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The Donut Of Truth

Seth — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:31:15 EDT

· Thanks to you, The Moment of Truth, no one will ever commit bigoted acts of fatism ever again! You're not the most evil TV show in history—you're bringing humankind closer together! [TMOT]
· Edward Norton prefers to let The Incredible Hulk do the junket-blabbing for itself. So tell us, Incredible Hulk—how are you similar/different to your big screen alter ego? "ARAHRRHHHHGHH SMAAAAAAAASH GRAAAAAAAAH!!!!" Really? That's hilarious! [NY Daily News]
· Something about conspiracy-junkie Mary Hart's unwillingness to break ranks with her ET underlings in the wake of ChosenTwoGate really gives us a whole new appreciation for the preternaturally perky showbiz news icon. [LAT]
· Kaufman Astoria Studios runs full steam ahead with their plan to obliterate Hollywood and establish Queens as the entertainment capital of the world. [nytimes.com]
· Sumner Redstone is a happily married mummified-Viacom-overlord, he'll have you know, regardless of who you spotted him catching up with at Ruth's Chris Steak House. [NY Post]

'Moment Of Truth' Still Chugging Along, Destroying Lives Wherever It Can

Seth — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:42:01 EDT

Our hats are off to the merciful executives who refuse to give up on The Moment of Truth—Fox VP of Satan-Delighting Alternative Programming Mike Darnell's sluggishly paced, polygraphic game show. Week in and week out, it drags itself into the dugout and attempts to deliver on the life-destroying promise it showed at Reality TV spring training, but rarely does it succeed. At best, as in last night's episode, we come away with the mild satisfaction of knowing that things will forever be uncomfortable between that week's featured nymphomaniac and the best friend she's doesn't think will ever have a professional recording career, but has often considered fucking.

Still, when relieved of long-winded pontificating by host Mark Walberg and its stammer-afflicted Truth Bot—as in the promo montage above—what we get is nothing short of mesmerizing television, as "party girl Leanne Patrovsky" is forced to face-up to the one-night-stand she accidentally ran over during one of her messier benders before an audibly appalled, yet visibly delighted America.

The Moment of Truth

Behold! 'The Moment Of Truth!' Destroyer Of Lives!

Seth — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:21:50 EDT

After billing The Moment of Truth as a brilliant Frankenshow combining the most intriguing aspects of F. Lee Bailey's Lie Detector, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and Cheaters, the culmination of a life's work for Fox's President of Apocalypse-Expediting Alternative Entertainments Mike Darnell failed to really deliver on its life-destroying promise. Not even a desperate casting stunt that replaced the show's evil robot voice with a string of celebrity she-bots (Small Wonder, Rosie from The Jetsons, Richie Rich's Irona) managed to really hook viewers.

But now the gloves are off: With the season drawing to a close, producers claim to "have saved the worst for last." In a promo all but guaranteeing a life-evisceration in-the-round, ominous words like "shocking," "destroys," and "housewife" are casually tossed about. Also featured: frequent cutaways to the unlucky husband, whose very soul appears to be draining right before our eyes with every question, as if his entire being was squeezed through a citrus presser. Will lives be destroyed? Tune in and see! (Or spend a quality hour with your spouse explaining how badly you've always wanted to bang their best friend and/or accidentally blew some of the nest egg on a coke habit, and watch the far-more-entertaining 60-second web recap instead.)

The Moment of Truth [Fox]