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There are two guys I’m really rooting for these days; Conan O’Brien and Brett Favre. Both guys that were squeezed out of their spots because someone else was supposedly “better” than them. Both by organizations who had brainless egotistical morons running the show. Brett’s short term success will be decided in the coming weeks with his Super Bowl run with the Vikings. Conan’s may take a little longer to sort out but the simple fact is that he’s being forced out of the worst run network on TV and *will* be back on another network in shape to crush NBC even more. The big difference is that while always being a Packer fan, I *became* a Favre fan. In contrast, I became a Conan fan over the years and have *no* loyalty to NBC or the Tonight Show. I am rooting for Brett this year (and perhaps next?) but will always be a Packer fan, though that will be easier done once the Ted is gone for good. With Conan it’s easy. Wherever he goes, I will watch him. Oh, and I will *never*, let me repeat that… **NEVER** watch the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Take Two. I hope that show rots with the rest of NBC. The Packers wanted to bribe Brett to “go away” for twenty-some-odd million. NBC wants to bribe Conan to go away and stop making fun of them for forty million. Brett didn’t take it, and I’m guessing Conan won’t take the money and be quiet when he has a good chance of suing them for that same amount while retaining the “right” to make fun of fools. Conan = Awesome talent obviously not appreciated by those who run NBC Conan = Someone who makes the show he’s on better just by showing up Conan = Was not supported by the Network who killed his lead-in viewers because they wanted to cut costs ala “Jay”. Conan = Is being blamed by the heads of the network for not having better ratings even though they sabotaged his ability to do so. Conan = Was offered a bribe to go away. (admission they know they are in the wrong) Conan = Is being replaced by the boss’ “guy”, Jay. I could go on… That’s all, just wanted to get that off my chest. Watch Conan this week! It’s his last on NBC and I’m sure it’ll be a hoot watching him stick it to them… As I’ve mentioned before, my teenage daughter is a huge Legion of Super Heroes fan. She fell in love with the comics (which she now has hundreds of), as well as the cartoon series (which ended abruptly because apparently they didn’t have enough batman series yet – whatever) and the rest is history. She also happens to be OBSESSED with the character Brainiac 5. Yeah, I’d say it’s bordering some sort of crazy “crush” of sorts. Not that I can say much, at her age I was equally obsessed with a cartoon character. And her’s is not nearly as dorky as mine was… So yeah, back to the subject at hand. I found out today that some friends of hers at school created a “Kill Brainy Week” last year at school during which, each day they would print out a picture of Brainiac 5 and proceed to destroy it (rip, tear, cut, etc…) in front of my daughter in order to torture her. They get a bit tired of her comparing everything and everyone to Brainiac 5, specifically how whatever or whoever isn’t as awesome as Brainy. This came up because she realized today that they are gearing up to celebrate the second annual “Kill Brainy Week”, this coming week. She’s thinks it’s funny (as we all do), but I think she’s actually a little sad that she’ll be seeing him “killed” each day this week in various ways. I’m curious if they plan to get a little more creative this year with the ways they’ll do him in. Oh yeah, and my early teen crush on a cartoon character? Ariel. Yes, the Little Mermaid… *hangs head low* Though I did have a thing for Tank Girl too… Does that redeem me at all or just make me that much more of a dork? In yet another show of “ooh, we want that too!” the Walt Disney Company announced that it will be acquiring Marvel Entertainment. Yes, the Mouse will now own everything from the X-Men and Spiderman, to the Hulk and Iron Man. Disney is reported to be offering a cash/stock deal in the area of 4 Billion dollars. I personally don’t care much about what that means for the movie franchises, but I AM wondering if this will have any repercussions on the comic book industry. I don’t read many of the Marvel books (none regularly) but decisions made by Marvel management (usually bad decisions) tend to have large impacts on the rest of the comic book world. Disney isn’t the kind of company that instills confidence in these kind of cases. At least they didn’t go after DC who seem to try to maintain some level of integrity to their titles. You can read more on the deal here at RTTnews.com… I can just see the show at Disney World now climaxing in a big singing number featuring the Hulk and Wolverine… *shudder* Update: Playthings.com has posted more information regarding the acquisition… |
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