The Remote Patrol: 4/9: Thanks Comedy Central for breaking my spellcheck
Thomas Heald, Esquire
by Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings
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TOM'S TOTALLY TWISTED TV TRIVIA THINGY
Say you're shaking your favorite late night host's hand when you notice
the two inch scar. Don't freak out. Just smile and continue telling ...
whom how much you love their show?
A) Craig Ferguson
B) David Letterman
C) Jay Leno
D) Jimmy Fallon
E) Jon Stewart
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8 p.m.
"IN THE MOTHERHOOD" (ABC) must be contractually requiring its network to
call it a new hit comedy.
ZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons guests on "BONES" (Fox). She's got
femurs. She knows how to use them.
8:30 p.m.
TELE-GEBRA
"The Office" - "The Office" = "PARKS AND RECREATION" (NBC). If only I
wasn't tired of the show from its promos. (Not quite as much as "Kath &
Kim," but close.) Note to NBC: making me hate Amy Poehler is not a good
thing.
9 p.m.
From the files of both "Boston Legal" and "Nip Tuck" comes "MARRIED TO
THE EIFFEL TOWER" (BBC America), a look at women attracted to inanimate
objects.
10 p.m.
"THE CHRIS ISAAK HOUR" (Bio) is being followed by a Moonshadow. And
howling at that moon? Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens.
TELE-GEBRA
* "10 Little Indians" x "Friday the 13th" + Jon Turtletaub, my director
on "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" = "HARPER'S ISLAND" (CBS).
* "Xena, Warrior Princess" - every character on the show except Joxer =
"KRÖD MÄNDOON AND THE FLAMING SWORD OF FIRE" (Comedy Central).
* "NYPD Blue" + Crash = "SOUTHLAND" (NBC).
TALK TALK
* "The Daily Show" climbs Wall Street once again with William Cohan.
* "The Colbert Report" discusses the contradictions of Jesus in
scripture with Bart Ehrman
* Tavis chats with James Ingram and Nandan Nilekani.
QUESTIONABLE ANSWERS
At what station/channel would you find writer and television reporter
R.B. Bugg? On the late '70s childrens educational series "The Write
Channel," the cub reporter worked for Red Green (not the Canadian) at 85
WORD TV. (Palabra jot.)
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