daily list: 13 things as bona fide as ‘TMZ’Good news, everyone! No need to feel like a guilty filthy dirty gossip slut anymore when you watch that hideous parade of celebrity meltdowns, lawsuits, mugshots, and shameless publicity whoring known as TMZ! For the FCC -- that bastion of wisdom and, um, other wiseness -- has ruled that TMZ is a “bona fide news program.” It’s totally true! The FCC kinda had to rule this way, because 20 years ago, it ruled that Entertainment Tonight is also a “bona fide news program.” Also totally true! Which meant that the FCC kinda also had to rule that The 700 Club is a bona fide news program, too. Jesus wept! Not! We are so bona fide in the United States of America that we are bursting with bona fide-ness. Look: 1. Matt Drudge is a bona fide journalist. 2. Ashton Kutcher is a bona fide talent. 3. Professional wrestling is a bona fide sport. 4. Survivor is a bona fide competition. 5. A trip to Applebee’s is a bona fide dining experience. 6. Everybody Loves Raymond is a bona fide comedy. 7. A Golden Globe is a bona fide award. 8. Fat-free cookies are bona fide health food. 9. A Hummer hybrid is bona fide green. 10. Kenny G. is a bona fide jazz musician. 11. NASCAR is bona fide culture. 12. USA Today is a bona fide newspaper. 13. George W. Bush is a bona fide cowboy. (Technorati tags: TMZ) support
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posted by StrangeAgent (Mon May 05 08, 2:41PM)
Maybe it really is time for another asteroid to hit Earth and give the cockroaches their shot at evolution. Couldn't do any worse than we have. Or maybe a zombie holocaust...
posted by t6 (Mon May 05 08, 4:07PM)
MAJ,
I thought you liked us. Why do you want to make us cry?
posted by MaryAnn (Tue May 06 08, 11:16PM)
Hey, if I have to suffer, I don't see why I should have to suffer alone.
posted by Shadowen (Wed May 07 08, 2:23AM)
As Calvin would say, nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
posted by shoop (Wed May 07 08, 1:04PM)
"As Calvin would say, nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around."
John Calvin? Calvin Coolidge? Or that little kid in the comics pages who ran around with the toy tiger?