October 14, 2009

Last Monday night we were watching Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) on ABC. At this point the show is bordering the idiotic. The "stars" are ridiculous. The only ones worth watching are the pros. And amongst them the women are the only ones who look good, healthy and sexy. The show is nothing but a circus. It is so phony that it is unbelievable.

Question: why the show needs a British announcer who announces the dances in a British way? I thought this was an American show.

It is obvious that the so called celebrities who appear on the show are either unemployed or hard pressed for money. Otherwise why would a self respecting person expose himself or herself to such ridicule.

Watching the show I find myself embarrassed by Len Goodman's comments. Doesn't he realise that these are not professional dancers? Couldn't the producers find a more pleasant person to place in the judges' seat?

This past Monday they danced the bolero. That was a very hard and mostly unknown dance. Not even saying it was not entertaining.

We only watch Monday nights because can not find anything else on TV. Tuesday's Result Show is a definite "no, thank you".

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Speaking of television. The general programming is so lame that I am surprised that these TV executives still have jobs. Are they totally blind, don't they see how boring some of the programs are?

We were watching the Good Wife last night. It is slow, boring and perfect to put us to sleep. I wonder how long before it will be history.

A really great show is Castle. It is quick, entertaining and funny. The same goes for NCIS. Unfortunately the same can not be said for its spin off NCIS: Los Angeles. That show is confusing and nowhere near as entertaining as NCIS.

It is a shame that when there is a good show the producers decide to over complicate it to such an extent that they are the only ones who understand what is going on. Like Lost or Ugly Betty. I hope the days of these shows are numbered and the networks will have the common sense to take them out of programming.

I could go on and on about the idiotic shows that are on this season but I am sure everybody is aware of those.

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Today the Dow went over 10,000. It is good, I think. We all made a little money. It will correct some of the losses we all suffered in this economic tsunami.

It will also "justify" the bonuses all those yuppie "talents" will be getting. Why these people should care about us, everyday investors when no matter how they perform they are rewarded with million dollar bonuses (from our tax money).

No one is irreplaceable! And, no one is worth that kind of money. Certainly not the financial people who brought this country to the edge of total economic ruin.

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I saw the US Air pilot Sully on the Early Show this morning. He wrote a book and I guess that is why he was on TV.

Hats off to Sully. Thanks to him 150 people are alive today who wouldn't be if it was not for his experience and calm handling of a critical situation.

But!

There is always a but.

I think he is milking the situation to his own benefit. And in my opinion that is not very professional. But that is the American Way.

That's it for Today.