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TV TV TV

Can’t believe I haven’t blogged my latest obsession yet – Mighty Big TV has incredibly funny writing about all the stupidest (but sometimes the most entertaining) shows on the tube. Yes, there’s Felicity, Dawson’s Creek, Ally McBeal, and all the rest of those shows we abhor but can’t seem to get enough of.

And yes, they have a kick-ass section on “Survivor.” (go Colleen!)

Amazement

I sat slackjawed this morning watching OJ Simpson be interviewed by Katie Couric. She did get in a few good low-key cracks, like when she proved that the charities he said he was going to be giving his money from the “Ask OJ” web site to didn’t know anything about it.

The site has even spurred staid web media like MSNBC to say that it “might have been designed by a combination of Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol and the Insane Clown Posse.”

Then, as fate would have it, I came upon something that treats the “saga” with the reverence it deserves: The OJ Trial as told by Dr. Seuss.

Warning signs

Being off work today, I had the distinct pleasure of watching the 8-9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show. Dr. Joyce Brothers came on, and she announced “the warning signs that your job is in jeopardy.” In no particular order:

    1. you’re left out of the loop

 

  • you have little work to do

 

 

  • your opinions aren’t listened to

 

 

  • consultants come in doing the same work you do

 

 

Yikes! I better watch out.

Wendy’s gambit

In one of those strange reality/pop culture crossovers that happen once in a great while, my friend Wendy called me to tell me she is trying out for the “cast” of the next Survivor series, to be filmed in the Australian Outback. She said my phone call to her after last week’s show, when I encouraged her to apply, was one of the main factors that made her take the plunge.

The world would be a better place if we all did more of the things we wish we could (see earlier post).

I promise not to make this weblog into a “Survivorlog.” At least I’ll try.

Post – July 21, 2000

Almost forgot to include my favorite quote from Idiot Seanvant (I admit, I stole this nickname) on “Survivor” this week:

“The only reason to band together and vote as a group would be for strategy.”

Clearly, too stupid to live. The other “castaways” should mince him up and serve him with their rice – then they wouldn’t need Rich’s fishing skills.

Post – July 19, 2000

I know you can get “Survivor” post-mortems in about a million places on the web, but only here at words mean things do you get the most concise, useful commentary without having to wade through thousands of words. Here it is:

Sean is the stupidest human alive.

Post – July 16, 2000

Personality test:

When Demi Moore, playing both a fabulously successful Manhattan career woman and a fabulously chic single mom in the French wine country in “Passion of Mind,” says sulkily to her New York therapist, “There’s no one to love me,” do you:

A) ride it out, hoping your $7.50 wasn’t utterly wasted,

B) blurt out at the screen, “Oh, boo hoo!”, or

C) surreptitiously wipe a tear from the corner of your eye?

Just for the record, I chose B.

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