Flat screans are not the only place to watch "Glee"

Students take advantage of DVR and full web episodes to catch up on favorite shows:

Everyone knows that the TV came first, followed by Beta machines and VCRs, which led to revolutionary DVDs. All of the above have influenced how we watch our favorite shows and movies in the luxury of our own homes, but with the invention of DVRs, the world was open to endless ways of entertainment on their home television sets.

In the beginning the TV was the first way that people could see and hear the news or events at the same time. It seems like just the beginning for the mass media to sneak into the homes of the people, but it aided in new developments in how to make it easier for programs to reach television sets worldwide.
Television, VCRs, DVDs, and DVRs


The Beta machine, which was only alive for a split second because the VCR offered better qualities, which was the first step towards the digital age and DVRs.

The Digital generation sparked the invent of many things. Digital streaming stations, Internet, the sets themselves were not “tube” anymore. The late nineties brought with it the first DVRs, which got rid of the cassette tapes and brought in the use of not recording device. Yes, it did include the DVD also.



The college perspective:
Not only could you get your favorite shows and movies in your home at the exact moment you want them, you could also just record them or just play them off the internet from a black box sitting just above the combination VCR/DVD player on the TV stand.

"I don't have time to watch Law & Order, so I just TiVo it. If I didn't have a DVR I would try my best to make time to watch it, but I dont unless the TiVo stops working." said Point Park Biology student Juvonne Glenn of Duquesne, Pa.

What’s next? HULU.com and fancast.com came into the internet community as ways for us to watch those shows that maybe you could watch during its prime-time spot, and because you are not blessed with a DVR or TiVo, which is the better known DVR in the world. But these sites were also in contention with the television networks website offering full episodes as well.

The big question is:



Many students don’t have the time to watch their shows during their regular time, so they just wait until the next day or weekend to watch theirs shows. But does this take away from the nostalgia of TV, and do we even need to have stations with shows when we can just get it on out computer on our own time.

Many in the Point Park University community see the effects of the transition, but don't understand why others don't see this as just another transition into a different technological age like with in the invention of the VCR.

"If they weren't meant to make our lives easier, then they would not be as marketable as they are today." said Sarah Puhala, an acting major from Sharon, Pa. "Everyone and their mother have a DVR, but I just use the good ol' free internet to get my Law and Order SVU fix."

Reruns ruin everything. Not really

We'll this was convenient. The week long reruns has become heaven sent. I already saw all of this weeks episodes, so I don't feel so bad for falling asleep so early last night, and when it will most likely happen all other days in the week. Other than that I will be having fun posting more fun things about Jimmy and the show.

Tonight, I decided to go to the shows site and play beer pong with Jimmy and Questlove. I like it better than the real version, because I actually win (and there's the added plus of not having to drink nasty beer because the boys have to do it the manly way, and not have fruity beer pong. Who says that it has to be Bud Light, when I get my girlie mixed drinks at the liquor store my receipt always says BEER).

Anyway, I didn't even get past Higgins to play Jimmy and Questlove. I thought that this game would just be a fun way to beat the guys and past the time, but NO. You apparently to be a gamer and have a name like sandrogabr, boonjohn, or LukeIsAwesome (who all have over 18,00 points) in order to get more that 5 points, and have the luxury of gaming all night after a 9-5 job at the KFC making the world Double Downs.

Eps 231, 232: Chris Rockin' with Morgan at a Funeral

Thursday

Jimmy started on the right track talking about Sarah Palin, but he went right to one pf his typical subjects, Kate Gosselin - come on Jimmy! Then on to other things like the scientists in Britain that have successfully created embryos from the DNA of two females and on male, making it the closest that any of the scientists have ever come to a threesome.lol AND now according to Jimmy the British are trying to develop a female Viagra. They must be a horny group of people. Then Jimmy along with a bunch of his crew did shout-outs to the fans and random things/people. Very odd Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writers!

And now the nightly game. Tonight they played "Say What?!".


Then the amazing Chris Rock came on and talked about having his own talk show on HBO and hosting other shows on TV. BUT he mostly talked about his new movie out called "Death at a Funeral". Then the difference between rich people and poor people's funerals. I almost peed myself because Chris was right on about what he said.



Actress/comedian Emma Stone was then on talking about coming from Arizona, to her first winter in New York and surviving flights with people who fast forward through her part just to get to Matthew McConaughey. Its just a unjust hard life for her.

The Unseen, who are a pair of magicians came out. hmmm. Apparently they can read your mind. He actually got right that Jimmy had a picture of a Easter Bunny holding a martini glass on his iPhone.


Friday

NO, Jimmy no. He started his monologue with a joke about a Kate Gosselin. Stay away from her. Do something new! He moved onto Arnold, which is perfect in my eyes because that stuff never gets old. Thank you carding writing then ensued. Enough said. Boring.

