Joel Freimark hosts The Daily Guru, which is a simply produced talk show that gives recommendations and commentaries about musicians and songs, or anything along the music genre for that matter. In fact, it’s so simply produced that it’s boring. And I’m a massive music lover, always eager to learn more about this incredible art form. I, so badly, wanted to like this series.
Freimark clearly knows a ton of cool stuff about music and musicians. There is no problem with a lack of content in each episode. It’s that Freimark speaks a mile a second. Each episode is loaded with a ton of unnecessary hard cuts. And… there’s no music in the show. NO MUSIC!
Episode after episode, Freimark recommends song after song and he doesn’t give us even a tiny sample of the music for that song. I don’t understand why he doesn’t. It’s not like the musicians who own any of his recommended songs will come after him with breech of copyright. After all, he’s promoting them and recommending that his viewers listen and own these songs.
Once in a while, Freimark turns an episode into a history lesson about one musician or another. But no pictures of any of the musicians are inserted in the episodes. No music samples for any of the musicians are included either. Quelle surprise! All we get are hard, fast cuts of Freimark’s head and shoulders – cut after cut after cut, Freimark, Freimark, Freimark.
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I have to give this show a totally squashed pumpkin. In its current state, it’s unwatchable. But, it has potential to be a great show with a few tweaks in the production. Hopefully, the producers of this series will give it the minor changes The Daily Guru needs in order to be a decently watchable program.
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“Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” is a web series staring Jerry Seinfeld. The series is generally a talk show where Jerry Seinfeld has a chat with a guest comedian or comic actor, over coffee or even a full meal. Each episode cleverly opens with Seinfeld introducing a car, which could be a Rolls Royce or an old junker that looks like it’s got one more run on the road before kicking the bucket. With the car of the episode, he picks up his comedic guest and cruises on over to a location where they eat, drink and chat.
This show is true to the Jerry Seinfeld style; simple, consistent, clever. It’s tightly paced and funnier than hell. Seinfeld seems to have found another talent. He’s quite skilled in the fine art of interviewing. He manages to ask simple, discrete questions of his guests that manage to get them to reveal some of the most personal and engaging stories about themselves and their lives.
This series is an absolute MUST SEE! If I could give this show TWO unsquashed pumpkins, I would. It’s that good. Click the image above to start watching and have a blast!
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Steve Hayes reviews old classic films in his YouTube web series called, “Steve Hayes: Tired Old Queen”. I’ve watched a lot of movie review shows and none of them have ever demonstrated the volume of entertainment and film knowledge that this series is packed with. Hayes clearly loves films and especially the classics which we should always take time to enjoy. On top of his passion for classic films, Hayes demonstrates an uncanny knowledge of the history of Hollywood films. And if that wasn’t enough on its own to encourage you to watch this series, Hayes also fills each episode with his huge charm and humour.
You will catch yourself giggling, sometimes outright laughing, as Hayes takes the time to educate you, in his own delightful way, all about the making and the gossip of each wonderful classic film, one episode and one movie at a time.
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This series is an absolute “Don’t Miss!” A full pumpkin for my favourite “Tired Old Queen”!
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The Sessions Project is an interview between musical wonder will.i.am and filmmaker Norman Seeff. This is a production that is co-produced by the new Oprah network, OWN. We get to first see half the interview here in the net broken down into 4 parts (episodes), broadcasted on the L/Studio website. The full one hour interview will air later in the year, on OWN. This is a brilliant marriage between the internet and TV broadcasters. I love this idea. Bravo.
But back to the show… is it worth watching and waiting for the rest on OWN? It certainly is. Even if you aren’t a fan of will.i.am, you are highly entertained by a very well conducted interview. Seeff keeps the audience engaged by poking will.i.am with questions that just keep him talking and talking. will.i.am is a fascinating guy and I found his whole music making process quite interesting.
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This pumpkin is definitely not squashed! I hope there are others like this one coming down the pipeline!
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The best way to describe this series is exactly as it is said on the L Studio site that broadcasts it: “Humorists Starlee Kine and Arthur Jones offer their unique take on popular culture, people and places in this animated series.”
Both Starlee and Arthur are quick witted people who express fresh opinions on everyday cultural topics. But what I like most about this show is the way in which it is visually displayed. It’s completely animated. Even Starlee and Arthur are animated and for some reason it makes this review/talk show enticing and engaging. I love their choice of topics and their honest whit and repartee throughout each episode. It feels as if one is sitting down to visit a couple of great friends. It’s well paced, well written and, of course, well spoken.
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You must check this one out. It’s among the most intelligent shows out there! A full pumpkin for these two. Of course.
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Barry Sobel hosts this online talk show which is designed to exist for the lapse of 3 minutes in total, not including the opening song which drives me crazy. It’s horrible and I can’t get it out of my head. It’s like a bad burp which leaves an awful taste in your mouth that puts you off of food all together for a while.
Fred Willard is Sobel’s sidekick. What a waste of great talent.
The show takes the same look and design that every talk show seems to takes: The couch and the desk with the “window” in the background. There is absolutely nothing unique about this show. They don’t even take advantage of the internet being uncensored. They are totally “TV Clean” and boring. It’s a pitch fest for new movies, books, etc, with nasty boring jokes. Tom Hanks is the guest of episode one and he is literally on the stage for less than one minute. The only plus to this show is that it is only 3 minutes long. Any longer watching it and I might have had to contemplate shooting myself.
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This pumpkin gets a full squash! Stay far away.
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