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REPORTER STUNG BY BEE LIVE ON CAMERA
Remember when news anchors sat unmoving behind desks, and read the news off a stack of papers, and were trusted and beloved, and had their dignity? Provocatively named anchorman Rod Wood sure does. After all, he’s a “respected veteran with 45 years covering” Syracuse. Nowadays, though, they want you up, standing, moving, holograms, walking outside, even if it’s just in front of the station, even though there are bees out there. Action! Then a bee sting, an f-bomb tirade, a YouTube upload by one of those punk interns– say hello to America, Rod Wood, and curse God for taking Walter Cronkite instead of you.
MAGIC STANDING BROOM MYSTIFIES NATION– WELL, ALABAMA, AT LEAST
Best Week Ever found this amazing TV report from Prattville, Alabama. A consignment shop owner has a broom that stands up by itself. She credits the Holy Spirit. Hasn’t she seen “Fantasia”? When brooms get froggy, it’s usually because Mickey Mouse done effed up some hat spells.
JON GOSSELIN AN EMBARRASSMENT TO HIMSELF, DOUCHES EVERYWHERE
Dlisted has pics from Jon Gosselin’s big (paid) appearance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (without Hailey). It seems like only yesterday we felt sorry for him, as his wife emasculated him on national basic cable. Then here came the hair plugs and the Ed Hardy and the double earrings, so we started to hate him. But now he seems so clueless, so pathetic, we’ve started to feel sorry for him again. Seriously– how can you not have a little sympathy for someone who looks like a member of Sha Na Na, if Sha Na Na members dressed like mall guidos and were Asian.
THE SCI-FI SITCOMS THAT NEVER WERE
This list of science fiction themed situation comedies that never made it to air is great for many reasons, but especially because linking to it allows us to post this clip from “Poochinski.”
GOOD NEWS ONLY IF SHE’S REPLACING KATHIE LEE
Jenna Bush Hager is set to become a correspondent for The Today Show. Somebody in that family has to work! Brush-clearing equipment is expensive!
WE DON”T LIKE SHOWS ABOUT PEOPLE WITH MESSED UP TEETH, EXCEPT FOR ‘MEDIUM’
The Six Best British Comedies You May Not Have Seen. We’ll vouch for “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace” and “Spaced”.
WE ARE OLD
The Disney Channel’s “Wizards Of Waverly Place: The Movie” is the most watched cable telecast of 2009, and we don’t even know what the hell it is. Is that the one with Urkel on it? TGIF.
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