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Two and a Half Men - TV Shows
I quit bothering with it ages ago due to its consistent nastiness and it's been so long since I've heard from anyone who admits to liking it, I'm wondering WHO could be watching it. Oh, and HOW will it be 'Two and a Half MEN' with the fed-up Angus T. Jones's exit and them apparently bringing aboard the late Charlie's long lost DAUGHTER? Since when is a girl the equivalent to 'a half man'? -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 2, 2013, 1:42 pm

Abe Vigoda - Celebrities
Jay D, No, as of June, 2013, Mr. Vigoda is still with us at age 92 despite having had his death rumored as far back as 1982. The most recent work I can think of is that 2010 Snickers Superbowl commercial he did with Betty White. Ironic that he's best known playing a character with one foot in the grave [Fish] from the 1970's yet he seems to have been blessed with very good health. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 2, 2013, 1:35 pm

Jean Stapleton - Celebrities
She just left us at age 90 but her many works will live on forever. Most notably her fleshing out what could have easily been a one-note, forgettable 'Dumb Dora' character, Edith 'Dingbat' Baines Bunker, but via Miss Stapleton's skill was transformed into the necessary heart and soul of 'All in the Family' in addition to being the often sorely needed comic relief. RIP, Miss Stapleton. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on June 2, 2013, 1:25 pm

Saturday Night Live - TV Shows
Good point, Travltron. My fave era was from 1975 to 1980 and I know how it goes. The show was like that cohort whom one couldn't hang out with enough in junior high but ,after one got past the junior high stage ,said cohort was STILL acted like they were in junior high and one could barely stand them in same doses thereafter. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on May 25, 2013, 1:09 pm

Squirrels - Random Topics
Rats with bushy tails and they made a mess of things when they broke into my attic! I'm told that in England, they've learned to turn them into tasty meat pies so maybe they're not all bad. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on May 10, 2013, 10:14 am

Holidays - Random Topics
I agree, jp! Although, if the resulting 'holiday' means that I can park free all day next to a meter due to the readers not monitoring them, that's okay by me! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on May 10, 2013, 10:08 am

Carnival Cruise Lines - Random Topics
The best thing that can be said of the most recent disaster is that the passengers can now honestly say they've gotten a small taste of what everyday existence must be like for Haitian Earthquake refugee camp dwellers! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on February 16, 2013, 7:52 pm

Ice Road Truckers - TV Shows
I think the very first pilot documenting the history of these truckers from when the Alaska Highway was literally carved out of trackless forests and tundra as a vital military highway to provide supplies against a potential Japanese invasion [which DID happen to the Aleutians] in World War II was quite intriguing but to make this as a series was a mistake. I mean either they have the potential of getting stuck in a blizzard or crashing through rotten ice during the spring thaw and having arguments with each other but that's about ALL that happens. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on January 20, 2013, 12:20 pm

Lance Armstrong - Celebrities
To try to keep this from getting too long-winded and keep my blood pressure from exploding, I'm just going to go over what I consider the WORST stuff that has come out about him that I consider reprehensible. First of all, not only did he cheat but he deliberately RUINED anyone who attempted to blow the whistle on him right up to suing them. Of course, this cheating has had FAR more seismic impact than just HIM, it's also vacated seven Tour de France titles from having ANY winners and the Olympics are seriously considering whether to quit having biking competitions altogether so that means that there are a great many athletes past, present and future who have been adversely impacted by this. Oh, and if it were truly a case of 'everyone cheats' then why is it that only HE crossed the finish line first and not having been hundred-way ties? Wouldn't everyone cheating have levelled the playing field? But what REALLY gets me furious about this is what he claims he said to his son. I realize that he has virtually zero credibility and his Oprah interview was an attempt to refurbish his image but even by this spin IF what he said to his son is true, it's rather rotten. His son had DEFENDED him and he supposedly told his son that the cheating claims were TRUE and NOT to defend him anymore. Supposedly his son said that that was okay and he still loved Lance. Well, if Lance truly loved his son, then why didn't he own it, go public and admit cheating and take his medicine right THEN and there?! Instead, at best he let his son to continue taking flak on his behalf while, at best, tacitly letting his son participate in covering up his own dirty laundry [and at worst, he COERCED his son into covering up his own dirty laundry]. Thus, even by his own spin, what he did and allowed to happen to his minor son for YEARS on end truly STINKS! I hope no one is surprised if in the future his offspring or other family members writes a 'Jersey Dearest' account of what existence with Lance may have been. Oh, and after ALL he put everyone he was associated with up to and including his closest family members and himself through, he STILL wants to be able to compete again?! There are no [printable] words. Oh, yeah, and I'm not happy that I was gullible enough to buy his spin for as long as I did. I'll grant that it's good that he at least was able to help cancer victims who might not have otherwise received it via the organization he founded but otherwise I have no use for hm. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on January 20, 2013, 12:13 pm

