Bonanza and its cast members quickly became a fan favorites when the show aired on September 12, 1959. One of NBC‘s longest-running western TV series went on for 14 seasons and over 430 episodes. Although the stars of the series became popular, the music, specifically the Bonanza theme song, stole the show.
Its twangy rhythm distinctly marked the opening credits. While the tune changed throughout the 14 seasons the show aired, it was always recognizable.
About ‘Bonanza,’ NBC’s beloved Western series Bonanza stars Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, and Michael Landon as Little Joe Cartwright | NBCU Photo Bank
Bonanza first aired back in 1959 and lasted through the years until it ended in 1973. The show’s title was a term used by miners to identify a large vein or deposit of silver ore.
The series chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family, who lived on a ranch on the...
Its twangy rhythm distinctly marked the opening credits. While the tune changed throughout the 14 seasons the show aired, it was always recognizable.
About ‘Bonanza,’ NBC’s beloved Western series Bonanza stars Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, and Michael Landon as Little Joe Cartwright | NBCU Photo Bank
Bonanza first aired back in 1959 and lasted through the years until it ended in 1973. The show’s title was a term used by miners to identify a large vein or deposit of silver ore.
The series chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family, who lived on a ranch on the...
- 3/2/2023
- by Produced by Digital Editors
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
I have no doubt that one day gifted visual storyteller Ed Gass-Donnelly will make a brilliant work. With four features under his belt, including This Beautiful City, Small Town Murder Songs, The Last Exorcism Part II and now Lavender, he’s shown tremendous promise capturing haunting images that externalize the internal conflicts, horrors and phobias of their subjects. His latest is a meditative horror film that, despite masterful visual direction and captivating performances, falls back on familiar horror/thriller tropes, courtesy of the screenplay by Gass-Donnelly and Colin Frizzell. Students of the genre will be far ahead, although they may admire the muted, understated style even if you how the blocks will fit together.
Abbie Cornish stars as Jane, a young mother suffering from memory loss following a car accident. She’s haunted by the specter of her past. With an apt and horrifying sequence, young Jane clenches a knife...
Abbie Cornish stars as Jane, a young mother suffering from memory loss following a car accident. She’s haunted by the specter of her past. With an apt and horrifying sequence, young Jane clenches a knife...
- 5/2/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
A review of tonight's Better Call Saul coming up just as soon as I lay down my new Welcome mat... "You knew what you wanted, but I got in the way." -Kim For the second week in a row, Jimmy disappears for long stretches of his own show. (Other than his performance of the episode's title song, "Bali Ha'i" from South Pacific, he doesn't appear at all between when he pulls out of the nail salon parking lot and when Kim calls him to announce she has a fish on the line.) And, for the second week in a row, the stories involving Kim and Mike are so compelling that the show does just fine leaving its leading man to suffer off-screen mortification at the hands of Erin. For the second week in a row, the Mike subplot had me giddily renouncing all previous beliefs that Saul should take its...
- 3/22/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman, move over. Another actor Down Under also wants to be a musician. And when he's this endearingly strange about it, we're not complaining. Guy Pearce quietly released an album called Broken Bones in November and … well, it's actually pretty good. Pearce's fluttery, high voice has hints of Jeff Buckley and Radiohead's Tom Yorke, and the mercurial 47-year-old Australian, last seen in Iron Man 3, wrote and produced the record himself. Apparently, Pearce has been making music since 1987 but has held off on releasing anything until now. "Every time I did an interview in the late...
- 12/22/2014
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Telltale Games
Some trophies and achievements are easier than others. While most require a play through, some are as simple as inserting a disk and starting the game. Then there are some that feel like they aren’t even worth the time and effort of a bronze. These are the achievements that seem to be the bane of our gaming existences until we finally get it to pop and that glorious platinum is ours.
Most of us don’t have the time or patience to dust off that yellowed controller to play through Mega Man X without taking damage but there are people out there that will. Dedicated people. Dedicated and if not just a bit crazy – people.
For those of us who are vain enough to spend hours on end finding every hidden package because 99% completion looks like a bad mark on our records, this one’s for you.
Some trophies and achievements are easier than others. While most require a play through, some are as simple as inserting a disk and starting the game. Then there are some that feel like they aren’t even worth the time and effort of a bronze. These are the achievements that seem to be the bane of our gaming existences until we finally get it to pop and that glorious platinum is ours.
Most of us don’t have the time or patience to dust off that yellowed controller to play through Mega Man X without taking damage but there are people out there that will. Dedicated people. Dedicated and if not just a bit crazy – people.
For those of us who are vain enough to spend hours on end finding every hidden package because 99% completion looks like a bad mark on our records, this one’s for you.
- 1/7/2014
- by Nathan Smolinski
- Obsessed with Film
Given that Margaret Thatcher breathed her last in the London Ritz Hotel yesterday, we're due a round of a dark guessing game. That old “rule of threes thing,” as Jimmy Fallon put it while outsmarting said rule in a “30 Rock” cameo, needs satisfying.
But will it happen? Is the rule even real? Do celebrities actually pass away in sets of three?
The short answer is, sort of. A small number of well-known trios have unambiguously bitten the dust together -- most famously, in the late fifties, when the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the singer/songwriter nicknamed the “Big Bopper,” spun into a cornfield after takeoff, killing everyone on impact. (Legend has it this is when the notion of the rule first arose.) In 1970, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison followed suit, leaving the world in quick succession 27 years after they each arrived.
