The FDH Lounge Multimedia Magazine

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Lounge on YouTube: 2012 TV midyear roundtable

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #167 of THE FDH LOUNGE, an examination of the 2012 TV landscape at midyear with three of our favorite media-oriented FDH Lounge Dignitaries: Adam Buckman, Simon Applebaum and Lloyd Carroll.

Lounge on YouTube: John Basedow

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #166 of THE FDH LOUNGE, a conversation with fitness expert and New Media Stew star John Basedow.

Lounge on YouTube: Alex Cone

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #165 of THE FDH LOUNGE, a conversation with technology expert and CodeFab CEO Alex Cone.

Lounge on YouTube: Matt Pinfield

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #164 of THE FDH LOUNGE, a conversation with legendary MTV/MTV2 personality and music expert Matt Pinfield. Many thanks also to him for hosting this segment at his Times Square MTV2 office.

Lounge on YouTube: Jason Saltzman

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #163 of THE FDH LOUNGE, a conversation with Alley NYC executive Jason Saltzman about the New York tech scene and his company’s role in it. Many thanks also to him for hosting this segment at his facility, as well as others conducted during our recent New York swing.

Lounge on YouTube: Ellis Henican

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #162 of THE FDH LOUNGE, a conversation with author, voiceover artist and Fox News & Newsday contributor Ellis Henican. Many thanks also to him for hosting this segment in his home in New York City.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #161 – 2012 fantasy football top rookies/breakthroughs

By Rick Morris

Here is the 161st mini-episode of THE FDH LOUNGE with THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER. In this one, we take a look at the top rookies and breakthroughs of fantasy football 2012, serialized from our FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2012 guide.

Lounge on YouTube: SummerSlam History Part 2B

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #160 of THE FDH LOUNGE, Part 2B of our History of SummerSlam anthology with FDH Lounge Dignitary Kyle Ross. This installment covers SummerSlam 1996-97.

Lounge on YouTube: SummerSlam History Part 2A

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #159 of THE FDH LOUNGE, Part 2A of our History of SummerSlam anthology with FDH Lounge Dignitary Kyle Ross. This installment covers SummerSlam 1993-95.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

2012 MLB Top 25-Man Roster

By Rick Morris

We just posted our annual FDH Top 30 rankings for MLB (averaging one player per team). This year, we are adding our ideal 25-man roster.

We’re taking the players from that list and others who just barely missed making the cut but who are needed to fill out all of the positions needed.

Player rankings from the Top 30 are listed in parentheses. Those who weren’t in the Top 30 are represented with (NOT).

STARTING LINEUP

SS Troy Tulowitzki (15)

DH Carlos Gonzalez (8)

OF Ryan Braun (6)

OF Josh Hamilton (1)

OF Matt Kemp (2)

1B Joey Votto (4)

3B Miguel Cabrera (11)

C Buster Posey (NOT)

2B Robinson Cano (27)

SP Justin Verlander (3)

BENCH PLAYERS

C Carlos Ruiz (NOT)

1B Albert Pujols (14)

2B Ian Kinsler (NOT)

SS Ian Desmond (SS)

3B Adrian Beltre (20)

OF Andrew McCutchen (10)

PITCHERS

Clayton Kershaw (5)

Jered Weaver (7)

Matt Cain (9)

Stephen Strasburg (12)

Craig Kimbrel (13)

Chris Sale (16)

Johnny Cueto (17)

RA Dickey (19)

Cole Hamels (22)

Here are the players who were in the Top 30 who did not make this list:

Carlos Beltran (20)

Cliff Lee (23)

Gio Gonzalez (24)

Jose Bautista (25)

Paul Konerko (26)

Roy Halladay (28)

Adrian Gonzalez (29)

Mike Trout (30)

The FDH Lounge July 2012 Mega-Episode

By Rick Morris

Having packaged together our fifth anniversary mini-episodes as one coherent whole, as we did previously with our mini-episodes leading up to our 500^th hour of programming this past November, we’re now organizing all of our mini-episodes per month into one big mega-episode.

This installment covers July, with Mini-Episodes 146-158. Fittingly, for the show where “nothing is off-topic,” we’ve got a mind-blowing array: conversations with longtime Journey bass player Ross Valory, star actor Dan Lauria and Pro Football Hall of Fame President/CEO George Veras, Parts 1A, 1B and 1C of our Kyle Ross History of SummerSlam anthology, our 2012 NBA Draft recap, an MLB midseason review, our Breaking Bad Season 5 preview and our 150^th Mini-Episode Spectacular – culling our Top 15 guest moments from the Mini-Episode era of the program.