On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:18 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I will give Buck credit for one thing - calling out the celebs his own > > network pimps out to promo the primetime schedule for not sticking around > > for the whole game. Last night it was Zoey D whose empty chair they > showed > > latish in the game. > > I think that really crossed the line, and I blame this on the people > producing the game as well. Look, we know the promos are lame. We know > that Zooey Deschanel would not have been singing the anthem had this > game been on any other television network. And if someone wants to > show me a source that identifies Ms Deschanel as a huge baseball fan, > I'll reconsider this. But I'd bet that she had a lot of other places > she'd rather be than there. She was brought in to sing the anthem. She > did that. She left after having made a reasonable length of > appearance. For them to call her (and the casts) out for leaving early > was a dick move. And not just that: a dick move in a taut, 2-2 > ballgame. What were they trying to prove? > > If I represented, promoted, or was Deschanel, I'd be downright furious > this morning. > > FWIW: Deschanel would tweet later, "Would have loved to have watched > the whole game but I had to catch a plane so I can go to work > tomorrow. That's all guys. I'm not a jerk." > Can't go with you there. I like Zoey, and I don't think anyone called her a jerk. I don't begrudge her singing the anthem (I like her voice). If she had just sung the anthem and then left to catch her plane nobody would have cared (or even noticed). But Fox (and other networks) regularly put stars of their primetime shows in prize seats, then take time from covering the game to show them, pretending somehow that it is not a commercial. I don't mind if they show someone like Ben Affleck or George Bush in the crowd, attending because they really are fans. But the farce of showing random semi-TV stars at the game to pimp their schedule is annoying. I respect Buck for not just kissing the network's ass and going along with the farce. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