Still, death-in-triplicate is rare.
But will it happen? Is the rule even real? Do celebrities actually pass away in sets of three?
The short answer is, sort of. A small number of well-known trios have unambiguously bitten the dust together -- most famously, in the late fifties, when the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the singer/songwriter nicknamed the “Big Bopper,” spun into a cornfield after takeoff, killing everyone on impact. (Legend has it this is when the notion of the rule first arose.) In 1970, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison followed suit, leaving the world in quick succession 27 years after they each arrived.
Still, death-in-triplicate is rare.
- 4/9/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
With the Christmas gift-buying season in its final few hours, more than a few shoppers are still probably searching for something inexpensive, easy-to-find and uniquely worthy of leaving under the tree.
Like a ShamWow. Or an aluminum wallet. Or a Bass-o-Matic.
Ok, we’re kidding about that last item, made famous by a mock “Saturday Night Live” commercial. But the business of “As Seen on TV” products is a serious and growing one – an industry that tops $150 billion in annual sales,...
Like a ShamWow. Or an aluminum wallet. Or a Bass-o-Matic.
Ok, we’re kidding about that last item, made famous by a mock “Saturday Night Live” commercial. But the business of “As Seen on TV” products is a serious and growing one – an industry that tops $150 billion in annual sales,...
- 12/24/2011
- by Charles Passy
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Here it is kiddos. My next-to-last article of 2011. I figured I might as well abuse what little power I have here and spend my time shamelessly shilling for a shot at your shekels. You see, my li’l studio, Unshaven Comics, launched a Kickstarter project all for a single goal: we want to turn our drawings into reality. For those not in-the-know about the Kickstarter movement, allow me to Wikipedia it for you:
Kickstarter is a site built to let creative types reach out to the world like a PBS telethon. People pledge money, receive fun rewards for doing so, and if the goal amount is reached by the end of the deadline, the project is funded. Some people raise money to publish their books, music projects, or films… others use monies raised for research and development of prototype products. There’s just a ton of awesome projects out there.
Kickstarter is a site built to let creative types reach out to the world like a PBS telethon. People pledge money, receive fun rewards for doing so, and if the goal amount is reached by the end of the deadline, the project is funded. Some people raise money to publish their books, music projects, or films… others use monies raised for research and development of prototype products. There’s just a ton of awesome projects out there.
- 12/24/2011
- by Marc Alan Fishman
- Comicmix.com
Schedule a therapist appointments before watching this week's episode of House. A teenage girl with mysterious symptoms, Chase's manscaping and a boy diagnosed beyond the grave may leave you with Ptsd.
Stop This Diagnonsense!
Maybe Billy Mays' ghost wrote this episode. There's not only one major medical storyline, but Another Thrown In Completely Free! One is a pet project House is pursuing on his own time much to Foreman's chagrin. The Dean of Medicine would rather see House focusing exclusively on assigned work, especially if it's assigned by Foreman himself. He threatens the curmudgeonly doctor with a trip back to the slammer if he doesn't stop multitasking. Maybe you can see where this is going.
Stop This Diagnonsense!
Maybe Billy Mays' ghost wrote this episode. There's not only one major medical storyline, but Another Thrown In Completely Free! One is a pet project House is pursuing on his own time much to Foreman's chagrin. The Dean of Medicine would rather see House focusing exclusively on assigned work, especially if it's assigned by Foreman himself. He threatens the curmudgeonly doctor with a trip back to the slammer if he doesn't stop multitasking. Maybe you can see where this is going.
- 11/21/2011
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
You know those smarmy pitchmen who shill on infomercials and late-night TV ads for crappy products that nobody on Earth would ever actually need? Well, here's a quick mental exercise for you: If you were going to cast a Hollywood star as one of those pitch men, who would you pick?
Chances are you went with Kevin Spacey, who has perfected the art of being oily and unctuous on screen. Which is why the new trailer for "Father of Invention" seems so right -- or at least inevitable -- as Spacey steps into the role of a former Billy Mays wannabe looking to rebuild his life after one of his products goes terribly wrong.
"Father of Invention" also has a couple other things going for it, namely the rest of the cast: Heather Graham, Virginia Madsen and Camilla Belle portray the women in his life, while none other than Johnny Knoxville...
Chances are you went with Kevin Spacey, who has perfected the art of being oily and unctuous on screen. Which is why the new trailer for "Father of Invention" seems so right -- or at least inevitable -- as Spacey steps into the role of a former Billy Mays wannabe looking to rebuild his life after one of his products goes terribly wrong.
"Father of Invention" also has a couple other things going for it, namely the rest of the cast: Heather Graham, Virginia Madsen and Camilla Belle portray the women in his life, while none other than Johnny Knoxville...
- 8/12/2011
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
Amanda Brumfield, estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton, has been found guilty of aggravated manslaughter of a 1-year-old baby girl in Florida. Brumfield, 32, is expected to be sentenced next month.
Amanda Brumfield mug shot - Orange County Jail, Fl
Billy Bob Thornton’s daughter was accussed of killing her best friend’s daughter while babysitting the child in October, 2008. Amanda Brumfield claims the child, 1-year-old Olivia Madison Garcia, suffered a head injury while trying to climb out of a playpen.
Prosecuters, however, argued that a fall from such a low height could not have caused a three and a half inch fracture in the toddler’s skull or the massive swelling in her brain. They also questioned why Brumfield waited two hours to call for help. She claimed the baby seemed fine at first after the fall.
