October 19, 2003
Where John goes all Bill O'Reilly
If you're a fan of baseball or if you just tune into the fall classic so you'll know what's going on, then you know the annual tradition when it's on Fox is to have their show of the year crammed relentlessly down your throat during every commercial break.
Fox's obnoxious sales push often has the effect on me of making me be sure not to watch it, even if it looks good. Case in point was 24, which I've never seen, mostly because by the time it finally aired I wanted nothing to do with it. I was already sick of it before the clock started ticking.
This year the show they're hawking is Skin which, as far as I can tell, is fricking Romeo and Juliet remade yet again. But this time her father's a porn mogul! And his is the D.A.! WOW! I'll bet Shakespeare would never have thought to put the Capulets in the porn business! Those people in Hollywood are geniuses!
So here's the part where I go all Bill O'Reilly.
Fox?
SHUT UP! SHUT THE HELL UP! I WILL NEVER WATCH YOUR STUPID REHASH OF A STORY THAT'S HUNDREDS (OR POSSIBLY THOUSANDS) OF YEARS OLD!
SHUT...
UP!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
October 01, 2003
Angel is back
I don't know if you watch Angel, but in the season opener they're reviewing... well, they're reviewing evil files and Lorn says "This is interesting. Apparently Joe Kennedy tried to reneg on a deal with dark forces. George Sr., on the other hand, read the fine print."
Ha! That's about right.
ADDENDUM: Oh! And Fred puts a Dixie Chicks poster up on her wall!
Dammit, it's hard switching back and forth between this and the Sox/As game!
ADDENDUM II: ESPN is billing it as the "McNabb/Limbaugh Controversy." Not sure why McNabb gets top billing there, as if he's the instigator. Whatever, Limbaugh's gone and good riddance.
