278: Handicap or Super Power?

[Craig@Tangents]

Ya but with a handle like Shalomprincess, you don't sound like a 40+ man, like the ones quoted in the story. Sorry, unless you are a middle aged virgin male with a paunch, living in your parents basement playing World of Warcraft, no comics for you...unless you are a lesbian and get turned on by the new Batwoman. In that case, my name is Craig and I love you...

[Craig@Tangents]

I called bullshit on Last Comic Standing the year they had Drew Carey and Brett Butler as celeb judges. They voted and the producers overrode their decisions.

So whether it was a publicity stunt for the show, showing these comics acting all pissed off but it was all a setup, or it was real and the producers just ignored their votes, it pissed me off and I knew it was crap.

I worked on the first season of Canadian Idol and I have seen how real "Reality TV" is. No vote fixing or anything like that, but letting really shitty singers make it to the celebs so they can rip them a new asshole, turning little issues into HUGE events, etc. It makes for good TV...

[mali]

Originally Posted by Craig@Tangents

I worked on the first season of Canadian Idol and I have seen how real "Reality TV" is. No vote fixing or anything like that, but letting really shitty singers make it to the celebs so they can rip them a new asshole, turning little issues into HUGE events, etc. It makes for good TV...

I can tell who's going to win American Idol, but looking at our websites internal keyword search. Taylor Hicks was, and still is, one of the top search terms on our site. And same goes for political elections. I could make a fortune!

[deznice]

Originally Posted by mali

I can tell who's going to win American Idol, but looking at our websites internal keyword search. Taylor Hicks was, and still is, one of the top search terms on our site. And same goes for political elections. I could make a fortune!

actually if you formulated an algorhthim you could!

you should try it and see what sort of percentages you get for each reality show that has viewers voting...

[arcatacat]

Originally Posted by deznice

actually if you formulated an algorhthim you could!

you should try it and see what sort of percentages you get for each reality show that has viewers voting...

Just don't tell Patrice, 'cause I love to hear her get all pissy when she's wrong.

[cogy]

Originally Posted by mali

I can tell who's going to win American Idol, but looking at our websites internal keyword search. Taylor Hicks was, and still is, one of the top search terms on our site. And same goes for political elections. I could make a fortune!

didnt hicks win a week or two ago? [confused]

and the presidential election is predicted every time by the sales of halloween masks of the candidates. obviously freddy krueger has an advantage if he runs.

[benjita]

Originally Posted by cogy

didnt hicks win a week or two ago? [confused]

and the presidential election is predicted every time by the sales of halloween masks of the candidates. obviously freddy krueger has an advantage if he runs.

I thought the Presidential election was predicted on whether the Washington Redskins won their latest home game before the election.

Gotta love Sports Statistics. Should've gotten into it so I can research the best basketball player from the year 1989 who scored 10 points or less and weighed between 190 and 225, and never won a championship game.

[Keith's Dad]

Chemda "One time I was genuinely freaked out for a minute, and I was like thank god Keith didn't see that, you must have been reading or something."

Maybe he blinked!

[jwdd27]

This was another GREAT show.

My blind guy story, which is the funniest thing I ever saw:

So I'm walking to work, quite a busy street, when I see, up ahead, a blind guy, white stick variety (walking in the same direction). My first thought was, like Chemda's, "cool, a blind guy", and I turned to look at him as I overtook him.

Amazing how they find their way with just a stick, I thought, they really must have some kind of sixth sense. Then, oh my god if he's not careful he's gonna walk straight into that metal lampo.. CLANG!!! straight into the fuckin' lamppost, bounces off it, staggers back a couple of feet and hits the deck.
I think he was OK, didn't join those rushing to help as I was fuckin' pissing myself laughing, which makes me a bad person. To this day, it's one of those life instances which is guaranteed to make me laugh whenever I think about, whatever I'm doing.

Also threw a blind guy out of a pub once (well, led, in the correct way, I'd seen Scent of a Woman) . He was drunk and threw a punch at the barman who wouldn't serve him (unsurprisingly, he missed). I was only another customer, but he didn't know that "I'm Security..". Drunk blind people are funny.

[Eri]

I just spent last wekeend at anime boston. It was sweet. This little 18 year old showed her junk during hentai dubbing.
Geek 4 lyfe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaxxon/154846141/ not mine