Anyone remember the TV show “Civil Wars”? Turns out there was an episode titled “Oboe Phobia”. If you saw it and can fill me in I’d love to hear about it. Now I really want to see the episode. Go figure.
Archive of posts filed under the TV category.
It’s Set To Record At My House
“The Choir” was made in England, where it is an award-winning hit TV series. But it premieres this week in the U.S. on BBC America, and not only is it the finest new TV show of the summer, it speaks directly to the situation of music programs in school systems like Baltimore’s. If you are [...]
My Current Favorite Commercial
… sadly not here in the United States.
Jeo(boe)pardy!
The oboe player is back on tonight. I haven’t a clue if she continues to win (I’m sure you all know these are recorded earlier than they are shown), and doing a search online brought up nothing. Guess they’re good about keeping these things a secret. But I’ll be watching and cheering her on. :-) [...]
Superbowl Sunday
… is nearly always an opera Sunday too. And of course this year is no different, as I’ll be playing Marriage of Figaro in the pit. So I can’t watch the game or, more importantly, the commercials. Ah well. But maybe I’ll record it, and maybe I’ll see this, too: Before the Colts, the Saints [...]
Dupuytren’s Contracture
Music is an important part of my life and my fingers had become so bent that I feared I would never be able to play the oboe again. And I didn’t want to entertain that thought. -David McCallum To my age group, he was the cute guy in Man from U.N.C.L.E and to folks who [...]
Heard On TV
He was just a normal little boy and then he fell in love with art. He got moody …. From the show Castle Yeah. That’s how it goes. Fall in love with art and you get all messed up. Or something.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
When I was a kid I really loved the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I’ve not seen it since, but I’m guessing I’d not be as thrilled with it. That’s kind of the way it goes isn’t it? CCBB starred Dick Van Dyke, and I always loved him. So when I landed at the video [...]
Survivor
I don’t watch Survivor. I saw part of an episode once and was simply confused about the whole thing and why anyone would enjoy it. But I don’t watch American Idol either. So I guess I just don’t get certain things that are popular. Because I’ve never been popular. Maybe that’s why I play oboe? [...]
Frasier @ the Opera
Martin: Is she here yet? Frasier: No, not yet. That’s her box over there, the empty one. Martin: Well, I’m not going to sit through a whole opera for some woman who’s not even here. Frasier: Oh, for God’s sake, Dad, give it a chance. You might actually learn to like it if you’d listen [...]
Final Episode of ER
Yeah, I’m watching it. I haven’t watched this show in years, but it’s the last one, and what’s a girl gonna do? So the line of the evening so far is “hallucinating trombone player in sutures needs a tox screen and a psych consult” I’m not sure I got the “in sutures” thing right; does [...]
TV QOD
It’s something losers put online so everyone can read. -definition of “blog” by a character on NCIS
And Today?
Yesterday I shaped cane and wound some reeds. Carving on these, the cane felt “just right”. I don’t know how to explain this to you, but I like to say the can is “like butter” in that the knife just seems to take cane off in a smooth way. It doesn’t feel too hard. But [...]
Top Chef
I’m a Top Chef fan. Yeah. Really. (Sorry to disappoint some of you who think I only listen to Mozart, practice my instruments, and work on reeds all day and night.) When a chef is given the news that he or she is out of the competition the line is, “[Name of competitor], please pack [...]
A TV Advertisement Line I See & Hear Daily
She’s a happy homemaker from Sunnyvale who plays the oboe. Welcome, Courtney Mortimer! I crack up nearly every time I hear this. Too funny. I think the ad is for the lottery here in California, but I’ll have to hear it again to verify that. Sunnyvale isn’t that far away from us. I looked up [...]