Subdude Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 First of all l must admit I dwell in the higher realms of geekdom and watch old car commercials on youtube. But look at the beginning of this ad for the exciting 1979 Datsun 200SX. Is that Houston ca 1978 in the background when the Datsun is on the roller coaster? Could this have been shot at Astroworld? It looks Houston-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 The comments section says that's Long Beach, CA.First of all l must admit I dwell in the higher realms of geekdom and watch old car commercials on youtube. But look at the beginning of this ad for the exciting 1979 Datsun 200SX. Is that Houston ca 1978 in the background when the Datsun is on the roller coaster? Could this have been shot at Astroworld? It looks Houston-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Oop, my mistake then. Thanks for checking that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 The Prairie View A&M band was in the Rose Parade...not sure if that happens every year but it was nice to see some local play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff8201 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Am watching Nostradamus 2012 on History Channel. At the part when they're talking about storms like Katrina and Ike, they had a shot of Houston, namely the Williams Tower.EDIT: And again... Downtown Houston Skyline towards the end the end of the program. So nice be to associated with the end of the world, huh. Edited January 5, 2009 by Geoff8201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Just watched Smallville Season 7 on blu-ray with my fiancee. In a scene near the very end of the season finale, Downtown is featured pretty prominently.You can easily see Wells Fargo, Chase, part of Bank of America, and Heritage Tower. If you'll remember sometime last year, Heritage Tower's lights were on in the shape of a seven. I guess they did that b/c they were included in season 7's finale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) Here's the 'How to Rob a bank' someone mentioned about earlier in this thread..it mostly shows Houston's Downtown Skyline. Edited January 11, 2009 by UpuPUp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Am watching Nostradamus 2012 on History Channel. At the part when they're talking about storms like Katrina and Ike, they had a shot of Houston, namely the Williams Tower.EDIT: And again... Downtown Houston Skyline towards the end the end of the program. So nice be to associated with the end of the world, huh.I spotted that a couple nights ago when I was trying to eat dinner in what apparently is a crappy time slot. It was hilarious. Some kind of so-called Nostradomus expert was trying to pin a particular quatrain as applying to the current financial crisis, but it just didn't really apply. In between the talking head trying to explain that "lightning strikes the temple" is supposed to mean that stock prices decline (at the temple-like NYSE building), the video shots cycled between images of corinthian architecture in Manhattan, a shot of downtown Houston as viewed from the East, and (I want to say) an image of basalt-encrusted lava flows. I just about fell off the sofa laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 The History Channel must really like Houston. Tonight on the 11:00pm episode of Modern Marvels, they did a story on how the Houston Chronicle runs both a conventional paper and electronic newspaper. They had people speculating about how one day, the traditional newspaper will be obselete, and even showed some behind the scenes views of the Chron.I spotted that a couple nights ago when I was trying to eat dinner in what apparently is a crappy time slot. It was hilarious. Some kind of so-called Nostradomus expert was trying to pin a particular quatrain as applying to the current financial crisis, but it just didn't really apply. In between the talking head trying to explain that "lightning strikes the temple" is supposed to mean that stock prices decline (at the temple-like NYSE building), the video shots cycled between images of corinthian architecture in Manhattan, a shot of downtown Houston as viewed from the East, and (I want to say) an image of basalt-encrusted lava flows. I just about fell off the sofa laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 just a blip...Connecting in London: I arrived at the new mega-glass Terminal 5 in London's Heathrow Airport, which is a modern architectural gem. It is filled with premium, High Street stores and seems more like a shopping mall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Well I was watching TLC again, and "half ton teen" takes place here. Lots of shots of Houston... time lapses of Downtown, sunset traffic.Sad show though. The woman who lives up 59 (Saw that Del Mundo church from her car window), and her huge boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Houston dog takes Westminster crown10-year-old Sussex spaniel is the oldest winner everImagine Michael Jordan coming back to make one more jumper. Or John Elway returning to toss a final TD pass. Or Nolan Ryan reappearing to throw a farewell fastball.That Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Houston dog takes Westminster crown10-year-old Sussex spaniel is the oldest winner everImagine Michael Jordan coming back to make one more jumper. Or John Elway returning to toss a final TD pass. Or Nolan Ryan reappearing to throw a farewell fastball.That Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Someone said today that another dog from Houston won. I'm not familiar with a previous winner from here. I find it humorous that Stump's offspring are named Root and Forest. Talk about your wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Someone said today that another dog from Houston won. I'm not familiar with a previous winner from here.I find it humorous that Stump's offspring are named Root and Forest. Talk about your wood. you said wood.