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Hello RTV people, If only I could remember much! 2019 was the year that Disqus shook everything up in our world by ending its free channel service, causing us to re-establish a new site on Weebly. I DO like Weebly - but this did cause us to lose all of our history of the year! Now I'm having a lot of trouble remember last spring. Hmmm..... The MOST memorable for Survivor fans was season 38 giving us a universally hated twist: the "Edge of Extinction". It produced a winner who only actually played the game for about three days. He was voted out and spent the rest of the season hanging out at Edge of Extinction; resting up and even worse, making close personal connections with every jury member! It violated a fundamental rule of Survivor: that the winner must obtain the most votes from people they directly or indirectly had a hand in voting out. For most Survivor Fans, this was completely unacceptable. The winner did NOT vote any juror members out. All he did was socialize with them for many days at a shared location. Yes, some of us DID like winner Chris Underwood. But we did not like this blatant violation of a basic Survivor core. On "The Voice" last spring, we saw the end of an era when Adam Levine (one of the original coaches of the show) decided to end his long run as a coach, and also his bromantic, long-running bantering fun with Blake Shelton. Some were glad to see him go; others like me were sad. I missed him this fall. For fans of "Dancing With The Stars", this year marked the first time in the show's long history that it aired only one season in the calendar year. This new trend will continue in 2020 as there will be no new season this spring. I assume this is to make room for ABC's inclusion of "American Idol" into their spring season. I can't even recall who WON American Idol last season! So memorable it was... OH YEAH... It was Laine Hardy. The one who came to help a friend's audition and ended up being asked to audition himself. "The Masked Singer" on Fox also made a huge splash on US TV in 2019. The first season was so successful, not only did we get a fall 2019 season two - but we are getting ready for a spring 2020 season three. I admit... this is fast becoming one of my favorite competition shows. The guessing game is just so fun. Kbella kicks all our butts. The winners for the first two season were.... T-Pain for season one and... Wayne Brady for season two. Well deserved, but can I just mention how much I truly loved the characters of the second season? Here is a reminder.... These are a few of them... can YOU recall who the stars underneath the masks were? Cannot wait for season three. A quick mention of "Survivor 39", which became a season of social justice issues in a way that was very frustrating to most of us. A great cast overall, tarnished by the bad behavior of a few. Still, overall a pretty good season with some fun and memorable GOOD characters. And the winner was some ginger.... Also, Survivor Australia's summer season was a fantastic ride of a show. I'm mentioning it because it was SO successful, Australia is getting TWO seasons for the first time in 2020. This season was truly Survivor at it's best. If anyone would be interested in checking out some of the Survivor fun in Australia, let me know. I can help you with easy links to the episodes if you are willing to email me. I am running out of time, so I am turning the review back over to you! What were YOUR favorite TV or music or entertainment moments of 2019?
This page can also be used as a chat page for evening fun if anyone is around. I should be home. We will probably have the Dick Clark/Ryan Seacrest "New Year's Rockin' Eve" show on for a bit of the time (we are really boring at our house). But.. if you are also dull like me, at home and want a place to chat, I should be around. Looking forward to see what you all consider to be the TV Highlights of 2019. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Hello RTV people, Welcome to our first official "Holiday Page" here on the new Weebly site. Traditionally, this page has been the place to share holiday fun: favorite holiday clips from a TV show or movie; favorite song; favorite story from your childhood; favorite holiday recipe. Christmas is MY favorite time of year. But it CAN be a bit stressful if you forget to remember the reason why we celebrate - which is so easy to do in the hustle and bustle of the season. So I love the holiday shows that remind me of these reasons. For example: Charlie Brown, whose sweet character Linus goes out of his way to remind us what Christmas is all about. One of my all time favorite Christmas Songs is "Mary Did You Know". Did YOU know it was written in 1984 (music written in 1991 by Buddy Green) by this man, Mark Lowry (a member of the Gaither Vocal Band, a Christian music group). But since then, the song has been covered a million times by people from all genres. From the original recording of Michael English in 1991 to Clay Aiken to Kenny Rogers to Cee Lo Green to "American Idol" alums David Archeletta and Danny Gokey ..... ...to most recently, Pentatonix, who turns everything they do to gold. Such beautiful harmonies. Why do I love this song so much? Because it beautifully expresses the reason why we take the time every year to remember and to celebrate Christmas. A celebration of the birth of Jesus "who is and was and is to come" (Revelation 1:4). Thank you Mark Lowry for the gift of this wonderful song that has become a Christmas season favorite across all genres of music. Moving on to something more humorous... I cannot get through one of these pages without wanting to remind you all of Straight No Chaser's version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". and their Christmas Can Can.... These guys are hilarious. Now it's YOUR turn! If you have any Holiday wishes you'd like to share, this is the place to do it! Can't wait to see what you all come up with. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends. Hope you all have a wonderful and joyous Holiday season! Hello Special Event Fans, Welcome to our first blog on our newly created Special Event/Holiday Blog. And it is fitting that the first actual event is our annual Holiday Event to Group Watch the wonderful Holiday Classic, "The Sound of Music". Before 7 pm, we all must present our theories for how this musical, released in 1965 (I was 3 years old at the time which means WM was about 5, if I've done my math right), has become associated with The Holidays. You all read my first theory... "bright paper packages tied up with strings"... a line in the lyrics of "My Favorite Things". Or could it be... the movie actually was actually filmed "down under" and so all those scenes with the kids doing summertime activities... "climbing trees; rowing boats, learning to sing while dancing up and down the stairs at a public building of some sort"... were actually filmed in the dog days of Summer during Christmastime in Australia. Okay.. not really. For whatever the reason is that The Sound of Music has become a classic Holiday Movie ... we sure enjoy the annual watch. So, who has a theory as to the why? And who wants to Live Chat "The Sound of Music" at 7 pm? Amazing how hard it was to remember how to do this..
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