Hollywood looking to turn Sarah Palin into next Oprah
October 23rd, 2008 by Scott Marks
The new Osbournes?
Note to Sarah Palin: Quit your day job.
When America finally decides not to vote in another war-loving Republican as its president, VP hopeful (and subject of constant ridicule) Sarah Palin won’t have to look far for another career. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “the entertainment world are discussing possibilities for capitalizing on her fame, ranging from an Oprah-style syndicated talk show to a Sean Hannity-like perch in cable news or on radio.” Dust off a stool at Fox News.
If equally dopey Dan Quayle was a hottie, would he have been given his own talk show? Forget about Ophrey, I’d like to see a couple of flying Jerry Springer-like chairs mess up Palin’s overpriced coiffure.
The world’s most famous hockey mom became a media darling with her lunkheaded interview with Katie Couric and her “undeniable onscreen charisma as her SNL performance proved last weekend.”
Industry insiders are convinced that a talk show is the likely route for Palin. THR believes “her folksy red-state persona could be just the thing to connect with this female-skewing audience.”
Chris Coelen, CEO of RDF USA, sees Palin as “less as a variety-show host like Ellen (DeGeneres) and more of a single-topic host like Tyra (Banks), or maybe what Jenny Jones used to be.” I smell another venal Kathie Lee clone dragging Trig out after every commercial break. Eric Wattenberg, an agent at a New York-based agency, figures “You’re either addicted to her because you love her or you just want to tune in to see if she’ll do something stupid.”
It’s her shrill voice, reminiscent of wind rustling through a beached beer can, that would drive me up the wall. Now…if she decided to shriek in a porno with Joe the Plumber, now that you should see!
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Tags: joe the plumber, orpah winfrey, palin family, sarah palin, sarah palin oprah winfrey, sarah palin talk show, SNL, trig palinFiled Under Gossip
Albert Brooks finds comedy in Sarah Palin
September 8th, 2008 by Scott Marks
A pair of Kings!
Albert Brooks has a lot of fun raking Ms. Palin’s parenting skills over the coals on his Huffington Post blog. Albert insists that Sarah Palin proved him wrong: “ANYONE can now be president.”
“I like Sarah Palin’s public speaking ability. I think she is fun to look at, certainly the hottest vice presidential candidate in history. But I looked up some facts. The United States has 10,000 nuclear weapons, 100 aircraft carriers, 3,000,000 people in the armed forces, and ten trillion dollars of debt.
I am now hearing from the Karl Roves of the world that having a 17-year-old daughter pregnant out of wedlock will make Palin sympathetic to millions of Americans who know the pain of that situation. But my question is WHERE WAS THE ADVICE? Do we want a president who cannot communicate to their own child that possibly having a baby a year after you get your driver’s license is not the smartest thing to do? Is this the new way for women to break the glass ceiling? To have their daughters throw their babies at it? I want my president to control their children, then they can tell the Navy what to do.”
Sadly, Albert failed to touch upon the opposition’s reaction were Barack Obama’s daughter in a similar situation. One can almost hear Rush Limbaugh spouting off on how “those people” can’t keep it in their pants.
I’ll give Palin credit for one thing: At least she didn’t pull a Joe Kennedy and hide her mentally challenged child from the world. Then again, she doesn’t have to parade Trig around like he’s one of Paris Hilton’s dogs.
I’d still rather Albert was given the funding to make at least 6 movies a year, but until studios realize what a comedic genius he is (and how to market him) we have Ariana Huffington to thank for bringing his wisdom to the world.
Tags: Albert Brooks, huffington post, sara palin, sarah palin, trig palinFiled Under Rants