Hello, everybody, (Especially BOSTON 25 NEWS!) and welcome to Santa Steve's Naughty List, the first of two year-end specials that count down the best and worst newsmakers of 2017. Last year there was no list (for reasons that escape me!), but in 2015, ISIS got the lump of coal and our winner was the patron saint of super heroes, his birth certificate calls him Stanley Martin Lieber, but fans all over the world know him as Smiling STAN LEE. Who gets to ride in the sleigh and who should remember to be good for goodness sake? There's only one way to find out: Line em 'up and count 'em down!
DISHONORABLE MENTION Me Again
Why do I keep messing up? I promise, this year's list is well worth waiting for!
10. MARK HALPERIN
To use the title of his now-defunct daily political analysis show, modeled on ESPN's PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, With All Due Respect,sir, the Anti-Hannity I had a nice conversation with regarding the also-now-defunct POLITICS LIVE show on the similarly-now-defunct ABC NewsNOW channel, has been swallowed up by a perverted sicko. Although I remember your irreverence and inability to take yourself seriously, I'm happy your name is absent from Bloomberg TV and MSNBC, and I hope it stays that way until you straighten up and fly right.
9. CHARLIE ROSE
From CBS and PBS to just plain BS in nothing flat!
8. JUDGE ROY MOORE
I'd like to see Less of Moore!
7. PLANET FITNESS
Some great Judgement-Free Zone YOU are! You just instituted a dress code, ordered guests who were required to cover their heads to take off their burquas, yamulkles and whatnot and employ snarky trainers. If that isn't judgemental, I don't know what is!
6. KELLYANNE CONWAY
You went on MEET THE PRESS and gave Chuck Todd what you called "alternate facts." Now, is it just me, or is your nose just a few inches longer?
5. PEOPLE WEEKLY
Blake Shelton is the Sexiest Man Alive. Yeah, right. And the Easter Bunny brings fireworks at Christmas. What are George Clooney and Brad Pitt, CHOPPED LIVER? Don't get me wrong, I love Blake as a country music performer, but he just doesn't strike me as Sexiest Man Alive material.
4. TIME INC.
You sold out to Meredith Corporation with the blessings of the Koch Brothers who claim they WON'T stick their noses into TIME magazine's reporting. One word: HA!
3. SINCLAIR BROADCASTING
For the love of cheese, PLEASE don't buy the Tribune Broadcasting stations, including New York's Very Own PIX 11 ! Google would be a WAAAAY better owner!
2. DONALD J.TRUMP
WHY does the Trumpster only rate second place? Because FIRST PLACE is the sole province of...
CHARLES MANSON
He put the SICK in the SIXTIES! Give my best to Hitler, Eichmann, Sadaam, and all those other "sweethearts!" Ding,dong, the madman's gone!
Opinions expressed are mine alone, just so you know. Last time the incredible Stan Lee smashed his way to the title of Nicest Newsmaker. Who exercised their great power with great responsibility THIS year? The answer awaits you in our next Stevetastic episode, or, in the immortal words of Mr. T, "I said BE THERE!"
SLE
Monday, November 27, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
208 An "OK,Google" (Or, "Hey,Google!") Question Nobody's Asking, But Should!
If you have Google on your phone or electronic home assistant, you already know that if you say, "OK, Google", or, "Hey,Google!" on certain equipment, it can look up local listings, order online, or read the top stories. I bet one question nobody's asking Google, one VERY BIG question, which has nothing to do with why the sky is blue or why "eleven" isn't pronounced "onety-one" is this...
OK,GOOGLE, WHY ISN'T YOUR PARENT COMPANY, ALPHABET, MAKING AN OFFER FOR THE TRIBUNE BROADCASTING TV STATIONS INSTEAD OF ULTRA-RIGHT-WING SINCLAIR BROADCASTING?
Before you send me nasty letters, hear me out: Tribune's stations, including PIX 11 (WPIX New York), KTLA 5 (Los Angeles), Chicago's Very Own WGN 9, and PHL 17 (WPHL Philadelphia), have always been staffed by true news professionals who know their home towns and aren't afraid to speak truth to power. Although Google's entry into journalism was opposed by many longtime news veterans, it has become respected for combining different news sites into one cohesive unit. Google News isn't Republican, but it is democratic with a small "d" in that it yields the platform to so many voices, allowing its visitors to make their own judgments. If Google applied its free spirit to TV news in general and the Tribune stations in particular, not only would ratings skyrocket, but it would bring a perspective not currently seen on a lot of local broadcast news outlets.
