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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12:37 AM

    In reply to Saturday Night Special
    By the way, #SNL has some seriously horrendous hosts lined up for the next few weeks, so I expect lots of liveblogging in #SNS. Next week is Blake Lively, followed by Taylor Lautner(!!), followed by James Franco (who I respect for the whole soap thing, but seriously?), followed by Jay Baruchel, who I'm not sure has ever had more than four lines in any given movie. WTF?
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12:47 AM

    @DahlELama: One thing to remember about SNL. It's not about the quality but the PR. SNL is the equivalent to an appearance on The Rachel Ray Show now.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12:55 AM

    @fatmonalisa: I think you're undervaluing it immensely, actually. I've never seen as many articles about Taylor Swift as I did after she hosted SNL, not even after she swept award show after award show. Not to mention how popular and even arguably influential it was during campaign season. People talk about how irrelevant it is, and yet they managed to get Obama, McCain and his wife, Clinton, and Palin all on air. That's a hop, skip, and enormous jump away from Rachael Ray.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    12:57 AM

    @DahlELama: James Franco, heh, his GH stint is surreal. He'll probably be good on SNL. Why Taylor Lautner was even asked to host SNL is embarrassing. Jay Baruchel?
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    Edited by jasonelias at 11/29/09 12:58 AM jasonelias was starred jasonelias was unstarred
    Image of JohntheCraptist JohntheCraptist
    12:57 AM

    @DahlELama: Since you opened up the topic, can we briefly discuss the fact that the SNL rerun tonight with Gerard Butler (which is definitely from the current season since those two new women are in this episode) contained a sketch about '300', which came out close to three years ago? WTeffingF is going on with this show? Seriously. (I'm also fairly agog about Baruchel. Whoever manages him is either a very intimidating mafioso type, or, like, a warlock. [Oh my God, now there's a sketch on about 'Braveheart'. I CAN'T.])
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    01:01 AM

    @JohntheCraptist: Yeah, basically Butler will be living off 300 forever because it's the only remotely memorable thing he's done. And I say this having never even seen it, but assuming it must be because otherwise I can neither justify this SNL appearance nor his cover feature in Esquire. I actually thought his episode was OK, especially in a particularly bad season, but I wouldn't like to see him host again.

    As for Baruchel, I'd put twenty bucks on the warlock. Just the fact that his name looks familiar to me is astonishing and clearly the work of the devil and some potion featuring eye of newt. The truth is, he may have comedic chops and therefore not be so bad at SNL, but I find the show a lot less enjoyable when I'm not familiar with the host's work.
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    01:02 AM

    @jasonelias: Have you been watching it? I keep forgetting to check it out but I'm dying to see it. Taylor Lautner is the most embarrassing of all, but yeah, Franco will probably be OK, plus I'm pretty sure he's done it before.
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    Image of croush1211 croush1211
    01:02 AM

    @jasonelias: Yeah... I don't want to be "that guy", but I honestly have no idea who Jay Baruchel is, even after looking him up on Wikipedia.
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    01:07 AM

    @DahlELama: See, I think Taylor Swift has been on the PR campaign for a long while now and since the IMMA LET YOU FINISH thing. Also, she was totally set up with Taylor Lautner. Everyone knows that kid is gay like Zac Efron
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    01:08 AM

    @fatmonalisa: You're right. It's as if SNL has abandoned any attempt to be funny and is now simply about the "gets", as if the mere presence of a novel or high-profile guest host or a cameo by a politico makes the show good. Last night I watched an episode from the second season. In Update, Jane Curtin made a vicious comment about the Tonight Show with Carson being dead after 15 years on the air. Well, SNL has become that Tonight Show.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    01:14 AM

    @croush1211: don't feel bad I am pretty anal about knowing who's who in the films i watch, and I usually win games of 6 degrees amongst my friends, but I didn't know who this kid was either. At least he's a comedic actor, maybe he'll have the best show yet.

    [www.imdb.com]
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    01:17 AM

    @DahlELama: Yeah I've been catching off and on. Franco's character is insane and bordering on creepy. Most of his scenes are with Maxie and the last I saw they were having sex. Poor Spinelli!
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    01:18 AM

    @croush1211: I had to do some surfing on him myself. Still don't know why he was asked to host SNL.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    01:22 AM

    @fatmonalisa: Oh, she's definitely on the PR campaign; my point is that I think SNL is actually a great PR get. Of course, the next few weeks are making me rethink that whole stance...
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    Image of KA_editor KA_editor
    01:58 AM

    @DahlELama: Why you hating on my desire to top James Franco while watching 300?
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    02:00 AM

    @KA_editor: I assure you, there's no way you'll find me hating on that anywhere in my comments.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    02:34 AM

    @DahlELama: They could all come to my house. I'd put out the good plates.
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    Image of jordos1 jordos1
    11/27/09

    In reply to Read Your In-Flight Magazine and Save Journalism
    Jesus, where were the above pictured passengers flying? Cheeseburgerville to Raw Cookie-Dough City?
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    Edited by jordos1 at 11/27/09 6:13 PM jordos1 was starred jordos1 was unstarred
    Image of garbanzo314 garbanzo314
    11/27/09

