TVWW - Video Worth Watching

TVWW Readers and Watchers — please note that many video links expire or get broken. If something isn't active here — let us know! Send us a comment below and we'll try and update.

2014

May

‘MAD MEN’ AND THE HOLLIES By David Bianculli

The May 4 episode of AMC’s Mad Men ended with closing credits showcasing a very catchy and appropriate song: “On a Carousel,” released by The Hollies in 1967.... as Mad Men is in its final season, poor Don has gone round and round to where he’s just hanging on, longing for things just out of reach – just as in the song...

2014

May

SAY GOODNIGHT TO A LATE LATE ROBOT AND FOUL-MOUTHED PUPPETS By Eric Gould

NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, is running this 13-minute Craig Ferguson "Best Of" tribute now that the late night talk show host has announced he's stepping down from Late Late Show in December. There are many highlights here...

2014

Apr

AND HE LOVES HER By David Bianculli

This latest Video Worth Watching comes from the folks at PBS Digital Studios, who have found fun ways to do new things with archival footage and audio. This latest example takes raw audio from a vintage cassette-recorded interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono...

2014

Apr

THE NO MESSAGE MESSAGE By Eric Gould

Here's an example of a TV ad that uses just stock footage to highlight the icons and words we see in commercials...with no product to sell. In other words, it's a prime example of Marshall McLuhan's 1964 maxim that "the medium is the message"...

2014

Apr

CONAN GOES 'COSMO' By Linda Donovan

Conan took Team Coco to Dallas from 3/31 through 4/3 and we're sure the city will never be the same. During his time there he visited the headquarters of an international institution that started in Dallas about 50 years ago -- Mary Kay cosmetics...

2014

Mar

'SPORTS NIGHT' MEETS SPORTS GUY By Linda Donovan

Actor Josh Charles has been very busy recently making appearances to address the shocking and, according to some fans, distressing plot twist revealed in the 3/23 episode of The Good Wife. Here at TVWW, we remember Charles quite fondly for his first starring role in a weekly series: as Dan Rydell in Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night...

2014

Mar

THE SHOCKING GOOD 'GOOD WIFE' SHOCKER (SPOILERS AHEAD!) By Linda Donovan

Fans of The Good Wife who haven’t already seen the Sunday, 3/23 episode have had an extraordinarily challenging time avoiding the answer to the “What happened?!” question about their favorite show. Those of us who already have that answer will want to watch this video for a behind-the-scenes look...

2014

Mar

IF ONLY IT WERE THIS EASY By Linda Donovan

Billy Joel surprised his audience at Madison Square Garden Friday night by bringing out someone to join him that most of us wouldn't expect: AC/DC singer Brian Johnson. We here at TVWW preferred an appearance by Joel earlier in the week with Jimmy Fallon..

2014

Mar

NEXT GEN "PEANUTS" By Eric Gould

The Muppets are going gangbusters in this year’s Muppets Most Wanted, smartly led by Tina Fey in the starring non-Muppet role. It’s Charlie Brown’s turn in 2015 with the upcoming CGI animated big-screen Peanuts feature...

2014

Mar

'MCCONNELLING' WITH JON STEWART By Monique Nazareth

Last Thursday, Jon Stewart introduced a newly released political ad by Kentucky Senator and Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Apparently, it’s b-roll of the smiling Senator in various situations with nothing but music to accompany it for other PAC’s to use. That's what made it so perfect for Stewart...