i'm getting timeouts on some of your domains like dag.videosift.com. (maybe some of the others)
the problems continue, so its not on my end.

In reply to this comment by dag:
Just don't touch EZTV for the love of all American expats who still want their cheesy American sitcoms.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Just don't touch EZTV for the love of all American expats who still want their cheesy American sitcoms.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Walking Dead, Growing Pains, Show me that smile, 90s sitcom' to 'Walking Dead, Growing Pains, Show me that smile, 80s sitcom' - edited by quantumushroom

"...it perpetuates a problem we may not have in this community."

You couldn't write fiction with this shit...nobody would believe someone that stupid. Maybe as a sitcom, Duke's of Hazard style Boss Hogg, but not real fiction.

Good idea! I'll do that. I do have a question though; how did you see my comment on a random video from a year ago? I think there is something that I am missing about the sift because I've noticed that some people can keep track of others activity very effectively.....but I don't have time to visit everyone's profile regularly (leading me to believe there is an easier way).

I'll check out your playlist. I like music.

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
Some of us have playlists for exactly that purpose... otherwise you never have a vid to hand when you have a power point, and vice versa.

Also, shameless plug time, if you like music ones mine is http://videosift.com/playlists/oritteropo/needs-attention

If you don't like music ones, or you do but only 80s, you should avoid this playlist like the plague.
In reply to this comment by carneval:
HOW did this not get more love.

When I get the ability, I'm coming back to promote this.

Some of us have playlists for exactly that purpose... otherwise you never have a vid to hand when you have a power point, and vice versa.

Also, shameless plug time, if you like music ones mine is http://videosift.com/playlists/oritteropo/needs-attention

If you don't like music ones, or you do but only 80s, you should avoid this playlist like the plague.
In reply to this comment by carneval:
HOW did this not get more love.

When I get the ability, I'm coming back to promote this.

The CBC provided most of what you just asked for (though they covered sports too) before their budgets were slashed a number of years ago. This forced them to cut back on the number of Canadian programs and air syndicated American reruns


Meh. I've watched 30 years of CBC - it was one of two channels we got when I was growing up, and often the only one that came in clearly. I don't see any big difference in quality over the years - they've always found a few hits and a lot of unambitious, uninteresting misses. Now that people have so many more options about what to watch, the value of that unambitious crap is really low.

We give them $1, and they make "Being Erica" and the "The Ron James Show". Why the hell would I want to give them another dollar? Why should we expect them to change philosophy if they had more budget? I mean, if it was unusual crap or an odd idea that didn't quite work out or a project that was too ambitious for its budget, then that would be one thing - that's the kind of problem you can solve with more money. But their lineup is full of cooking shows, generic sitcoms, and crap. There's no reason for public funding of any of that.

Public television is a great idea. There's all sorts of innovation, education, and general public interests that can be served that aren't served by a for-profit station. CBC needs to focus on those things. Also, hockey. I don't watch hockey - but it's undeniably important and the CBC should go way, way overboard covering things like the World Juniors. It makes people happy and brings the country together.

And I'll also agree with another poster above: CBC Radio is generally really good. It focuses on exactly the kind of stuff a public broadcaster should. It's hits and misses, but it's interesting, valuable hits and misses.

The CBC provided most of what you just asked for (though they covered sports too) before their budgets were slashed a number of years ago. This forced them to cut back on the number of Canadian programs and air syndicated American reruns. The CBC isn't better than it is because we don't give them enough funding to be better.>> ^jmzero:

I think the CBC needs changes. It should produce educational content, children's programming, news and nothing else. There's no reason it should compete to show sports and general entertainment.
Especially the latter.
It has demonstrated a tremendous lack of skill in making the kinds of entertainment programs Canadians want to watch, despite aiming pretty low. Why, as a taxpayer, should I be paying for sub-par sitcoms and reality shows?
A public, independent news network without ads? Good purchase. Rick Mercer? He's great, but I think he'd get the ratings to survive elsewhere.
A few more daytime cooking shows - and still pressure from advertisers? Doesn't sound like a good use of taxpayer money.