Brumfield was found not guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.
Amanda Brumfield mug shot - Orange County Jail, Fl
Billy Bob Thornton’s daughter was accussed of killing her best friend’s daughter while babysitting the child in October, 2008. Amanda Brumfield claims the child, 1-year-old Olivia Madison Garcia, suffered a head injury while trying to climb out of a playpen.
Prosecuters, however, argued that a fall from such a low height could not have caused a three and a half inch fracture in the toddler’s skull or the massive swelling in her brain. They also questioned why Brumfield waited two hours to call for help. She claimed the baby seemed fine at first after the fall.
Brumfield was found not guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.
- 6/2/2011
- by Laura Vess
- SnarkFood.com
Mark Oliver Everett, better known as the driving force of the band Eels, is nothing if not ambitious. After releasing a trilogy of albums in 2009-2010 ("Hombre Lobo", "End Times", and "Tomorrow Morning" for those keeping track), he has just announced a world tour that leaves no far-flung corner untrodden. Fans from China to Toronto to Austin will be able to watch live as Eels performs their uniquely darkly beautiful songs that are evocative of Tom Waits, Mark Kozelek, and Elliott Smith. The tour kicks off June 1st in California and then heads to the Far East with shows in Beijing and Shanghai. Next stop is Europe with Eels' first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival. Then they kick off their North American tour with dates spanning from sea to shining sea. While a tour is gift enough for the devoted Eels fans across the globe, in the words of the...
- 3/30/2011
- by Melissa Locker
- ifc.com
These days, Britney Spears is getting more product endorsement under her belt than the late Billy Mays. She released a ten second sample of her song Inside Out on Saturday. A twenty second snippet of another track, I Wanna Go, was released today. Both songs are on her upcoming album, Femme Fatale. Hold It Against Me is number ten on this week’s Hot 100, and the video has received over 10 million views. Femme Fatale is set to be released by late March, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am Tweeted last week that he and Britney recorded...
- 2/22/2011
- Hollyscoop.com
Tonight's State of the Union address will be interrupting all that great Tuesday night TV like... shoot. I honestly can't think of anything. I mean, "Glee" but it's not back from hiatus yet and I wouldn't really call it "great." More, "somewhat reliably entertaining." Most of the other shows people like to watch on Tuesday nights are on cable networks so they won't be affected by the speech. Really, the biggest TV decision Americans have to make tonight is if they feel that the amount of smug they'll get out of actually watching the State of the Union out weighs the enjoyment offered by such timeless shows as "Hellcats" or the series premiere of "Joan and Melissa." Choose wisely. Here's your Tuesday night TV:
7:00pm: "Pitchmen" on Discovery. Seems like the classy thing to do would have been to end the show after the death of Billy Mays. But...
7:00pm: "Pitchmen" on Discovery. Seems like the classy thing to do would have been to end the show after the death of Billy Mays. But...
- 1/25/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Now that 2010 is coming to an end, PopEater released a list of forty most popular headlines that readers have been searching for. You will likely recognize each of the stories, but out of all the celebrity news that has accumulated this year, it's a bit shocking that Gary Coleman's death took first place. Coming in second is the story of Lindsay Lohan going to jail. The rest includes Oprah denying being gay, Brittany Murphy and her husband dying of the same condition only five months apart, Katy Perry on "Sesame Street," and Pat Sajak apologizing for Keith Olbermann. Click here to see the full list. Last year, the death of Natasha Richardson took first place, behind the deaths of Michael Jackson, Billy Mays and David Carradine.
- 12/23/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
What if you could take a drug, which would make you the best possible version of yourself? That.s the question asked by the first trailer for Limitless and Bradley Cooper takes it, only to discover that if he stops taking it, it.ll kill him. This is the same movie which last week brought us this viral video with Bradley Cooper as a prescription drug pitchman, but in the film he doesn.t play the next Billy Mays. Instead he.s a struggling writer with bad hygiene, no social skills, and a mostly empty bank account. Someone offers him a pill, he takes it, and everything about him changes. Watch the first trailer for Limitless embedded below or in HD on Apple. function getVideo() { var so = new SWFObject("http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf", "mplayer", "595", "400", "8", "#000000"); so.addParam("wmode","transparent"); so.addParam("swliveconnect", "true"); so.addParam("allowscriptaccess...
- 12/16/2010
- cinemablend.com
Forbes Riley initially viewed infomercials as her day job. "I made a lousy waitress and had good presentational skills," she says. In 20-plus years, she has hosted dozens of promotional TV programs, notably for health and fitness products, helping to sell more than $2 billion worth of merchandise. Her longest-running infomercial, for Jack Lalanne's Power Juicer, is now in its eighth year. Recently she was named the best female presenter of the year by the Electronic Retailing Association.Riley began her career as a legit actor. "I was Broadway-trained, craft-oriented, and studied with Uta Hagen and Meisner," she says. "People in the business put me down for doing infomercials. But for one infomercial, I could walk out with $10,000 in my pocket. And some waitress is going to tell me I have a problem?"She thinks the attitude toward actors who do infomercials has changed—after all, many celebrities are now doing them,...
- 11/18/2010
- backstage.com
The tribe has spoken -- and the Billy Mays / Oxybaby costumes cleaned out the competition in our second annual Celebrity Costume Contest -- scoring the $250 prize and some great gifts from TMZ! ** Click Here for contest rules and regulations!** Read more...
