Archive for June, 2007

News Monkeys Gone Bad – MSNBC

So Paris Celebretard Hilton gets out of jail and it is the top story everywhere since we long since solved all problems that Americans’ actually face and therefore have nothing else to think about. One MSNBC script reader says no and tears up the script, as you can see here: MSNBC Video if you can [...]

MySpace TV Prom Queen Tanks – SO, THAT’S IT?

A few months ago, I posted about former Disney head Michael Eisner and his new online project.  Prom Queen has now ended its run of 80 (short) episodes and the results are in.  “Tens of thousands” of viewers.  Wait, what was that?  Tens of thousands of viewers?  That’s what all the (alleged) excitement was about?  [...]

Bill O’Reilly Mets – THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ME

From 1971 to 1979, I was a security guard for the Yankees, Mets and Madison Square Garden.  In the ballparks, I mostly worked right next to the home team dugouts.  It was never boring, often pretty exciting, occasionally dangerous. I had to laugh when I read this story about blowhard Bill O’Reilly being kicked out [...]

PR Stunt Crystals – MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!

If you’ve read this blog for any time at all, you’ve seen me rant several times about the trend of covering mediocre techno gadgets in Swarovsky crystals (it’s ALWAYS Swarovsky crystals!). The gadgets themselves, stripped of the crystals, are invariably mediocre and ridiculously over-priced.  The formula never changes.  Here is yet another example of the [...]

IT’S A MODEL TV NEWS SHOW

The only difference I can see between this show and the typical local TV news show is that this show admits the anchor has no business sitting behind a news desk. I see that the “star” of the show worked on WWE wrestling shows in the past.  For today’s TV “news” scene, that’s better training [...]

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