Mostly with you. I feel CBC TV still needs to present hockey. Not sure why I do, just do. And our comedy heritage is in sketch comedy, and the CBC is the only place supporting that. If there were no CBC TV anymore, I wouldn't actually be upset. It's non-essential, especially considering most of the programming these days is indistinguishable from other channels -- Rick Mercer being one of the exceptions, but captured under sketch comedy.

But man, Canada without CBC Radio would be a whole different country. Just about everything there is a precious gem -- As it Happens, Wiretap, DNTO, Tapestry, Vinyl Cafe, Writers and Company, and old shows like Morningside, Richardson's Roundup (Sad Goat), and The Inside Track. It's also the only source of serious criticism of the government from people who are not just talk radio blowhards.

If for no other reason, Canada needs to have at least one broadcaster less unbalanced than the others towards corporate interests. Without that balance, the other broadcasters have no check.>> ^jmzero:
I think the CBC needs changes. It should produce educational content, children's programming, news and nothing else. There's no reason it should compete to show sports and general entertainment.
Especially the latter.
It has demonstrated a tremendous lack of skill in making the kinds of entertainment programs Canadians want to watch, despite aiming pretty low. Why, as a taxpayer, should I be paying for sub-par sitcoms and reality shows?
A public, independent news network without ads? Good purchase. Rick Mercer? He's great, but I think he'd get the ratings to survive elsewhere.
A few more daytime cooking shows - and still pressure from advertisers? Doesn't sound like a good use of taxpayer money.

I think the CBC needs changes. It should produce educational content, children's programming, news and nothing else. There's no reason it should compete to show sports and general entertainment.

Especially the latter.

It has demonstrated a tremendous lack of skill in making the kinds of entertainment programs Canadians want to watch, despite aiming pretty low. Why, as a taxpayer, should I be paying for sub-par sitcoms and reality shows?

A public, independent news network without ads? Good purchase. Rick Mercer? He's great, but I think he'd get the ratings to survive elsewhere.

A few more daytime cooking shows - and still pressure from advertisers? Doesn't sound like a good use of taxpayer money.

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>> ^Hive13:

If a show has a laugh track, I simply cannot enjoy it. It feels so forced and fake. I really want to like The Big Bang Theory, but that annoying laugh track absolutely ruins it for me. The old, tired sitcom formula of "line, line, joke, laugh track" needs to go away.
Shows like Flight of the Conchords, The Office, Louie, Wilfred, and Modern Family, to name a few, have proven that you don't need to rely on a shitty laugh track to get your jokes across. I think that a laugh track is actually a crutch for average writing and delivery.

If a show has a laugh track, I simply cannot enjoy it. It feels so forced and fake. I really want to like The Big Bang Theory, but that annoying laugh track absolutely ruins it for me. The old, tired sitcom formula of "line, line, joke, laugh track" needs to go away.

Shows like Flight of the Conchords, The Office, Louie, Wilfred, and Modern Family, to name a few, have proven that you don't need to rely on a shitty laugh track to get your jokes across. I think that a laugh track is actually a crutch for average writing and delivery.

Fun with knowledge. I can't think of anything equivalent to QI on American TV. Too bad all they copy are sitcoms and reality based game shows.

I swear the first time I fast-forwarded through the promo (yes, I do love TiVO), I thought it was Katy Perry, and I was just thinking 'WTF? Katy Perry is getting an American sitcom'.

I'll check this out if it sounds this good. The only sitcom I have been watching since the Friends and Frasier heyday has been 'How I met your Mother' (though I watched 'that 70's show' reruns and ended up bying all the seasons with Topher Grace on DVD).

>> ^Fusionaut:

what is that theme music from?!?!?!!?


family matters.