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End of Line (Leo Laporte leaving TechTV/"The end is nigh")
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| 4.2.04
| Leo Laporte
Posted on 04/03/2004 8:49:55 PM PST by mhking
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Just damn.
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posted on
04/03/2004 8:49:56 PM PST
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
04/03/2004 8:50:36 PM PST
by
mhking
(Whither TechTV?)
To: All
To: mhking
On my cable system, they replaced Turner Classic Movies (which is great) with TechTV (which is boring). Our whole town is pissed off about it.
Sorry, Leo.
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posted on
04/03/2004 8:56:42 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Is Fallujah gone yet?)
To: mhking
Fortunately I still have a great job at KFIDidn't he just start that, like, a month ago?
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posted on
04/03/2004 9:00:51 PM PST
by
lainie
To: mhking
My husband is going to be absolutely crushed. He comes home and turns on "The Screen Savers" before he even says "hello!"
Hmmmm. Maybe this is a good thing for me, then? ;-P
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posted on
04/03/2004 9:09:48 PM PST
by
rocky88
(God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. - Mark Twain)
To: rocky88
Termination date - April 1?
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posted on
04/03/2004 9:23:46 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
To: Hank Rearden
As much as I dislike Ted Turner, TCM is the best cable movie channel by a wide margin. If only AMC would go back to no commercials, then I'd be in heaven!
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posted on
04/03/2004 9:29:24 PM PST
by
HitmanLV
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
To: mhking
Wow, that really sucks. I knew something was up when he left Screensavers. Bummer. He basically floated the channel.
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posted on
04/03/2004 9:32:44 PM PST
by
Monty22
To: mhking
That's too bad. He could be a bit annoying and over the top at times, but he brought some life to their shows.
I thought something was up when his segments on The Screen Savers were so lame this week. He did five segments and didn't even bother changing shirts to give the illusion that they were done on different days.
To: mhking
I remember when techtv was cnet tv, with soledad obrian, don't suppose leo will turn out like her.
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posted on
04/03/2004 9:40:22 PM PST
by
dts32041
(I have contributed monthly, since January 2003, how about you?)
To: mhking
TechTV without Leo Laporte? Good God. It's still worth watching without him, but Leo is a living techmedia legend.
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posted on
04/03/2004 9:44:33 PM PST
by
L.N. Smithee
(Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
To: mhking
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:49:22 PM PST
by
L.N. Smithee
(Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
To: L.N. Smithee
WTH is TechTV?
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:57:52 PM PST
by
Veracious Poet
(Cash cows are sacred in America...GOT MILKED???)
To: mhking
I thought something might be up--but I'm still trying to figure out what happened to Chris Pirillo....
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:29:40 PM PST
by
lorrainer
("I don't do nuance." -- GW Bush)
To: lorrainer
Chris Pirillo?
He died a quick and well wished death. Yuck.
Leo will be very missed - he taught a heck alot of people in this country that computers are not something that need to be feared.
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:37:52 PM PST
by
txzman
To: mhking
Leo always seemed like the kind of guy you would like to sit down and have a beer with, just a regular nice guy who happened to have a little TV show. The Screen Savers never did look like it took itself too seriously. It was just the kind of show you wished you could work on.
Leo, thanks for your years of service and good luck in the future.
To: lainie
Didn't he just start that, like, a month ago?
I think I heard him say that it just became a permanent spot in the last month. Leo is a stud, he'll do just fine. It's TechTV/G4's loss.
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posted on
04/04/2004 12:15:06 AM PST
by
sixmil
To: txzman
Yeah, but what
happened to Chris? He's still doing his email newsletters.
And Hubby wants to know what happened to Michaela Pereira and Sumi Das....hmmmmm....
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posted on
04/04/2004 1:22:11 AM PST
by
lorrainer
("I don't do nuance." -- GW Bush)
To: L.N. Smithee
Get a load of Leo's forum. It's heart-wrenching.One of those posts: I'll bet Leo is running off with Morgan....
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posted on
04/04/2004 4:08:25 AM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(It really sucks when your 15 minutes of fame comes AFTER you're gone...)
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