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It was a tough TV season for Regis, ‘Trek’ alums

Nobody stays on top forever in TV. Except for Johnny Carson, but there's strong evidence he was really a comedy cyborg from Perseus 3. Even the most successful show business movers and shakers go through periods when nothing's moving or shaking.

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Is Glenn Beck Finished?
Source: AlterNet.org

In his eight months at Fox, Glenn Beck has repeatedly prophesied the advent of both Socialism and Fascism. He's wished for Osama bin Laden to attack America.

Glenn Beckinistas Wiggle Out of Straitjackets to Mount Counter-Boycott in Defense of Bigotry
Source: BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash

In case you hadn't marked it in your TV Guide already, Glenn Beck returns from his media blackout bunker vacation today.

GNW-Especially for Western NY: GEICO expected to add 300 jobs here
Source: The Buffalo News

As times have been bad here for far longer than this recession, I'm happy to be able to seed this on GNW: National auto insurer GEICO Corp. will be adding about 300 jobs to its Amherst service center, boosting employment to about 1,800, sources confirmed Tuesday.

Berkshire Underestimated the Risks of Falling Stocks
Source: CNBC Top News and Analysis

Even the Oracle and his picks are suffering the effects of the recession.

Putting and End to Glenn Beck's Racist Antics and Apocalyptic Rhetoric
Source: AlterNet.org

Beck's wildly offensive charge, spurred by the recent controversy over the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was the latest low in a longstanding conservative narrative that ludicrously paints white men as the victims of "reverse racism" and oppression by minorities.

Subliminal Markting of Geico

I'm sure that by now you have heard of subliminal marketing, but if not, then you will learn all about it when I explain how Geico uses it. Subliminal marketing is directed towards your subconscious mind.

WTF?: Terrorist lizards attack Florida Air Force base
Source: National Geographic

"When you have an airplane coming in to land or take off, and you have a 6-foot [1.8-meter] reptile laying on the runway, it causes a substantial human health and safety problem," said Parker Hall, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services.

The Oracle's Cloudy Crystal Ball Q1 $1.53 bln Loss
Source: MarketWatch.com

Losing $1.53B is most likely tied to quantum physics or Kevin Bacon's Six Degrees of Separation. How you lose that much money? By letting other people with no scruples manage it. I had a newspaper route as a kid, too. The difference is that I both managed AND collected.

ABC Making Waves with 'Cavemen'
Source: Variety.com

"Cavemen" isn't the first TV show to evolve out of a commercial. And it's not the first comedy to address racial stereotypes in a not-so-subtle way. Yet the frosh ABC sitcom is stirring up plenty of noise among critics, most of whom aren't quite sure what to make of it.

Third Rock show-runners to run Cavemen series
Source: TV Squad

If there were any doubts that the new Cavemen series was going to be a drama, this news should put them to rest... According to The Hollywood Reporter, comedy veterans Bill Martin and Mike Schiff have been signed to run the new show, based on the extremely funny GEICO ads.

Cavemen, Ducks and Lizards
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An interesting site about how insurance companies really treat people. Lots of videos of stories that seem unbelievable. But they're not.

Satire: Geico's Commercial-to-Sitcom Evolution Could Spark a Parade of Imitators
Source: The Washington Post

A funny look at other possible products that are tv-ready

Geico Cavemen Will Be Focus of New ABC Sitcom - FoxNews
Source: FOXNews.com

"Those Geico "cavemen" shouldn't be so upset after all — they may get their own television series."

Geico's 'Cavemen' To Become Full-Length Sitcom
Source: Variety.com

Has Geico gone too far? Could this be the beginning of a wider spate of advertising spinoffs? Or is this a once-in-an-ice age opportunity?

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