Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. through service in Philadelphia

Posted January 18, 2015

We hope you are participating in this year’s Day of Service in memory of the late Dr. King. Philadelphia is known for celebrating King’s life by volunteering to help out with community projects. The Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service is the largest King Day event in the nation.

Tens of thousands of people donate their time every year to provide services for those in need, and more than 115,000 people have attended in past years. You can register your own project, sign up to volunteer for a existing project, donate goods or funds, or attend seminars. The event will take place on January 19 this year and will celebrate its 20th anniversary.

The Grog Show presents hour-long special this Saturday

Posted January 14, 2015

TUTV’s absurdist comedy program The Grog Show is back this week with an hour-long special!

Last time we saw our hapless protagonists Jake and Karl, they were broke and stranded in New York City, having failed to negotiate a production deal with Nitflex. But instead of following up, we’re taken back in time with a collection of shorts that often use their early work as a platform.

Going as far back as Jake’s first musical musings at age six (including the compelling compositions “Ice is Cold” and “Big Fart”), the shorts are a mix of new and old content. For example, they provide contemporary commentary a la Mystery Science Theater 3000 alongside their early movies, including Zero Down, 12 to Go (2005) and 2009’s Admiral Awesome (a personal favorite, featuring Karl in the title role wearing an eyepatch and battling “ghouls” using two light sabers, among other things). Likewise, they perform word-for-word a screenplay they wrote in 2007 but never produced titled I.M., an exercise in exact enactment that quickly gets very silly.

However, one of the best shorts featured is a newer one. We reencounter inscrutable infomercial salesman Johnny Popcorn, this time selling “Walker, Texting Ranger,” a service that provides a “texting ranger” to help you navigate while texting and walking. The ranger character is a real highlight as played by Bryan Quigley, who is (oddly?) believable as a man who has this job and earnestly wants to do this sort of thing for a living.

Another stand out sketch arose from Jake deciding to record himself as he slept. He and Karl then enacted his unconscious mutterings, jokes and exclamations. The result is bizarre, but it’s hard not to give into the giggles while listening to a sleep-talker attempt to tell a knock-knock joke.

As always when watching The Grog Show, viewers are treated to something truly original and off-the-wall. Jake and Karl, who have both graduated from Temple, are really masters at making the mundane fun.

All these sketches and many more will air Saturday, January 17 at 4 p.m. and Sunday at midnight and 8 a.m. Watch online.

OwlSports Update returns this week

Posted January 14, 2015

TUTV’s student-produced sports news show is back after the break. The premiere airs Thursday, January 15 at 4 p.m.

Temple Smash is back!

Posted January 13, 2015

This weekend, tune in to TUTV for a new episode of Temple Smash, the Temple student-produced comedy sketch show, tomorrow at 5 p.m.

You’ll see an interview with the worst politician of all time; an ad for “Honesty App,” an app that helps you tell the truth even when you had no intention of doing so; and a lovely rendition of several classic Victorian lullabies that range in topic from opium dens to bad dates.

Additionally, the new episode includes many skits involving a child named Peggy Flemmings, who will inform viewers that she has scoliosis and is interested in karate, along with many other inconsequential things.

The new episode airs right after The Grog Show, this Saturday, January 17 at 5 p.m.

We Make the Call is back after the holidays

Posted January 9, 2015

We Make the Call will air its first new episode of 2015 at 12:30 p.m. this Saturday, January 10. The student hosts will round up the latest in national, local and University sports topics to hash out what the deal is.

Tune in to Comcast channel 50, Verizon 45 or online to hear all about it!

Watch a music video from Temple’s Rome campus

Posted December 22, 2014

A new short music video coming out of Temple University’s Rome campus highlights and updates an Italian childhood tradition. The song featured, “Don Don Baby,” is a short nursery rhyme that is traditionally sung by children while playing hand games. The video is now airing on our broadcast channel between programs.

The song and accompanying video are part of a project by Piccoli Cantori di Milano, The Boy’s Choir of Milan, titled “Giocastrocche: filastrocche per giocare in cortile” (“nursery rhymes to play in the yard”). For their 50 year anniversary, the Choir put together a collection of 70 traditional nursery rhymes and Italian street games and performed them as songs. The video was produced by Roberto Conte.

Watch it below:

Tune in to TUTV this holiday season

Posted December 21, 2014

Happy holidays to you and your family from TUTV! We will be airing special programming to celebrate the holiday season this year.

Christmas-themed episodes from our regular shows including Oven Luv’n and Garden Thyme will begin airing early this week. Then, tune in for our Christmas movie marathon from Dec. 24 – 25, during which we’ll air classics like Scrooge, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and Angel on My Shoulder. The holiday cheer culminates New Year’s Day with a Sherlock Holmes Marathon beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Check the schedule for more information.

Hear Philadelphia’s underdog stories

Posted December 11, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifcBWAxL0cI

From November 14 to 15, 2014, twelve students in Dr. Edward Trayes’ Photojournalism course stood at the top of the steps that Rocky Balboa made iconic and asked people about their personal underdog stories. They camped out at the Philadelphia Art Museum entrance for 24 hours and asked to those that they encountered: “Describe a time in your life that you overcame adversity.” They filmed and recorded the answers, then compiled them online in an interactive timeline. The video clips on this page are only a fraction of what they gathered.

From their website: “We took 24 hours to dive into the perseverance of the human spirit. It became evident that we all have walls to climb in the journey of life–the most important thing is taking the first step.” Temple students Aaron Windhorst, Robert Kennedy, Joe Schaefer, Yuxuan Jia, Matthew Leister, Brianna Spause, Ian Watson, Kathryn Stellato, Harrison Brink, Maggie Andresen, Ed Newton, Matt McGraw all contributed to the project.

See their website for more information, and view the interactive timeline to hear the stories of all 63 individuals that were interviewed.

The project’s date coincided with the inaugural Rocky Run. Beginning on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and ending at the base of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps, seven thousand people participated in the 5 and 10k race. Many of those participants added their stories to this project.

Bouncing Back from Incarceration

Posted December 10, 2014

On a new episode of Bouncing Back, host Lisa Bien speaks to guests Chip and Tyrone, who have achieved success after being incarcerated earlier in their lives.

The guests share their incredible journeys as well as advice and what helped them overcome and prosper despite tremendous adversity.

Watch TUTV Wednesday at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. to hear these inspiring messages.

Final episodes of OwlSports Update and Temple Update this week

Posted December 8, 2014

It happens at the end of each semester: many of the familiar faces you’ve come to know from watching TUTV bid adieu to continue their lives off campus. With classes ending, both OwlSports Update and Temple Update will be airing their final episodes of the semester, which serve as send-offs for graduating seniors.

Tune in Tuesday, December 9 at noon for OwlSports Update and Thursday, December 11 at 10 a.m. for Temple Update.

First LIVE episode of A Broader View airing Monday

Posted December 1, 2014

TUTV’s newest show, A Broader View, will premiere its latest episode LIVE on Monday, December 1 at 11:30 a.m.!

The public affairs talk show is produced by Temple Journalism and MSP students in conjunction with Professor Karen Turner and TUTV. This week, the student hosts speak on subjects as wide-ranging as the threat of the Ebola virus to the quality of education in America and much more, all to give you a broader view of the big stories that make headlines.

Tune in to channel 50 Comcast/Verizon 45 within Philadelphia city limits, or watch online.

Does the media affect how we vote?

Posted November 25, 2014

What is the impact of political campaign advertising? How do these ads create a narrative for each election cycle? And is such messaging good or bad for society at large?

Media Inside Out takes these questions on in light of the 2014 Mid-term Election. In an new episode, host Sherri Hope Culver looks in-depth at how the media’s involvement affected the election’s outcome.

Culver is joined by Michael Hagen––Temple University Professor of Political Science, founder of the Institute of Public Affairs, and author of The 2000 Presidential Election––and Thomas Fitzgerald, National Politics Writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Together they take a look at recent advertisements from both sides of the 2014 Election for Pennsylvania Governor and analyze the differences and similarities in strategy, message and tone in each. They also talk about the rise of social media as a tool for political messaging; for example how campaign managers can precisely target viewers depending on location and device.

Watch the premiere of this episode of Media Inside Out Wednesday, November 26 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Comcast 50/Verizon 45 and online.

A special guest comes to Temple Talk for the mid-season finale

Posted November 25, 2014

In the last Temple Talk of the Fall semester, the hosts go over Thanksgiving and other upcoming holidays, including what to wear, what to do, and other holiday tips. New movie releases are also covered, and later, Temple Talk leaves the studio to speak to students on campus about their holiday plans and resolutions for next year.

Then, special guest Gary Clark from Temple’s Diamond Marching Band joins the hosts to share some of the pretty amazing experiences he’s had lately. The Marching Band has been on a roll recently, having appeared in the movie Wolf of Wall Street and in Rolling Stone magazine, among other things. Through this exposure, Gary got the chance to appear in the new film adaptation of the musical Annie. Gary walks us through the whole experience and explains what he thinks has allowed the Diamond Marching Band to get so much attention.

Finally, Temple Bhangra performs live on the set. Bhangra means “explosion of joy,” which is evident in the dance moves. It is a form of folk dance that originated in the Punjab region of northern India and is traditional when celebrating the harvest and sometimes marriages.

Catch all the action Wednesday, November 26 at noon and 8 p.m. on Comcast 50/Verizon 45 and online.

Watch the premiere of A Broader View

Posted November 24, 2014

TUTV is excited to present A Broader View, a new public affairs talk show produced by Temple Journalism students and Professor Karen Turner. The program will serve as a platform for student hosts and guests to go in depth and fully explore the issues and events that shape our lives.

This week, they’ll tackle diversity on campus, student Adderall abuse, and street harrassment and how women are fighting back. Hosts Courtney Regan, Rosie Kelkis, Andrea Iezzi, and Lena Kinney take turns speaking to experts and students on campus about these different issues. They also talk to Ofo Ezeugwu, a Temple alum and young entrepreneur who recently launched Whose Your Landlord, a website that invites students to rate their landlords so other students know what to expect after signing a lease.

The show’s first episode will air Tuesday, November 25 at noon, and the first LIVE airing will begin at 11:30 a.m. Monday, December 1. Tune in to channel 50 Comcast/Verizon 45 within Philadelphia city limits, or watch online.

TUTV wishes you and your family a wonderful holiday!

Posted November 21, 2014

And although students will be out for Fall Break, TUTV will still be airing new content in addition to special holiday programming!

Tune in at noon on Monday to see Temple Volleyball play against UConn. Then, watch the premiere of TUTV’s brand new show, A Broader View, a public affairs talk program produced by students, at noon and 8pm, Tuesday the 25th. On Wednesday, new episodes of Temple Talk and Media Inside Out will air starting at noon. For Thanksgiving Day itself, we’ve got classic movies playing all day, including March of the Wooden Soldiers and My Dear Secretary.

See our online schedule for more information.