Day: July 24, 2013

The man who leaves at the top of his game

They say it’s good to leave when you’re on top.. Jerry Seinfeld even did that when he stopped his program before the end of the 20th century.
The world of late night television will soon see an exit  of Jay Leno, who will leave the NBC’S TONIGHT SHOW. When he does leave, he will move on with some really high ratings..

As a matter of fact, one must ask why is leaving when he is so young, when he’s on top, and when he wins in the ratings every night (and has done so since the mid 1990s)..

I am a watcher of late night comedy..
Leno turned the tables on David Letterman in the 90s when he had Hugh Grant on his program after a sex scandal. After that, it seemed that all of the viewers who left the TONIGHT SHOW came back again.

For over a decade, Letterman was trailed. Jimmy Kimmel has been moving up in recent months, but still is behind the juggaruant of the TONIGHT SHOW.

As the DAILY BEAST points out in an extremely inter sting article today, Leno has been on top for 17 seasons..

17 seasons..
And this is the second time, even with high ratings, that NBC is tossing Leno aside in place of someone else they think can win the young demographic–even though Leno trounces competition in that age group!

I think Jimmy Fallon will start big and fail.. I predict that. While the TONIGHT SHOW will never perhaps be canceled for bad ratings, I do not think Fallon is ready for early late night. Beer pong and celebrity games will not work.. There may be a chance that Jimmy Fallon will end up being the best thing that could happen to David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel.

If you’re interested, read the DAILY BEAST article here.. And afterwards think to yourself, why in the world is NBC getting rid of the best thing they have..in place of someone who may not live up to the expectations placed on him..

Amanda Bynes accidentally drenched her pet Pomeranian with gasoline while building a fire in a residential neighborhood .. while that’s not the top story it’s probably the one everyone will be talking about

WEDNESDAY JULY 24 2013
Is THE CONJURING an unintentionally religious movie? (I do not think there was any intention to make a film that tries to force a belief of God on viewers–however that belief is important for anyone who would actually believe in the Perron account.. So take that as you will..)
Those summer colds are the worst: New strain of a stomach virus circulating around the United States.. The CDC says that GII.4 Sydney is the leading cause of outbreaks in the US .. it can be confused with the flu, it causes severe vomiting and diarrhea.. According to the CDC, about 51% of the cases in the U.S. were caused by person-to-person transmission and 20% resulted from contaminated food..
Anthony Weiner: Oops he does it again.. He is now embroiled in ANOTHER sexting scandal.. He used the name Carlos Danger.. And in the world of headline writing, the reward goes to Matt Drudge with “Erection update: Weiner stays in” .. But Weiner will not quit the race for Mayor of New York.. instead, with his wife by his side proclaiming her allegiance to the family, Weiner said he will continue his run for the office. And you know what is funny about it, he just may win.. perhaps this newest story of him yet again sending his weiner to a woman will propel him further in the polls.. So many easy jokes can be made that it’s pointless to even try.. Weiner wants another shot..
Update: HAARP has been shut down.. You can’t blame it for crazy weather–at least not the Alaskan HAARP.. And did you notice the lack of long “contrails” behind jets lately? Those chemtrails seemingly have vanished..
Mutilated cattle show up again in Colorado.. And with those graphic mutilations, farmers are finding: NO BLOOD, NO TRACKS.. it looks like the carcass has been peeled off, and it seems to have happened overnight..
Someone call Linda Moulton Howe!
And here we thought that road rage evovled from stone age cave rage.. We have long been told that war is bred deep within humanity.. that our early ancestors killed and maimed for food and terrirtory.. that we are warlike in our nature.. But maybe that is all wrong! A new study seems to suggest that mankind didn’t go to war until much later than previously thought, and that tribal societies found war to be an alien concept! So those old humans we would laugh and joke about perhaps were one with the land, one with each other, and learned to live, hunt, and forge new worlds without killing and destroying.. Could that be possible!? As the UK INDEPENDENT details: Douglas Fry and Patrik Soderberg [umlaut over o] of Abo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland, studied 148 violently lethal incidents documented by anthropologists working among 21 mobile bands of hunter-gatherer societies, which some scholars have suggested as a template for studying how humans lived for more than 99.9 per cent of human history, before the invention of agriculture about 10,000 years ago. Amazing to consider..
Win for Monsanto as the United States allows higher levels of company’s pesticides (get ready for less bees, less butterflies, and massive dieoffs of other animals we depend on for beauty and food.. )
New Zealand BANS Elijah Wood horror flick! MORE: the movie has been banned by the country from release after its film festival screening.. According to the NZHERALD, Wood’s movie MANIAC has been targeted by the Office of Film and Literature.. And now the debate begins: Is this censorship or a nation deciding to keep the mental health of its citizenry safe (I think the HORROR REPORT feels its censorship, despite the fact I do not care to see the Frodo remake).. The Office of Film in New Zealand said that the movie could be disturbing to children and adults.. However: The film WILL be able to be shown at film festivals..
Less Gaga.. less makeup.. Lady Gaga releases a photo of herself without makeup and the typical appearance you’re used to .. this is being done to tease fans for her new ARTPOP album.. She wrote: “As they pry the single from my bleeding fingers. It’s a scary thing to revisit those things underneath, the pain in your past. But all I found was raw passion. I thought I was destroyed inside. I’m ready to fight. Start the music”..
Lady Gaga is 27 right now. That is the magic age–and not magic in a good way. We should send as many positive thoughts to her as we all can because …..we’ve lost too many stars at 27.. We don’t want anymore talent to join the club..
If it’s not Andy Dick terrorizing your neighborhood, it’s Amanda Bynes setting your driveway on fire.. please be safe out there, America.. Hollywood has gone crazy..