Quotes
"Calling it #EatenAlive is like having a show on the Food Network about cooking a turkey and all they do after 2 hours is preheat the oven"
- Just one of many Twitter users commenting on the bait-and-switch of Discovery's "Eaten Alive" show, in which no one actually got eaten by an anaconda as promised
"Finally! A guy with a bigger pirate hat than me.
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- Judge Reinhold, commenting on Captain Hook's giant hat in "Peter Pan Live!" and comparing it to his own headwear in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," on Twitter
"If you do [watch it cynically], you're going to hate it, there's no question. It falls apart instantly. There's a three-dimensional shadow! Where do you even begin?!"
- Allison Williams, who stars tonight on NBC as the title character in "Peter Pan Live!"
"For storytellers, brands, or anyone communicating a proposition, everything now is a data opportunity."
- StoryTech managing partner Lori Schwartz, on what CES 2015 may bring, in Cynsiders
"The last thing I remember is seeing the snake's mouth open straight at my face. Everything went black. It was like being caught it a wave. It was just wrapped up; you feel that crush. … For over an hour I was being constricted."
- Conservationist Paul Rosolie, who was "Eaten Alive" by an anaconda (and then pulled out) on a Discovery special
"You want to shoot where there’s snow, and if you want to shoot when there’s snow, you have to shot before March. We’re always looking at the creative community to bring us Christmas concepts as early as possible, because we want to have snow!"
- Crown Media Family Networks' Michelle Vicary on why they're already planning for 2015's holiday movies season, in Cynsiders
"The 19th -- if you can believe it -- season of 'Dancing With the Stars' concluded tonight here on ABC. And now they’re done. They’re out of stars. So that’s it."
- Jimmy Kimmel on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Tuesday night
"Grumpy kind of undercuts all the sentimentality. You do have those sort of heartfelt moments, but then Grumpy is just coughing up a fur ball or disgusted by the scene or not buying it. So it really is kind of a great antidote to sort of those traditional holiday moments in the film."
- Lifetime's Arturo Interian on the Christmas holiday's new anti-hero and star of "Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever," in Cynsiders
"[W]e went on stage in Mexico and [the reaction to Steven Moffat] was like Sting or Bono. He’s always getting pulled into photo-shoots with us and saying ‘Oh, no one’s interested in me.’"
- "Doctor Who" star Peter Capaldi on the series' showrunner, who's as much a celebrity as the actors he corrals
"The problem with that bear is it doesn’t have a complete wardrobe. It is half naked which is wholly inappropriate for children."
- Tuszyn, Poland resident and councilor Ryszard Cichy on Winnie the Pooh, who was ruled out as a playground mascot by town officials
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