i know i shouldn't be admitting this, but unfortunately i caught the last twenty minutes of the billboard music awards tonight. following the awards show was the highly acclaimed fox 11 news at 10 o'clock, and keep in mind that "highly acclaimed" is positively dripping with liquid sarcasm. so i was switching to the news while the daily show with jon stewart went to commercial, you know, so i didn't have to stop laughing, and i saw a teaser that i just had to share with you all. for those unfamiliar with news terms, a teaser is a short plug for a story that is running later in the newscast, usually coming before a commercial break to hook the viewer into the show. anyway, here is the teaser, not verbatim, but close enough...oh yea, keep in mind that the reporter had just finished a live shot about the awards show:
female reporter with spastically dyed hair: "now during the show i'm sure many of you saw mariah carey reading a list of names off of a palm pilot when she accepted her award. insert reporter's name here will tell you what that was all about when we come back."
seriously...has the news team at fox 11 never witnessed an awards show before tonight? she was thanking people? with a list? wahahahaaaaat? i regret to inform you that despite it's intense appeal, i did not stick around to hear the complete story, but i'm sure it went something like this:
male reporter with offbeat tie and unlikely name (ex. weatherman dallas raines): "apparently she prepared a list of people to thank in advance, just in case she won the award, to ensure that she didn't forget anyone. you may have noticed that she closed with 'all the fans out there.' it was a risky move, but i think it paid off. now over to sports with dodger mclakers."
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i come here to read your biting sarcasm and your rapier wit.
and thanks for getting rid of the word verification. muy bueno!
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