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THE PUBLIC NEWS NETWORK • OPERATION ITCH CONTRIBUTOR Mumbai residents returned to work Monday for the first time since last week’s terrorist attacks. But Indians remained shocked and angry at the newly-evident holes in the city’s security, and JIM LEHRER lost his fricken mind. SEE ALSO: MONICA LEWINSKY TO BE OFFERED POST AS INTERN COORDINATOR FOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: Jump [...]
Who would have thought that Jim Lehrer had such a great sense of humor? PBS is using their legendary host to promote it's new documentary series on American comedy called "Make 'Em Laugh" by having the straight man deliver classic jokes we first laughed at in the first grade. Watch the stand up comic-ness of it all, in a short 30 second clip, after the jump.
Watch news anchor Jim Lehrer deliver the punchlines in the video above - duck! - and you’ll see why producer Michael Kantor and author Laurence Maslon will be joined by comedians Richard Belzer and Amy Sedaris at the Y on December 7 for a discussion on the history of comedy and a preview of the upcoming PBS series, MAKE ‘EM LAUGH: The Funny Business of America , a six-hour comedy epic showcasing...
Who better to promote a heart-warming comedy show than a man with a funereal demeanor and the beady, coal-black eyes of a dead shark? Nobody! Please watch Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, lest Jim Lehrer be forced to make your faucets run with blood while he sings ...
The “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” announced yesterday that public broadcaster WETA, its co-producer, has received a three-year, $3.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a dedicated “NewsHour” production unit to report on important global health issues.
I generally will not post advertisements or promotions on this blog -- it's content or nothin' -- but this is PBS, so it gets a pass. A major new comedy documentary series called "Make 'Em Laugh" is running on PBS in January, and I'm looking forward to it. I'm guessing there's gonnna be a lotta Billy Crystal in there.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008By Nathan Diebenow, Associate Editor AUSTIN, Texas — It took decades of fighting against images of a white bearded old guy in a white nightgown, but the spawn of Charles Darwin finally found a mascot of their own.No, it’s not Jim Lehrer of NewsHour fame.It’s the other big purple dinosaur on PBS — Barney!At a recent Texas State Board of Education meeting in Austin,...
This week on “The News Hour” with Jim Lehrer, Madeleine Albright, secretary of State in the Bill administration, in referring to Hillary as Obama’s secretary of State, said Hillary would be good to “reintroduce America to the world.” She used the exact phrasing Hillary used during the campaign when she said that, as president, she would first send Bill around the world for the same purpose....
From the release: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer announced today that public broadcaster WETA, its co-producer, has received a three-year, $3.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a dedicated NewsHour production unit to report on important global health issues. The NewsHour currently maintains a domestic health and health policy reporting unit supported by the...
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer has announced that its co-producer, public broadcaster WETA, is the recipient of a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: a three-year, $3.5 million award. The funds will be used to create a "dedicated NewsHour production unit to report on important global health issues," according to a press release. The unit is expected to produce up to 50 "documentary-style"...
A fifteen-minute expose on tonight's broadcast of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS highlighted the challenges faced by food banks and soup kitchens across America. With the current economic downturn, massive layoffs and rising unemployment are pushing more and more families and individuals to seek food assistance from local agencies. As this wave of need crashes against the American system...
This paragraph from The Dean makes me thankful for the Internet: I attempt to follow the discussion in newspapers and on Jim Lehrer's "NewsHour" and other deeply serious television programs about the latest moves by the Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury -- and I am stumped. Today I'll celebrate many things, including all of the voices of our blog and the resources of left blogistan. The...
... the tabloids much. My exposure to the outside world consists of watching a little NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, curling up and reading my Economist with some yerba mate. Maybe listen to a little All Things Considered if I’m in the mood for whimsy. I find sports mostly disagreeable, though an impromptu game of squash is a fine divertissement from the day’s labors. My friend, uh, Eeeeeeeee….Elmer....
... need to spend $350 to watch the PBS NewsHour while I’m fixing dinner? Verdict: Naaahhhh! I’ll miss Jim Lehrer come February, but there’s a perfectly fine radio in that room. I can turn on NPR News instead. Also, with the HD service, you can catch the NewsHour later in the evening on one of KAET’s three HD stations. It’s not like there’s anything else to watch during prime time, most evenings....
