Issue 29
News: Why I do not use Oprah's Book Club.
With all of the hubbub surrounding Oprah's book Club with James Frey and his Book "a Million Little Pieces", I feel obligated to write a piece on Oprah's Book Club. I feel doubly obligated to do so because of the fact that I am from the same area from which she shoots her show, and because I am a voracious reader. Early on this year, it was discovered that Frey told lies in his book that proved his "memoirs" were false. On January 26, 2006, Oprah Confronted him about the lies (She had named his book for her book club in September 2005) in his book and he admitted to having made the book up. Two weeks before, she had called in on Larry King when Frey was on the show and said it didn't matter whether it was true, but that it could be used as a tool of inspiration to other drug addicts. She apologized for this remark on her show. This is not the major reason that I do not follow her book club. The number one reason is that she, for the most part, chooses books which are primarily One-dimensional and Schmaltzy, like The Five People you Meet in heaven, which is not actually one of her selections, but will most likely become one if and when she manages to read this blog anyway. If she wants my vote, she needs to pick up more novels like Catcher, or La Nausee, or Atlas Shrugged, or Ulysses, or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. You see, there are many other types of novels she can use for her book club. Maybe she should try them.
Band Name of the Day: Ace Bundy. During a random wikipedia Search, I wound up finding a picture of, or all things, Ted Bundy obstensively yelling and flailing one arm in the air. I kid you not.
I got the idea of putting the "Ace" part in front of it because it reminded me somewhat of a scene from Ace Ventura Pet Detective in which he yells and slides a sliding door open and shut.
Film idea of the Day: S. Bronx Paradiso, a Gadsby-esque dark comedy satirizing the american dream, it is about two brothers who make it rich by making and selling weapons. It is supposed to make people think: What happened to the American Dream?
Review of the Day: Today, we're going to do something Different. Today, I will review an episode of King of the Hill, called "Hilloween." It is about all the dangers of taking Chick Tracts seriously. For most of the episode, Hank and the gang try to put up a Haunted house, and Luanne briefly becomes a fundementalist who is brainwashed by a woman named Junie Harper (Sally Field) who claims that Halloween was created by the Druids (it was created by the Catholics). After she realizes Hank's plans to have a haunted house, she, surprisingly for a fundementalist, invokes the principle of Separation of Church and State. After this, Hank Teaches his son Bobby to prank other peoples' houses. After showing up on Junie Harper's lawn, she runs over her own cat and petitions for halloween to be canceled, which it is. About this time, Bobby is guilty and Luanne convinces him that Hank is a Satanist. After this, Harper holds her own "Hallelujah House" to turn others to Christ. Luanne drops Bobby off there. Some exhibits shown include a teenage couple dead as a result of their necking, and a family with their grandpa: An ape. This segment is in the quote of the day section. About this time, everyone in the town, Luanne included marches to her house, and Bobby eventually rejects them.
Quote of the Day: (Scene: A dining room with 2 parents, a daughter, and a plastic baby.)
Dad: Dinner's Ready. Where's Grandpa?
(A man in an ape costume enters)
Junie: OH! That's your grandpa?
Dad: Haven't you heard? Our ancestors are monkeys.
(The ape grabs the plastic baby and dismembers it
Mom: Oh no! He's eating the Baby! Stop him, Honey!
Dad: We can't. It's against the law to teach creationism.
(The audience is shocked.)
Link of the day: A video of a man purchasing an iPod and smashing it on the spot.
With all of the hubbub surrounding Oprah's book Club with James Frey and his Book "a Million Little Pieces", I feel obligated to write a piece on Oprah's Book Club. I feel doubly obligated to do so because of the fact that I am from the same area from which she shoots her show, and because I am a voracious reader. Early on this year, it was discovered that Frey told lies in his book that proved his "memoirs" were false. On January 26, 2006, Oprah Confronted him about the lies (She had named his book for her book club in September 2005) in his book and he admitted to having made the book up. Two weeks before, she had called in on Larry King when Frey was on the show and said it didn't matter whether it was true, but that it could be used as a tool of inspiration to other drug addicts. She apologized for this remark on her show. This is not the major reason that I do not follow her book club. The number one reason is that she, for the most part, chooses books which are primarily One-dimensional and Schmaltzy, like The Five People you Meet in heaven, which is not actually one of her selections, but will most likely become one if and when she manages to read this blog anyway. If she wants my vote, she needs to pick up more novels like Catcher, or La Nausee, or Atlas Shrugged, or Ulysses, or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. You see, there are many other types of novels she can use for her book club. Maybe she should try them.
Band Name of the Day: Ace Bundy. During a random wikipedia Search, I wound up finding a picture of, or all things, Ted Bundy obstensively yelling and flailing one arm in the air. I kid you not.
I got the idea of putting the "Ace" part in front of it because it reminded me somewhat of a scene from Ace Ventura Pet Detective in which he yells and slides a sliding door open and shut.
Film idea of the Day: S. Bronx Paradiso, a Gadsby-esque dark comedy satirizing the american dream, it is about two brothers who make it rich by making and selling weapons. It is supposed to make people think: What happened to the American Dream?
Review of the Day: Today, we're going to do something Different. Today, I will review an episode of King of the Hill, called "Hilloween." It is about all the dangers of taking Chick Tracts seriously. For most of the episode, Hank and the gang try to put up a Haunted house, and Luanne briefly becomes a fundementalist who is brainwashed by a woman named Junie Harper (Sally Field) who claims that Halloween was created by the Druids (it was created by the Catholics). After she realizes Hank's plans to have a haunted house, she, surprisingly for a fundementalist, invokes the principle of Separation of Church and State. After this, Hank Teaches his son Bobby to prank other peoples' houses. After showing up on Junie Harper's lawn, she runs over her own cat and petitions for halloween to be canceled, which it is. About this time, Bobby is guilty and Luanne convinces him that Hank is a Satanist. After this, Harper holds her own "Hallelujah House" to turn others to Christ. Luanne drops Bobby off there. Some exhibits shown include a teenage couple dead as a result of their necking, and a family with their grandpa: An ape. This segment is in the quote of the day section. About this time, everyone in the town, Luanne included marches to her house, and Bobby eventually rejects them.
Quote of the Day: (Scene: A dining room with 2 parents, a daughter, and a plastic baby.)
Dad: Dinner's Ready. Where's Grandpa?
(A man in an ape costume enters)
Junie: OH! That's your grandpa?
Dad: Haven't you heard? Our ancestors are monkeys.
(The ape grabs the plastic baby and dismembers it
Mom: Oh no! He's eating the Baby! Stop him, Honey!
Dad: We can't. It's against the law to teach creationism.
(The audience is shocked.)
Link of the day: A video of a man purchasing an iPod and smashing it on the spot.
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