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The Network's Finest Hour |
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1:08 am EST, Nov 10, 2003 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Les Moonves, CBS Chairman
TO: Our Loyal Viewers
RE: Upcoming Programming Changes ... Re: last Wednesday's broadcast of the Country Music Association Awards -- We dearly hope that during the star-studded tribute to country music legend Johnny Cash, any references to his hit song "A Boy Named Sue" did not offend either our fine religious right groups or our fine transgender groups. For purely creative reasons, all future CBS references to this song shall henceforth appear as "A Boy Named Whatever." ... To further demonstrate our commitment to artistic integrity, we will employ that once-every-12-minute-crawl for all our programming, including the uproarious "Everybody Loves Raymond," to assure you, our loyal viewers, that anything and everything you see is merely empty-tainment and that no inferences are to be drawn from anything, at any time. The Washington Post pokes fun at CBS for waffling on 'The Reagans'. The Network's Finest Hour |
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Has Rumsfeld lost his Mojo? |
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11:19 pm EST, Nov 3, 2003 |
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he does not know whether or not he has lost his mojo, as a leading news magazine suggested, because he doesn't really know what mojo is. Has Rumsfeld lost his Mojo? |
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Peter Jennings, Canadian, on Harry Shearer's Le Show [Real] |
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1:57 am EDT, Jul 15, 2003 |
Harry Shearer, of Simpsons fame, has a radio program called Le Show. This past Sunday's show features an amusing story about Peter Jennings becoming a US citizen (while still retaining his Canadian citizenship.) Listen to the show in streaming RealMedia at the URL here. The story on Peter Jennings starts around 18 minutes 40 seconds into the show. The story runs about four minutes. Peter Jennings, Canadian, on Harry Shearer's Le Show [Real] |
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TIA Two | Mark Fiore [Flash] |
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10:39 pm EDT, Jun 9, 2003 |
Remember worrying about scary, Orwellian "Total Information Awareness?" Well, you don't have to worry any more, because now it's ... Terrorism Information Awareness! TIA Two | Mark Fiore [Flash] |
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8:29 pm EST, Nov 7, 2002 |
Discover Hip Hop is sweeping the nation! Millions of people are catching onto this new thing called Hip Hop. Discover Hip Hop is To The Max! Tell your friends you are Hip Hop and see what happens!! Everyone else is doing it! Now you can too!!!!! Buy the Discover Hip Hop Set. There are 260 million people in America, and you are one of them. Get With The Program! Discover HIP HOP |
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My Inflated Figures, by John Kenney |
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8:23 am EDT, Aug 5, 2002 |
John Kenney, a privately held individual based in New York, announced today that he is revising an earlier statement of his yearly earnings, previously reported late Saturday night in a downtown nightclub to a woman known as Dallas and her friend, Babs. Funny and brief. Read it. My Inflated Figures, by John Kenney |
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China Paper Publishes Humor Article |
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5:35 pm EDT, Jun 8, 2002 |
It was a great story: U.S. Congress wants new building, threatens to leave Washington. So one of Beijing's biggest tabloids published as news the fictional account from the Web site of the American satire newspaper The Onion -- and got an embarrassing lesson in journalism. A Chinese newspaper mistook The Onion as a serious news source and republished one of its articles. As yet, they have been too embarrassed to acknowledge their mistake to readers. Ha! China Paper Publishes Humor Article |
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6:46 pm EDT, May 19, 2002 |
Fans of Star Wars, meet my good friends politics and capitalism. Requires Flash. Clone-spotting [Flash] |
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D'oh! University offers 'Simpsons' studies |
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6:40 pm EST, Dec 16, 2001 |
It won't be taught by the Simpsons' evangelical neighbor, Ned Flanders, but a philosophy class being added to Siena Heights University's curriculum will be based on the popular animated TV series. This winter, the university is offering a two-credit class on how religion and philosophy are part of popular culture, including "The Simpsons." Readings will include "The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer" by William Irwin, and "The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the Most Animated Family." "Animated Philosophy and Religion," taught by Kimberly Blessing and Anthony Sciglitano, is already proving popular with students. (Never heard of Siena Heights (sienahts.edu)? It is "a Catholic university founded by the Adrian Dominican Sisters" located in Adrian, Michigan.) Read about _The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer_ at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812694333 What's even funnier than this story is that Amazon paid someone to scan in 16 pages of this book! D'oh! University offers 'Simpsons' studies |
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