- 11/2/2010
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Balloon Boy 's dad Richard Heene has hatched a new money making scheme that doesn't involve exploiting his kids -- and TMZ has learned it involves a giant back scratcher ... and a whole lot of yelling. Sources tell us Richard has invented a contraption called the "Bear Scratch" -- basically an upright piece of wood you use to scratch your back ... you know, like a bear would. TMZ got its mitts on a video of...
- 10/24/2010
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
I'm having a really hard time coming up with a topic for today, I've started and stopped like three different ideas that either were dumb or I just lost interest in even as I was writing them. It's not too much of a loss as all of them were a lead in for the following announcement: I will be taking next week off of Pajiba After Dark. My classes start next week and as some incredibly astute readers who know me on Facebook may have noticed, I am not back in North Cuba yet, so there a whole lot of packing, driving, unpacking, and organizing in my immediate future. And let me tell you, if there is ever a time of year that is best suited for moving from Maryland to Miami it is... really not late August at all. The weather in both locales is some version of meteorological...
- 8/19/2010
- by Intern Rusty
In April 2009, Discovery Channel premiered "Pitchmen," a reality series, created by Thom Beers ("Deadliest Catch," "The Colony"), that followed the exploits of two Florida-based infomercial producers and personalities, best pals and partners Billy Mays Jr. and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan.
The show was an immediate success, but the happiness turned to grief when Mays died suddenly on June 28, 2009, at the age of 50, less than a week after appearing with Sullivan on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien."
This threw the future of the show into question. It's taken a while to, first, decide if there should be a show without Mays; second, decide what shape that show should take; and third, actually produce the episodes.
But on Thursday, Aug. 19, Discovery premieres the 10-episode second season of "Pitchmen," focusing on Sullivan, with appearances by Mays' son, Billy Mays III, who works with Sullivan off-camera.
"Young Billy Mays is doing great," says Sullivan,...
The show was an immediate success, but the happiness turned to grief when Mays died suddenly on June 28, 2009, at the age of 50, less than a week after appearing with Sullivan on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien."
This threw the future of the show into question. It's taken a while to, first, decide if there should be a show without Mays; second, decide what shape that show should take; and third, actually produce the episodes.
But on Thursday, Aug. 19, Discovery premieres the 10-episode second season of "Pitchmen," focusing on Sullivan, with appearances by Mays' son, Billy Mays III, who works with Sullivan off-camera.
"Young Billy Mays is doing great," says Sullivan,...
- 8/19/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Billy Mays -- the late great pitchman -- will be selling again tonight, but this time it's images of Billy himself that will be raking in the cash. Billy's " Pitchmen " hosting successor Anthony Sullivan is throwing a party for tonight's premiere episode in Tampa, Fl -- and the bash will feature an auction of Billy-inspired works of art. We're told several of the art pieces were created by crew members from the show, including Anthony.
- 8/19/2010
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Filed under: TV News
If you've ever wondered how Discovery could carry on the highly entertaining reality series 'PitchMen' without the highly electric personality of the late Billy Mays, you're about to get your answer.
The second season of the Discovery Channel series will begin on Aug. 21 starring the other "pitchman," Andrew "Sully" Sullivan.
'PitchMen' will pick up where the first season left off, with our intrepid infomercial maverick traveling the country looking for new and exciting products to sell insomniacs and soap opera watchers around the world. Sadly, he'll be doing it without his old partner in crime. Mays passed away last year after suffering a heart-attack, and an autopsy would later reveal that he had cocaine in his system at the time of his death.
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If you've ever wondered how Discovery could carry on the highly entertaining reality series 'PitchMen' without the highly electric personality of the late Billy Mays, you're about to get your answer.
The second season of the Discovery Channel series will begin on Aug. 21 starring the other "pitchman," Andrew "Sully" Sullivan.
'PitchMen' will pick up where the first season left off, with our intrepid infomercial maverick traveling the country looking for new and exciting products to sell insomniacs and soap opera watchers around the world. Sadly, he'll be doing it without his old partner in crime. Mays passed away last year after suffering a heart-attack, and an autopsy would later reveal that he had cocaine in his system at the time of his death.
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- 7/26/2010
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
Marvel has just released a new part of its viral campaign for "Iron Man 2." The video is from the StarkExpo 2010 website and is for a Stark Industries subsidiary called, Cordco. As you can see from the video, they develop some very cool technology, even if the presenter is less Billy Mays than Tony Stark.
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What do you think of the viral campaign Marvel and Paramount have been planning for "Iron Man 2?" Let us know in the comments! Also don't forget that you can see "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2" at select AMC Theatres on May 6, 2010!
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- 4/27/2010
- by amcsts@gmail.com
- AMC - Script to Screen
Below is the trailer for the new Dr. Jack Kevorkian biopic set to air on HBO. Al Pacino stars as the white-haired "doctor o' death" who stirred a national uproar when he created the Mercitron -- a device that helped patients commit assisted suicide. I kept waiting for Billy Mays to start hawking it on late night, but alas, it would never come to be.
Barry Levinson directed the pic, and it's got kind of a killer supporting cast: Susan Sarandon, Brenda Vaccaro, Danny Huston, John Goodman, and James "Dr. Venture" Urbaniak. The trailer itself has a serious Wes Anderson vibe, though it could just be the seventies-title graphics.
