Tag Archives: television

Angry Red Planet

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Joe

Watching trash on a tube TV in the studio a while back. I think this is around the time that television broadcasts went digital and I was obsessed with the station ThisTV.

Posted in Blast from the Past, What's on TV? | Tagged 2009, television, The Angry Red Planet, ThisTV | 2 Comments

R.I.P. Gene London

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Joe

Philadelphia television legend Gene London has passed away. I had the pleasure of meeting Gene back in 2015 at The Kimmel Center. Read about it here.

Posted in News, Philadelphia | Tagged Gene London, kids show host, Philadelphia, television | 2 Comments

We are now in control of the transmission

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Joe

This illustration which I cobbled together in my absolute favorite vector art program Affinity Designer is sort of a response to my last illustration which featured former television icon Bonnie Franklin. Whereas Ms Franklin’s televised efforts in the situation comedy … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique, Weird World of the Roku | Tagged #AffinityDesigner, #digitalart, 1960s, 1964, Affinity Designer, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, Roku, soldier, television, The Outer Limits, The Terminator, vector | 2 Comments

William Shatner, Star of “For The People?”

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Before the Promise margarine commercials; well before T.J. Hooker, and a bit before he sat on the bridge of the Enterprise, the Shat sat on the panel of What’s My Line? in 1965 where avuncular host John Charles Daly introduced him … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird World of the Roku | Tagged 1965, cord cutters, gameshow, Roku, Star Trek, television, vintage, What's My Line?, William Shatner | Leave a comment

Black Sunday

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I’ve written before about the Wonderfully Weird Channels of the Roku and how the little device is a gift of modern technology for which I have always been thankful. Well, now I am afraid to report to you that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird World of the Roku | Tagged 1977, Black Sunday, cut the cord, Rook, streaming, television | 2 Comments

I Want My Polka Music TV!

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Joe_Williams

When I purchased my first Roku about 8 years ago I quickly became convinced that it was the best $60 I had ever spent. The house I moved into in the mid-1990s was wired throughout it’s three floors for cable, … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Weird World of the Roku | Tagged cord cutting, Joe Siedlik, music, polka, Roku, streaming, television | 2 Comments

Robbie the Robot Meets Mr. C

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Joe_Williams

As I’ve written before finding something to watch on Netflix has been proving to be more of a challenge than it’s worth. The tedious scrolling through titles of little interest has chased me to some of the stranger and more … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird World of the Roku | Tagged 1956, Anne Francis, black and white, Forbidden Planet, Internet Archive, Perry Como, Robbie the Robot, Roku, television, TV, variety show | 2 Comments

There are those who believe…

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Lately, I’ve been watching trash and sketching, and I certainly watched some trash while completing the doodles in today’s post, but nothing really stood out as worth mentioning. There may have been something completely ignorable like Law & Order episodes … Continue reading →