All Aboard! Republican Clown Car Just Got More Crowded!

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It’s official, the Donald has entered the race for the GOP presidential nomination. At this point is there anyone left who isn’t running?

We have lots of familiar names vying to get  lucrative FOX News contracts save the country. But does anyone seriously think that Ben Carson, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz and company have a chance? The only grown-up candidate, Jeb Bush, would not only have to convince the general electorate that he really is the smart one, but he’d need to make the case to the majority of voters in the densely populated electoral-vote-rich states that he’d be better at the job than Hillary. Not to mention finessing the balancing act that got Romney into so much trouble – running to the right in the primaries and then trying to pivot around so quickly your head falls off. Continue reading All Aboard! Republican Clown Car Just Got More Crowded! →

Katie Couric Wins the Internets!

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Once upon a time ‘mericans watched television all day and all night whether there was something good on or not (and there usually wasn’t). They’d go to sleep with the Tonight Show and wake up to the Today show because they were too lazy to change the channel – which took physical effort

A chimp co-anchor? That's almost as funny as having a lady do it!

back then as most people didn’t have “remotes.” The TV would be playing while Americans got ready for their jobs – which everyone who wanted to work had, especially the men folk – because those were the days, and the “homemakers” (old-speak for “stay at home moms”) would watch in the kitchen while making a nutritious breakfast for the family before everyone left and the soap operas started.

Katie Couric (co-anchor 1991-2006) joined Today at a tough time. The show had survived an anchor-chimp and even Barbara Walters, but then came the real crisis. (Read the rest of this fascinating post on HNTP)

Wayward Pines Recap S1 E5 — So That’s What All That Dust Was About…

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We were promised “the truth.  Lots of shows make promises they can’t keep. Does Wayward Pines deliver?

Night: Despite having previously seen a “wolf” drag off Sheriff Pope’s body, Ethan climbs the rocks and heads over the wall to get help. So what’s on the other side? It’s too dark to see much but you can hear genuine crickets, and growling, lots of low-rumbling growls, and something scampering real fast in the woods. Ethan starts shooting, but can’t see at what. He’s just reacting to the sounds, turning around, shooting in the dark. Something strikes him, a blade of some kind, which he pulls from his arm. That’s gotta hurt. (Read the rest of this fascinating post over at Happy Nice Time People.)

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Here about the one about the Czech “educational” show that sends a family “back in time” to that country’s Nazi occupation? It’s not a joke it’s reality television. How long till America follows suit? Not long at all according to these exclusive leaked emails!

From: Leslie Moonves

To: Nina Tassler

Date: June 7, 2015

Nina Baby,

Did you catch the NY Times piece re this new Czech reality show, Holiday in the Protectorate? A family is sent “back in time” to a rural village in 1939 – milk the cows, outdoor plumbing that kind of “educational television” shtick, but the kicker is it’s under Nazi occupation. Gestapo kicking in the door. Neighbors are informers. Rationing. What would you do to survive? Prize money.

Anything down the pike for a US version? Ideas?

From: Nina Tassler

To: Mark Burnett

Date: June 7, 2015

Mark Hon,

Forwarding you LM’s memo. Is there a chance of getting Bruce on the phone? I know he’s stuck in Mexico doing 10 to 12, but I heard the two of you are working on something contemporary for the Latin American market. Thoughts?

(To read the rest click here.)

The Wayward Pines Prediction Game — The Truth is in Front of Your Nose

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[SPECULATION ONLY — NO SPOILER HERE] Rumor has it that on tonight’s episode of Wayward Pines, the TRUTH will be revealed! Either that or Nurse Pam is about to shoot an arrow into Ethan’s back before he gets a look at whatever’s below those rocks.

But you don’t have to wait to solve the mystery! You can figure it out using your big brain and LOGIC – without resorting to Internet spoilers! This works provided you’ve ever read dystopian science fiction, or seen a dystopian sci-fi movie or any movie with a “surprise” ending – especially any M. Night Shymalen movie. Why would you want to spend even an extra-minute of your day thinking about this? Because if you don’t, you’re going to feel so dumb when find out.

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