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Obama’s Half-Hour Infomercial Doesn’t Exactly Hit Ratings Paydirt

Jimmie | October 30, 2008 | Comments (0)

The early Nielsen ratings are in on the Obama Half Hour Informercial and Hootenanny and it’s not looking good for Team Obama. The combined overall household rating for Senator Barack Obama’s Wednesday night infomercial, in the top 56 local television markets where Nielsen maintains electronic TV meters, was 21.7. Obama’s simulcast is the first to [...]

Did Something Happen on Television Tonight?

Jimmie | October 29, 2008 | Comments (0)

I’m sorry, I must have missed it. I don’t watch infomercials. Though I heard it was cool when he used his Miracle Chamois to soak up the whole credit crisis without leaving a single subprime mortgage on the countertop.

The Left Fails and We All Lose

Jimmie | October 20, 2008 | Comments (0)

One of the first things you’ll see should Obama get elected in November is a disgrace to the First Amendment called the Fairness Doctrine. The very idea that members of Congress can dictate who gets to broadcast and in what venue is profoundly un-American. More than that, though, it’s petty and cowardly. Greg Gutfield cuts [...]

Dennis Miller: Good Guy

Jimmie | August 11, 2008 | Comments (2)

I’m a big fan of Dennis Miller going back to his stand-up days even before he became the anchor of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update bit. I almost never missed his talk show that enjoyed a short and incredibly-entertaining run on CNBC. “Dennis Miller Live” was probably the best show that network has ever aired. [...]

RIP Isaac Hayes

Jimmie | August 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

Oh, no. Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film “Shaft,” has died, sheriff’s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday. His family found him unconscious, next to a treadmill that was still running. Medics rushed him to the hospital, but he was [...]

Am I Growing Immune to the Charms of Battlestar Galactica?

Jimmie | May 2, 2008 | Comments (5)

Rachel Lucas has just started to watch Battlestar Galactica and she has questions, so many questions. I’m not going to answer them because if I do, it’ll spoil a lot of the fun she’s going to have getting a couple of the answers later on. A couple of her questions don’t have answers yet, and [...]