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Smartest And Most Appalling TV Show Lists Have Surprisingly Few Crossovers
MENSA International, the V.I.I.Q. club who claims amongst its brainy members such luminaries as Steve Martin, Geena Davis, Jodie Foster, Sharon Stone and Jimmy "180" Woods, has issued a list of what they deem to be the Top Ten Smartest TV Shows of all Time. It's a highly subjective topic sure to provoke debate, as much as for who made MENSA chair Jim Werdell's list (CSI, Boston Legal, Mad About You) as for who didn't (The Sopranos, Quantum Leap, Passions). The full list after the jump: More »
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By SethComment by layladylan: @Omelas: Yes, that is true. Last I knew (this was at least 5 years ago) you could get into MENSA... more » | Other threads
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We're not at all surprised that pint-sized Kid Nation genius Jared (or someone he's contracted to front his e-commerce operation) is indulging a precocious entrepreneurial streak; not only is he auctioning off one of the limited edition, hand-crafted Bonanza City necklaces he can be seen making in a late October episode (subversive product placement!), he's also trying to flip the Wii CBS gave him so he can buy some other games. If he wasn't already our Nation favorite, he certainly is now. [eBay, eBay via Paul Scheer]
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By MarkComment by MartyPants: I WILL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT HE RECEIVED WITH IT HE WISHES TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL LETTER. I... more » | Other threads
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A 'Kid Nation' Reunion: What If The Theoretical Survivors Of Bonanza City Threw A Party?
On last week's season finale of Kid Nation, America mourned as CBS Bonanza City, the experimental, would-be utopia intended to serve as a model for reforming our utterly debased society, succumbed to anarchy, unspeakable violence, and the first televised act of child-on-child cannibalism in the history of the medium. More »
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By MarkComment by SteamyMcFirecrotch: @Feets_Of_Flan: That Jim Jones. Such a kidder! more » | Other threads
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By MarkComment by EriksInTheHouse: Why did the host change the subject when everyone wanted to kick Taylor out? She's a %#$@%, she needs to... more » | Other threads
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By MarkComment by Sweet Panda Love: Ain't no law in Deadwood. I would punctuate the end of the sentence with "cocksucker" but even I know where to... more » | Other threads
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By SethComment by SugartitsMcFirecrotch: @Seth Abramovitch: Ahhhh . . . give me some of that ol' time water bowl cam! more » | Other threads
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Hillary Locks Up Crucial Meathead Endorsement
· Rob Reiner officially endorses Hillary Clinton, immediately embracing her campaign's talking points on Barack Obama: "Based on the experience I have had in politics, and I have been on the front lines in a lot of these fights, I came around to realizing that we do need the most experienced and most qualified person to run the country." [Variety] More » -
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By MarkComment by sassypants: @truculentAmen to that, brothah! Just for good measure, throw in that sick fuck behind the camera who undoubtedly zoomed in... more » | Other threads
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By MarkComment by Whiteboyfunfark: I can almost hear my mother's voice saying "when I was your age we didn't even HAVE a bathroom in... more » | Other threads
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Rat-Pack-Worshipping Brett Ratner Takes On Sinatra Project
ยท What showbiz name evokes Rat Pack-era Hollywood cool more than any other? That's right: Brett Ratner. The singularly hacky Rush Hour 3 director, continuing his ongoing mission to diminish the legacies of legends whose lifestyles he desperately wishes to emulate, will reteam with screechy muse Chris Tucker for an adaptation of Mr. S: My Life With Frank Sinatra, a tell-all bio about Sinatra's relationship with his valet. "I think [Ratner's] channeling Frank sometimes," says one the book's authors, rolling around in a pile of New Line's option cash. [Variety] More » -
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CBS Flouts Child-Buzz-Building Laws With 'Kid Nation' Screenings
· CBS has quietly set up preview screenings of Kid Nation at elementary schools in major markets for students, parents, and teachers, where families can come together and discuss the exciting child-labor-law issues raised by the controversial new series, as well as receive assurances from the network that no children were eaten by bears during the show's production, even though that unlikely eventuality was covered by that now-infamous waiver. [Variety] More » -
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Waiver Lists All The Terrible Things That Could Possibly Happen To A 'Kids Nation' Contestant
While we're sure the 22-page waiver (just posted on the Smoking Gun) the parents and guardians of Kid Nation participants had to sign prior to shipping off their children to 40 fun-filled days in a New Mexico ghost town is nothing more than a boilerplate document that could be used to indemnify the proprietors of any summer camp that intended to film its own amateur production of Lord of the Flies against nuisance lawsuits, scanning the litany of potential disasters lawyers could envision befalling the Nation stars still makes for a pretty good time. More »
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By MarkComment by sassypants: So, are social workers from children's services basically standing next to these morons when they sign the waiver? Jesus people!!... more » | Other threads
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Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development
With outrage over Isaiah Washington's unexpected casting in Bionic Woman fading, a new, and dare we say much more interesting, controversy is materializing at the TCAs over Kid Nation, CBS's attempt to inject some much-needed Lord of the Flies-style fun into their Fall schedule. Earlier, TV Week reported on how the producers took advantage of subsequently tightened loopholes in New Mexico's child labor laws and classified the production as a "summer camp" (summer camps, after all, are totally fun, and not at all child-exploiting places of employment) to get the show done; today, ABC News asks a psychologist to opine on how the impressionable minds of these campers might be impacted by the stresses of reality TV: More » -
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Defamer First Look: The 'Kid Nation' Preview
Fox has yet to officially release its Fall schedule, but we feel confident that nothing they're going to reveal tomorrow can possibly change our opinion about what will be our favorite new show come September: Kid Nation, the bold social experiment in which CBS abandons 40 children in a New Mexico ghost town for 40 days, leaving them to form their own civilization without the interference of adults. More » -
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CBS Puts Vampires, Swingers, Exciting Social Experiments Involving Schoolchildren On The Fall Schedule
By this third morning of the upfronts, you are probably exhausted by the constant barrage of stories about new television shows you probably won't have the time or desire to watch. (NBC really nailed it: Who has time for new? Give us more of what we already like! Fill us up with your quality, Peacock!) Still, CBS will take its turn before their advertisers today, unveiling a schedule aimed at convincing the money people that their network is ready to move beyond just mindless sitcoms and syndication-friendly procedural dramas and take a (well-calculated, not too scary) risk or two: that's right, the Eye is going (mildly) edgy! On the Fall schedule: More »
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