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OK I will admit I watch the Today Show, well every day.  KTLA’s morning news show first, that between 5AM and 7AM, then to Matt and Ann for at least 30 minutes to an hour.  It’s hard sometimes in that 7:30AM hour because I call that them missing female person portion of Today.  You know there’s always some woman who met some clown online who becomes shark food or a missing mother from Utah where the search has now expanded somewhere, who knows.  But that’s the second half hour which is real tune out for guys like me.

But at least they get the first half hour of my time.

This morning at the top of the hour on NBC’s Today Show they had CNBC financial expert Maria Bartiromo on as the so called talking head chatting with Lester Holt about our current financial crisis.  So I know that’s not really entertainment for this blog, but Bartiromo must have the same one friend asking her the same question over and over again.

Maria Bartiromo from CNBC

So she’s chatting about the end of all of our retirement plans, about how banks are doing real well in America while the so called Bank of America’s are talking about laying off 3,500 people which of course if an embarrassment to just about any producer who can’t read a financial blog to learn that if banks are doing so well, why the hell would they be laying off.   But anyway during her Q & A with Lester she brought up the same story she mentioned last week.

“A friend of mind said to me the other day, that’s not about business, not about finance, said “Maria what do you think about the debt ceiling?”

OK for some reason, I heard her use the same story on another NBC broadcast somewhere last week!  Exactly the same story.  Word for word.  Yet she claimed it was a “friend of mine the other day.”

What the….?

“I said why are you asking me this?” she continues.

OK, maybe something different from Maria, right?  Nope.  The same story of her friend the other day which is the same friend from last week.

What was I watching a repeat?  Maybe?  Cause the stock market tumble yesterday certainly was a repeat from last week.  OK so let me continue watching the segment with Maria Bartiromo.

Her friend asked,  “If the economy is going to crash I think I’m going to send (his daughter) to public school” rather than pay the tuition for Catholic school.”

Maria counters to Lester “this is the kinda conversation that’s going on across the country right now.”

This is exactly the story Maria Bartiromo used last week.

Um, problem.

And a question.

How many people does Maria Bartiromo know which the same daughter going to the same Catholic school considering public school because of this country’s position in the financial market?  Ya see this is why you cannot trust any of these financial talking heads and it’s every man and woman for themselves.  If you think you’re going to get a straight, a true answer from any of these people on CNBC or any of these financial networks, your putting your future foundation completely at risk.

You know I used to trust these people, especially Maria’s CNBC partner Jim Cramer, host of Mad Money.  He was for real a year or so, back in the day.  Then he got all NBC corporate and followed the money he gets from that network and turned in to “Mister Positive” while we all got screwed in the stock market.  These people are true charlatains and carnival barkers which makes watching them less and less entertaining.  Cause you can’t get a straight answer from them, anymore, or certainly can’t trust the Maria Bartiromo types of the financial world when they use the same story twice on two programs in two weeks and mention them as actions that took place “the other day.”

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Now back to the missing woman in Aruba in the second half of the Today Show.  What a mess.

Rick Thomas

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Dang two stories about terror on a video content site focused on television?  First there’s the David Letterman story that was just uploaded and now we get this report on the Department of Homeland Security releasing a new commercial primarily to remind viewers in New York to be vigilant.  And vigilant when it comes to seeing any suspicious activity around them as the country approaches the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

The commercial is done very well.  And is pretty much to the point.  The images and the music and the voiceover are perfect and certainly highlight the need be aware.

If You See Something, Say Something is the theme of the campaign.  And Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano said “we’ve seen terrorist attacks thwarted by alert individuals who notify authorities when something just doesn’t seem right.”

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Poor David Letterman can’t get a break.  He thought the coast was clear as they used to say in the old western movies as he hasn’t been under pressure from Sarah Palin’s posse anymore after comments he made about her and her family.  So that went away.  No more ex-girlfriends who worked on his show coming out of the woodwork seeking their 15 minutes of fame accusing him and others on his staff of sexual interplay at the office that houses his show.  And no more of those ex-girlfriends ex-boyfriends trying to extort him for money.

Heck, I thought my problems with women keying my Lexus and causing me to invest another sum of cash at Maaco was a problem.

Well David Letterman has a bigger issue today.  Yes, one of those problems where he would probably prefer being extorted rather than having to face the wrath of Al Qaeda.  The FBI and probably several other governmental agencies are taking a looked at a web posting asking for the late night talk host’s tongue to be removed because of what he said during his show.

Yeah let’s quote this person.  And I won’t call him what I want to call him because I don’t have the same type of security around me as David Letterman no doubt has today.  “Is there not among you a Sayyid Nosair al Mairi (who?)…to cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever?”

