countessdelave Posted July 17, 2012 Calling all would-be Programmers: *The 22nd TCM Programming Challenge returns on August 1st*. If you've entered before then I hope that you'll enter this one. If you've never entered the Challenge, try it out. You will be asked to program one week's schedule for TCM. Here's a link to one of the last Challenges and you can post on this thread or private message me if you have additional questions. This unofficial Challenge is not sponsored by TCM. http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=160021&tstart=0&messageID=8524696#8524696 After Labor Day, just think what great conversational fodder you'll have to that age-old question: what did you do this Summer? Stay tuned. Is anyone ready to commit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capuchin Posted July 17, 2012 Count me in! If nothing else, I'm sure I can compile a week out of the days lost in revision from other challenges. We don't know when SansFin will be back, so at the moment you'll have to list her as a probable no show this time. I hope you've got something devilish for us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted July 17, 2012 Hi, Countess! I look forward to seeing the challenge you've set for us. Work permitting, count me in. So glad to see that Capuchin is already on board! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 18, 2012 Filmlover, Capuchin, Kingrat-I'm delighted to hear from all of you and I look forward to seeing your schedules next month. Kingrat, I do hope that your workload will permit you enough time to enter the Challenge. It's always a treat to see what you come up with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 18, 2012 Great news, aimalac! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
audreyforever Posted July 18, 2012 I'm really hoping to contribute this time around! These things are so much fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 18, 2012 Hi Audreyforever, I hope you can participate this time. It's been a while since we saw you in a Challenge. It would be nice to have you back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capuchin Posted July 18, 2012 Oh, great (groan). All the great ones are returning. I don't stand a chance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 18, 2012 > {quote:title=Capuchin wrote:}{quote}Oh, great (groan). All the great ones are returning. > > I don't stand a chance! Nonsense, Capuchin. You have created some wonderful schedules in past Challenges. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesinArlington Posted July 19, 2012 I'll enter again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 19, 2012 So glad that both of you are in, JamesinArlington and LonesomePolecat. I'm eager to see what each of you will do with this Challenge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 24, 2012 Just a reminder that the 22nd TCM Programming Challenge will begin on Wednesday, August 1st. The requirements will be posted at that time. Anyone who wants to try it for the first time is welcome. The Challenge is not officially sponsored by TCM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 30, 2012 The Challenge starts this coming Wednesday. I'll post a link to a brand new thread right here. So stay tuned! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capuchin Posted July 30, 2012 I feel like Pavlov's dogs. I'm not salivating, but mention of the challenge has unleashed a flood of ideas (they're not good ideas, but they are flowing in). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
audreyforever Posted July 30, 2012 I'm getting very excited Countess! I can already tell this is gonna be a great challenge becuase of all the interest! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted July 31, 2012 Capuchin, Here's to your flowing ideas. I can't wait to see where they lead. audreyforever, I think this will be a really good Challenge. Not just because of those, like you, who have previously participated and express their interest but also because I am hopeful that some new folks will take the plunge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted July 31, 2012 > {quote:title=Capuchin wrote:}{quote} (they're not good ideas, but they are flowing in). I'm sure they are great! My problem with my ideas after having done about fifteen or so Challenges in the past can be summed in this line from "In A Lonely Place": "Haven't I read that somewhere before?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LovesLilacs Posted July 31, 2012 For those of us who watch and wait with anticipation the great schedules all of you clever programmers create, we look forward to the upcoming challenge! Woohoo....and the more, the merrier! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks for your encouragement for all would be programmers, LL! Here is a list of past Stars of the Month, which should be useful in the Challenge. Thanks to lzcutter for originally compiling it. {font:arial, helvetica, sans-serif} *STAR OF THE MONTH:* May 1994: Greta Garbo June 1994: Glenn Ford July 1994: Greer Garson Aug.1994: Edward G. Robinson Sept.1994: Barbara Stanwyck Oct.1994: Angela Lansbury Nov.1994 John Garfield Dec.1994: Best of 1994 Jan.1995: Esther Williams Feb.1995: Ronald Reagan Mar.1995: TCM Salutes the Oscars Apr.1995: Doris Day May 1995: Myrna Loy June 1995: Errol Flynn July 1995: Gene Kelly Aug.1995: Paul Muni Sept.1995: Jane Powell Oct.1995: Clark Gable Nov.1995: Barrymores Dec.1995: Best of 1995 Jan.1996: Deborah Kerr Feb.1996: Robert Young Mar.1996: 31 Days of Oscar April 1996: Irene Dunne May 1996: James Stewart June 1996: Rosalind Russell July 1996: Fred Astaire Aug.1996: Ann Sheridan Sept.1996: Van Johnson Oct.1996: Kathryn