1/9/2008
It’s cold out again- what a surprise for January…let me just warm up by dredging up some random thoughts today…
So- Dr. Phil thought better of doing a Brittney Spears show.
Translation: he was getting enough negative feedback and beginning to realize it would look like he was just trying to score ratings (almost as much of a surprise as cold weather in January.) Of course, the sheep-like followers of the Philster would have just wallowed in it lovingly…and, let me apologize for misspelling “Federline” in yesterday’s blog…I’m going to spelling counseling, and Dr. Phil seems to think I’ll be okay…
Speaking of cancelled plans, looks like the Golden Globes Awards show is toast, due to the writer’s strike. Are the Globes taken seriously? I know, for a long time, they weren’t; I recall that my show was pre-empted back in the 80s at WFLD by a SYNDICATED presentation of the Golden Globes Awards (it was so trivial back then, it wasn’t on an actual network, and had to go to local independent stations in many cases.) I had made a joke that we were being pre-empted by it, and cracked that with “golden globes” maybe it was an awards show for bowling. The awards were so unknown then that people took my joke seriously, and complained “why are you being pre-empted for some stupid bowling show?!” back then, the now-grown-up star of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”-Pia Zadora- won some truly unearned major award, and the consensus seemed to be that her wealthy husband must’ve paid someone off for her to receive it. I’m guessing that the awards have a little more credibility now- but, either way- no big show biz special of it this year…
Okay, maybe it’s just me, but in some commercials for one of our beloved local carpet companies- there’s a carpet guy who’s showing people samples. I keep thinking that the guy has a strong resemblance to the eccentric media darling police officer Drew Peterson, whose current wife is “missing” and whose previous wife died of an “accident.” That accident didn’t have anything to do with deep shag, lush, plush pile, or thick foam padding, did it? Anyway, if you catch one of those commercials, you tell me if you agree with the resemblance…
Please! Enough with the complaints about Frankenstein movies! Really! We’re putting them back on the shelf for now, and you’ll see other monsters! Never would I have expected that people would get burnt out on Frankenstein- once again, we are simply following the schedule given to us by Universal.
They love having themed weeks as much as Merv Griffin used to love doing themed shows…
So- Dr. Phil thought better of doing a Brittney Spears show.
Translation: he was getting enough negative feedback and beginning to realize it would look like he was just trying to score ratings (almost as much of a surprise as cold weather in January.) Of course, the sheep-like followers of the Philster would have just wallowed in it lovingly…and, let me apologize for misspelling “Federline” in yesterday’s blog…I’m going to spelling counseling, and Dr. Phil seems to think I’ll be okay…
Speaking of cancelled plans, looks like the Golden Globes Awards show is toast, due to the writer’s strike. Are the Globes taken seriously? I know, for a long time, they weren’t; I recall that my show was pre-empted back in the 80s at WFLD by a SYNDICATED presentation of the Golden Globes Awards (it was so trivial back then, it wasn’t on an actual network, and had to go to local independent stations in many cases.) I had made a joke that we were being pre-empted by it, and cracked that with “golden globes” maybe it was an awards show for bowling. The awards were so unknown then that people took my joke seriously, and complained “why are you being pre-empted for some stupid bowling show?!” back then, the now-grown-up star of “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”-Pia Zadora- won some truly unearned major award, and the consensus seemed to be that her wealthy husband must’ve paid someone off for her to receive it. I’m guessing that the awards have a little more credibility now- but, either way- no big show biz special of it this year…
Okay, maybe it’s just me, but in some commercials for one of our beloved local carpet companies- there’s a carpet guy who’s showing people samples. I keep thinking that the guy has a strong resemblance to the eccentric media darling police officer Drew Peterson, whose current wife is “missing” and whose previous wife died of an “accident.” That accident didn’t have anything to do with deep shag, lush, plush pile, or thick foam padding, did it? Anyway, if you catch one of those commercials, you tell me if you agree with the resemblance…
Please! Enough with the complaints about Frankenstein movies! Really! We’re putting them back on the shelf for now, and you’ll see other monsters! Never would I have expected that people would get burnt out on Frankenstein- once again, we are simply following the schedule given to us by Universal.
They love having themed weeks as much as Merv Griffin used to love doing themed shows…
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