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December 21, 2003
Anyone Perfect Must Be Lying
You know, we only caught Saddam a week ago, and they're already planning to devote a two hour special to the guy on CNN. How's that for timing? I'm not going to bother watching it, though, because I've been all Saddamed-out from the past few days of media hype. Even with all the constant chatter, it still doesn't even seem like he's really been captured. I feel like I'm in some kind of mind-numbing trance.
Anyway, the Saddam special just made me think about the rotten slew of Christmas specials that seem to clog up televisions this time of year. I mean, it seems as though they'll give just about anybody their own Christmas special, as witnessed by this week's holiday episodes of "Life with Bonnie," Will and Grace," "Fraiser," "Fear Factor," " and Sanford and Son." I must be a mandatory part of their telelvision contracts... You sign up for at least five seasons of this show, and every July, you tape a seasonal episode that has absolutely nothing to do with the regular season's script. Terrific.
Oh, but you know they won't stop there... Of course not. Just when you think you've just spent about thirty to sixty minutes watching another mind-numbing holiday special, the networks churn out yet another one before you can shout "Christmas Spirit" ('Cause that's what all the shows end up being about, anyway. Don't lie). Who knows what atrocities are on the horizon? In the next few years, people might be sipping egg nog in front of themed episodes like this:
A Joe Millionaire Christmas: Evan Marriott will return as the original Joe Millionaire, and trot around as an uber rich Santa, scheming to win the love of gold-digging women around the world. After the nefarious plot is revealed, all will rejoice in the abundance of diamonds and pearl necklaces, and gush about their overwhelming feeling of Christmas Spirit.
Greetings from Iraq: Saddam Hussein's Christmas Special (Previously Recorded): Okay, this one's pretty self-explanatory. Insert some Iraqi peasants and a skanky looking Christmas tree, and you've got yourself a winner.
Survivor: Christmas Island: What better way to cash in on Christmas than to stick a bunch of money-grubbing castaways on Christmas Island? Genius!
A Very Simple Christmas Story: Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie return to Alabama and don their "Simple Life" couture, terrorizing what's left of the neighborhood Wal-Mart. Highlights will also include Paris' five-million dollar New York shopping spree, and Nicole's pending heroin bust.
A Very Merry Tribute to John Ritter: People will cash in on anything.
A Kid Rock Christmas: Wait, this one's been done.
A Kid Rock Christmas New Year: That's better.
Where Are They Now? A VH1 Holiday Reunion: Where else are you going to find Pat Benatar and Billy Ray Cyrus under the mistletoe on Christmas Eve? VH1 is banking on the large amassed sum of former celebrity fame, and people like Darva Conger are just itching to be on this show.
Today's Soundtrack: "Falling for the First Time," Barenaked Ladies
Best Part of the Day: Uhhh... I still don't have a job yet. Does that count?
posted at 8:42 a.m.
