So I'm supposed to feel wistful for the departures of Larry King and Oprah Winfrey.
My real feelings... shhhhh:
Larry King is a not very useful male crone/yenta as far as I'm concerned. He's kind of tactless and soulless so he asked some tactless questions along the way . Some celebrities said some shit in response. End of story.
Good riddens to bad garbage is too harsh, yeah, but no loss to society as far as I'm concerned. Bring back David Susskind somehow. I'll even take Dick Cavett or the awful Charlie Rose at this damned point.
Like Obama should have turned down the Nobel , Larry should say, " I ain't all that." and slink away with his billions and his suspect wife.
I saw Larry King walk by a coffee shop, I was sitting at for a memorable reason , and I felt he looked like a well dressed salamander. Lea Lane has a different take and was an editors pick. Life continues.
http://open.salon.com/blog/lea_lane/2010/12/16/the_downs_and_ups_of_larry_king
Foolish dreadful governor Shwartzenegger(who employs an evil law firm that I'm suing etc) is announcing, against my will, once more, a " Larry King Day."
So different from Martin Luther King day, no? Will they make me wear suspenders on this very special day? I can foresee it.California is a mess inside a disaster.I will refuse the suspenders under threat, I am telling you.
Hairs somewhere have just turned prematurely gray.
Larry King day when there are so many better days. Oy vays.
Oprah Winfrey day on the way:
Then big dumb old Oprah is leaving some time slot with Gayle in tow. Stedman is also in tow. OH NO! What will the mediocracy due to fill such a TIME slot? 
Everywhere I turn she is hailed for her contributions which include, in my estimation, Rachel Ray, James Frey , Dr. Oz and Phil and I guess .... Jenny McCarthy????
And yeah a lot of non readers supposedly read her picks and so are not total non readers.
Tributes out the ass, and Paul Simon(a guy who kind of does deserve a day) slip sliding away on the action in some nightmare episode tribute to Oprah show, that I was forced to see . Tell me lord I dreamt it?
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Oprahs-Farewell-Season-Premiere/14
Lord, Lord?? Woohoo Lord. Is this on, Lord? OS, can you tell the Lord I need to speak to him.
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Rita: I had a feeling you would know what to do with that time slot.I will however leave you with visuals of his ancient lizardly body arched over his young prey fornicating and grinning and such.
Fusie: Nudies all of em. Stark raving naked. Thanks for not labeling me a premenstrual grinch and disregarding my impotent rant.
Alysa: If so please document it from France. Please save us when it comes to that. ;) Prayer too always feels useful. Thank you.
(see, I could do his job)
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I am not hahaha
But I will miss her..:)
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Rita: My pleasure.
Snoreville: Sure like him some-- all you like. He was kind of old school. But for him to have a goddamned DAY because some austrian actor says so.... It's atrocious.
Leepin: Let's have a movement to make you the next Leaping Larry King.
Dreidel: God bless ya. I would love to fill those slots. That was my fantasy growing up - to be a talk show host. Sigh .It just occurred to me that no way Shwartzenegger has the power to make all americans celebrate this day. I'm feeling better. Always a thrill to see you.
I have a grudging respect for Oprah, but the only time I ever watched the show was a year ago when a friend of ours was one of the guests. I'm a little uncomfortable with someone who puts her own face on the cover of every issue of her own magazine. That's something Donald Trump would do.
1. oprah was an expediency to ...well....glamorize being black and beautiful and unashamed...unfortunately she took the "unashamed" thing too far. Gayle will correct all that, believe me.
2. King was a salamander with a message: tis ok if you are fast and famous to use tv to push your ungodly narcissistic agenda. Tis ok.
Now the door is open to non-unctuous
mediators of intra (or inter-) communication.
Oprah's culture brought one fine thing to the Light:
womens' complaints about our well-organized Patriarchal Hegemony.
We are taking that into consideration...
Both seem hollow to me. But then I am a grinchy scrooge of a fogey and only like lesley stahl and morley safer and that nice young fella - anderson cooper. I watch my share of tv and like no one but those three. WTF.
Ms. Jolie: I've never seen the nate berkus fellow but perhaps he is wonderful. But, to stick us with dr phil and rachel ray for all time... I'm in a mooood. harumph!
Snoreville: That's how i see it. It's as if she's the cream of the crap and so we all should be satisfied that she's not the total bottom of the barrel. Yeah,she's not say.... kim kardashian but she's no leading light as far as I'm concerned. Harumph sigh etc.
Mr. Sunshine: loved your comment. I think you absolutely nailed it on both ic(k)ons
Oprah: I dunno but glad she is moving on. She has too many followers who remind me of zombie movies; they scare me.
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I just found out that
mark R. trost is leaving Open Salon.
Romanticp: Cool :)
Gnomeythehomey: Will jail be punishment for refusing to do so is the question -- considering the sorry state of California.
Arghhhh!!! That messed me up, really messed me up. How am I supposed to get rid of the image I now have of a lizard body with Larry King's grinning face arched over some young sprite? Shame on you fernsy, already I have nightmares.
Some other talking head will just take their place. And probably be worse....
Leepin: I thought it was "bad things happen in threes."
Apersistenamustingdear: Newt sounds too cute for the ancient reptile I saw that day. ha ha on Oprha at least wearing mask-- for the sake of pete. delicious comment, as usual.
Blue: I do apologize and won't go on an on as I am most able to do ;) ..."dessicated shlong hanging above the frightened eyes of the ingenue" ? I do apologize in advance, dear woman.
ablonde: yep
David Price: Oh my ha ha ha ha... cleveland steamer from the queen.
Algis kemezys: Thank you. I had to vent somewhere that there had to be a fuss over martin luther king day and yet larry king day now a reality with one word by some crooked austrian.
Mission: I don't doubt the replacements will be worse. TV gets in whether I like it or not, as of late. looong story.
Leon: I find the time to get upset about them and more important things.
Dr. Spudman: No messenger scolded much less shot. I strongly suspected that the Lord was feeling this way ;(
Bells: The post was good for my health because they are being lauded like they were the beatles or something similarly grand. There's worse than Oprah. She's mostly Ok. It's the praise vs value quotient that wears on me. Larry King Day announced??? That can't be ok when MLK day was such a struggle. Harumph ;O(
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