I can't remember the last good Pacino film. I mean, he's been in plenty of mediocre shit as of late. I'm pretty sure the last time Pacino impressed me was when he played Roy Cohn in HBO's Angels in America. And...
Barry Levinson directed the pic, and it's got kind of a killer supporting cast: Susan Sarandon, Brenda Vaccaro, Danny Huston, John Goodman, and James "Dr. Venture" Urbaniak. The trailer itself has a serious Wes Anderson vibe, though it could just be the seventies-title graphics.
I can't remember the last good Pacino film. I mean, he's been in plenty of mediocre shit as of late. I'm pretty sure the last time Pacino impressed me was when he played Roy Cohn in HBO's Angels in America. And...
- 3/25/2010
- by Brian Prisco
Despite the death of crab-boat Capt. Phil Harris, Discovery Channel's "The Deadliest Catch," which launches its sixth season in April, will likely get a seventh season, because, as executive producer Thom Beers points out, it's an "ensemble show."
But the reality hit "PitchMen," which premiered to great ratings on Discovery in April 2009, didn't have an ensemble in its first season. It was a buddy show, featuring the professional and personal relationship of infomercial kings Billy Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, as they crafted ads to showcase the work of entrepreneurs and inventors.
Mays' sudden death on June 28, at the age of 50, threw the future of the show into doubt. Questions were raised whether the show would continue with Sullivan alone, whether Mays' twentysomething son, Billy Mays III, would be involved, and, indeed, whether the show would continue at all.
Last July, Discovery announced the show would return, but little has been announced since then.
But the reality hit "PitchMen," which premiered to great ratings on Discovery in April 2009, didn't have an ensemble in its first season. It was a buddy show, featuring the professional and personal relationship of infomercial kings Billy Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, as they crafted ads to showcase the work of entrepreneurs and inventors.
Mays' sudden death on June 28, at the age of 50, threw the future of the show into doubt. Questions were raised whether the show would continue with Sullivan alone, whether Mays' twentysomething son, Billy Mays III, would be involved, and, indeed, whether the show would continue at all.
Last July, Discovery announced the show would return, but little has been announced since then.
- 2/18/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
(from left) Michael Jackson, David Carradine, Bea Arthur, Ricardo Montalban, Karl Malden, Brittany Murphy and Patrick Swayze After losing the likes of Paul Newman, Bernie Mac, George Carlin, Estelle Getty, Roy Scheider and Heath Ledger in 2008 who would have ever thought 2009 would have also taken so many recognizable and loved names. Of course, these are the things we never plan on as once again I continue the tradition I started back in 2006, remembering those we lost over the past year. Like always I will remind you this is not a complete list, but to my knowledge it is a pretty good representation of those we lost from the world of entertainment... Pat Hingle (Died January 3, 2009) - Commissioner Gordon in the '80s and '90s series of Batman movies. Died from Myelodysplasia (blood cancer).
Ricardo Montalban (Died January 14, 2009) - Played the memorable role of Khan in Star Trek - The...
Ricardo Montalban (Died January 14, 2009) - Played the memorable role of Khan in Star Trek - The...
- 1/13/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Chicago – We’ve become spoiled by the next generation of gaming. Most high-profile games have gone through enough research and development during their production and are made by such experienced developers that they rarely come out of the industry machine with little to no redeeming value at all. Sure, there are disappointments, but you don’t see as many complete bombs in the gaming world as you do in film, music, or TV. The exception to the rule is the truly awful “Rogue Warrior”.
Video Game Rating: 1.0/5.0
Challenging the abysmal “Eat Lead” and the worst movie tie-in of the year in “Terminator: Salvation” for the title of worst major game of 2009, “Rogue Warrior” is a complete failure on every level. Where do we begin? The script would be laughably bad if it wasn’t just cringe-inducing, the enemy A.I. is reminiscent of the original Playstation, the graphics are inexcusable,...
Video Game Rating: 1.0/5.0
Challenging the abysmal “Eat Lead” and the worst movie tie-in of the year in “Terminator: Salvation” for the title of worst major game of 2009, “Rogue Warrior” is a complete failure on every level. Where do we begin? The script would be laughably bad if it wasn’t just cringe-inducing, the enemy A.I. is reminiscent of the original Playstation, the graphics are inexcusable,...
- 12/16/2009
- by BrianTT
- HollywoodChicago.com
Time to test your smarts! Compile of list of what you think would be the most searched terms of 2009 and write them down. The search engine Bing has released its annual list of most searched terms for 2009 and it is a good depiction of the year's current events. See how your list compares to Bing's and you might be surprised who and what is actually on the list. Gasp! Surprisingly, not a single mention of New Moon or its stars appear on this list, likely the only one that doesn't include them! 2009 was full of innovative ideas, money woes, new trends, and sadly four major celebrity deaths. Check out the most searched terms on Bing in 2009. Top 2009 Bing Searches Michael Jackson Twitter Swine Flu Stock Market Farrah Fawcett Patrick Swayze Cash for Clunkers Jon and Kate Gosselin Billy Mays Jaycee Dugard Bing is also getting ready to announce the Top...
- 12/2/2009
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- PopStar
Q: Dear Dan: The Snuggie is everywhere. Wtf? - Shruggie
Dear Shruggie, if you think you're bewildered about the Snuggie, consider the Chinese people who make a living producing them. ("I make blanket-ponchos for Americans who are too lazy to put on a sweater.")
