these days!
185.11One at the last minuteMAGEE::GIBSONSat Nov 13 1993 05:454
    Whatever the Bronson Pinchot show was going to be, it was cancelled
    before it ever aired the first episode. 
    
    Linda
185.12MCIS5::WOOLNERYour dinner is in the supermarketSat Nov 13 1993 05:4911
    Oh NOOOOOOOO!
    
    I thought the economists in the scrambler-teacups was a little over the
    top, but I *loved* the show!  She's very quick in the audience
    repartee, teasing without being insulting... finding the hidden
    absurdity in any given topic.  Sheesh.
    
    She was hilarious on Jeopardy!  (Kelsey Grammer and Michael Finestein
    [sp] held their own, too.)
    
    Leslie
185.13RatingsDEMON::DEMON::COURTEverybody thought it was a dog.Sat Nov 13 1993 06:133
    It finished 96th out of 97 shows last week.  Too bad...I liked it.
    
    Mike
185.14Well...DEMON::DEMON::COURTEverybody thought it was a dog.Sat Nov 13 1993 06:207
    re: .11
    
    Actually, CBS aired two episodes of the Bronson Pinchot series (The
    Trouble with Larry).
    
    Mike
    
185.15QUIVER::SIEGELThe revolution wil not be televisedSat Nov 13 1993 08:5316
re:                      <<< Note 185.11 by MAGEE::GIBSON >>>
>                          -< One at the last minute >-
>
>    Whatever the Bronson Pinchot show was going to be, it was cancelled
>    before it ever aired the first episode. 

Not quite.  It lasted at least one episode.  I saw the first episode - Pinchot
was assumed lost on an African safari, but he shows up years later at the door
of his now-remarried wife, husband, and kid(s).

Too bad - I would have liked to see more of Courtney Cox (who played the wife's
sister). :-(

adam

ps. it *is* gone as a series, nevertheless.  I thought is was pretty funny.
185.162nd show (different network?)HOCUS::FERGUSONAre you making this up?Thu Dec 02 1993 12:567
    Paula Poundstone had a show before this one, that was cancelled after 3
    or 4 episodes - I think it was a talk show.  I watched one episode and
    found it pretty boring.  She's much better as a comedian than a
    hostess.  I didn't even bother to watch this one because I remembered
    the last one; I suspect a lot of people may have felt the same way.
    
    Ginny