OK first off I’m not even going to look up Sayyid Nosair al Mairi because it’s too long of a name to even cut and paste in to a Google search.  Second, David Letterman is not Jewish.  But no one ever said anyone in Al Qaeda was smart enough to do a Google search to check on his religious background.

Anyway here’s the joke.  Must have been funny at the time he delivered it but during the part where he mentions Paul Revere, well that’s where another Sarah Palin hit comes in to play.

“So [Al Qaeda] picked a successor to Osama bin Laden, and his name was Ilyas Kashmiri. Well, guess what: He was blown up by an American drone. It wasn’t going to work anyway, because they got off to a rocky start with this guy. He botched up the story of Paul Revere.”

Yeah you had to be there.  Anyway that’s the end folks.

Rick Thomas

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I love my peeps over at KTLA but this morning’s show was a blast, no pun intended.  Yes I will admit that I watch the 5AM to 7AM broadcast because they just seem to have a lot of fun but Sam Rubin’s interview with actor Colin Farrell went really wrong.

Although it was funny.  But I’m glad I’m not the General Manager of that television station. this morning.

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell was on to promote the release of his new movie doing what is called a satellite media tour.  That means he sits in a studio, pretty much by himself, and television stations do interviews all across the world about that film.

Well that’s where things went in the wrong direction.  KTLA entertainment guru Sam Rubin chatted with Farrell about the number of interviews Farrell had done during the morning.  Apparently Rubin was watching in on the interviews Farrell was doing via satellite and brought up the fact that Farrell was counting down the number of interviews he had left on the schedule.

Yeah so he could go home and go back to sleep.  Wrong question coming from Sam.

Farrell, a bit taken back on the mention of the interview countdown, said “I told you to turn down the f#@$&#g mike!”

The on-air crew at KTLA played it off real well but it was really funny to hear live on television.  Um, though it may be time for the 7 second broadcast delay when it comes to live interviews.

Hey!  It happens.

Rick Thomas

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First off does anybody really care what Christine O’Donnell thinks?  No wonder why CNN can’t get any viewers if they book the likes of a failed politician, accused of being a witch and having to defend that label during her run for office in the great State of Delaware.

Piers Morgan Tonight booked Christine O’Donnell to be a guest to discuss the release of her new book Troublemaker: Let’s Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again when the smug, self serving, Piers Morgan took the conversation where Ms. O’Donnell did not what to go.

Morgan wanted to talk about gay marriage and ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ in the military while O’Donnell wanted to discuss the content of her book.  Well that of course did not happen and Morgan continued to press her on those topics until the woman who I still wonder “who cares?” decided she had more than enough of Morgan’s badgering and cut the interview short.

Piers Morgan with Christine O'Donnell on 'Piers Morgan Tonight'

I guess she was really ticked when Piers Morgan asked why O’Donnell was being “so weird” during the conversation which really is a stupid question because everyone knows this woman is weird.  But just for the record as much as I think Christine O’Donnell is a whack job do female politicians get treated differently than male politicians?  Watch the video and judge for yourself.

Rick Thomas

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Must be nice to end your acting career at 18 years of age.  Really nice.  Most of us don’t retire until we’re 65 but Gossip Girl cast member Taylor Momsen has called it quits on her acting career to focus all of her efforts on her alternative rock band The Pretty Reckless.

In a chat with Elle Magazine, Momsen says “hopefully I will be able to only do that for the rest of my life.”  Momsen has been on The CW’s Gossip Girl since 2007 playing Jenny Humphrey.  Her role in the series fourth season was limited probably because of the comments made by cast member Tim Gunn for her allegded bad behavior on the set of the show.

So time to move on for Taylor Momsen saying “I quit acting” when it comes to the on-screen portion of her life.  With the band pretty reckless Momsen says “we’re on tour forever!”

Jessica Szohr will also not return to Gossip Girl when the show launches its fifth season on The CW September 26th.

Check out The Pretty Reckless video below from their debut CD Light Me Up.  It was released last summer and the cut is Make Me Wanna Die.  She’s actually really good.

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Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander and Lorraine Bracco from 'Rizzoli and Isles'

So Angie Harmon of TNT’s Rizzoli and Isles celebrated a birthday on August 10th.  And the behind the scenes party on the set of the really popular Boston based Rizzoli and Isles TV show was a blast.  All you have to do is watch this video and not only are Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander, along with the crew of Rizzoli and Isles want to make you hang out with these people but they seem to be old school lovers, shaking and grooving to the Rick James 70′s hit Give It To Me Baby and what was that other song, Parliament Funkadelic’s Flashlight?

Oh this is a fun video.  Enjoy.