By the way, did you see the new Snuggie designs unveiled at Fashion Week? Zebra, leopard, tie-dye, camouflage, etc. ("I make blanket-ponchos for Americans who want to look like a zebra.") There's even a Snuggie Pub Crawl, which seems like the best idea of the bunch.
Here's a theory you didn't ask for: Infomercials are great at presenting unexpected solutions to unarticulated needs. You've probably had a Snuggiesque experience--lying on the couch and reading a book on a cold day, and you wrap a blanket around you, but it gets frustrating because you can't hold the book And keep your shoulders bundled up at the same time.
Dear Shruggie, if you think you're bewildered about the Snuggie, consider the Chinese people who make a living producing them. ("I make blanket-ponchos for Americans who are too lazy to put on a sweater.")
By the way, did you see the new Snuggie designs unveiled at Fashion Week? Zebra, leopard, tie-dye, camouflage, etc. ("I make blanket-ponchos for Americans who want to look like a zebra.") There's even a Snuggie Pub Crawl, which seems like the best idea of the bunch.
Here's a theory you didn't ask for: Infomercials are great at presenting unexpected solutions to unarticulated needs. You've probably had a Snuggiesque experience--lying on the couch and reading a book on a cold day, and you wrap a blanket around you, but it gets frustrating because you can't hold the book And keep your shoulders bundled up at the same time.
- 11/9/2009
- by Dan Heath
- Fast Company
In terms of Halloween costumes, recently deceased celebrities are right up there with slutty nurses. But it has emerged that the family of the late infomercial legend Billy Mays is actually encouraging people to dress up as the OxiClean pitchman, who died in June at age 50. His son Billy Mays III – who is also not opposed to giving out stickers of his dad’s face – is sponsoring a “Hallow-clean” contest for the best Billy costumes. The contest guidelines do say “be tasteful” but it just all feels a little too soon to me. But what do you think of this,...
- 10/27/2009
- by Wendy Mitchell
- EW.com - PopWatch
Billy Mays III -- the late pitchman's son -- is hosting a Billy Mays costume contest for Halloween in honor of his dead father ... and get this, zombie Billy Mays submissions are encouraged.Little Billy posted the following on his website:"Halloween is approaching rapidly and it goes without saying that "deceased celebrities" (and balloon boy) will most likely be a huge theme at every gathering.There will no doubt be a multitude of people...
- 10/26/2009
- TMZ
The son of legendary pitchman Billy Mays, who died in June, has an unlikely message for those macabre souls who plan to dress up as his father for Halloween: Go for it! Billy Mays III, who recently launched a Web site called Where's Billy Mays? to honor his father's legacy, has even decided to hold a Hallow-clean Contest in which he's asking people to send in photos of themselves dressed as his dad for Halloween. He'll select three winners to receive various Billy Mays goodies as prizes. While some might see the contest as inappropriate, even tasteless, Mays's consistent message...
- 10/23/2009
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Every single day while I'm watching Fox News or CNN I see the commercial for Goldline.com, a company that lets you invest in gold (there are a few of those ads on TV right now). The spokesman in the ad is Jay Johnson, former director of The U.S. Mint and a former Congressman.
Johnson died last weekend of a heart attack. He was 66. Here's the ad below. Stations are still running it (much like the Billy Mays ads we continue to see).
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Johnson died last weekend of a heart attack. He was 66. Here's the ad below. Stations are still running it (much like the Billy Mays ads we continue to see).
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- 10/22/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
Huge ups to the lovely Mandi for taking over Antm duties for me, but huge downs on this episode: The commercial weeks are aaaaaalways my least favorite, and the elimination seemed really off to me. The tears, the freaky eyebrow roots, and the best robot I've seen on television since Futurama left us -- let's do this, PopWatchers! Indulge me as I start off with an extended metaphor. Once upon a time, I was a camp counselor in scenic New Hampshire, where I taught swimming. Like any normal person, I owned a handful of bathing suits, and usually the wear...
- 10/22/2009
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
There are very few recurring television moments that instantly grab my undivided attention: seeing an undead Billy Mays still pitching Oxy-Clean, Twilight Zone episodes that pwn Nazis, late night Skinemax.
Now you can add Don Rickles to that list. He's become a staple of late night during the early Tonight Show because he's engaging, colorful and damn funny. Every time he stops in at Letterman's Late Show, I have to stop what I'm doing and watch and that includes running a pregnant friend to the hospital, although it does ruin some of the comedy for me. All that screaming.
He's also great at roasts, not because he's a great insult comic but because he can be just as down to Earth and genuine with the people he's skewering. His best roast is one that never made it to television: a roast of Get Smart's Don Adams at the Playboy Mansion.
Now you can add Don Rickles to that list. He's become a staple of late night during the early Tonight Show because he's engaging, colorful and damn funny. Every time he stops in at Letterman's Late Show, I have to stop what I'm doing and watch and that includes running a pregnant friend to the hospital, although it does ruin some of the comedy for me. All that screaming.
He's also great at roasts, not because he's a great insult comic but because he can be just as down to Earth and genuine with the people he's skewering. His best roast is one that never made it to television: a roast of Get Smart's Don Adams at the Playboy Mansion.
- 10/16/2009
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
The widow of Billy Mays is challenging the findings of a Florida coroner that the 58-year-old TV salesman's death was caused by or contributed to by cocaine use. Deborah Mays has hired an independent medical examiner, whose results, while acknowledging the presence of cocaine in May's body, do not suggest that drugs were a deciding factor in his death."Billy's family never agreed with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's conclusion that cocaine use contributed to Bill's death," Deborah Mays writes in a statement. Dr. William Manion of Medford, N.J. conducted a second investigation but did not physically examine Mays's remains.
