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[Zanshin]

lol @"we". Is there an official fan club? Have a decoder ring?

[Seabiscuit36]

Uppity behavior

[ice grillin you]

ghetto fab behavior

[rjs246]

By far the worst part of the show is putting up with the ejaculation on this site. By far.

[SD]

don't blame the Wire for its fanboys

Great point, the above being one of the reasons I waited so long to watch it.

yeah no shtein...seing Bunk with a friggin trumpet in his hand is horrendous

and MDS....please stop trying to be a movie/tv critic. that was the worst thing I ever read in my life.

I keep waiting for Bunk to break out a "ya happy now bitch"

[charlie]

I was never able to get past season 2 of the wire when it was on. Never cared enough to pick it up again.

[SD]

you should probably duck

[charlie]

I'm scared.. hold me?

[ice grillin you]

you should probably duck

you cant even waste time with people like that...they either are baiting or have the worst taste in the world and are beyond help

i mean how could you ever possibly get thru a scene like this


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NmUsG9eQKg

[charlie]

Not baiting. I dont care enough to bait anyone about it.

[ice grillin you]

The TV Column: Lisa de Moraes on Kelsey Grammer and the conservative RightNetwork

By Lisa de Moraes
Tuesday, April 20, 2010; C06



Comcast executives donned hazmat suits and grabbed the tongs to deal with radioactive press reports saying it was partnered in a new conservative-tilting TV and online network called RightNetwork, which promises to "entertain, engage, and enlighten Americans who are looking for content that reflects and reinforces their perspective and worldview."

According to reports that began popping up on the Web over the weekend, the network was scheduled to launch this summer on Comcast's on-demand platform. Those stories quoted an overview posted on the RightNetwork Web site that said RightNetwork's partners included Comcast, the country's largest cable provider. The information has since been taken off the site.

The new network's online overview still includes a statement from Ed Snider, the chairman of Comcast-Spectacor (a division of Comcast), in which he says: "We're creating a welcoming place for millions and millions of Americans who've been looking for an entertainment network and media channel that reflects their point-of-view. RightNetwork will be the perfect platform to entertain, inform and connect with the American majority about what's right in the world."

Comcast, which is now trying to get government approval of its purchase of NBC Universal, insisted in a statement Monday that "reports that Comcast is an investor in, or partner of the RightNetwork are inaccurate."

"We have no partnership with this venture and have no plans to launch or distribute the network," the company continued, noting it had met with the network's reps "as we have done with hundreds of other content providers."

Snider is a backer of the network, a Comcast rep explained to The TV Column. His involvement is "personal," the rep added.

The site also includes a testimonial from actor-producer Kelsey Grammer, best known for playing Dr. Frasier Crane on "Cheers" and "Frasier" on NBC, and more recently, playing a titan of industry who suddenly finds himself out of work and almost out of money on this season's short-lived ABC sitcom "Hank."

Grammer is an investor in the new network, according to his spokesman.

RightNetwork president and COO Kevin McFeeley told The TV Column Monday the network has no distribution deal with Comcast.

The information those Web reports cited was taken from an internal document, explained McFeeley, who put his general counsel on the phone when speaking to us. Comcast's name had been included as an example of a cable distributor, McFeeley said.

"RightNetwork is filling a big gap with entertainment programs that combine compelling content with a perspective we don't generally get from the media," Grammer says in his testimonial.

Grammer cut a promo for the network that you can still view on its site, and he introduces video of three series in development.

A reality series called "Running," Grammer says, "puts you right in the middle of the action as six rookie candidates make a run for their political lives."

One candidate says he's running against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.); another says he's running for the "congressional seat currently infested by Henry Waxman (D-Calif)."

"Right to Laugh" is "a comedy show that proves funny people and funny things come from both sides of the aisle," Grammer says.

"I did not vote for Obama, but I did order one of those Obama coins they were advertising on TV, because any collector will tell you a coin is worth a lot more when there is an obvious mistake on it," one comic says in the clip.

"Politics & Poker" is "a new series that mixes entertainers, pundits, cards and politics. Turns out, they go together perfectly," Grammer says.

"And we have President Obama. Is he going to get a second term? Or is this a one-time deal?" asks Guy No. 1, seated at a table where a poker game is in progress.

"My entire business model is built upon how horrible a president Barack Obama is," says Guy No. 2.

A women enters the screen, bearing a plate of itty-bitty hotdog/sausage snack food thinggummies: "The ones on the right are pigs in a blanket. The ones on the left are tofu in a sleeping bag," she says.

"Let's make it gay marriage plus vulgarity and see how we can, like, walk the fine line without getting in trouble," Guy No. 2 says later, apropos of we were not sure what.

"Speaking of gay marriage, are we done with our weiners?" the woman asks.

Monday, while speaking to Grammer, we noted that Comcast may be particularly sensitive about having been linked in news reports to the RightNetwork because it is in the middle of getting government approval of its NBC Universal purchase.

"Ahh -- and who's in control of Congress right now," mused Grammer who, the night before, had opened to rave reviews in the Broadway revival of "La Cage Aux Folles," playing a gay nightclub owner in a committed relationship with a drag queen.

[MDS]

this "the wire isn't that good talk" is insulting.

you people are some of the worst human beings in the world. especially the guy who couldnt get through it. god lord you have terrible taste. you have got to be the only person who quit on it. but im guessing you didnt quit on the sopranos even though it was actually terrible for about half the seasons. no, dont quit on something thats familiar to you. its much more comfortable to watch the white mobsters.

[charlie]

this "the wire isn't that good talk" is insulting.

you people are some of the worst human beings in the world. especially the guy who couldnt get through it. god lord you have terrible taste. you have got to be the only person who quit on it. but im guessing you didnt quit on the sopranos even though it was actually terrible for about half the seasons. no, dont quit on something thats familiar to you. its much more comfortable to watch the white mobsters.

I've only seen a handful of Sopranos episodes, not enough to like or dislike it.

P.S. As soon as you turn out just one coherent paragraph from start to finish, I'll take you a bit more seriously.

[General_Failure]

this "the wire isn't that good talk" is insulting.

you people are some of the worst human beings in the world. especially the guy who couldnt get through it. god lord you have terrible taste. you have got to be the only person who quit on it. but im guessing you didnt quit on the sopranos even though it was actually terrible for about half the seasons. no, dont quit on something thats familiar to you. its much more comfortable to watch the white mobsters.

Cry some more.

[MDS]

i dont even take myself seriously, jack. no need to worry there.

and you are beyond help. the wire is like the 2008 phillies of tv shows. so basically youre saying you couldnt get through a season where your team won the title.

comedy is entirely subjective, different things make different people laugh. but great drama is not. great drama is great drama, either you see it or you dont. and if you dont see the greatness of the wire, then i dont know what to tell you. jump off a bridge, cause it just might not work for you.

but if you do, please do me a solid and take munson with you.