Bouncing Back host asks “What is love?”

Posted February 10, 2015

Lisa Bien tackles the fraught and often complicated topic of romantic relationships in a new episode of Bouncing Back, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Two Temple students are brought to the set to talk about their relationship experiences since coming to college and how the environment dictates different dating patterns, including hooking up culture and ‘cuffing’ season.

Cheerleader and Therapeutic Recreation major Virginia and Alana, a Strategic Communications major, both talk about dating in a university setting and how they’ve become more acquainted with what they want in a serious relationship through trial and error.

Later, host of Power Your Life TV and self-help expert, Dr. Jo Ann White, comes on the show to discuss how to build a successful relationship (“trust is key”) and other challenges that can come up when trying to find a partner.

Bouncing Back airs on Comcast 50/Verizon 45 and online on Wednesday, February 11 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Documentary tells history of American prison system

Posted February 6, 2015

Through interviews with historians and political science experts, Confinement tells the story of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, the modern prison system, and how the two relate.

Confinement was produced by Temple students Michael Vizzoni, John Kaeser, Lorian Thompon, and Regan Falk for a Media Studies & Production class taught by Professor Kristine Weatherston.

Watch it on TUTV Friday, February 6 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Comcast 50/Verizon 45 or online.

TUTV will air special programming to celebrate Black History Month

Posted February 5, 2015

TUTV will be airing educational programming relating to Black history all of February, including documentaries, scholarly lectures, films, and biographies. See the schedule below for show titles and times. Return to this page to see an updated schedule as the month progresses.

Click on the title of the program for more information.

Black History Month Programming Schedule

Program	Day	Time
I am a Man from Memphis	Thurs. 5	1 & 8pm
Journalism Lecture: Separate But Equal – Black Media	Thurs. 5	1:30 & 8:30pm
Mississippi Blues	Sat. 7	2:30 & 10:30pm
Humanities Lecture: Khalil Muhammad	Weds. 11	4:30p, 12:30a
Charles Bowser: His Work, His Wisdom	Thurs. 12	2:30 & 8:30pm

Make all-natural ‘tie-dye’ pasta with Tony Salzarulo

Posted February 4, 2015

Tony Salzarulo, currently the Executive Chef at the Diamond Club, has been working for Temple for 25 years, but before that he had an extremely varied career, including working for the Grateful Dead back in the day.

In keeping with his psychedelic roots, he demonstrates how to make what he calls ‘tie-dye’ pasta. The pasta is all natural and made from scratch using different vegetable purees for color.

Tune into TUTV on Thursday, February 5 at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. to see this new episode of Baker Dave Presents… or watch online.

Documentary on Philly schools investigates failing system

Posted January 29, 2015

Produced by Temple University students, Underfunded investigates how Philadelphia’s public schools have become so poorly funded by speaking to teachers, lawmakers and more.

Directed by Tamerah Slaughter and produced by Phil Chi, Lucy Wells, and Matt Brand, the documentary gives insight into problems currently crippling the school system, and considers how these problems will affect the city’s citizens in the future.

The student producers spoke to Anthony Hopkins, the Communications Director at PCCY; Shanne Garner, the Education Policy Co-Director at PCCY; Kevin McCorry, a reporter for WHYY; David Lapp, Staff Attorney at the Education Law Center; and Kristin Luebbert, a teacher at Bache-Martin Elementary School.

This program will premiere on TUTV Friday, January 30 at 12:30 p.m. and re-air at 8:30 p.m. Watch it online when it airs.

Tell All is back with new episodes!

Posted January 29, 2015

Tell All is a fast paced game of words and wits, where contestants compete with the clock, and with each other, for fun and prizes. Created by Temple Student Brian Schwartz, Tell All is a high energy challenge where word play is serious business and what you don’t say can make your opponent the winner.

Tell All, a TUTV original game show, will return to TUTV for a brand new season this Friday, January 30 at 11:30 a.m.

New episode of High Flying Owls airs Thursday

Posted January 28, 2015

Host Dwight Carey, an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at Temple, examines the future of business with two very different companies and the Temple Owls who founded them.

Tim Bennett’s business collects food scraps and waste material from individuals and businesses in Philadelphia to turn into compost, which is then sold. Bennett Compost is a local small company that seeks to make an environmental impact and fill a need for trash collection that isn’t built-in to the city’s waste department. Although his business requires knowledge of biology and chemistry, Bennett got a degree in Entrepreneurship from Temple, but he has used his ability to do research and make connections with knowledgeable people to his advantage.

Zak Kissel, who calls himself an “entrepreneurial futurist,” has his own company that specializes in staffing and consulting in the technology sector, specifically in mobile app development. Although he has no personal knowledge of programming, Kissel describes how he successfully leads a team of international developers through his dedicated and detail oriented management style. Kissel attributes his sense of bravery in business to his family, who have provided him the strong foundation that supports his endeavors.

The program airs Thursday, January 29 at 1 p.m. and re-airs at 8 p.m.

Learn how to make quiche with Baker Dave and David Broadus

Posted January 28, 2015

David Broadus, who has been with Temple for almost 30 years and currently serves as Temple’s Director of Finance and Administration for Student Affairs, joins Baker Dave in a new episode of Baker Dave Presents… to share his quiche recipe.

Broadus learned how to make quiche as an adolescent from his sister after she returned from a stay in France. Broadus immediately picked up the recipe without writing it down and has been cooking it regularly ever since. But as always, Baker Dave teaches his guest something new: how to whip up the crust from scratch.

Baker Dave also provides a history lesson on the famous French food, while Broadus tells us a little more about himself.

Baker Dave Presents… Quiche will air Thursday, January 29, at 11:30 a.m. and re-airs at 7:30 p.m.

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.