- 10/16/2009
- by Linda Marx
- PEOPLE.com
The wife of the late Billy Mays once again came to the side of her late husband over allegations that a cocaine overdose killed the pitchman.
This time Billy's wife, Deborah, claims she has conclusive proof that her late husband was not a habitual drug user.
The family paid for a second review of Billy's autopsy and doesn't deny that he may have used cocaine in the days leading up to his death, but does deny that he was a "chronic" user. The latest release from the family said the independent investigation concludes cocaine use did not contribute to his untimely death.
[via TVTattle]
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This time Billy's wife, Deborah, claims she has conclusive proof that her late husband was not a habitual drug user.
The family paid for a second review of Billy's autopsy and doesn't deny that he may have used cocaine in the days leading up to his death, but does deny that he was a "chronic" user. The latest release from the family said the independent investigation concludes cocaine use did not contribute to his untimely death.
[via TVTattle]
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- 10/16/2009
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
U.S. TV pitchman Billy Mays' widow insists autopsy results suggesting cocaine ingestion led to the star's sudden death are wrong - and now she had the proof.
Mays, who found fame in the U.S. as an infomercial star, died in his sleep at his Florida home on 28 June at the age of 50.
An official autopsy report released by a Florida medical examiner's office in August stated Mays had been taking cocaine in the days leading up to his sudden death, and the drug contributed to the heart disease that killed him.
Mays' family disagreed with the official results and hired an independent physician to review the autopsy materials.
In a statement released Thursday, Deborah Mays claims the examiner ruled out chronic cocaine usage, describing the star's death as "natural".
Mays, who found fame in the U.S. as an infomercial star, died in his sleep at his Florida home on 28 June at the age of 50.
An official autopsy report released by a Florida medical examiner's office in August stated Mays had been taking cocaine in the days leading up to his sudden death, and the drug contributed to the heart disease that killed him.
Mays' family disagreed with the official results and hired an independent physician to review the autopsy materials.
In a statement released Thursday, Deborah Mays claims the examiner ruled out chronic cocaine usage, describing the star's death as "natural".
- 10/15/2009
- WENN
Drugs are bad. But not that bad, at least not for Billy Mays. Despite an initial autopsy report indicating that cocaine played a significant role in the super-pitchman's unexpected death last June, an independent evaluation—carried out by a doctor hired by the Mays family—now claims that while the nose candy may have been present in Mays' system, it had absolutely nothing to do with his premature demise. Dr. William Manion issued a six-page report on his findings contradicting Florida's Hillsborough County medical examiner, who said that Mays died of heart disease and that his cocaine use was a contributing factor. According to Manion, the county coroner was only partly...
- 10/15/2009
- E! Online
We just got hold of the second Billy Mays autopsy report -- and it underscores how cocaine may have played less of a factor than first thought.According to the full report, "there is no evidence that Mr. Mays' death was related to acute cocaine intoxication .... rather, the use of cocaine by Mr. Mays appears to have occurred at a remote time several days before his death."The report also states there was no proof...
- 10/15/2009
- TMZ
Billy Mays' widow says she never bought into the medical reports showing cocaine contributed to the legendary pitchman's death -- and now she says a brand new investigation backs up her claim.Deborah Mays just released a statement claiming the family commissioned a 2nd review by an independent medical examiner, Dr. William L. Manion, who concluded, "chronic cocaine use was not demonstrated by the autopsy findings of Mr. William Mays. In addition, there is nothing in his medical,...
- 10/15/2009
- TMZ
Billy Mays' tombstone has finally been unveiled in Pennsylvania -- and lets just say it captures every aspect of the pitchman's life ... husband, father, son, "Pitchman." The gravestone features a full color image of Billy wearing his classic blue shirt, a big smile and a satisfaction guaranteed thumbs up. Billy's son, Billy Mays III, posted the picture on his Twitter page, with the caption, "So here it is, my dad's gravestone."Billy's funeral was on July 3 in McKees Rock,...
- 10/15/2009
- TMZ
If you're a celebrity and you appear on TV's South Park, chances are it's not going to end good for you. You're either going to end up dead, in Hell, or dead and in Hell.
So you can probably imagine the reaction from the family of the late TV pitchman Billy Mays: exuberant joy and ecstatic excitement.
Billy's son Billy Mays III said on his Twitter page that he was "proud" and "honored" his late father was included in their "Dead Celebrities" episode. He's also trying to get a cel of his father's caricature autographed by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
He hasn't said if he's gotten it yet or not, but he's reportedly sweetening the deal for the South Park creators by throwing in an extra bottle of Chipotlaway absolutely free. Matt and Trey, call now!
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So you can probably imagine the reaction from the family of the late TV pitchman Billy Mays: exuberant joy and ecstatic excitement.
Billy's son Billy Mays III said on his Twitter page that he was "proud" and "honored" his late father was included in their "Dead Celebrities" episode. He's also trying to get a cel of his father's caricature autographed by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
He hasn't said if he's gotten it yet or not, but he's reportedly sweetening the deal for the South Park creators by throwing in an extra bottle of Chipotlaway absolutely free. Matt and Trey, call now!
