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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

OMG TV: Heaven just got a lot cleaner

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Potentially poor taste headline joke endorsed by Billy Mays Jr.

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Pitchmen

10:00 (Discovery)

The season and presumably series finale of Pitchmen caps off a day-long marathon in tribute to Billy Mays, and we’re hoping it ends with a plug for a Pitchmen DVD set for just $19.99 if you call now!

Reno 911!

10:30 (Comedy Central)

It’s time for Secret Santa in the biggest little city in the world.  Can we pause for a moment and see if anyone here has actually been to Reno?  It’s terrible.  It’s the worst.  Even Reno 911! can’t even display the full reach of Reno’s awfulness.

So You Think You Can Dance?

8:00 (FOX)

Skip this, watch Kids Can Dance, Too! Trust me.  Really.

Late Night

Jon Stewart brings on author Justin Fox, Colbert raids the Times and comes up with Nic Kristof, and rerun week includes Eddie Murphy and Angela Kinsey on Conan, Denzel Washington and the Jonas Brothers on Letterman, and Spocks collide on Fallon with Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy.

Monday, June 29, 2009

An Appreciation

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Rumors and theories are flying as the general populace tries to make sense of the bizarre string of notable celebrity deaths over the past week.  They ranged the gamut from long-expected to completely surprising, from an 86-year-old in good spirits down to a pair of 50-year-olds whose health conditions could not be more different.

But Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays shared this: they were all public icons, having handed their lives over to an adoring yet fickle public.  They all found their joy in entertaining.  And they all showed nothing but pure, unbridled enthusiasm, from Fawcett’s thousand-watt smile to Mays’ trademark grin and booming greeting.
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