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A Secret Paul and John Reunion and 9 other Things You May Not Have Known About The Beatles

In honor of yesterday's 50 Year Anniversary Special (which was amazing by the way), we've come up with a list of 10 (hopefully) little known Beatles facts. Including these doozies:

- Paul and John reunited for one night in 1974 - Four years after the Beatles officially broke up, Paul and Linda McCartney dropped in a recording session John was producing for Harry Nilsson. The two former Beatles, along with Stevie Wonder, Nilsson and a cast of others, jammed for hours and the resulting bootlet is titled "A Toot and a Snore." This is the only known recording featuring John and Paul after the Beatles broke up..

 - The exact number of "Na's" sung in the ending of "Hey Jude" is 198. This is according to Stephen J. Spignesi and Michael Lewis who co-wrote the fantastic book "100 Best Beatles Songs." The authors did the math and say that the ending section of "Hey Jude" includes 198 Na's, which is just a staggering number.

For more fun facts you (hopefully) didn't know about the fab-four, you can read the rest of our blog here.

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How would Zack Morris, and "Saved by the Bell" be different if Preppy had access to 21st century technology? Would this make SBTB a better or worst show? We answer both of these questions and more!

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Why the Cable Bundle Does Not Save You Money

The Cable companies would like Americans to believe that they are saving money by bundling their phone, cable and Internet services with one company, but that is not necessarily the case. In fact Americans are paying more for TV and Internet than many countries, including France and Japan. It's time to break the cable bundles and tell the cable companies that you're tired of overpaying for services most countries receive for a fraction of a price.

According to Pullitzer-Prize-author David Cay Johnston, in his book "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' to Rob You Blind", Americans pay $160 on average per month for their phone, Internet and TV bundle. Meanwhile, in France, users pay only $38 per month, on average, for their bundle.

According to a Yahoo! Finance article on Johnston's book, American's do not even receive the best quality Television and Internet service for this price. Though the Internet was invented in the United States, and at one time Americans received the fastest Internet speed in the world, we are currently ranked 29th in the world. According to the article, Bulgaria is one of the 28 countries with faster Internet service, and Japanese users pay 38 times less than Americans for Internet services...

Still think you're saving money with your cable bundle?

To read the complete blog post, please click here.

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Will Ted Mosby Meet His Wife in the "How I Met Your Mother" Finale?

“How I Met Your Mother’s” two-part season finale will start tonight (May 6) with the episode “Something Old” and will conclude next Monday (May 13) with “Something New.” These episodes will conclude an up-and-down season for “HIMYM”, but fans are excited because there is a very real possibility that we finally (FINALLY!!!) meet Ted’s future wife.

The season of “HYMYM” has been building to Barney and Robin’s wedding and we’ve been promised that Ted will meet his wife at the wedding. The multi-million dollar question is, will we meet the wife in real time by the end of this season, or will “HIMYM” drag the story out there through the entire ninth and final season?

For the answer to this question and more, read our Digital Journal blog post on How I Met Your Mother.

*"HIMYM" is just one of over 70 shows that will air a season or series finale over the next eight weeks, and Screen Rant has a great resource with air dates for all of your favorite shows. DISH Network's Hopper will allow you to record "How I Met Your Mother" and up to five other shows at once, to help you catch all of your favorite shows.

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Screen Rant recently released the dates for all of the TV series finales in 2013, and let me tell you, it’s an eight week marathon.

Let’s look at all of the finales on Thursday, May 16 alone (thanks to Screen Rant):

8 pm:

- American Idol – Fox

- The Big Bang Theory – CBS

- The Vampire Diaries – CW

9 PM:

- Beauty and the Beast – CW

- Elementary – CBS

- Grey’s Anatomy – ABC

- The Office (series finale) – NBC

10 PM:

- Scandal – ABC

That’s eight season or series finales in one night, and there are over 70 finales during that eight-week period. It may seem daunting, but if you have The Hopper by DISH, you’re prepared for this onslaught of cliff-hangers, happy endings and tear jerking moments.

The Hopper has three specific tools that allow for efficient TV finale viewing:

- Primetime Anytime – This function, once enabled, will record primetime shows on ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS, AUTOMATICALLY. Not only that, but AutoHop will also remove all of the Primetime Anytime commercials*, so you can fly through your favorite sitcoms in less than 20 minutes, and dramas in under 40. The best part about Primetime Anytime is that you can still watch live TV and/or record additional shows when it’s active.

- DISH Anywhere – The Hopper now comes with Sling technology, which allows you to watch TV online on your tablet, computer or phone. So, even if you’re not at home, you can still catch the season finale live.

- Watch HDTV in up to four rooms at once – Have a large family who enjoys different programs? The Hopper is a Whole-Home-HD-DVR system that will allow users to watch live TV and DVR recordings from anywhere in the house.