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I like how any bit of mention of Houston outside our city limits gets us all excitied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Someone said today that another dog from Houston won. I'm not familiar with a previous winner from here.Stump lives in the same kennel where the 2001 Best in Show winner J.R., a Bichon Frise lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Some antiwar guy interviewed by Rachel Maddow tonight was standing with Houston skyline behind him. Shell Plaza and Wells Fargo Plaza were obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 There's an ad on yahoo on a New Vehicle. Under the pic of the vehicle it says 'replay ad'. If you click on that, its an animation and it shows Downtown Houstons skyline in the background (and some other buildings from other cities). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I did not realize that Jack Valenti, former longtime president of the Motion Picture Academy, was from Houston. He was investigated by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI for possibly being a homo. When in fact, it is rumored that Hoover was gay himself....just a tie to Houston I never realized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) I did not realize that Jack Valenti, former longtime president of the Motion Picture Academy, was from Houston. He was investigated by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI for possibly being a homo. When in fact, it is rumored that Hoover was gay himself....just a tie to Houston I never realized.Valenti was a Houston ad executive and a graduate of the University of Houston. His friendship with Senator Lyndon Johnson got him a job as Special Assistant to the President in 1963. Because he was a powerful figure, JEdgar Hoover wanted a dossier on him, just like all the dossiers he had on practically everybody in Washington. He used them to shore up his power base at the FBI, and he knew so much about so many people that nobody in Washington would stand up to him. There were rumors that Valenti had a relationship with a male photographer, so Hoover had some agents look into it. They found no evidence to support the rumor so the investigation went into the file of cases that were "Undetermined But Still Open". That's why I don't believe Valenti was gay, because if there was anything to be found, Hoover would have found it. A few years later the Motion Picture Association of America hired Valenti to be the Chief Executive, a position he held for the rest of his life. His name lives on at the University of Houston, at the Jack Valenti School of Communications. I've been told that the day Hoover died, the sound of a giant wind was heard all over Washington. It was the sound of thousands of current and former politicians and political appointees breathing a collective sigh of relief at the same time.Jack Valenti was, without question, one of the most remarkable people Houston has ever produced. Read his bio on the Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884122/bio Edited February 21, 2009 by FilioScotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 One of the ladies from NBC's Today show will be shown riding in the horse ride trail to the Rodeo in a few minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 HOUSTON-In a one-two punch, Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area scored the top two slots on Site Selection magazine's 2009 "Top Metro" rankings for 2009. The rankings put these two Texas cities as the most targeted areas for corporate location, relocation and expansion activity.See full article here: http://www.globest.com/news/1364_1364/houston/177373-1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) World News Tonight will broadcast from Houston Monday and Tuesday. They will be talking about how Texas is doing so well in the recession while the rest of the nation is not. The population increase, corporate relocation, etc.Here is more info: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/tv/6325139.html Edited March 21, 2009 by citykid09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 This week's Economist has an article about the Texas economy that is illustrated by a shot of downtown construction cranes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLan34 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Slim Thug's video for "I Run" has some awesome shots of Houston's multiple skylines... galleria, medical center, and downtown. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 During the George Lopez mega-marathon on Nick-at-Nite last week, there was an episode where his daughter and her baseball player boyfriend got arrested. When George and his (who might be an epic definition of a woman, IMO) wife went to pick her up, there's a map of Houston can you can clearly see. It's displayed rather prominently and often. Big Constance Marie fan here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 During the George Lopez mega-marathon on Nick-at-Nite last week, there was an episode where his daughter and her baseball player boyfriend got arrested. When George and his (who might be an epic definition of a woman, IMO) wife went to pick her up, there's a map of Houston can you can clearly see. It's displayed rather prominently and often.Big Constance Marie fan here I thought I was the only one that watched George Lopez every night. One of my favorite shows, I didn't watch it when it was in production, but in syndication on Nick at Nite. Then I watch Fresh Prince of Blaire. Yeah the wife is FINE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Another Houston sighting, courtesy of the George Lopez show. Wells Fargo Tower and 1100 Louisiana shown as a meeting site from an older (2002-ish) episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Another Houston sighting, courtesy of the George Lopez show. Wells Fargo Tower and 1100 Louisiana shown as a meeting site from an older (2002-ish) episode.Several days ago, I noticed that Houston was one of the cities repeatedly referred to on "Life After Humans" on the History Channel. In one segment, they talked about how a Texas computer game designer has stowed away a digitized copy of the human genome on the International Space Station. And then it looked like in the next segment they were going to have an asteroid strike Houston somewhere near downtown...but I missed that part.Why must asteroids always strike downtown areas within the United States? You'd think that every now and again they'd strike some small town in a poor country that Americans can't pronounce the name of. ...or an inconsequential body of water. ...or a polar cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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