Other Stuff
I just read that Dustin Hoffman was signed to play Mr. Fokker in the “Meet the Fokkers” sequel to “Meet the Parents.” Why couldn’t they have cast Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara in the roles of Ben Stiller’s folks? They’re both insanely funny, have worked together for years, and… oh yeah, are actually Ben Stiller’s parents.
Wouldn’t that have been funny? Guess not.
Grammys plus Globes plus Oscars equals far too much coverage of “the stars” on TV for my tastes. Is anyone else disturbed that you can become a recognizable celebrity in this country just for commenting on what a movie star decides to wear to an awards show? I’m talking about that lanky gay guy from “ET.” Steven something.
I really wished we chose our celebrities more carefully.
Speaking of, the new season of “American Idol” has arrived. I am treating this season like all the others. I watch the first episode, see a couple of lousy singers get ripped on, and then ignore it until it’s over. I will say though that Simon Cowell doesn’t deserve the bad press he’s gotten in a couple of places lately about how he “takes advantage” of the winners of the contest.
Nilla, please (thank you Sarah B. for that one)…
It’s his show, his contest, and his rules. If you want to sing on his TV show, he can make the rules. It’s not as if he’s locking these winners into lifetime contracts of slavery. No, they’re not getting paid as much as they might be had they landed the contract on their own.
Uh, but they didn’t land the contract on their own, did they? No, they were turned into “stars” by this show. Simon’s show.
If you don’t like the way the game is played, don’t play the game in the first place.
Frankly, it’s not as if the winners of the contest are complaining. It’s just some journalist trying to take a bite out of the contest and write some sort of bullshit snarky article because he’s a petty bitter man. That’s all.
I don’t know if you read about this or not, but we can send a space rover to Mars, but a frigging thunderstorm over Australia is enough to prevent us from communicating with it. Really? You’re NASA. You don’t just have a room full of guys who are in there just to think shit up? And a room full of guys behind them backing up the guys who are in there just thinking shit up? You’re the U.S. Government! C’mon! Fouled by a thunderstorm? Nice.
Good luck to the kid at
MikeRoweSoft.com in his quest to keep his domain name. If his name wasn’t Mike Rowe, I think the Gatesians would have a point. What’s wrong with letting the kid have a little fun with his name?
Evil soulless corporate giants. Bastards.