So yes, there’s a lot of finale’s to watch in May and June, but this is when the Hopper Whole-Home-HD-DVR system is at its best. With the Hopper by DISH you can watch TV online, watch shows without commercials and watch your TV in any room of the house, making it easy to catch all of your favorite shows.

*Autohop feature is only available with playback the next day of select primetime shows on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC as part of Primetime Anytime feature. Both features are subject to availability.

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5 Tips To Watching the NFL Draft with Friends and Family

The NFL regular season may still be five months away, but football is still on the forefront of every hardcore football fan with the NFL draft beginning tonight during Primetime. If you’re a football fan like we are here (Go Bills!) then, you can’t wait to see who your team will select in the first round. Non-football fans, meanwhile, will be stuck staring blankly at the screen, wishing they were watching Parks and Recreation or Project Runway.

It doesn’t have to be this way. With The Hopper by DISH, America’s #1 Whole Home DVR, users can watch HDTV in up to four rooms at one time. What separates The Hopper from all other Whole Home DVR’s is that The Hopper allows users to record shows in all rooms, not only at the main TV.

If you don’t have the Hopper Whole Home DVR yet, you may find yourself stuck watching 6 hours of the NFL draft Thursday and Friday night, so you should at least know what you’re getting yourself into. Here are five things to know about the NFL Draft, that will make it eminently more watchable. Of course, you can ignore the rest of this guide and just upgrade to the DISH Hopper and have the ability to watch HDTV from any room in your house.

The NFL Draft takes place in New York City, where the fans are notoriously spiteful towards whoever is selected by the New York Jets. The Jets have two picks in this year’s first round, so listen for all of the boo’s when the New York Jets are on the clock.

The NFL invites a group of players they expect to be drafted in the first round to attend the draft in person, and every year there’s one player that slips into the late first or early second round. Often this can be embarrassing for the player, but it can also fuel them to have a successful career like Green Bay Quarterback and league MVP, Aaron Rodgers, who fell from a projected top 10 pick to number 24 in the 2005 draft.

If you like nicknames, you’re in luck. ESPN Anchor, Chris Berman, is known for giving nicknames to everyone. Most of these names will be references to 1960’s-70’s pop culture.

There will be at least one draft pick in the first round that will leave announcers absolutely speechless. This player most likely was not projected to be drafted until the late second or third round, and the announcers will struggle to hide their snark and try to legitimately justify this pick. This is fun to watch.

Just keep reminding yourself that you’re earning major brownie points by watching the NFL Draft. You have control of the remote for at least the next week after this.

The NFL Draft may be unpredictable with players falling and rising on team’s draft boards, but the Hopper Whole Home DVR System will always be as reliable as Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. To make the Hopper your number 1 draft pick, just call 1-877-895-DISH(3474).

For more information on the Hopper, please visit: http://www.dishcostsless.com/hopper

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Never Miss The End Of The Game: Watch TV Online with DISH

Everyone knows the feeling of having to leave the house right before the end of a great game. Maybe you have to go to a wedding during the NFL playoffs, or you’re stuck at work during the opening days of the NCAA Tournament. Whatever the situation, there has been a time in every sports fans life where they wished they had an easy way to watch TV online. Well fear no more, because DISH has the answer for you with their “DISH Anywhere” system. With “DISH Anywhere”, which comes with the Hopper HD-DVR, you can watch TV online with your tablet, phone or computer. All that’s needed on your end is a strong Internet connection to your device; a WI-FI or Hotspot connection generally works best.

Missing that big game is one of the worst feelings for a sports fan, so not only do we want to provide a solution so this never happens to you again, we also want to provide an outlet for you to share these tough moments from the past. Periodically we’ll check in with emails from fellow sports fans who want to share their story of missing the end of a big game, and how being able to watch TV online would have saved them a lot of heartache.

I’ll get the ball rolling with a short story of someone I know, who we’ll call “Rob.” “Rob” recently missed the final round of the Master’s, only his favorite day of the year, because he was forced to go sightseeing in Chicago. As we know now, the 2013 Master’s was one for the ages with both Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera playing like champions. All of this was happening while “Rob” was busy looking at the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower. “Rob’s” agony over missing this great finish could have been avoided if he had “DISH Anywhere”, to watch TV online while sightseeing.

Most sports fans have been in a similar position to “Rob”, and found themselves thinking “I wish I could just watch the game on my phone/tablet/computer.” In the past the best option was to take your chances with a sketchy “Free TV” website and hope you don’t download a virus, but “DISH Anywhere” from DISH, will let you watch TV online without playing “Internet virus roulette.”

If you want to make sure you never miss your team’s game, call 1-877-895-DISH (3474). You can also learn more about DISH Anywhere at: http://www.dishcostsless.com/tv-anywhere. If you’d like to share your sob-story of missing a big game because you were out of the house, you can email [email protected] . Together, we will make sure sports fans never miss that big moment again.