i know he still wants to do it.. but dick needs to retire from the NYE festivities and just be a spectator.
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > To be fair, I spent the majority of my viewing time with CNN, while > occasionally taking a peek at what FOX was trying to pull off. I just > thought that, on CNN, there was more attention paid to what was > happening in more places, including my beloved New Orleans (drunken > morons notwithstanding - they are a nationwide curse on NYE anyway). > And I actually like Griffin stirring up the pot. On the other hand, I > never bothered to spend a second with Seacrest and old Dick on ABC or > Carson the Tool on NBC. I mean, it's supposed to be a holiday, not > detention in Guantanamo. > > On Jan 2, 1:38 am, Thomas Allen Heald <[email protected]> wrote: > > Michael wrote: > > > >Wow. Not a peep about FOX's NYE coverage with Robbie Knievel jumping > > > >over a fake volcano on the Vegas Strip - not to mention segments with > > > >a bunch of Cirque de Soliel acts and "American Idol" singers. Maybe > > > >next year, we can toss Ryan Seacrest, Carson Daly and Kathy Griffin > > > >into a real volcano. Now, there's a ratings bonanza! > > > > Yes well ,on CNN there were middle fingers behind the correspondent in > > New Orleans, bleeped f-bombs by Hinder and pole dancing possibly > > censored at one point with Lil Wayne, and Coolio almost mentioned > > something even Isaac Hayes was shushed about when discussing Shaft. > > > > And as much as the Scope Kiss Cam is shameless huckstering on ABC's > > part, the FOX show was a hideous infomercial for David Cook, Hotel X, > > and Criss Angel. Yes, the West Coast pretapes are always ads for the > > associated singers (was there the usual lame oldies act this year? > > Village People, Doobie Brothers? I think I tuned out and went back to my > > .... ah but that would ruin the trivia question to name the DVDs). All > > the musical acts on ABC/NBC/FOX and CNN are negotiated ads. > > > > I'd mock the deepness of Seacrest's voice, but the same was true of > > Anderson Cooper in 19 degree weather. And while this might have been > > what caused the Jonas Brothers to be outta tune ... they totally suck > > Cartman's balls anyway (2nd year in a row.) I was glad Kathy G. > > attempted throwing things at them from a few hundred feet away. > > > -- Jason Carpio [email protected] Not sent from an iPhone --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