Rick Thomas

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And we’ll pay you to stop wearing out clothes Mike!  Please!

Can you imagine?  This is just how interesting things get in America.  So Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino wears clothing from the really upscale Abercrombie & Fitch and the people at that company would prefer he not.  Meaning that the MTV show Jersey Shore has a low end user which is pretty much the content you see during every episode of that show versus the audience A & F feels should be wearing their gear.

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino

Look at it like this…Jerry Springer‘s viewer versus Dr. Phil.   The Maury Show up against Oprah.  TMZ’s television show versus the audience that tunes in to 60 Minutes.  Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth?

And Abercrombie & Fitch is even willing to pay Mike Sorrentino to stop wearing their brand.  In a statement A & F said that it is “deeply concerned that Mr. Sorrentino’s association with our brand could cause significant damage to our image.”

Stuck up sons of you know what!  But I digress.

But wait.  Abercrombie & Fitch says more.  “We understand that the show is for entertainment purposes, but believe that the association is contrary to the aspirational nature of our brand and may be distressing to many of our fans,”

Huh?  What the hell are they talking about you stuck up b#@%$#@%!

So the company, well known for its racists statements in the past, would prefer that Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino not wear their content.  In other words don’t be black or Latino and expect to get a job at Abercrombie & Fitch.

You would think A & F would want any type of press from a show like Jersey Shore or their main man Mike ‘The Situation.’  And this could be one of those pre-planned events to do nothing more than get publicity for the brand.  It is back to school time and those Abercrombie & Fitch users will need to have new gear ready for their return to Cornell or Penn.  And to get a whole new audience in their stores, well having a guy like Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino highlighting your brand would mean nothing more than selling more clothing which no retailer is against doing in this economy.

Oh and by the way Jersey Shore‘s premiere episode a couple of weeks ago drew in almost 9 million viewers which was the show’s most watched opener and beat out every competitor in it’s time slot, even network shows.

From Mike ‘The Situation’ no comment as of yet but you can expect to hear a lot of “f” you’s when he does.

Rick Thomas

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This once again is the real part of reality television that nobody likes to bring to the forefront.  And that is the people on some of these shows have some real personal issues that lead to this type of tragedy.  Sadly enough this is not the first reality show person to commit suicide.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Russell and Taylor Armstrong

Russell Armstrong, husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Taylor Armstrong, took his life several weeks before the re-launch of the show on Bravo.  The 47 year old venture capitalist, who was going through some very serious financial issues, was found hanged in the bedroom of a house in Los Angeles.

Taylor Armstrong filed for divorce from her husband last month which details of their issues would be part of this seasons series of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episodes.  The new second season is expected to begin on September 5th yet no word from Bravo on the status of that date. But the Hollywood Reporter is saying that the network will wait 24 hours before deciding on the future of the show.  Which in the TV business means he’s gone, we can get ratings and the show must go on.

Bravo said it was “deeply saddened by this tragic news” yet have not determined how to deal with Russell Armstrong’s death during the show.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - (Left/Right) Russell and Taylor Armstrong

In an interview with People Magazine Russell had enough of being on the show saying “this show has literally pushed us to the limit.”

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So here I am, a former owner of a comedy club back in Philly, opened right after the popularity of Def Comedy Jam on HBO.  That was a time when great comics like David Chappelle was nothing more than a 19 year old kid from New York and everyone said I should get him in my room which then was called The All New Comic Stop Comedy Club.

That was a fun time in my life.

So I never thought we would return to those good old days of really funny Def Comedy Jam type comedy.  But I have to admit that In The Flow with Affion Crockett was one the funniest shows I’ve watched in a while.  I just laughed my a$# off for a whole hour and I generally think shows like this are pretty much ghetto.

In The Flow With Affion Crockett on FOX

There were more bleeps in this show than you can imagine in any network show.  This seemed like a show for a pay television network.  And I kinda thought Jaime Foxx, the executive producer of  In The Flow with Affion Crockett sold out with a Step N Fetchit routine that I would not like.

But this s&^% was funny.  Really funny.  I looked at Affion Crockett’s content online and thought it was pretty ghetto but what I saw last night on my DVR from FOX was really f%$#&ing funny.

I’m just trying to stay in character here with the number of bleeps in the premiere episode last night.

Can it continue its attraction to uppity Negroes, bourgeoisie brothers that grew up in the hood but knew they needed to fit in to the mainstream effort that made me what I am today, I think so.  That show was really funny.  I’m still laughing at some of the content that was put in last night’s episode and looking forward to more.

Yes, it is me, Rick Thomas saying this.  I know, I know this is not me but Affion Crockett is really funny.  Great show.

Rick Thomas

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