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- 10/9/2009
- by Danny Gallagher
- Aol TV.
How funny is this? I was watching “Ghost Hunters” when my DVR jumped over to Comedy Central to start recording “Southpark”, and guess what the episode was about? Ike, Kyle’s little brother, is seeing the ghosts of dead celebrities ala “The Sixth Sense” — well, okay, he mostly just sees Billy Mays hawking his products. To help out little Ike, the boys call in the … wait for it, wait for it … Ghost Hunters! Yup, funny episode. I laughed my ass off. Here’s the Ghost Hunters part. Watch the full episode here.
- 10/8/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Where do famous people go when they die? South Park. With a large cast of recently deceased celebrities, including Michael Jackson, DJ Am, Patrick Swayze, Farrah Fawcett, David Carradine, Walter Cronkite, Natasha Richardson, Dom DeLuise, Ed McMahon and TV pitchman Billy Mays, the Comedy Central cartoon stuck it to the dead in a Sixth Sense-style episode. With something to offend just about everyone, the star hazing included Jackson taking possession of little Ike, Mays continuing to pitch products from the beyond and a final destination that should get fans, well, heated up. What did you think: Too soon? Too funny? Sound off.
- 10/8/2009
- E! Online
Watch out, Sham Wow guy- CNN's Anderson Cooper may be auditioning for your job! By Lee Pfeiffer
It's bad enough that CNN forces its anchors into those God-awful, cookie-cutter Ken and Barbie teams to co-host broadcasts. There is also no shortage of celebrity stories disguised as genuine news, stories about cute animals and star anchor Anderson Cooper's nightly cringe-inducing funny photo caption contest. Now comes a new low: CNN has introduced a new application for I Phones that allows consumers to get some pretty amazing updates. However, the network is too stingy to use its commercial breaks to promote the new app, because it would mean bumping out paid advertisers. Thus, the anchors have been forced to shill for the new application, with significant segments of news broadcasts devoted to having the hosts demonstrate how it works. The low point came tonight when Cooper, bringing boot-licking to a new level,...
It's bad enough that CNN forces its anchors into those God-awful, cookie-cutter Ken and Barbie teams to co-host broadcasts. There is also no shortage of celebrity stories disguised as genuine news, stories about cute animals and star anchor Anderson Cooper's nightly cringe-inducing funny photo caption contest. Now comes a new low: CNN has introduced a new application for I Phones that allows consumers to get some pretty amazing updates. However, the network is too stingy to use its commercial breaks to promote the new app, because it would mean bumping out paid advertisers. Thus, the anchors have been forced to shill for the new application, with significant segments of news broadcasts devoted to having the hosts demonstrate how it works. The low point came tonight when Cooper, bringing boot-licking to a new level,...
- 9/30/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
I don't know where this "Autotuning" came from, but I like it. Sometimes it seems forced, but other times it's so spot on that it actually creates a good song and not just a goofy, funny curio.
The latest is from the PBS TV show Cosmos, something I really enjoyed years ago, and features Carl Sagan (with a cameo by another famous scientist and author). This is really well done, sort of techno meets progressive rock. I love how it's not just stringing his words together, but there's actually a chorus.
Here's one for Billy Mays.
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The latest is from the PBS TV show Cosmos, something I really enjoyed years ago, and features Carl Sagan (with a cameo by another famous scientist and author). This is really well done, sort of techno meets progressive rock. I love how it's not just stringing his words together, but there's actually a chorus.
Here's one for Billy Mays.
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- 9/29/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
I'm not saying that I necessarily think Billy Mays should have won a posthumous Emmy, or even that his show Pitchmen should have been included in their "The Year in Reality" segment. But leaving him out of the "In Memoriam" segment? You have people from every facet of the television industry, and you leave out the most famous infomercial personality ever. Infomercials are television programming.
Yes, they're annoying at times and yes, they're not as exciting as Lost or The Amazing Race, but it's still television. Billy Mays was famous because of television. And he was famous. Virtually everyone in this country recognizes "Hi, Billy Mays here!" and that almost patented way of shouting talking he had.
But hell, even if you don't buy any of those arguments, he was one of the stars of Pitchmen, a successful reality show. You honor reality shows, right? I'm just saying, It seems...
Yes, they're annoying at times and yes, they're not as exciting as Lost or The Amazing Race, but it's still television. Billy Mays was famous because of television. And he was famous. Virtually everyone in this country recognizes "Hi, Billy Mays here!" and that almost patented way of shouting talking he had.
But hell, even if you don't buy any of those arguments, he was one of the stars of Pitchmen, a successful reality show. You honor reality shows, right? I'm just saying, It seems...
- 9/21/2009
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
We had been told to expect the deaths of the famous to come in threes, not in the dozens.But all through the summer of 2009 came a ceaseless and somber drumbeat, as idols of all walks of life passed away. From Walter Cronkite to Sen. Ted Kennedy, the nonstop loss of luminaries continued almost as if a seasonal occurrence . as much a part of summer as hot dogs and humidity.If a filmmaker were trying to capture the summer of 2009, Michael Jackson news would be playing in the background. Many thought coverage of Jackson's death was too much; a Pew Research Center poll released in July found that 64 percent of those surveyed thought the media blitz was overdone (though none could top MTV Japan, which designated an entire week of mourning for Jackson).But news outlets went heavy on coverage for the many others who passed. Collectively, it made the constant commemorating hard to escape,...
- 9/19/2009
- Filmicafe
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