A million things are happening, yet I am sad to distraction over the death of one actor. Quite human, Mr. Spock would say, and quite illogical. The man who brought Spock to life, Leonard Nimoy, died today. He played one…
Posts tagged as “television”
Last night's KELO Senate debate was an example of substandard political journalism by South Dakota's broadcast media. Moderators Ben Dunsmoor and Don Jorgensen failed to live up to their own promised format, to manage the debate fairly, or to ask…
An Exclusive Madville Times Interview Somewhere in my piles of stuff is a photo of Senator Larry Pressler with me and a nice girl from Vermillion, Angeline Wilson, at the U.S. Capitol on a muggy June day 25 years ago.…
Chad Haber has many secrets. Among the darkest is that he was once married to Dr. Phil. Or at least that's how it felt to Chad when his wife, Dr. Annette Bosworth, put him on Dr. Phil's weight loss plan.…
In reconciliation news less provocative than Rep. Steve Hickey's call to free Leonard Peltier, KELO-TV is retreating from some sacred Indian land and building a new TV broadcast tower elsewhere. After a 2010 ice storm knocked their 700-foot KPLO broadcast…
KELO busts the national corporate mold and goes local with a new music program, White Wall Sessions. Hatched last spring by filmmaker and adman Jeff Zueger and local musician Steve Zastrow, the thirty-minute show moves from Facebook to the small…
Gordon Howie drags one of his favorite preachers, Wayne Williams, onto his webcam. Gordon pretends to be a TV host, while Wayne pretends... well, you watch: Gord's little wave to Jesus at 2:29 is hilarious. And wow—Pastor Wayne's method acting…
I think I'm going to be sick... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cpC8O1jox0 It's not enough that Gordon Howie creates a fake blogroll for his ideological pals to talk to themselves. Gordon Howie is starting his own TV program filled with scripted conversations rehashing their…