Grayson Nov.1996: Robert Mitchum Dec.1996: Best of 1996 Jan.97: Humphrey Bogart Feb.97: Eleanor Parker Mar.97: 31 Days of Oscar Apr.97: Ava Gardner May 97: George Brent June 97: June Allyson July 97: John and Walter Huston (also Director of the Month) Aug.97: Cary Grant Sept.97: Ida Lupino Oct.97: Walter Pidgeon Nov.97: Katharine Hepburn Dec.97: Best of 1997 Jan.1998: Lana Turner Feb.1998: Charlton Heston Mar.1998:31 Days of Oscar April 1998: Red Skelton May 1998: Olivia de Havilland June 1998: James Cagney July 1998: Lucille Ball August 1998: Joan Crawford Sept.1998: John Wayne Oct.1998: Cyd Charisse Nov.1998: Claude Rains Dec.1998: Best of 1998 Jan.1999: Elizabeth Taylor Feb.1999: William Powell March 1999: 31 Days of Oscar (probably) April 1999: Dennis Morgan May 1999: Bette Davis June 1999: Mickey Rooney July1999: Natalie Wood August 1999: Peter Sellers Sept.1999: Norma Shearer Oct. 1999: Gregory Peck Nov. 1999: Ginger Rogers Dec. 1999: Burt Lancaster Jan. 2000: Debbie Reynolds Feb. 2000: Robert Ryan March 2000: 31 Days of Oscars (probably) April 2000: Spencer Tracy May 2000: Alexis Smith June 2000:Wallace Beery July 2000: Judy Garland August 2000: film debuts Sept 2000: Jane Wyman October 2000: Dick Powell Nov 2000: Frank Sinatra Dec. 2000: Lauren Bacall Jan. 2001: Elvis Presley Feb.2001: Jean Hagen March 2001: 31 Days of Oscar (probably) Apr.2001: Knighted Actors May 2001: Jean Harlow June 2001: W.C. Fields July 2001: Ann Sothern Aug.2001: James Garner Sept. 2001: Robert Taylor Oct. 2001: Lana Turner Nov.2001: Glenn Ford Dec.2001: The Marx Brothers Jan. 2002: Marlene Dietrich Feb. 2002: Kirk Douglas March 2002: 31 Days of Oscar April 2002: Barbara Stanwyck May 2002: Edward G. Robinson June 2002: Greta Garbo July 2002: Sidney Poitier Aug. 2002: Joan Crawford Sept. 2002: Van Heflin Oct. 2002: Final films Nov. 2002: Shelly Winters Dec. 2002: Montgomery Clift Jan. 2003: Doris Day Feb. 2003: John Garfield Mar. 2003: 31 Days of Oscar Apr. 2003: Harold Lloyd May 2003: Olivia de Havilland June 2003: TV Actors in Films July 2003: Lee Marvin Aug. 2003: 1st Summer Under the Stars (see below) Sept. 2003: James Mason Oct. 2003: Boris Karloff Nov. 2003: Shirley MacLaine Dec. 2003: David Niven Jan. 2004: Katherine Hepburn Feb.2004: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2004: Charles Chaplin Apr. 2004: Judy Garland May 2004: Greer Garson June 2004: Cary Grant July 2004: Stars That Died Before Their Time Aug.2004: 2nd Summer Under the Stars (see below) Sept.2004: Myrna Loy Oct. 2004: Peter Lorre Nov.2004: Clark Gable Dec. 2004: James Stewart Jan.2005: Canadian Actors Feb. 2005: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2005: Claudette Colbert Apr. 2005: Errol Flynn May 2005: Orson Welles June 2005: Ingrid Bergman July 2005: Audrey Hepburn Aug. 2005: 3rd Summer Under the Stars (see below) Sept.2005: Greta Garbo Oct.2005: Robert Mitchum Nov.2005: Joan Fontaine Dec. 2005: Bing Crosby Jan. 2006: Robert Montgomery Feb.2006: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2006: Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald Apr.2006: Deborah Kerr May 2006: Bette Davis June 2006: Anthony Quinn July 2006: Elizabeth Taylor Aug.2006: 4th Summer Under the Stars (see below) Sept.2006: William Holden Oct.2006: Child Stars Nov.2006: Lucille Ball Dec. 2006: Gary Cooper Jan.2007: Jean Arthur Feb.2007: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2007: Gene Kelly Apr.2007: Rita Hayworth May 2007: John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn June 2007: Ida Lupino July 2007: Randolph Scott Aug.2007: 5th Summer Under the Stars (see below) Sept.2007: A Star is Born (starmaking/breakthrough performances) Oct.2007: Henry Fonda Nov.2007: Guest Programmer Month Dec.2007: Irene Dunne Jan.2008: James Cagney Feb.2008: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2008: Acting Dynasties Apr.2008: Hedy Lamarr May 2008: Frank Sinatra June 2008: Sophia Loren July 2008: Rosalind Russell Aug.2008: 6th annual Summer Under the Stars (see below) Sept.2008: Kay Francis Oct.2008: Carole Lombard Nov.2008: Charles Laughton Dec. 2008: Joseph Cotton Jan. 2009: Jack Lemmon Feb. 2009: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2009: Ronald Reagan April 2009: Funny Ladies and 15th Anniversary May 2009: Sean Connery June 2009: Great Directors July 2009: Stewart Granger August 2009: Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2009: Claude Rains Oct. 2009: Leslie Caron Nov. 2009: Grace Kelly Dec. 2009: Humphrey Bogart Jan. 2010: The Method Feb. 2010: 31 Days of Oscar March 2010: Ginger Rogers April 2010: Robert Taylor May 2010: Donna Reed June 2010: Natalie Wood July 2010: Gregory Peck August 2010: SUTS Sept. 2010: Vivien Leigh Oct. 2010: Fredric March Nov. 2010: Ava Gardner Dec. 2010: Mickey Rooney Jan. 2011: Peter Sellers Feb. 2011: 31 Days of Oscar March 2011: Jean Harlow April 2011: Ray Milland May 2011: Esther Williams June 2011: Jean Simmons July 2011: Singing Cowboys August 2011: SUTS Sept. 2011: Kirk Douglas October 2011: Buster Keaton Nov. 2011: Battle of the Blondes Dec. 2011: William Powell January 2012: Angela Lansbury February 2012: 31 Days of Oscar March 2012: Karl Malden April 2012: Doris Day May 2012: Joel McCrea June 2012: Teen Idols July 2012: Leslie Howard August 2012: SUTS September 2012: Lauren Bacall {font} Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LonesomePolecat Posted August 1, 2012 August 1st is here.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessdelave Posted August 1, 2012 LP, the wait is over. The Challenge is now posted at this link: http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=165802&tstart=0 For posting purposes, this thread is now closed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
