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.
> >
>


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