In the spirit of Christmas, and because I’ve only been making one blog post a month and would like to do more, I present…a Holiday wish. From Steve Martin.

 

From SNL, 1991.

Steve Martin: If I had one wish that I could wish this holiday season, it would be that all the children to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.

If I had two wishes I could make this holiday season, the first would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of harmony and peace. And the second would be for 30 million dollars a month to be given to me, tax-free in a Swiss bank account.

You know, if I had three wishes I could make this holiday season, the first, of course, would be for all the children of the world to get together and sing, the second would be for the 30 million dollars every month to me, and the third would be for encompassing power over every living being in the entire universe.

And if I had four wishes that I could make this holiday season, the first would be the crap about the kids definitely, the second would be for the 30 million, the third would be for all the power, and the fourth would be to set aside one month each year to have an extended 31-day orgasm, to be brought out slowly by Rosanna Arquette and that model Paulina-somebody, I can’t think of her name. Of course my lovely wife can come too and she’s behind me one hundred percent here, I guarantee it.

Wait a minute, maybe the sex thing should be the first wish, so if I made that the first wish, because it could all go boom tomorrow, then what do you got, y’know? No, no, the kids, the kids singing would be great, that would be nice. But wait a minute, who am I kidding? They’re not going to be able to get all those kids together. I mean, the logistics of the thing is impossible, more trouble than it’s worth! So — we reorganize! Here we go. First, the sex thing. We go with that. Second, the money. No, we got with the power second, then the money. And then the kids. Oh wait, oh jeez, I forgot about revenge against my enemies! Okay, I need revenge against all my enemies, they should die like pigs in hell! That would be my fourth wish. And, of course, my fifth wish would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.

Thank you everybody and Merry Christmas.

Thanks, Food Network, for reading my blog.

From Food Network Addict:

Adam Gertler is in L.A. shooting episodes of a new Food Network show Will Work For Food, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.

It’s not a cooking show, per se. Gertler will show how people in the food business do their jobs. Among them: potato chip inspector, shark feeder and dog-food taste-tester. Gertler, an actor and former waiter at Amada in Old City, coowned The Smoked Joint, a short-lived barbecue restaurant at the Academy House in Center City.

According to the article, Will Work For Food premieres Sept. 30 at 9:30pm on Food Network.

No official word from Food Network, though.

UPDATE: Food Network confirms it’s true.

“On The Next Food Network Star Adam exhibited a unique combination of quick wit, passion for food and an engaging personality,” said Bob Tuschman, Senior Vice President, Programming and Production for Food Network. “He earned millions of fans across the country who have let us know that we have a second star in our midst. We feel this series is a perfect fit for his talents, letting him showcase his brand of humor while he works for food.”

http://foodnetworkaddict.blogspot.com/2008/08/adam-gertler-wins-too-his-own-show.html

Oh, Adam Gertler, why didn’t you win “The Next Food Network Star”???? All season I was waiting for you to win, even before the stupid show started! Why, on the finale, when the judges discussed whose show they could put on the network the next day and your name came up, did they pick Aaron “Big Daddy” McCargo instead of you? Why did they bring Aaron back in the Vegas episode when he clearly did the worst job? Why did they seem to pipe in the audience laughter, probably from your pilot presentation, into his?

Food Network or some other network, please hire this guy!!

ETA: They did! Look for my other post about it!

Question: When watching “Jon and Kate Plus Eight,” is there a NEED for a commercial about birth control? Isn’t the show itself all the birth control you need??!!

But seriously, those are some cute kids, and it’s a cute show.

As I do with most shows I get obsessed with, I found a lot of info on this one. Long story short: They got a lot of haters. There was some drama at the Television Without Pity message board and the thread had to be closed down, permanently, never to be restarted, and apparently someone in their family has their own blog talking about how horrible J & K are.

I’d rather just stay out of the drama on this one. If J & K want to document their lives (like they did even before they had a show), just let them. People are going to be curious about their kids, so why not let a crew film them so the memories (good and bad) last forever?

If you’re against what they’re doing, then hey, guess what? You’re free to turn off the TV. But let people who want to watch, watch.

Edited to add: I found another message board for “fans of reality TV” that shut down their J&K+8 thread. Sad.