More Classic TV Downloads

Jack Benny was one of the funniest characters in the early days of television. His humor was dry like a perfect martini, and his penchant for being the cheapest cheapskate was legendary. So to honor Jack, we added some new Jack Benny episodes to the download library. First up - The Letterman, starring special guests The Letterman as Jack's college roommates. And one of my favorites, Jack Goes To New York. An amazing cast of characters, including Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy, Tweety and a million other cartoon characters as the plumber deom E-Z Plumbing.

Great Internet Smoke-Out

As most of our regulars know, LikeTelevision has been hemorrhaging on the bleeding edge since fortran was the need to know computer language. Nope, there's nothing common about our gateway interface. Back when it wasn't cool, we declared ourselves as the first smoke-free web site on the planet. (If we had known we were depriving little kids in Oregon free healthcare we might have reconsidered, but we didn't know at the time). And unlike most major media outlets, we really try to be as unbiased as we can - offering no dogmatic punditry for fear we might enter into the hopeless catatonic state of a closed mind. (See the current political discourse for a better understanding of our fear). In any event, when we decided to become smoke-free, we were adamant in our need to provide an opposing view. So dear blog reading net denizens - you decide. You make the call. Will LikeTelevision be a smoke free site on the client side, or not. No hidden additives are transferred via server includes and crammed down in a hidden nicorette cookie. This little comedy bit has always been one of favorite clips at the site. Many thanks to the incomparable Bill Hicks for his acerbic wit.

In the event you are a smoker and looking to quit - we strongly recommend the books by Allen Carr. They worked for me. Smoke free for over 3 weeks now. Hey, back off. As Mark Twain once said, quitting smoking is easy. I have done it 1000 times.

Harper Lee Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

On Monday November 5, 2007 Harper Lee, author of classic American novel To Kill A Mockingbird was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This award is the highest award a US civilian can get and recognizes contributions in the arts, literature, science, and the cause of peace and freedom. At last count, over 30 million copies of the book have been sold and I suspect another 30 million pages have been written by high school kids as part of school work. Now usually the book is 100 times better than the movie, but in this case - the movie is pretty darn impressive. OK, not as good as the book - but Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Brock Peters as Tom Robinson give you amazing performances. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three. Check out To Kill A Mockingbird - it is as good as you remembered, maybe even better on the second or third viewing.

Holy Chute! Skydiving is fun!

A few weeks ago, my buddy Randy asked me if I wanted to jump out of plane and go skydiving. Sure, sounds like fun - but give me a five or six days because we are moving the servers next week and as such, I had way too much going on to enjoy it. But that week came and went, the move went as smooth as warm butter, and Randy got back to me and said, OK, let's do it on Sunday Cot 28th, I am already booked at 11:00AM. He was convinced I would chicken out, but in truth - i was really looking forward to it so I called the place and made my reservation. Now times have changed a lot since college 30 years ago - when parachuting meant jumping out solo with an old WWII surplus silk parachute. Back then, training included practice jumping from a hayloft and learning to land - HARD! Today - training involved listening to a lawyer on a videotape telling you that you had signed all your rights away, and even the rights of your family and your employer. There was no way you, or they could sue, no matter what happened, even if it was their fault. You understand? That was our training. We were not jumping alone this time, but a tandem jump with a certified instructor, who is highly skilled in the art of skydiving. In short, it was a great experience and I plan to go skydiving next spring when the weather warms up a bit. Check out the video and see what it is like.

One Step Beyond - More episodes!

Look out Sci-Fi buffs, because that wacky pyscho sci-fi afficiando, John Newland is back in town. He's much more frightening than Mack the knife, who also came back to town. Why? Because Newland uses all kinds of psycho kinetic E.S.P. to put the wang doodle on you. He's been known to use bi-location, premonitions, love potions, voodoo, and ghosts, and even magic mushrooms to explore the unknown. Okay... so we have a writer's strike in Hollywood. So they'll be no new episodes of recycled humor that are presented with less class than when they got when the writers were kids. Don't worry folks. Newland is back in town and more One Step Beyond episodes are on the way, to save the day for mankind.

Today we have a really fun episode, where things work out well. It is about that weird pyschic communication that goes on between identical twins. One of my personal favorites called The Trap. Have fun and don't get too scared.

ScreamFest 07 - Horror Blowout!

Once again - it is that time of year again, October. And that means we have to blow off the doors again for the annual ScreamFest, a.k.a. LikeTelevision's Streaming Screaming Halloween. The library of horror films has grown like crazy - and we try to put together for you with our suggestions, plus - your suggestions of what's best... and the obvious categories like witches, vampires, and zombies. Plus a bunch more TV classic Halloween Specials from back in the day.

More Movie Downloads

Just in time for the weekend, we've added a bunch of movie downloads. For a Halloween treat, get ready for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring the legendary actor John Barrymore. (John would be Drew Barrymore 's grandfather). One of the original great silent horror films, I suspect you will be impressed with Barrymore's performance. He really does a great job of portraying the dual sides of the same man.

And speaking of complex great men, check out the incomparable Buster Keaton in The General. This wonderful film is in the IMDB top 250 movies of all time and for good reason. Made in 1927 - in its day, this was perhaps the greatest film ever made. Buster Keaton's comedy genius shines as always. He is hilarious as the lead character Johnny Gray.

Also - another Halloween gem for all you fans of One Step Beyond. Check out another new episode added to the LikeTelevision Media Library, The Trap starring Mike Kellin, about the psychic link between identical twins. An excellent episode!