When I worked on the Noon Show on Monday, I saw Andrea Mitchell’s weekend wrap on the political news. She played a clip from a SNL parody on last week’s CBS Interview with Governor Palin. And she played it side-by-side, with the real interview by Katie Couric.
[Image from: From: http://www.theimproper.com/]
Bottom Line: Tina Fey and the Saturday Night Live Crew didn’t have to do a lot of writing when it came to this skit.
The L.A. Times has a pretty accurate transcription of Palin’s response on the economy.
“That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in . . . where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh — it’s got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, um, scary thing, but 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.”
The Huffington Post transcribed a good chunk of the SNL Parody.
“FEY AS PALIN: “Like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this. We’re saying, ‘Hey, why bail out Fanny and Freddie and not me?’ But ultimately what the bailout does is, help those that are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy to help…uh…it’s gotta be all about job creation, too. Also, too, shoring up our economy and putting Fannie and Freddy back on the right track and so healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reigning in spending…’cause Barack Obama, y’know…has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans, also, having a dollar value meal at restaurants. That’s gonna help. But one in five jobs being created today under the umbrella of job creation. That, you know…Also…”
So, I’m addicted to playing anything with Mario on our Wii. My dad gave it to us and we love it.
My hubby loves it a lot. And Daisy wonders why she can’t have her own Mii. I haven’t figured out how to make the Cocker Spaniel ears.
We’re having fun with bowling, tennis and surfing headlines on our Wii. And as I said before, I’m also digging all things Mario. My hubby bought Super Mario Galaxy from a music shop in Davis for $30. It’s a beautiful, challenging game.
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Speaking of my favorite videogame hero, I stumbled on this new Mario cartoon by Seth MacFarlane on Laughing Squid. This is what would happen if a videogame was mixed with Reality TV.
For $5 a pop, Mark bought Dr. Mario and Super Mario Bros. Once I start popping pills on the red, yellow and blue viruses, I can’t stop playing Dr. Mario. Last night, I kept challenging Mark to several games in Dr. Mario. I’m still trying to wrap my head around all the possible color/shape combos to zap the smirking germs. I really got into this old school Nintendo game back when I was sick with the hubby’s cold. Chicken soup, hot tea with honey and playing doctor with Mario helped me recover from the stuffed up nose and scratchy throat.
And then there’s Super Mario Brothers. Talk about a blast to the past! It’s still awesome! I heart the music! I heart the challenges! I heart the fireballs! During my skating days, I used to train at Lake Arrowhead on the weekends. We stayed in a cute cabin in Running Springs. I suppose we got our fair share of fresh air as we walked around the mountain community. In the wintertime, we went sledding in our backyard. In the summertime, we explored an abandoned house down the street. On our walks, I remember there was a little boy sitting up in the trees, calling us “ugly slant-eyes.” I told him to come down and say that to my face. He said he was going to call his mom. I said I’d call my dad. He stayed up in the trees.
We had a tiny TV inside the cabin. We could barely tune in the basic channels and my Dad ended up ordering cable.
We also brought up our Super Nintendo. Before and after freestyle sessions, my friends and I would fire up Super Marios Bros. We sat on the floor and fought the Goombas, Koopa Troopas and the rest of Bowser’s forces. My favorite memory is powering up on a fireflower and hearing my Dad call out: “Don’t waste your fireballs!”
Honestly, I kinda sucked at the game. I was happy to hand over my controller to whoever can beat the Boss at the end of the World.
“Thank you Mario! But our Princess is in another castle!”
And speaking of videogame soundtracks, check out this guy playing the Super Mario Brothers theme song on the piano. Blindfolded.
Posted in cali_lovin on 09/22/2008 01:33 pm by Queenkv
I finished up a short, 2-day week, inside the newsroom.
Our weekend morning show features some interesting guests. We interviewed folks from the State Fair last month. One of them folded up dollar bills and made these cute origami pigs for us.
My anchor and meteorologist were tickled by the pigs. I said I could have used it for some chips from a vending machine.
This weekend, I produced my first PM news shows at my station.
Crazy good times. On Saturday afternoon, I got a call that set my newsroom into battle mode. The caller said he had some breaking news and he wanted to make sure I had a pen ready.
I’m wary when I get calls like this. Many times, it’s from a PR person who trying to get our attention for an an exhibit, beauty pageant, political candidate or proposition. I think it’s unethical that they use the term “breaking news” for this purpose. I still take down their information and make sure it gets out to the rest of the newsroom.
Well, this caller understood the definition of “breaking news”. He gave us a major tip on a murder investigation in Fairfield and an arrest in Las Vegas. After I got off the phone with him, we sent a live crew down to Fairfield to start digging and we started calling everybody with a connection to this case. I got hold of a news station in Vegas. I also started dialing up Vegas PD and Fairfield city leaders.
The afternoon went by in a blur as we dug up crime scene video, ordered graphics on the murder suspect and punched up city council members for live phoners with our anchor.
In fact, I left a message on the voice mail of another city council member who passed away hours earlier. We found out about the circumstances of his death during one of the phone interviews.
I thrived on that adrenaline rush I get from chasing down big news stories. I almost forgot about eating dinner. Then my stomach started kicking my ass.
Later, I said a prayer in my heart for the two dead city leaders and their families.
Posted in BonVivant on 09/19/2008 07:32 am by Queenkv
We had the Alanis Crow Project on our morning show this week. They added a sophisticated, peppy vibe to their cover songs of Alanis Morissette & Sheryl Crow. Get it now? Alanis + Crow??? Obvious, I know.
They’re performing at this weekend’s Rhythm and Ribs at Raley Field. We also sampled some of the ribs on our morning show. I love doing BBQ for breakfast.
Turning back to the music vibe…I finished episode 25 of my podcast. It’s a quirky mix of music by Deerhoof, the Killers, Flight of the Conchords and more.
Click on the “Listen Now” link and let me know what you think!
We are less than a month away from the first Presidential debate. In the control booth, I had fun working with all our live reports from the DNC in Denver and the RNC in St. Paul…Keeping up with all the juicy sound bites and timing out my morning shows to hit the crazy satellite windows.
On the lighter side of politics: I was also taking predictions on whether Palin would wear her hair up in the tight, pinned-up locks or down, letting those lock hang freely. On the night of her big acceptance speech, the GOP Running Mate reached out to both sides of the aisle and styled her hair both up and down.
Good times.
Also good times: watching Conan O’Brien’s canine puppet correspondent report on the RNC action. I found this clip from Laughing Squid.
And from the Daily Show: the RNC could also be a high-concept, romantic comedy with a touch of political deja vu. I found this clip via the Jed Report.
