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johnfowles
08-08-2007, 11:59 AM
Last night I watched with pleasure the first of a 6 week series of a new programme on New York Channel 7 (ABC Television)
as it says on the Variety site for icaught (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965899.html?categoryid=1300&cs=1)
"ABC is hoping to reinvent the newsmagazine for the YouTube generation with a show produced by ABC News but based on user-generated video.
Hourlong skein (sic- no I don't know who he is either) "i-Caught" will get a six-week run on the network starting Aug. 6 at 10pm on Mondays with an eye toward a midseason return if it performs as well as the network hopes."
If the standard can be kept up it should succeed as a most welcome respite on the plethora of reality shows, "talent" shows and crime series that dominate the listings.indeed the pilot had a pair of fine youtube videos:-
Battle at Kruger
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/images/Battle_At_Kruger.jpg
"A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park while on safari".Unbelievably the baby apparently survived!!! Screenshot at about 4 minutes of the video
An almost incredible 8:23 minute long magnum opus of an event on a safari which had a brilliant story behind it and has already been watched over 8 million times Gahoendoe (Tom) eat your heart out!!!
and a remarkable dancer (a video so far only watched 300,000 plus times, but there are several to choose from
David Elsewhere
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/images/David_Elsewhere.jpg
Micheal Jackson and Charlie Chaplin eat YOUR hearts out!!
The other topical and popular website Myspace.com was featured in an appeal by a young lady for news of her brother missing for over a year, (the police had given up), and if I heard correctly only 15 minutes after she posted on MySpace a picture of his car (IMHO an ugly Dodge Magnum)
http://www.kamloopscrimestoppers.ca/albums/album04/05_Magnum_1.jpg
a Canadian operated example. Note the hatchback/station wagn/estate car style rear quarters

Somebody replied that she had found the car and in the (unhidden) boot(trunk) area she could see a body!!
As always if you do not have a high speed connection and would like to watch either video in one uninterrupted stream or save it for future use please read my tutorial at:-
http://www.youtubetutorial.notlong.com
I am now downloading both youtube videos
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/images/itube_downloading.jpg
This has been a Public Service Nature, Entertainment and Lauran Order posting from
John Fowles Bt
Thinks I never once in my recent visit down under heard a mention of the great Oz god Aorta (as in Aorta make a law about it)