Hock Show Weekend Top Five for July 18th – 24th, 2010
1. Is That A Radio in Your Underwear, or Are You Happy to See Me? Our good friends at Wal-Mart are developing a new tag to be attached to clothing to make it easier to track inventory and prevent theft. I think it sounds all right, but privacy advocates are worried about the fact that criminals can scan for the tags as well, and might find out how big your waistband is. The horror!
2. Some Lady Got Fired over Some Thing. America, let me let you in on a little secret. All bloggers are idiots with their pants on their heads and their fingers up their nose. Every single one of them. Including me. Hell, especially me. So when some dude goes on a website and claims to have the “real scoop” on what some lady said at the NAACP banquet about white people? He’s full of shit. And it goes both ways. If some lady goes on Huffington post to tell you the inside story about what’s going on at the Tea Party this month? She’s full of shit. Welcome to the Internet.
3. Some Lady Went to Prison. Oh, Lindsay. Your meth and coke fueled trip through Hollywood was enough to entertain us for years. But seriously, it’s time to let it go. Like Britney Spears before you, one can only take so much of your stupid crazy before you’ve got to get your act (sort of) together and start doing stuff again, or we’re going to lose interest. Or your drug dealer boyfriend will kill you and then himself like Brittany Murphy.
4. Comic Con Now Featuring 30% Less Comics. Video Game Announcements! TV schedules for basic cable! The Lost people sitting around begging people to like how the show ended! Movie stars promoting some sort of weird knock off to a remake of another unrelated film! If all that says “Comic Books” to you, then why aren’t you in Seattle right now in line to see all the Slave Leias?
5. How ’bout Them Immunity Challenges? Details about the next season of Survivor were leaked onto the Internet this week, and amongst them are that former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson is one of the cast members. He’s apparently a big fan of the show and tried out a few years ago, but health issues prevented him from making the trip. Supposedly the “gimmick” this year is a young tribe vs old tribe deal, so maybe Jimmy and his hair will get to stay around a bit longer with the old farts before somebody finally gets sick of having an old rich guy out there.