Lou Pickney's Online Commentary
Everybody's Got A Price
Monday
February 17, 2003
Despite last week's horrific episode, I found myself compelled to watch Joe Millionaire tonight on Fox. This time around proved to be much better, with less of the soap opera style waiting and waiting and rehashing and at least a little bit of a faster pace. Of course, in the grand scheme of things none of this matters. Evan (the Joe Millionaire guy) still comes across as a dunce. If HIV Positive Millionaire is too risque for Fox, then how about Drunk Millionaire? One supposedly rich guy (who's drunk), twenty drunk girls, hell even let the butler dude be hammered. Just a thought.
I've had several nightmares in the past week that I was working back over at Channel 10. Really vivid, really bad. I mean, dealing with the Executive Meddler was a living nightmare. But this is worse. Like I'm working and the tires get stolen off of my car. That sort of thing. As one former co-worker put it to me, perhaps it's my brain just decompressing from the insanity of the previous 13 months. We can hope so.
Speaking of the Executive Meddler, one of her most overused phrases was "Just so you know." Horrible stuff. When she wanted to tell you something, it'd go like: "Just so you know, weather is hitting at 5:21, not 5:20." Think of that said with a condescending tone and the bossiness of an 8-year-old. And if you'd try to explain the reason why, she'd turn away (literally turn her head) and ignore you. What a horrible human being. Anyway, the episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" that aired in syndication tonight revolved around the annoyingness of the phrase "Just so you know." They had radio spots for it and everything. Perfect timing by the syndication folks.
Of course, all of the EM horror just makes me appreciate the position I'm in now all the more. I mean, to go from that overnight hell to syndicating the best morning radio show in the country.... I'll take it.
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