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Monday, November 19, 2007
11/19: Nausea alert! “The Bachelor” rejects Newnan realtor
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I almost gouged my eyes out but I felt obligated to watch the final episode of ABC’s “Bachelor 11” because Austin bar owner Brad Womack had to choose between a Phoenix Suns dancer Jenni Croft and Newnan realtor DeAnna Pappas. Up to this point, I’ve managed to avoid this dreck.
There’s no show more pointless than this one. There isn’t even $100,000 pot at the end of the tunnel. So far, after 10 “Bachelor” shows, none of the guys have actually married anybody. And Bachelor No. 11 was no different. Womack rejected Jenni… AND DeAnna! He didn’t even make the pretense of giving one gal a rose and rejecting them off camera. You have to give him points for that.
Again, no fairytale ending here.
“I don’t understand how you can say goodbye to me maybe because my feelings are different,” she told him.
“I don’t want to give you any false promises,” he told her.
And off she went in her limo. Then came the tears. “The fact he didn’t pick either one of us is harder to deal with,” she said. “To be so hurt and mad all at the same time. Half of me is looking at him like i don’t give a [expletive] what he said. The other half just cannot understand. I definitely think he’d be the next person to break my heart. Stupid me. I don’t know how many times he said he couldn’t ask for anything better. That stuff hurts twice as bad as if he looked at me and say I don’t see marrying you ever. It always takes them to lose that person for them to realize they want them. I am sick of being that person to make it perfect for the next one.”
DeAnna seemed like the more level headed of the two and less nauseating than Jenni but at the end of the day, Brad wasn’t in love with either of them. Of course, he had to wait til the end to say so for “dramatic” effect.
Brad is left alone with his ring and the camera pans away
Tuesday night at 10, both will be on ABC to talk about it and face the women. “I came here wanting answers and closure and it still doesn’t make any sense,” DeAnna said in a preview to that meeting.
11/20: Frank TV and Oprah in Macon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I wrote a couple of TV stories with local ties for the print edition Tuesday.
First, I previewed TBS sketch comedy show “Frank TV,” featuring impressionist andn “Mad TV” alum Frank Caliendo, best known for his take on NFL analyst John Madden. Caliendo does dozens of different characters, from George W. Bush to Bill Clinton to Al Pacino to Jack Nicholson to the entire “Seinfeld” gang. The first episode I previewed had a few good moments (including a goofy “tour” of the Clinton library) and a few not-so-good moments (the sketch in which he plays all four “Seinfeld” characters feels forced and frenetic but not funny). His comedy is fairly gentle and jocular, not meanspirited — though John Madden apparently isn’t amused by Frank’s take on him.
Sketch comedy is tough enough without so much of the burden placed on one person’s shoulders. But the thought process is Frank has enough impressions up his sleeve to keep things interesting. Originally, he was supposed to do eight episodes but due to the writers’ strike, he’s only doing five.
It airs Tuesday night at 11 p.m.
And here’s a quick take on Oprah’s appearance in Macon this past Saturday which airs Tuesday at 4 on WSB-TV:
For the first time, Oprah decided to do her annual manic giveaway show “Oprah’s Favorite Things” away from Chicago. Her destination? Macon.
The city may have only 235,000 TV households, but Oprah’s rationale stems from loyalty. “Macon has the highest ratings for ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ ever since we went national in 1986,” Winfrey said in a statement.
That means 45 percent of TVs that are on in Macon any given weekday at 4 p.m. is set to Oprah, compared to a still solid 15 percent in Atlanta on WSB-TV.
Oprah used a bit of subterfuge, telling Macon residents that the show would be part of a tour of hometowns across America. Only when the 300 Macon residents arrive at the Macon City Auditorium did they find out about the freebies.
Macon chiropractor Milton Miller Jr., one of the few guys who saw the taping Saturday (which airs today), got even more than swag. Oprah saw his sign in his front yard saying “Oprah, come see us!” and spent 45 minutes with him Friday.
The gifts, he said, were mostly girlie stuff so “my mom is going to have a great Christmas.”
“People were screaming, people were crying, people were praying,” Miller said of the taping.
And that’s a fair reaction because to many, Oprah is God.
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11/19: Former Miss Georgia on “Celebrity Apprentice”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tiffany Fallon, a former Miss Georgia and Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, has jumped aboard the “celebreality” train with Donald Trump’s (desperate) attempt at reviving his ailing NBC “Apprentice” franchise.
Oh, and Fallon was 2005 Playboy Playmate of the Year. That’s her claim to fame, so to speak. And she’s married to Rascal Flatts guitarist JoeDon Rooney. (Turn ons, according to her December 2004 pictorial: tattoos, cowboy boots, good manners, sincerity, diamonds. Turn offs: tardiness, yelling, lying, man-sandals, piercings.)
Trump’s show, set to debut early next year, won’t feature folks vying for a job with him. Instead, they simply get charity money ($250,000 for the winner) after taking on business-like challenges.
Omarosa is back, of course. Other reality show vets such as Gene Simmons of Kiss (A&E’s “Family Jewels”) and Stephen Baldwin (“Celebrity Mole”) are joining the show, as well. Vincent Pastore (“The Sopranos”) dropped out of “Dancing With the Stars” but is trying his hand here. There’s Trace Adkins of country music fame, model Carol Alt, gold medal gymnast Nadia Comaneci, Olympic softball star Jennie Finch, “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Anthony, boxer Lennox Lewis, “Taxi” star Marilu Henner and Ultimate Fighting champ Tito Ortiz. And for true obscurity, how about Telemundo exec Nely Galan?
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