people who, so far as we know, don’t play the whistle
a rotating gallery of people who don’t play the whistle, and aren’t likely to take it up.
John Stevens of “American Idol”
Stay tuned for more people who, so far as we know, don’t play the whistle (A Quinn-Martin Production)
He really should take up whistle. (Why, oh why, is he still on the show?)
Truthfully, judging by his facial expressions, he’s embarrassed by himself at this point.
And here i am feeling bad for wasting time watching Enterprise…
The morning news and the Simpsons. That’s almost all I ever watch. I’m more and more please with that every time I see an ad for another new show.
:roll:
Steven
We don’t have cable or even ANY sort of antennie on our house. I would rather “waste” time “learning” on the internet! We do watch movies that we rent though.
He looks sort of Irish, Hey thanks Glauber Im going to turn on Enterprise and waste some time too!
So William Hung plays the whistle? 
Of course you guys don’t waste your time watching American Idol! And why should you? You are ever so much more…um…smarter…and um…more smart…and stuff like that than me…no, than I…no me…no I.
Well. You’se jest got too much brains and all fer that kind of stuff.
Yeah, and these days i can’t say much for the morning news even! 
Simpsons and Scrubs: the only 2 comedy TV shows in the US without a laugh track.
Maybe another guy who doesn’t play whistle? The picture is like the poster for The Truman Show.
Truman Show, now that was a decent enough movie. Cable guy was much better though. WHAT"S the deal with the emotional Vulcan anyway? oh, drugs…
True confessions: American Idol is my favorite TV show, and John Stevens is one of my favorites this year. I like the guy. I believe his gentle manners and old style of singing, remind people of a simpler time. And that is all good. I don’t think he has any chance of winning the competition, but I still get good vibes from him. His rendition of “Time Goes By,” from movie soundtrack week is a keeper.
That reminds me, when MASH was first broadcast in the UK on BBC2, it did not have a laugh track. I’ve been watching re-runs on satelite (Paramount I think) with the canned laughter and they are terrible The whole mood of the show is different.
No kidding. MAS*H would be a great show if it didn’t have the laught track.
Yes, the Vulcan. T’Fal’s emotions are a recurring theme, like J’ordi’s visor malfunctions in the TNG. Hey, look, T’Fal is going crazy again! I think Enterprise started well (kind of a submarine show in space), but it did boldly go where no man should have gone this season, and probably won’t survive. They’re talking about 6 more episodes to go. I wonder if this is the last Star Trek.
hey glauber… i only watched a few of the early episodes. I stoped watching it because it seemed to be getting sort of raunchy with the T’fal, especially that one episode where the horny alien comes on the ship and makes everyone want her… is that what you are sort of tlaking about that is the reason it wont last?
No, that wasn’t what i had in mind, but it fits so well, doesn’t it?
I think it’s T’Pol, btw, T-Fal is a make of frying pans (but you knew that, i’m just setting it straight before my workplace gets stormed by a ravaging mob of trekkies in Klingon outfits). Yes, that’s annoying too. I guess she’s like Jessica Rabbit. It’s not her fault that she’s gorgeous. 
Every Star Trek has one curvy allien female: Uhuru, Troy, Seven-of-Nine, T’Pol. Uhuru wasn’t alien in the same sense as the others, but she was black. Uhuru+Kirk was the first inter-racial kiss on American TV, by the way. Of course it only happened because their minds were being controlled by a telepathic baddie.
There’s also always a pinocchio who strives to become human: Spock, Data, the Doctor, Seven, T’Pol. I missed a couple of episodes, but wasn’t there an aborted plot about one of the principals having “become a clone” and having to become human again?
And so on… it’s all very formullaic.
But what annoys me in this season of Enterprise is the intrusion of USian politics. First the Sulliban (Taliban?) and then the war against the Xindi. Star Trek has always been an optimistic escape into a future where war and even money have been transcended. If i want to see Americans bombing civilians (because they had to!) or stealing from friends (because they had to!), i’ll watch the news instead.
How did this become a Star Trek thread?
AFAIK, the only person to play whistle on Star Trek was Jean-Luc Piccard (in 2 episodes).
I think it’s sposed to be T’Pau. The “old crone” in the original series, since I’m told “Enterprise” allegedly pre-dates Star Trek.
Sadly I do not have TV, but a trekkie friend of mine will insist on passing such trivia to me…
Yow! How come i never made the connection! How long do Vulcans live, then? T is already over a hundred years old, and Enterprise predates the original series by about a hundred years. She must have made her peace with the Vulcan government then.
The one time where Spock loses it in the original series and shows some affection for Jim Kirk, Kirk asks him: “how come i still don’t know your first name?” and Spock says “you couldn’t pronounce it!”