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Tim Russert is Still Dead; Newseum Prepares his Chapel

Published on October 8, 2009 in Baby Boomer. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
An undated photo provided by the Newseum shows Tim Russert in his office at NBC News in Washington. Russert's office will be reassembled in an exhibit opening next month at the Newseum in Washington and will be on view through 2010. The longtime "Meet the Press" moderator died June 13, 2008 of a heart attack at work.

An undated photo provided by the Newseum shows Tim Russert in his office at NBC News in Washington. Russert's office will be reassembled in an exhibit opening next month at the Newseum in Washington and will be on view through 2010. The longtime "Meet the Press" moderator died June 13, 2008 of a heart attack at work.

Tim Russert is still dead.

Tim Russert, the guy from NBC’s Meet the Press. Tim Russert, whose death launched the skyrocketing career of his son Luke Russert and other famous inside-the-beltway kids. Tim Russert who is being canonized by newsers in preparation for his ascension to sit a the right hand of Huntley-Brinkley.

Here’s what I said when he died:

Hyperbole. Over and over and over. Why did Russert have to die at the beginning of the weekend when news is slow? Can we be far from St. Tim of Buffalo? Most bigwigs have settled into a “he was a great journalist” reaction…

Tim Russert has been dead for 18 months. Yet the beltway media dopes just can’t dump enough accolades on his rotting flesh.

“And here children, you see the workspace of a media giant, St. Tim of Buffalo, aka Tim Russert whose life and work brought immense value to the American way of life and who shall be remembered for ever and ever as one of the great pioneers of television journalism talk shows.”

How Sweet, NBC hires Jenna Bush After Wild Success with the Russert Kid

Published on August 30, 2009 in Entertainment, Money and Politics. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

JennaBushTodayShowThe “Today” show has hired Jenna Bush Hager to work for them.

The twinster daughter of ex-President Bush (love how that sounds) will work on just about what ever she wants. Kind of like Luke Russert.

NBC: home of the ordinary Xers with extraordinary connections.

Jenna Bush will work out of the Washington bureau, jumped at the chance to drag down a nice salary and work in Tee Vee.

Here is the ringing endorsement of her qualifications by her new boss:

“I think she can handle it,”

Is this a dream job for Jenna Bush Hager? Hardly, she said:

“It wasn’t something I’d always dreamed to do,” “But I think one of the most important things in life is to be open-minded and to be open-minded for change.”

Jenna Bush-Hager won’t have to give up her part time teaching job. Did I mention she will be covering education?

Sound familar? It’s the same deal offered to Luke Russert, the kid of St. Tim Russert. He was supposed to offer his worldly insights on the political scene.

NBC put Jenna Bush through a rigorous audition. She walked in, stood and read from a prompter and was offered the job.

When she came here for a handful of appearances, she knocked it out of the park.” She “just sort of popped to us as a natural presence, comfortable” on the air.

I guess that’s about the same qualifications as most females of her age group that have network Tee Vee jobs. Except she is missing the beauty queen title that most hotties of the news have.

NBC: Home of the Hotties or the Unnervous.  Tee Vee news marches on.

I Knew Campbell Brown Was the Smartest of the Bunch

Published on August 12, 2009 in Random. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

When Campbell Brown worked at NBC, I forecast great things for her. I thought she had a bright future.
Then she got with child and moved to CNN.
Career killers.

Here’s a commentary she did recently about the “big swinging anchors” and their feud on Prime Time Cable TeeVee (who watches this stuff anyway?) She never mentions O’Reilly and Olbermann by name, just as “big swinging anchors.”

Yeah, Campbell Brown, lots o’ guys wish you would hoist their big swinging anchors.

Arrrrrr, nice ratings boost.

Tim Russert is Still Dead; Young Luke Russert is MIA

Published on May 11, 2009 in Entertainment and Politics. 4 Comments Tags: , , .

Luke Russert is a punk.

His dad, Tim Russert, was just another inside-the-beltway blowhard that died at a young age.
NBC apparently felt some compulsion to hire Young Luke, even though he registered zero on the network television experience-o-meter.

Luke Russert is a punk because he got a sweet job and apparently is blowing it off.

“He was hired last year to be the youth correspondent — he got a great contract and was supposed to cover youth issues, blog and bring in young viewers, but he’s been MIA for a while. It’s like, ‘Well, that’s what you get for nepotism.’ “

Luck (oops, Freudian typo) Russert told MediaBistro, he was aware of the nepotism surrounding his hiring and said, “Did my name get my foot in the door? Absolutely, I’ll be the first to admit that.

Now young Luke Russert has stopped contributing to NBC. No face time, no blog (his last one was 12/08) and he doesn’t even generate 140 characters for Twitter.

Young Luke Russert, a man with no talent, collecting a big paycheck, and doing no work.

St. Tim would must be so proud.

American Gladiator Holding Auditions Soon. I Need a Name!

Published on January 28, 2008 in Baby Boomer, Entertainment, Health and Technology. 15 Comments Tags: , , , .


Dancing with the Stars for the HGH crowd is back on NBC: American Gladiators!

It’s basically the same program that when off the air ten years ago, except the Gladiators have ‘Roid Rage. In the good old days, they used to love on the contestants after they completed a segment. If the contestant made it past the Gladiator, it was all gropes and smooches.

Now, the Gladiators are infuriated if they look “bad”.

The exciting news is NBC put out a casting call for new Gladiators. I can’t dance – so that reality show is out. I can’t sing – so that reality show is out. I’m afraid of bugs – so that knocks that reality show out. I’m afraid of driving on the opposite side of the road, so that show is out.  I’m married – and that knocks out the rest of the reality shows. I could get arrested, I guess, but I don’t think you get paid for that reality show.

That leaves American Gladiator. I’ll be starting those HGH shots sooner than I thought.  I need to bulk up a little.

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Then I need an American Gladiator name! Some of the current ones are:

  • Fury
  • Stealth
  • Justice
  • Venom
  • Militia

I’m thinking:

  • Boomerroid
  • Mustard Gas
  • Milly
  • Going Like Slimy
  • Mr. Fenster
  • Detacher
  • Mass Infarction
  • Toxic Timmy

Obviously I need help. I have a while to bulk up (I think I’ll substitute milkshakes and M&M’s for the HGH, but I do need a great American Gladiator name pretty quickly.