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nature porn tonight on discovery.
finally got around to watching the riches premiere on fx. definitely showed some promise. very dark comedy about a family of "american gypsies" who decide to "settle down" by stealing a rich dead couples identity. episode 2 airs tonight.
Walter Tetley was a prolific character actor in the mediums of film, radio, and animation for many years. Like thousands of others I enjoyed his appearances in old movies, his cartoon voice work, and his steady comedy roles on golden age radio. The thing was, I thought I was enjoying three different people. It took many years for me to figure out that the anonymous bellhop in countless Hollywood films was the same guy I was always hearing on things like the famous 1961 comedy LP Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One.
Walter Tetley had the voice of a pre-pubescent schoolboy. Born with a rare hormonal disease that prevented him from fully experiencing the changes that puberty normally brings, Tetley's voice is best remembered today as the bespeckled cartoon nerd Sherman, boy companion to Mister Peabody on The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. Many would surely be surprised to discover that the brainiac dog's boy companion in all ninety-one segments of Peabody's Improbable History was actually a man in his late forties.
three hours of galapagos just started on nat'l geo channel.
of course am watching the english beat pledge drive on 13. the zombies actually turned into real zombies and eric burden is a caveman.
this is pretty cool although not exactly the lineup i might have favored. directv is broadcasting shows from sxsw this weekend. the quality of the visuals are excellent.
and in other news, i will be suing tim conway for not being funny.
the faces concert on bbc crown jewels on vh1 classic. tonight concerts by neil young and thin lizzy
tracy morgan has some fun on morning tv.
Good weekend for medieval buffs. A new BBC Robin Hood series debuts tonight, and Sunday the History Channel has a highly-touted documentary on the Dark Ages. Robin is an evergreen, still inspiring new treatments after 800 years. One of the best recent ones is on TCM at 6:00 tonight: The 1938 Eroll Flynn version. Widely regarded as the epitome of Hollywood action-adventure costume pictures, if you haven’t seen it, it’s a must.
pbs's the news hour (ch 13 in ny) has a piece on digital tv tonight.