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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    11:43 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    I've got a THIRD UPDATE for you: The first two are lies. ALL LIES!
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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    11:32 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    Matt Lauer, as part of the NBC "News" (and I use the term loosely) team, never bothered to ask if Michaele Salahi was going to be part of "Real Housewives".

    Is that because he already knew the answer and he forgot to ask? I mean, that's the whole reason they were at the White House, right? With cameras in tow?

    Seems as though NBCUniComcast is waiting to see how this plays out. If people continue to hate on these two, perhaps they won't be part, but if it blows over, then a million dollars says they are part of the cast.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11:20 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    Am I too late for the influx of unapproved Drudge commenters? It's always so fun.
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    Image of wrongneighborhood wrongneighborhood
    11:28 AM

    @Matt Cherette: oh, they're coming. It's still early in parts of Midwest and West - give them time.
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    Image of mimigoliath mimigoliath
    11:05 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    So now you don't have to be a shitty reality show star, you can still become temporarily famous by being an aspiring shitty reality show star.

    Aspiring shitty reality show star - we have really let ourselves go, America.
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    Image of wrongneighborhood wrongneighborhood
    10:51 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    Drudge is linking to Gawker, I never thought I would see the day. Unapproved commenter deluge in 3... 2... 1...
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10:48 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    Next you'll tell us all those actors who appear on talk shows are merely plugging other network product.

    And which newscasts are "unscripted, reality-based programs"?

    I'll take my answer on the air.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    10:42 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    That contract has as a defined term "Reality Hold Period." I feel like that includes the last ten years.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    10:41 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    the key phrase is "If I appear in the series.." .. but the series hasn't begun yet, so can they be held to that clause?
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    Image of OrneryBabe OrneryBabe
    10:52 AM

    @lobstr: That's what I was wondering, too.
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    Image of John Cook John Cook
    11:32 AM

    @lobstr: The language is also "from the date of this agreement," which in the New Jersey case was obviously executed before decisions were made about who would be appearing in the show. So it looks like the contract says, "if a decision is made in a future about your appearance on the show, then you're obligated from this date to appear exclusively on Bravo unless we say otherwise." If Bravo said to the Salahis, "you're on the show," then the clause would be in force. There's also the clause about being "reasonably available" to market the show, which isn't dependent on appearing on the show. Not to mention the general pressure that Bravo could exert on them by holding the decision about whether they will join the cast over their heads.
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    Image of intime intime
    10:38 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    So, people will now risk arrest and imprisonment to get on a reality TV show?

    I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    10:37 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    Now we will be forced to live through countless stunts because we keep rewarding them.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    10:30 AM

    In reply to A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
    I caught the tailend of Larry King's show last night and witnessed the travesty of Ariana Huffington, Ben Stein, and Jesse Venture "debate" the troop escalation in Afghanistan. It was one of the dumbest things i have ever seen and almost wish the Salahis had made it. Perhaps they were scambling to find guests, and this was the best they could do but Larry King really has no business moderating a discussion on anything and but pop cultural (living or dead) icons and suspenders.
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    Image of Jackie Yoshi Jackie Yoshi
    11/29/09

    In reply to Biggest Loser: Basically Killing Fat People for Your Amusement
    Finally someone who gets it! I think Jillian is a major bitch, and she's blaming the fat people for taking it too far. When you have psychotic raging whore screaming at you to keep going, you're not going to stop even if it means you could die.

    I don't know what her problem is, every time I see her on TV she has one of the contestants with her, acting like she's their best friend. I don't know if this is like Stockholm Syndrome, or she yells at them that they better act like she's gold or she'll get angry.

    Seriously, this show is nothing but giving fat haters a chance to watch fat people suffer. As far as Jillian goes, I think someone really needs to give her a psychological work-up. She claims she was fat, and got thin, so everyone else could do it. I suppose thin and acting almost like a Nazi officer, is better than being fat in this society?

    Also, they've started involving children. That's right, more child abuse for entertainment. I don't know what to make of this, it's really beyond me. Someone would expose their child to a sadist like Jillian. I think those parents need to be investigated by child services.
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    Image of unfuckwithable unfuckwithable
    11/29/09

    In reply to Christmas-Saving Dogs Fight Raging Battle Royale For Prime-Time Network Domination
    What, no Watch, TiVo, Kill breakdown?
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/28/09

    In reply to Christmas-Saving Dogs Fight Raging Battle Royale For Prime-Time Network Domination
    Oh, I don't know. "Doctor Frumpykins, Esquire" sounds like a pretty good name for an English bulldog, if you ask me.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    11/28/09

    In reply to Christmas-Saving Dogs Fight Raging Battle Royale For Prime-Time Network Domination
    Please, please let the developmentally challenged kid's father be played by Chris Burke (Corky from "Life Goes On") so we can have an unexpected and completely inane national dialogue about whether developmentally challenged people who procreate should be able to put their developmentally challenged offspring on the public option.
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