The Weekly Review: October 21 – 27

Drew

 

Talk-Show Heaven

 

It’s hard to resist the incisive interviews on Dr. Drew’s show.  Here is an excerpt from Dr. Drew’s illuminating chat this week with Honey Boo Boo (above):

 

          Honey Boo Boo:  I don’t burp.

          Dr. Drew:  You don’t burp?

          Honey Boo Boo:  I don’t.

          Dr. Drew:  You’re trying to burp, but you can’t?

 

Talk-Show Hell

 

It’s painful listening to starlets on late-night talk shows.  The host has to do all of the work while some Callie Cutethighs giggles and adjusts her short skirt.  I experienced a preview of death the other night, watching a bubble-head named Hana Mae Lee (below) on Craig Ferguson’s show.

 

HanaMaeLee

 

*****

 

Who says there’s no news worth celebrating?

“Rare, good news for you is I showered this morning, after two days on the plane.” — Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki, to an MSNBC anchor.

 

*****

 

“He’s [Obama] doubling down on that storyline.” —  CNN’s Jessica Yellin. The media gets hold of a phrase it just loves and the damn thing spreads like a virus in kindergarten.  Enough!

                                               

Double

 

*****

 

“I worked in network news, and I know that promotions were given to people based upon their political leanings and based upon how they conducted themselves in the politically correct atmosphere in which they work.”  — Bill O’Reilly, decrying network personnel decisions.

Good thing Bill’s employer, Fox News, is beyond reproach in its hiring practices, as we can see from these out-takes from the resumes of typical Fox employees.

 

MKelly2

Dhue

Tantaros3

 

*****

 

Penny Marshall is promoting her new book.  I don’t understand why she’s not still directing big-screen movies.  Did any filmmaker have a more impressive string of hits in the late ’80s and early ’90s than Marshall did with Big, Awakenings, and A League of Their Own?

 

*****

 

Meanwhile, on Survivor ….

 

Butt

 

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