Television Archives - Robin Dance

For the love of Downton Abbey

by Robin | Feb 16, 2013 | Personal, Television

I can thank social media for it; though I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook, it was there I first made her acquaintance. Friends would not stop talking about her. And I mean friend-friends, the people I know in real life, whose children...

A hilarious conversation with Tom Hanks on Germany and the Autobahn

by Robin | Jul 12, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Television, Travel

So. Blogging. Yeah, that. I'm finding it a l e e t l e bit more difficult to do over "here" than at home because everything is new and there's always something else to do. Don't get me wrong, I've taken at least 5,000 pictures...

A most excellent lesson in parenting

by Robin | Nov 11, 2011 | 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Parenting, Teens & Tweens, Television, Videos, youtube ROCKS!

A few instances during my Parenting Series, I've mentioned others who have influenced and shaped how I parent (Day 2 and Day 22). I forgot to mention Bill Cosby. Seriously. During the mid-80s and early 90s ~ my 20s ~ I watched Heathcliff and Claire...

Crushing Betty White

by Robin | Aug 17, 2010 | Chattanooga, Conferences, Favorite things, Humor, Personal, Photos, Television

Betty White was not at all what I expected. I suppose I thought the snarky, sex-obsessed Happy Homemaker/Homewrecker Sue Ann Nivens would show up; for some reason I equated Betty to Cloris Leachman in her performance on Dancing with the Stars, during which I...

Fighting Gravity and Old Spice

by Robin | Jul 13, 2010 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Personal, Television, Videos, youtube ROCKS!

{Revised after voting: WAHOO!!! They've made it through to the next round!!} In spite of my discovery of Paul Potts (winner of Britain's Got Talent) years ago, I've never watched the show's American counterpart. My youngest loves America's...

Divine enchantress

by Robin | May 18, 2010 | Television, Videos, youtube ROCKS!

THIS is d e l i c i o u s, and a magnetic example of why I loveloveLOVE watching Dancing with the Stars. Even naysayers and those who would NEVER watch have to agree– Pussycat Dolls lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger, and dance professional Derek Hough are a...