tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post116257906307999214..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: The Rich ListBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63185316381263261392007-07-03T01:52:00.000-07:002007-07-03T01:52:00.000-07:00Oh, Doug, did you write your hilarity with the sam...Oh, Doug, did you write your hilarity with the same sense of humor you use to put King on high?<BR/><BR/>God help your readers.Malachy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17729185865764121986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1163644139255414032006-11-15T18:28:00.000-08:002006-11-15T18:28:00.000-08:00it wasn't that bad, hey its was fun watching the s...it wasn't that bad, hey its was fun watching the stupid people, and seeing how many of each category I could list. Believe me I've seen a lot worseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162970501689216362006-11-07T23:21:00.000-08:002006-11-07T23:21:00.000-08:00Hey! Eammon Holmes is IRISH and has a very strong ...Hey! Eammon Holmes is IRISH and has a very strong IRISH accent (not English as you said!). We in Britain find him difficult to understand because of his accent and odd delivery, so you folks in the good old U S of A must have had a really tough time.<BR/>Thank God the programme never aired here, it was purely a USA-market show and seemed certain to flop. Best wishes from the UK!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162910418612420582006-11-07T06:40:00.000-08:002006-11-07T06:40:00.000-08:00Are the contestants genuinely stupid, or are they ...Are the contestants genuinely stupid, or are they just freezing up under pressure when they have a TV camera pointed at them?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's not as bad as the guy who advocated posting the 10 commandments in all court rooms, only to have Stephen Colbert nail him by asking him to name all 10.Lisa Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273391238820872246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162857005467407742006-11-06T15:50:00.000-08:002006-11-06T15:50:00.000-08:00Mal,Yeah, that countered my criticism deftly. Just...Mal,<BR/>Yeah, that countered my criticism deftly. Just trivialize my sense of humor, although my books are both humorous books, and I've been writing jokes for money for 38 years.<BR/>I just hate seeing something criticized by someone who doesn't know what they're talking about. I have no problem with someone peeing all over King's books, if they've read them. Harold Bloom despises King's books, but he's at least read them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162834706377555942006-11-06T09:38:00.000-08:002006-11-06T09:38:00.000-08:00Doug, you're so serious.... Jeesh.Doug, you're so serious.... Jeesh.Malachy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17729185865764121986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162831084478747892006-11-06T08:38:00.000-08:002006-11-06T08:38:00.000-08:00I can imagine them being asked to name Rocky movie...I can imagine them being asked to name Rocky movies; “um... Rocky, Rocky 2, Rocky 4 and Rocky 5?”Richard Marcejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05103986097053252333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162766033249330282006-11-05T14:33:00.000-08:002006-11-05T14:33:00.000-08:00The only thing I know about TOM CRUISE MOVIES is t...The only thing I know about TOM CRUISE MOVIES is that I wouldn't watch one if my life depended on it. Otherwise, I'm pretty good at trivia.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162737207069463832006-11-05T06:33:00.000-08:002006-11-05T06:33:00.000-08:00Damn, FOX has really taken a beating this fall.Damn, FOX has really taken a beating this fall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162721826367430512006-11-05T02:17:00.000-08:002006-11-05T02:17:00.000-08:00My Rich List Dream Teams: Ken Jenning and Alex Tr...My Rich List Dream Teams: <BR/>Ken Jenning and Alex Trebeck <BR/>vs. <BR/>Ozzy Osbourne and Paris HiltonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162699998740091212006-11-04T20:13:00.000-08:002006-11-04T20:13:00.000-08:00To Malachy Walsh,I assume from your being "Proud t...To Malachy Walsh,<BR/>I assume from your being "Proud to say" you couldn't name more than two King works, that you haven't actually read any, in which case you aren't familiar enough with how good or bad he is to cast an informed judgement and be "Proud" of your ignorance. I have read nearly all of his books. They vary greatly in quality, from crap like "Christine", "Dreamcatcher" and "Rose Madder" (King's pick for his worst)to some of the finest American popular literature of the last century, with terrific novels like "The Shining", "The Stand", and "Misery" (His pick for his best so far). I spent last night watching King speak in Beverly Hills (Thus missing this horrible new game show. Oops.), with the David Ulin, the editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review moderating, and Ulin said that King's best was above popular literature and was actual literature, though fun, popular beach-read works like "CELL" still encourages the snobs out there to put him down.