What's with all the goofball Apprentice finalists- December 18, 2005 The Apprentice is one of the few good reality shows I still enjoy. And I think Trump has picked the best candidate every time. By a mile. And I usually agree with his weekly decisions. With one big exception: Why the hell does he always send one bozo to the finals Does he want the finale to be pointless and obvious every time It has happened every time I can remember. Rebecca was the worst yet. I just never got what was so good about her. A lot of hot air and medicore contributions, lots..http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/realityTv/2005/12/17.html#a1819 They say Ernest Hemminway blew his brains out because . . .- December 12, 2005 . . . it was the only way he could stop himself from damaging his good name any further. That line always made me so sad. Sure hope I never get there. But it occured to me tonight as I treated most of the Survivor finale as radio while I made dinner, watered the plants and blah blah blah. Remember when this was a great show A huge pop culture phenom, and a fascinating psychological experiment That first season was just one of the most brilliant things ever devised for...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/realityTv/2005/12/11.html#a1790 I take back everything good I said about Amazing Race Family- December 8, 2005 OK, just a quickie. It's no secret that Amazing Race Family was a horrible mistake, so I won't belabor the point. But since I expressed enthusiasm for the new interesting windows it opened at first, let me go on record retracting. It did have lots of potential, and blew it. Worst of all, almost no interesting people, except The Hypocrites, that horrible Weaver family that goes around dissing everyone and wondering why no one likes them, invoking Jesus' name at every opportunity, but apparently..http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/realityTv/2005/12/07.html#a1782 |