Straight No Chaser, an a capella group, sang TGIF themes. Interesting, but I was more interested in my computer screen for that 3 minutes.

But Tracy Morgan more than made up for me not laughing at the intro. I will always miss him being on SNL. He has a fighting spider called Hank. Here watch....



The hosts from Diggnation came on next. Their show gets 35 million online viewers every month. Apparently if you tell twitter that you are going to throw iPads out your window in NYC people show up and there is a good chance that you might get punched in the kidneys when you actually get one of the cases.

Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh from the University of Nebraska, who is projected to be drafted at the top of the first round this year talked about his upcoming NFL team choice.

The Flaming Lips with StarDeath & White Dwarfs performed.

Eps 229,230: Ripa the pong, and swallowing smoke

Tuesday, Episode 229

Tiger Woods and other mistresses.... Elliot Spitzer
The Pros and Cons segment centered around the new Double Down from KFC. Which is hundreds of calories and provide you with a numbers of vitamins and minerals, but also will come with front-butt. It's competition? the triple by-bass.



Kelly Ripa, in her amazing red dress and body, came out talking about fitness and her cycle class that she loves to take. She told Jimmy of the time that she took Anderson Cooper and Jeff Probst to class and told them that they were cycling to get Regis's job. lol. I would have loved to see that! She then proceeded to play beer pong with Jimmy, and got one ball in. Good for her on her first time! You can go to latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/beerpong to play with Jimmy and others from the show.

Eric Stonestreet from "Modern Family" then came on the show to talk about the show getting picked up for the second season, and going to his first Knicks game.

The Specials then performed on American TV for the first time in 30 years.


Wednesday, Episode 230

According to Jimmy there is a porn magazine for blind people. end of segment.
In the next the segment was a game called "Spanx or No Spanx", where men put on Spanx and then struggled to take them off depositing them into a Spanx bank

Stevie Starr - the regurgitator. WATCH!



Michael J.Fox came on to talk about his new book called "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future" where he talks to students about what happens after graduation. In his segment he also talks about trying to get Neil Young to sing "Pants on the Ground" at the closing ceremony at the past winter Olympics. I also learned that he didn't graduate from high school, and ended up getting his GED in his 30s.

Green Day was then on to talk about "American Idiot", which is their broadway staged production that opens April 20.

Kaki King was the musical guest that night.

Eps 228: Freestylin' without tress growing out of the Woods body

During Jimmy's monologue, he talked about a beer in NY that would be six times stronger that Bud Light, a gay Jesus and Heidi Montague's body being just as obscene/disturbing as the new Double Down from KFC.

AND what he didn't put into his monologue.... Mr. Woods, he did in another segment with a song. Don't get too excited it was just Jimmy and weird back up singers chanting "like a tree growing out of your body"..... very disturbing. One of the "dancers" was running around in suspenders and whitey-tidy's.

Then, if it wasn't enough for the house band, The Roots, to do the last segment, they had another called "Freestylin' with the Roots". The way that people can just pull things out of their heads and make it funny puzzles me. I don't understand how this is possible, but that's what the show strives off of because Jimmy, Higgins, AND the Roots are THAT good.

Alan Cummings was the first quest on the show. He started talking about his visit to Buckingham Palace, and how his last name came be said in the wrong way, which ended the conversation. Boogey Woogey is his new movie out, about the art world in London. It is out in theaters April 23 in New York.

Young actress Greta Gerwig is in new movie Greenberg with Ben Stiller, which is already out in theaters. She seemed like a very town to earth, hometown girl from Sacramento, Ca, and for that reason I will now go see that new movie that she is in.

Cliff Bleszinski came on next, who is a video game creator that started at the young age of 17 in the biz, to talk about his new game and how he got his start with Mario Brothers. He also showed an exclusive trailer of his new game, Gears of War III due out April 2011.

Next and last was stand up from comedian Baron Vaughn. He did a lot of "funny" singing about his travels to Las Vegas. Its not a good idea for him to continue in this career path.

My Jimmy Timeline!

Eps 227: Jeff Daniels and soooo on

Again Tiger Woods was in the monologue. Not before the end, he again talked about Kate Gosselin on Dancing with the Stars. He then danced like her, which is the funniest thing EVER.

AND cue week long thank you card writing time. First to thank is Kate Gosselin, of course and then guy who farts then walks away. And again, Tiger Woods came into another segment.

Cell Phone Shootout came back after being away for awhile. Same as before, only one of the prizes was an IPAD.




Jeff Daniels talked about Jay Leno. SO I stopped watching for a few seconds and held my ears. Paper Man - an independent film that he is in with Ryan Reynolds who plays his imaginary super hero friend.

I dont exactly know who Olivia Munn is, but I do know she likes pot and is a host on some show. But then she started talking about having cameos in Iron Man 2 and Date Night. She is actually pretty funny. She also wrote a book that is coming out this summer called "Suck it, Wonder Woman".

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club performed.