<BR/>And King's book "On Writing" is a really good work on writing.<BR/>As my mother said of lima beans, if you haven't tried them, don't knock 'em. (I tried 'em. They're hideous.) <BR/>And one should never be proud of ignorance, that "Delicate exotic fruit" as Oscar Wilde called it. I consider Harold Robbins's books to be unreadably terrible, and you couldn't pay me to read Tom Clancy either, but I could name a good sized list of either of their trash output.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162689220104511692006-11-04T17:13:00.000-08:002006-11-04T17:13:00.000-08:00I think this may be the shortest run for a game sh...I think this may be the shortest run for a game show since Jackie Gleason's infamous "You're In The Picture" back in the early 60s. It was stupid, ran only one week, and for week two, Gleason sat on an empty set and talked about what a bomb it was. Which was 142 times more entertaining than the original show.Rays profilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375762252351537791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162684804267690282006-11-04T16:00:00.000-08:002006-11-04T16:00:00.000-08:00I'm proud to say that I don't think I could name m...I'm proud to say that I don't think I could name more than one or two things Stephen King has written.<BR/><BR/>At best I might be able to say that he "wrote that one about the dead area or something, right?"Malachy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17729185865764121986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162684218671185632006-11-04T15:50:00.000-08:002006-11-04T15:50:00.000-08:0012 Yard developed and they are for the UK, but the...12 Yard developed and they are for the UK, but the US is the first market that is airing the show.<BR/><BR/>I will give you that they were stupid, but colourful. And if you were giving away potentially unlimited amounts of people, wouldn't you be casting for people who were just engaging enough to watch without breaking the bank?MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16308425678775919961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162676044683582692006-11-04T13:34:00.000-08:002006-11-04T13:34:00.000-08:00If you've gotta watch a game show, watch the best....If you've gotta watch a game show, watch the best.<BR/><BR/>Get one of the "You Bet Your Life" boxed sets.<BR/><BR/>Julius Henry Marx at the top of his form (and with the assistance of writers, Ken!).Charlie Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09658458426865826477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162669547999086892006-11-04T11:45:00.000-08:002006-11-04T11:45:00.000-08:00Not only are they voting, they keep winning. Maybe...Not only are they voting, they keep <I>winning</I>. Maybe Darwin was wrong after all.Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162668863297936252006-11-04T11:34:00.000-08:002006-11-04T11:34:00.000-08:00Well Dog Eat Dog is no longer on, they need to fin...Well Dog Eat Dog is no longer on, they need to find something to watch.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162664323275840952006-11-04T10:18:00.000-08:002006-11-04T10:18:00.000-08:00Ken, these are the people who have watched your sh...Ken, these are the people who have watched your shows. Are you smoking something we might share?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162661912702736902006-11-04T09:38:00.000-08:002006-11-04T09:38:00.000-08:00Ken,We have cast our "ballets" (sic) and have deci...Ken,<BR/>We have cast our "ballets" (sic) and have decided you should go on the show. The spelling category...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162652874062559822006-11-04T07:07:00.000-08:002006-11-04T07:07:00.000-08:00Six???? I saw the commercial for this show, which ...Six???? I saw the commercial for this show, which was a clip of them saying that there were forty Disney features to name. I was chagrined that I could only name half of them without having to stop and think! And that's without the Pixar films, too.<BR/><BR/>Clearly, game shows need me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1162646209518438532006-11-04T05:16:00.000-08:002006-11-04T05:16:00.000-08:00Sorry, Ken - this isn't ours, even if the host (Ea...Sorry, Ken - this isn't ours, even if the host (Eammon Holmes) is. This is a new show for the States, and hasn't appeared on British TV yet (to the best of my knowledge, that is - and I've been wrong before...)Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178278221467834069noreply@blogger.com