    In reply to Read Your In-Flight Magazine and Save Journalism
    So this company, one of the leaders worldwide in terms of the number of titles it publishes, made less than $50 million in revenue and $4 million in profit? Hmm, that's about the size of a smallish newspaper or a midsize single title consumer magazine. Sounds hopeful, for sure.
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    11/27/09

    In reply to Read Your In-Flight Magazine and Save Journalism
    Airplanes in America still have in flight magazines? Fuck, in Europe some of the airlines now charge you to use the toilet. Seriously, my girlfriend was on a plane a little while ago and to get in the toilet you had to insert either a two euro or two pound coin. If they gave you a magazine they'd probably charge you five bucks for it.
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    Image of basket548 basket548
    11/27/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: No offense, but sounds apocryphal. A quick google search reveals nothing about airlines actually charging, and only Ryanair seems to have considered it (and even then, Ryanair has a long history of making noise for noise's sake). What airline / when was this?
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/27/09

    @drunkexpatwriter: You just be glad the toilets at least work.
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    11/27/09

    @basket548: RyanAir.

    I think they were testing it out (as they seem to do with all their "brilliant" ideas on the Montpellier route. )

    I think they use us to see how pissed off people will get because we don't get a lot of traffic.

    They are also talking about testing out their smoke free cigs on flight on our route.
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    Image of Pizza!Pizza!Pizza! Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
    11/27/09

    In reply to Read Your In-Flight Magazine and Save Journalism
    That also explains the month I saw What Women Want six times.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/27/09

    In reply to Read Your In-Flight Magazine and Save Journalism
    It's also amazing how all the useless, overpriced crap in Sky Mall seems incredibly innovative, reasonably priced and essential whenever I forget to bring a book to read on a flight.
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    Image of sweetpickles sweetpickles
    11/25/09

    In reply to Martha Stewart Caught in Bed With Big Government
    Do magazines think people want to wait for their regurgitated content on a monthly basis again? No. They do not. Silly magazines. You're going to have to offer people subscriptions to a bunch of your sites. And not .pdfs.
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    11/25/09

    In reply to Martha Stewart Caught in Bed With Big Government
    From the looks of the picture, Martha Stewart is in bed with something other than the State Dept.

    With that stick, it is no wonder she doesn't need a man.
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    11/25/09

    In reply to NY1 Anchors 2/3 of the Way to Terrible Trend
    Lewis Dodley, in The Standard, with a rope.
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    Image of flathead flathead
    11/25/09

    @Rozelle’s Bagman: he got done for check kiting back in the day, didn't he?
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    Rozelle’s Bagman promoted this comment flathead was starred flathead was unstarred
    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    11/25/09

    @flathead: Beats me, though he was stealing from tomorrow's newspapers before Gawker was a twinkle in Denton's eye.
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    11/25/09

    In reply to NY1 Anchors 2/3 of the Way to Terrible Trend
    Sad, sad, sad. Who’s next? Bud Mishkin?
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    Image of Lazarou Lazarou
    11/25/09

    @SpyMagician: That's terrible. I feel like NY1 is part of my family. Who's next is question. Annika Pergament bank robbing?
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment Lazarou was starred Lazarou was unstarred
    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    11/25/09

    @Lazarou: Kristen Shaughnessy wears a Size ZZZZZ bustier and stuffs Zhu Zhu hamsters into it when the Toys-R-Us clerks aren't looking.
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    Edited by Seeräuber Jenny at 11/25/09 2:03 PM Seeräuber Jenny was starred Seeräuber Jenny was unstarred
    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    11/25/09

    @SpyMagician:

    Didn't you hear that all the sheet music for that Russian (?) chorus he's in went missing?
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    11/25/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: In Russia, music sheet you!
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    Image of hollygirl hollygirl
    11/25/09

    In reply to NY1 Anchors 2/3 of the Way to Terrible Trend
    It seemed odd that this guy's dad was a former sports star and living in a rooming house. Crack.
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    Edited by hollygirl at 11/25/09 9:37 AM hollygirl was starred hollygirl was unstarred
    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    11/25/09

    In reply to Washington Post Pulls Out of the Rest of America
    When the Big One hits L.A. or the next terrorist strike slams Manhattan, The Post will publish riveting "reaction stories" quoting the old dudes at the Holocaust Museum and Harry Reid.
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    Image of SlickaNicka SlickaNicka
    11/24/09

    In reply to Washington Post Pulls Out of the Rest of America
    I find it delightful that the Washington City Paper, the free paper with Savage Love and Stories of the Weird, broke the story. Ouch.
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    Image of Alaska Miller Alaska Miller
    11/24/09

    In reply to A Glimpse of Google without News Corp.: No Big Loss
    It's like telling a city bus to stop only at Burger King instead of McDonald's and expecting everyone to pay extra for free ice cream.
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    11/24/09

    In reply to Washington Post Pulls Out of the Rest of America
    I'll miss the meta stories about Gawker ripping them off.
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