January 07, 2007

Being "Def", Holy Crikey, and Spears with Beers




  • There's a funny thing about all the hoopla over HDTV. Sitting perched up on top with flatscreens, plasmas nd LCD's, these television sets are all the rage. Question is, how much would you be willing to spend during your visit to Best Buy or Circuit City? Two, maybe three thousand dollars? Put your Mastercard and Visa back in your wallet and take this hint courtesy of ABC 7 Chicago who are proudly boasting the fact they are broadcasting in Hi-Def. Even your thirty year old black and white TV will make your jaw drop when you see the picture. Little do they know, Hi-Def TV can only be viewed with an HDTV set. If channel 7 was really broadcasting in Hi-Def, all you would see on that channel is static and snow. Just like a placebo, if you keep hearing it you'll sooner or later start to believe it!

  • Moving along... in a recipe for bad taste, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider have given us "never before seen" video of Animal Planets Steve Irwin a few hours away from the deadly attack by a stingray. All these tapes were supposedly destroyed however, the crack team at both shows managed to slip into the library full of tapes and rescue two copies. In this video, Irwin cheats death for the time being as he wrestles with an angry crocodile. All the way through, we're constantly being reminded that in a few hours Irwin would die a tragic death. Shame on these magazine/tabloid shows for their lack of sensitivity to the guy's family.
  • Britney, sweet Britney. You had a best selling CD at 15 and was sweet as can be. 2006 proved that success is best kept alive by cranking things up ten notches. Two kids and a divorce to rapper/wrestler K-Fed has made this Momma of two a party animal who likes to pull all nighters full of booze and sans the panties. It's said that her true colors are bleeding through...she really is "trailer park trash". There's nothing like home sweet home when you have two little kids pulling on your pant legs as you're guzzling down the 6 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon from the 7-11 around the bend. Britney collapsed during a performance on New Year's Eve. Her publicist said this was due to her hectic schedule. Photos showed a disheveled looking Spears that appeared white as a ghost. Maybe it's time for an intervention?! While we're at it, pull up an extra chair for Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan!