Robert Gibbs does not “foresee a scenario” in which the State of the Union would preempt the Lost final season premiere, the Internet lobby’s #1 concern, according to recent conflagration. Gibbs said this because an ABC reporter actually asked him about it during a White House press briefing. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, GOOD.
“Civic duty” can fuck off in this instance, okay? Some of us have been watching a tedious show that we literally hate every scheduled week since 2004 and are anxious to get through these final 16 episodes to the conclusion, where Jack will wake up and realize it was all a dream.
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SO IMPORTANT, U GUYS!
Good for ABC News, asking the hard questions that the people really care about!
Um, what network is Lost on, again?
First Peanuts Christmas, then Lost?
History’s Greatest Monster.
Barry, please also avoid conflicts with the Michael Steele tar and feathering special (on FOX).
I almost stopped watching Lost when I saw the opening sequence where the plane breaks in half and then pretty much lands safely on the beach. I held on until the stupid polar bear in the jungle. What really concerns me, television pre-emptionwise, is that we’re now entering that hideous season where everything — including Jeopardy! — gets shunted aside for eight-foot-tall teenagers running around with basketballs for freaking ever. I’ll take “Abominations Foisted upon an Unwilling Populace” for $400, Alex.
GIT YOAR GUMMINT HANDS OFFA MY PROGRAMS!
Somewhere in this world, on some channel, a Simpsons re-run is being pre-empted.
I love Gibby’s ability to communicate “oh how you suck you pathetic hackwhore” with a simple grin.
Ha Ha, there’s a joke to be made here regarding the fact there is record high unemployment, and folks (–Joe Six Pack!!) whinin’ and moanin’ because the President just might cut into their favrit program.
I just don’t know what it is. But, anyway, like I said: Ha Ha.
Why does the State of the Union speech have to be on Tuesday anyways? They could have moved it to Monday where they’d be interrupting “Two and a Half Man” and he’d probably go up in the polls or he could do it on Wednesday when nobody is fanatical enough about any of the shows to care. Hell, if one of those CSI:Cleveland shows got interrupted that would be a net plus.
Anyways, good to see the thirty emails I sent the White House worked
i’m glad somebody’s brave enough to ask the truly important questions. just think, if one other person had found the balls, we might not have had the peanuts christmas debacle; all it takes for evil to win is one good man maintaining his silence… or whatever.
If the final season begins as many internet wags suppose, with time reset to before the castaways board the doomed plane, I expect Sayid to be escorted to Gitmo for attempting to emulate the Skidmark Bomber.
[re=491719]SayItWithWookies[/re]: You’re forgetting that this is an even-numbered non-leap year, so before that crap we’ll also have everything preempted for a bunch of young stoners playing around in the snow.
[re=491719]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Those youngsters are properly called “pituitary mutants.”
It’s a hopeful sign that America’s Tee Vee Networks are wielding their Constitutional (that is, God Given) first amendment rights to hold Joe’s feet the fire regarding a ritualized speech to a bunch of asshat congresscritters, all of whom, and their bloated drone constituents, are more interested in watching the third shittiest* tee vee show in history than learning what Saddam Hussein Obama thinks about blowing off your nutsack with a bomb, also.
* Funny how ABC sweeps this award, with Love Boat and Happy Days tied at number one. And number four: why, Fantasy Island, of course.
Is it it wrong to be very, very proud of knowing nothing whatever about this?
Also: “Millions of people who hope to finally get conclusion…” Happy ending?
I have never watched Lost. That is all.
“There were no acts of television preemption during the presidency of George W. Bush.”
- Dana Perino
WTF? Did the makers of Lost finally run of derivative bullshit to jump sharks with? Pre-empt the hell of it. Do it Barry. DO IT HARD!
[re=491757]DangerousLiberal[/re]: * Surely you mean shittiest tee vee shows not on Sunday morning? (If you agree, I’ll even stop calling you Shirley–wait, that joke doesn’t work on paper, does it?)
[re=491767]Snarkalicious[/re]: “run OUT of”, did you maybe mean to say? Christ, what a twunt.
First they came for Charlie Brown, I said nothing . . .
I will be FURIOUS if it preempts TRW:DC. FURIOUS!
[re=491778]chaste everywhere[/re]: I’ll concede the point, although I will say that Davey and Goliath had a simple charm that was lacking in….oh, well, the entire ABC prime-time lineup from 1974 to 1980. At least.
No Mr. ABC “reporter”, you’re all mixed up. You are thinking of the old Obama who was a media whore and on TV all the time talking about some boring crap, but really just showing off. The NEW Obama hides out and plays golf and basketball all the time while terrorists blow up airplanes. BTW Lost sucks ass.
[re=491749]JMP[/re]: At least the ski events have the potential for spectacular crashes. Most of the rest I could live without — if I wanted to see that much half-pipe I’d've become a priest or a Republican.
Why don’t they move the Lost finale to 7 p.m. and put the prez on AFTER? I can’t imagine why the White House hasn’t hired me already.
[re=491764]Mr Blifil[/re]: I always knew you were smarter than the average Blifil.
Kinda puts that C-Span debacle into perspective really.
[re=491764]Mr Blifil[/re]: Cosign.
[re=491792]Jukesgrrl[/re]: it’s 3 hours…oh, but then they could pre-empt the news and nobody would miss anything.
as far as i’m concerned, their both wrong. feb. 2 is groundhog day. it’s a sacred holiday and if abc or obama causes the groundhog to see its shadows, i’m gonna be so pissed. I’ve had enough of this winter bullshit.
Hee hee. See, here’s how we’ll drive Obeema crazy: Whatever he does on ANY given day will conflict with something SACRED to us, like National I’m Driving My Car Now Day and pretty soon he’ll be afraid to say ANYTHING! We are so devious-oh look, a kitty!
If I were President Obama, I would spite ABC by giving a State of the Union address every 108 minutes from now until the end of my term.
Can’t they just pre-empt Leno instead? Nobody’s watching, if you believe the noise from Hollywood these days.
It’s actually Hurley’s dream, but whatevs.
[re=491764]Mr Blifil[/re]: Me neither. I always thought it was a remake of Gilligan’s Island, but without the larfs.
[re=491719]SayItWithWookies[/re]: yeah, me too. The show is strangely addicting though.
Since 2004?
Damn good weed.
[re=491887]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: My money’s riding on it being Vincent’s dream.
[re=491764]Mr Blifil[/re]: I haven’t watched it or anything else on TV 2004 (other than the occasional Daily Show on the Comedy Central web page).
Doesn’t seem as if I have missed much.
http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_14152083
Jan. 8, 2010
A shaken nation is soothed; ‘Lost’ won’t be pre-empted.
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Fuck that. I’m still gonna watch “The Teabagger Batchelor” during the speech.
Episode 6: The Teabagger gets the girls to denounce Marxist Medicare and to hang TrukNutz on their bulbous bootays. He lures a cub scout troop into his SUV. Guest appearance by Rick Warren.
Doesn’t Barry know that most people couldn’t give a shit because they quite rightly know that 1) what they think and do doesn’t matter to the government at all, and 2) they’ll all be dead before the government actually does anything anyway?
He should use a Divine Mandate and make it that all government addresses come on a separate channel and stop grinding all primetime TV to a halt. Would I rather watch Lost or be told by a guy I don’t know that I still don’t have a job? Easy question.
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