Mel Blanc - Celebrities
Unquestionably a legend and unboneable! However; I know that he wished that CARROTS could have been boned from Bugs's menu in that he absolutely hated them but was required to munch on them raw for his most iconic character . All other crunchy vegetables that Mr. Blanc liked such as celery were tried as subs for carrots but, to his chagrin, the sound folks insisted that NOTHING munched like a carrot besides an actual carrot so he was forced to munch on them alone for the duration[but spat them out as soon as he could]. So talented that they were forced to bill him at a time when no other voice artists were credited. RIP, Mr. Blanc. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 19, 2012, 1:04 pm

Adventures of Superman - TV Shows
jimdcarter, OK, you got me on timing re the show's cancellation and Reeves death. However; Hollywood has had more talk of series' revivals and pick ups than stars on Hollywood Blvd and only a tiny portion actually have gone into production so my contention that Reeves died after the last episode of the original show had been produced stands. I apologize in advance for sounding cold here but,as unquestionably tragic as it was and however much we may be tempted to speculate on what might have been re a possible future revival, the fact remains that his death had NO impact on the original show itself when it first aired because it was over by the time of his death. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 19, 2012, 12:57 pm

Jerry Springer Show, The - TV Shows
Icemouth, I agree! And can there be any person out there with a brain cell who truly thinks that Jerry would be the least bit interested in them if they had a HAPPY marriage and/or family life? Day One! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 5, 2012, 4:42 pm

Eminem - Music Groups
Icemouth, I totally agree. I truly don't understand why anyone would want to listen to [much less BUY] such nasty stuff. Do they not listen to the lyrics or simply don't care?! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 5, 2012, 4:37 pm

Behind the Music - TV Shows
Icemouth, I agree the Chris Gaines debacle was something this show would have been better to have steered a wide berth from rather than participated in [and is it any wonder Keith Urban himself has given a wide berth to Garth Brooks whenever possible since then]. However; too many times this show let whoever they were featuring shamelessly spin and churn excuses for their past problems without making the slightest attempt to call the subjects on said spin. One could practically set one's watch predicting the arc of Early Years, Early Success but THEN a setback [which got endlessly explained/excused away] THEN the inevitable plug the subject's latest release at the close to supposedly put them back on the road to eternal success thereafter. Never did they say 'Well, he blew it and it was all his fault. Not bad a musician in his day, though.' So, in spite of a few moderately fun and vaguely informative episodes especially towards the beginning, I vote Day One. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 5, 2012, 4:31 pm

Hail to the Chief - TV Shows
Mythigator, To each their own but IMO it would have helped had this show had at least ONE tolerable character instead of these one-dimensional zeros. The fact that it lasted just seven episodes shows that a good portion of the viewing public seems to have considered this simply a bore not worth bothering with rather than satire worth hanging in for. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 5, 2012, 4:18 pm

iCarly - TV Shows
Icemouth, You don't know the HALF of it! I remember being somewhat appalled in my 20's that there were kids who ONLY knew about 'Muppet Babies' but nothing about the ORIGINAL Muppets which I'd cut my teeth on! You think this phenom is bad when you're 22? Just wait til you get to the far side of the Big 4 Oh and see how often the whippersnappers can make you feel like Methuselah! LOL Sorry, but I barely know about iPod and have even less interest in 'iCarly'. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 5, 2012, 4:15 pm

Star Trek TNG - TV Shows
The show had its problems but I must agree that it was quite ironic that the middle-aged, then-unknown actor Patrick Stewart played what turned out to be everyone's favorite character and a break-out star whereas the one playing Riker wasn't that popular. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 29, 2012, 12:34 pm

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp - TV Shows
Man, that was a FUN one. OK, for my preteen self it was fun but seeing clips as an adult, I understand it was a bit dumb. However; I have to give props to the trainers to somehow get those primates to perform their roles for what they were worth- without getting their own arms torn off as chimpanzees are surprisingly strong! I'm not sure it would work today nor would it be worth the risk to both the performers and trainers well beings to attempt it but it was a good curio for the time! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 24, 2012, 3:12 pm

Larry Hagman - Celebrities
The incredible irony is that while he played one of the most despicable, Machiavellian iconic characters ever, offscreen he'd spent the last few years caring for his Alzheimer's afflicted wife and, as recently as a week before his own passing, was focusing on how to make HER twilight as pleasant as possible despite her being unable to remember their past- despite his own mortal condition. Oh, and it's also quite a testament to his character that in addition to his family, the performers who played Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing who his character had been rather nasty to, were at his bedside when he died in. ..yes, Dallas, Texas. RIP, Major Nelson [the iconic character I personally preferred him portraying]. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 24, 2012, 3:00 pm

To Tell The Truth - TV Shows
Parker, I think Mr. Cooper[whoever he may have been] died on impact and likely never got to spend any of that money [as evinced by the fact that the only bills known to have been from that hijacking were found clumped+rotted in a riverbank years after the fact]. However; all that aside if that absurdity HAD happened as per your scenario, it WOULD have made an entertaining episode on 'To Tell the Truth'! Loved the classic version [with Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle with Garry Moore emceeing ]but didn't think the revived version was worth bothering with. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 24, 2012, 2:44 pm