Even THAT is ruined…
One of the very few NPR-distributed shows I still listen to is Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, the news quiz and comedy program. But today, they even ruined that by having as the “not my job” guests, the “Ken and Barbie” show from NPR’s new morning zoo.
I admit they need the publicity, since surely the numbers are down after these incompetents took over, but do they need to ruin one of the few shows I still listen to? Why not stick them on Prairie Home Companion, Car Talk,, or one of the other insipid programs I cannot stomach?
Ah, well, I suppose I can console myself with the knowledge that these two local-tv-news-happy-talking-heads showed themselves to be as empty and as far removed from reality as I’ve suggested in the past…good grief, Barbie didn’t even know what the overnight shift is called. She was also unusually un-perky, leaving to Ken most of the gufawing and laughter.
One for three on the quiz, by the way, and that because it was a softball.
December 24th, 2004 at 4:24 pm
>Why not stick them on Prairie Home Companion, Car Talk,,….
Because those two programs have real producers that know
good stuff from shlock. They are also not produced by NPR
so they can use good judgement.