Modified On July 7, 2005
Crappy cable has a way of herding viewers into cable outlets they wouldn’t normally find themselves watching. And crappy cable is just what we’ve had more often than not over the past week or so. So, we have found ourselves occasionally watching TBS.
That’s right, the “Superstation TBS” is now favoring a bright blue color in all it’s promotions and it is tagging everything with the phrase “very funny.” (Although we can’t imagine the Braves dig that association… although with the way they’ve been playing this year, they really can’t complain all that much.)
We were watching an old Sex and the City (and enduring the endless promos for Seinfeld, Raymond, Family Guy and all the other sitcoms that form the core of their new strategy), when we saw a promotion for a TBS contest. The top prize was a trip to Las Vegas for two to take in The Comedy Festival. Finally, we see evidence that TBS and HBO and Caesar’s and the Flamingo are actually going through with this “consumer oriented” comedy festival. (If you only relied on their website, you’d think it may be a hoax of some kind, as the site hasn’t changed since the dy they announced the fest and launched their little Macromedia billboard.)
So, we now know that TBS and HBO is going through with the fest. Now: If you haven’t made plans to work that week, or if you plan to attend the festival itself, or if you are a stone poker freak– Make plans to be part of our SHECKYmagazine.com COMICS-Only Poker Tournament! It’ll be on November 17 at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino (in downtown Vegas!) and it will be a guaranteed good time! We’ll be announcing further details– like a room rate at Binion’s, other (maybe) related activities (A bowling tourney, maybe?) and prizes for those other than those who finish “in the money!” If you are dead, solid set on attending and playing, send us an email and we’ll put you on a POKER TOURNEY email list that will drop tourney developments into your email inbox. (Don’t worry, not an obtrusive amount of emails… just enough to keep you posted.)
Keep tuned to this page! And, in the meanwhile, keep watching poker tournaments on ESPN, and E! And, in the coming weeks, we’ll be featuring poker lingo tips, poker playing tips and all the information you’ll need to hop on that table and at least bluff your way into looking like you belong!