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Category Archives: TV
Read It Again? No, Thanks
Our Tuesday Fox asked, “What is the one book that you feel you could read over and over without it ever feeling old?” I’m afraid this will be an extremely short post, because I DON’T read things over and over. … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, favorite books, lifestyles, movies, Music, Patricia Kiyono, reading, reading preferences, TV
Tagged books, favorites, reading, repetition
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Repeat, Read, Repeat
It’s Free Week and I want to revisit something that although I have addressed in the past, it has come up a few times quite recently here on 4F,1H: You can’t judge books by their TV shows or movies, (and … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, blogging, book review, book series, Books, characters, chicken, collections, contemporary, cozy mystery, descriptions, free week, libraries, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, Patricia Kiyono, protagonists, Random thoughts, reading, reading preferences, series, Tonette Joyce, TV, TV series, writers
Tagged Agatha Raisin, Changing books for movies, changing books for TV, Forrest Gump, Hamish Macbeth, M.C.Beaton, OPTIONING written works, Rosie Dunne, The Poor Relations, The Time Traveler's Wife, translating books to movies, translating books to TV, Writing for movies, Writing for TV, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
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In Tune with Toons
This week’s theme of discussing cartoons was my idea, so where do I start and end? I had an older brother and sister so I was watching cartoons as soon as my mother brought me home. I adore the original … Continue reading
Posted in America, art, Books, childhood, classics, experiences, Family, favorites, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, memories, Miscellaneous, reading, Tonette Joyce, TV, TV series, writers, youth
Tagged Animaniacs, Bugs Bunny, Chip n Dale, Disney Swamp Fox Daniel Boone, Donald Duck, Koala Brothers, Night Train, Paddington Bear, Ralph Phillips, Sesame Street, Souther Fried Rabbit, Thomas the Tank Engine, Warner Brothers, Winnie the Pooh
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Hard to Beat Bugs Bunny
But there were MANY great cartoon characters back in the golden age By Jeff Salter Let’s get a few details out of the way before I begin.1. I’m calling the ‘golden age’ of cartoons as the ones on network TV … Continue reading
Posted in art, characters, childhood, favorites, Jeff Salter, memories, TV
Tagged Bugs Bunny, cartoons
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Cartoony Memories
Our Friday Fox asked about our favorite cartoons. I have to admit that it’s been a long time since I watched an animated show. My youngest grandchild is nine years old, and if he watches cartoons, I’m not there to … Continue reading
Posted in characters, childhood, fantasy, Patricia Kiyono, TV
Tagged cartoons, childhood, family activities, favorites, TV watching
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This Was the NFL Way Back When
Watching TV Football was a Different Experience by Jeff Salter Just a word of history to any youngsters out there who possibly assume TV sports have always been covered as they are today.Nope. Back in the old days, the NFL … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Jeff Salter, memories, sports, TV
Tagged Johnny Unitas, NFL, TV sports
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English: British to American
Last week while we were discussing the possibility of our works being translated into other languages, I said that I would like to bring up translating English to English, that is to say, “British” to “American”. I have read books … Continue reading
Posted in America, authors, Books, characters, dialogue, food, foreign publications, imagination, Life, Lists, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, phrases, protagonists, publishing, Random thoughts, reading, Tonette Joyce, translations, TV, writers, writing
Tagged Bristish vs American English, British writers, Differences in English and American phrases, English as a second language, English phrases, Understanding accents
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