Placebo Effect

Russo's booking was such a mess in 1999. Having to fill up five hours of TV week with talent that he was mostly unfamiliar with working with was a disaster. When he came back in April, I loved what he did in a freakish kind of way.

Cheex only appeared once at the beginning of the third episode I believe. The thing so obviously bombed. The minis in TNA's early days were American midgets who beat each other in the head with canes. The Lucha-minis just flop around and blow spots.

From what was said back then, Sanders simply doesn't like the act of wrestling. He tried to be a commentator for WWE and TNA, but both weren't interested, so he pretty much quit the business.

I don't know how someone can not love The Art of Balance. But yeah, the new album is good, but far from great.

Ice-T Don't ask.

I knew this wouldn't happen from the start. It just didn't seem plausible to market the Ash character in what was sure to be a $50 million+ budgeted movie.

What's the deal with Duggan being an owner? Are they just booking him as an owner for the camp value of it all?

The Boy Who Knew Too Much (#1F19) 05 May 1994 Bart skips class and witnesses a waiter brutally beaten. The Mayor's nephew is blamed, but Bart can clear him -- however it would mean coming clean about skipping class. Ohhh my God. I haven't seen that episode in YEARS.

That's My Bush was fucking genius. I wish it was still on.

I've been watching MadTV as of late after not watching it for a few seasons. I'm enjoying it. Bobby Lee's new character, the whiny Asian, is terrible, but other than that, it's enjoyable. The Ashlee Simpson skit from two weeks ago was gold.

You bastards.

You should watch the first Toxic Avenger and the fourth, as even the movie admits that they weren't up to par.

Damn. I have countless direct-to-video films sent to me by companies that, despite loving having a huge collection, are worth getting rid of for $8 store credit. Three films will give me a month on their rental pass plan, which I'm enjoying right now.

What AREN'T they doing wrong?

I'm not shocked that Bradshaw, a hardcore Republican who seems to have a disdain for homosexuals, would go along with the belief that homosexual = child molestor, which is statistically WAY wrong.

I bought a coffee and read through the book in a little over an hour (skipping over match reviews) at the local Borders. I bought his last two books, though.

Or, more specifically, TWO quality TV shows.

I haven't watched Raw in several weeks and Smackdown in months.

This thread is a fucking mess.

Exactly.

Bob Wiltfong is fucking brutal. Either they intentionally give him terrible stories or he just isn't as quick as the other correspondents, because he's probably made me laugh once through his five or six segments.

O'Reilly did not "joke" about it. Read the transcript and watch the interview. He calls the audience "stoned slackers" at least ten times throughout the interview, and pretty much made it known that he thinks nothing of the Daily Show audience. Stewart riffed on O'Reilly pretty bad last night for both the "stoned slackers" comment and his interviews with Bush. O'Reilly (taped): "No matter what, you have to respect the President for coming onto the Factor." Stewart: "So we have to respect the President for answering questions coming from one of the most conservative men on what is arguably the most conservative news network in America?"

Looks half decent. Should be fun enough.

Three fucking squashes in a row. Ugh.

TNA is a cheap company. I somehow doubt that they're paying Sahidi to do every video package and put together every segue segment and such.