Everybody has a favorite show they love to hate. We put 10 of them in a list for you. If you think we left one off the list that really stunk up the place, leave a comment at the end of this. XFL Football and 10 Cooking shows were close to making the list. We'll be putting another list together and we'll consider it. And no, we already considered MSNBC's Countdown and didn't pick it. It didn't make the list. Barely.
Here's our list of the Top 10 Worst TV shows of all time. They're in no particular order--we don't want to influence you. You can vote for the absolute worst use of the medium of television at the end of this story. "Petticoat Junction" (1963-'70). Some shows from that era hold up remarkably well -- either as sweet nostalgia or entertaining camp. Not this one, set in Hooterville.
"My Mother the Car" (1965-66). In it, Jerry Van Dyke's mother was reincarnated as a talking automobile, the voice supplied by Ann Sothern. Actually made it through one season.
"B.J. and the Bear" (1979-81). Comedy/adventure about an itinerant trucker who traveled the nation's highways with his pet chimpanzee.
"Mr. T. and Tina" (1976). Starring Pat Morita (who also played Arnold on "Happy Days"). Canceled after five episodes.
"Manimal" (1983). NYU prof could change into any animal to help fight crimes. Show turned into a turkey.
"Cop Rock" (1990). Steven Bochco, apparently bored with making legitimate cop series ("Hill Street Blues"), decided it would be fun to have cops sing, and it would be even more fun to have them performing legit, hard-core cop work while they did it.
"Pink Lady and Jeff" (1980): Quite possibly the most demented variety show of all time, this bizarre offering paired two Japanese pop singers who spoke almost no English with comedian Jeff Altman. Hilarity did not ensue.
"The Jerry Springer Show" (1991 to present). His aim is low.
"Homeboys from Outer Space" (1996-97). The name was a tip-off.
"Barney & Friends" (1992-present). Yes, some little kids love it. But parents helped compile this list, and it annoys the heck out of us.
Read the complete list of 25 at the Chicago Tribune.
What's the worst TV show of all time? Here's a chance for you to vote on the DBKP list of all-time worst TV shows. We're sorry--we left "Barney and Friends" off the list. At first, we were gonna make it a case for non-discrimination of dinosaurs of color. It wasn't that we were partial to the goofy-sounding but harmless Barney: we just forgot to include him.
On the right sidebar, right under the Drug Clock (appropriate placing?)you'll find our poll of All-time Worst TV shows. Knock yourself out--vote.
by Mondoreb & Little Baby Ginn
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The latest polling news is grim for Rudy and the Republicans: they get crushed by the Clinton fashion juggernaut.
Polls say that in a match-up between Rudy in drag and Hillary Clinton in a peach pants suit with navy blue scarf, voters prefer Hillary by almost 20%. If Giuliani changed his outfit to a more presidential Brooks Brother suit, likely voters indicate that the gap is more than cut in half to 9%--if the suit is a dark blue.
This according to the latest Zogby Poll.
Of course, that's Fred Zogby, the guy down at the Limestone General Store who said he'd check this out for us. Fred completed his research and dropped it off while on his way to town. When told that there was no hurry, Zogby responded "People have a right to know."
Fred was partly motivated by the latest news from Pew Research and the analysis from Politico
One year before voters go to the polls to select the next president, the Republican Party is as weak as it has been in a generation, a detailed new poll suggests.
In a hypothetical match-up between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, bloc after bloc of traditionally Republican voters break for Clinton:
She wins the South. She polls evenly with voters who attend church at least once a week. She splits families with a household income above $100,000. She loses rural voters and men — but only by a narrow margin.
The findings from The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press remain preliminary, considering even the primaries are still two months off.
Dire news indeed for early November--in 2007.
Back to our Zogby. He indicates the poll has a statistical margin of error of plus or minus 14%, depending on time of day asked and number of beers consumed by the respondents. He was quick to point out that these results might not reflect the moods of Americans on Election Day 2008, seeing as how that's over a year away.
But they're probably as accurate as their more-scientific brethren at this point.
by Mondoreb
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Ron Paul Vs. Hillary Clinton.
Is it David vs. Goliath? The Fight of the Century? The Underdog and the Behemoth?
The headline promises long-concealed information just now coming to light: the story delivers something else: a bland look at how many Americans have opinions of Hillary Clinton vs. how many have heard of Ron Paul
More from the merry pollsters at Rasmussen:
A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey featuring a match-up between Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul highlights one of the perils that comes from overanalyzing poll results between candidates with different levels of name recognition.The story goes on to say what is well-known: more Americans have heard of a former first lady than of a Congressman from Texas.
In that survey, Clinton held a fairly modest 48% to 38% lead. But, a careful look at the results tells us a lot about the public’s opinion of Hillary Clinton and virtually nothing about their opinion of Ron Paul.
Why? First, because just about everyone in the United States has an opinion of Hillary Clinton. She has been a major player on the national and international state for 15 years. Half the country has a favorable opinion of her and half holds the opposite view, but all have an opinion. Our most recent survey results show that nearly 60% of voters have a strongly held opinion about the New York Senator and former First Lady.The reaction to this "news" will be predictable: the Ron Paulistas will shout it out that it's proof their man is the Great Bright Hope; the equally-rabid anti-Paulistinians will paste it up as more proof that Paul is getting too much attention. It's getting so there is a definite negative element to covering any news of Ron Paul. Even more so for the disinterested observer trying to play it straight.
As for Ron Paul, 42% don’t know enough about him to have an opinion one way or the other. He’s one of 435 Congressman whose life is way below the radar screen for most Americans. Still, his presence in the GOP Presidential Debates has raised his profile a bit--26% now offer a favorable opinion and 32% say the opposite. But, only 16% have a strongly held opinion about Paul (7% Very Favorable, 9% Very Unfavorable).
Us? We thought about it and decided to comment on this story instead of this weekend's NFL games.
Barely.
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by Mondoreb
