END OF THE WEEK:
Faux Pas of the Week: The Mysterious 'Missile' In California on Tuesday
It turns out that this object was just an airplane. Not a submarine missile, not a Russian spy satellite, not a missile launch off the coast of California set in honor of their action hero governor retiring next month, not even a giant drawn sky penis. No, it was just an airplane. This is a shame, because if there was anything that I wanted to have happened on such a boring Tuesday as it was this past week, it might as well have been a missile leading us to our apocalyptic doom.
Firing of the Week: Joe Morgan by ESPN
Your blog did not die in vain, Ken Tremendous!
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: President Obama's Trip to Asia
So he didn't do a single positive thing during the stay, like acquiring a free trade agreement with South Korea that was supposed to be a slam dunk, or rally Western allies to budge China on a monetary policy that would benefit the American economy. But, hey, I bet that the Kongguksu he ate back in Seoul must have been off the charts delicious!
- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: South Carolina Man Is Arrested With Mouse Inside Rectum
Technically, it's a computer mouse that was inside him so it's not as gross as originally thought. Still...only in South Carolina!
Video of the Week: The First Show Cold Open of 'Conan'
I will have a review of the entire first week of the show posted on this site sometime tomorrow. Until then, here's the hilarious first four minutes of the young show's history, in which O'Brien details his fake adventures during the time from his last show on NBC to his signing with TBS, featuring cameos from Jon Hamm and Larry King. Seeing this as it first aired really made me realize how much I truly missed my favorite late night red head.
Return of the Week: George W. Bush and The Kanye West "George Bush Does Not Care About Black People" Incident in 2005
The President appeared on a one-hour special with Matt Lauer, on FOX News and on Oprah this week promoting his memoir and answering some questions on his Presidency among other things. As for that incident, it got revisited on NBC this week, first on the one-hour special with Lauer with the former President actually saying that West infamously saying during a 2005 Hurricane Katrina telethon that he is a racist was the worst moment in his Presidency (over, ya know, 9/11, the Iraq War and Katrina for example). On Tuesday, West responded on "The Today Show" with him apologizing to Bush for saying that, and ending with Bush returning on NBC the next day on "The Today Show" to accept West's apology. And thank God too! You'd figure that two impulsive men like them would settle their differences and become friends after a while.
Person of the Week: New York magazine editor Caitlin Burke
for actually going on a taping of "Wheel of Fortune," asking to solve a puzzle after only one letter was on the board and then guessing it right. I was going to go with Conan O'Brien in this category for his much anticipated new talk show debuting this week and starting out very well (at least in my opinion) while beating Jay Leno in ratings for that first episode. But I've already gave him a Person of the Week, a runner up in January's Person of the Month, and a freakin' Hall of Fame selection for Christ's sake! Something needed to change! Plus there's a good chance that he might get another Person of the Week nod in the future. Meanwhile, how many times will you actually see this happen in your lifetime watching "Wheel of Fortune"?:
I thought so. (By the way, isn't that entire clip just fantastic? From Pat Sajak's shock not only when Burke asked if she could solve, but also right after she solved it to the mean girl smirks from the audience to Vanna White acting like it was just an ordinary puzzle solved, it was 2:52 of great video) Anyways, in an interview with Esquire's Chris Jones, Burke says that she was able to solve it thanks to years of watching the show and using a process of elimination starting from the apostrophe to solve it. So, not only did she have great moxie in going for such a gamble like that, but she also proved that watching a half an hour of your time watching an uncomplicated show in which you just have to solve puzzles is not a waste! Great job, Caitlin, and I hope that you have enjoyed your fifteen minutes in the spotlight very much.
And that's the way it is! I hope that you enjoyed this post. Now, enjoy the rest of your weekend, won't ya?
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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