What are you waiting for, lovers of Liberty and Googlephiles? Search Google on their own page, add them to your Google + circles, like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, subscribe to their YouTube channel, follow THEIR blog (The Keyword on blog.com/google) but, WHATEVER you do, tell 'em THEY are a better fit for the Tribune stations than ultra-tribal, ultra-right, ultra-Trump Sinclair Broadcasting. (Sinclair was also the name of a gasoline that had a dinosaur for a mascot. It figures.)
God Bless America and Google! (And of course, you for stopping by!)
Steve
OK,GOOGLE, WHY ISN'T YOUR PARENT COMPANY, ALPHABET, MAKING AN OFFER FOR THE TRIBUNE BROADCASTING TV STATIONS INSTEAD OF ULTRA-RIGHT-WING SINCLAIR BROADCASTING?
Before you send me nasty letters, hear me out: Tribune's stations, including PIX 11 (WPIX New York), KTLA 5 (Los Angeles), Chicago's Very Own WGN 9, and PHL 17 (WPHL Philadelphia), have always been staffed by true news professionals who know their home towns and aren't afraid to speak truth to power. Although Google's entry into journalism was opposed by many longtime news veterans, it has become respected for combining different news sites into one cohesive unit. Google News isn't Republican, but it is democratic with a small "d" in that it yields the platform to so many voices, allowing its visitors to make their own judgments. If Google applied its free spirit to TV news in general and the Tribune stations in particular, not only would ratings skyrocket, but it would bring a perspective not currently seen on a lot of local broadcast news outlets.
What are you waiting for, lovers of Liberty and Googlephiles? Search Google on their own page, add them to your Google + circles, like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, subscribe to their YouTube channel, follow THEIR blog (The Keyword on blog.com/google) but, WHATEVER you do, tell 'em THEY are a better fit for the Tribune stations than ultra-tribal, ultra-right, ultra-Trump Sinclair Broadcasting. (Sinclair was also the name of a gasoline that had a dinosaur for a mascot. It figures.)
God Bless America and Google! (And of course, you for stopping by!)
Steve
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
207 Life
The very first scene in the history of SEINFELD shows Jerry telling his nightclub audience about people. (That's you and me, Charlie.) We people go out to a ball game, a concert, or a comedy club to get away from the hardships of the day only to worry about getting home and getting to bed on time. Life, as a whole, is pretty much the same deal, unfortunately, never so much as in the past few days.
For every Brad Peacock, the winning pitcher in the seventh game of the World Series for Houston, there's a Roy Halladay, the pitcher for the Phillies and Toronto, who lost his life in a plane crash.
For every Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, which never fails to amaze, astound, and amuse us, there's an ISIS sympathizer who senselessly takes innocent lives on a day supposedly all about the monsters of fantasy and fable.
For every Shalene Flanagan, the first American woman to finish the TCS New York City Marathon since the 1970's and a beacon of light in the midst of darkness, there's another gun-crazed sicko, this time on the outskirts of San Antonio, TX, who executes a crowd of innocents for the "crime" of exercising their freedom to worship.
For every memory of the sun-kissed paradise called Puerto Rico that has lingered in my mind since my trip a long time ago, there are the all-too-real images of a hurricane-battered island with little electricity and an inept alleged "president" whose idea of leadership is throwing a roll of paper towels into the crowd.
Unfortunately, that's life. C'est la vie. There's a lot of bad stuff going on, (Just ask Harvey Weinstein!) but look at it this way...
The holidays ARE coming. (Even if those who haven't discovered Amazon have to deal with the WWE-trained shoppers and the classically-trained whining babies.)
Donald Trump's days ARE numbered. (At least I HOPE so!)
Some of the best movies in recent memory ARE headed for a the-yater near you. (Hey, at least there are no HOWARD THE DUCKS out there, right?)
And we STILL live in the Land of the Free because of the Brave. (Happy Veteran's Day!)
Besides, as a certain magazine, which also happened to be named Life, used to say, "Consider the Alternative."
Now, I admit. This hasn't been exactly Mosaic, Talmudic, Socratic, or anything-ic. (I hope you don't think it was just "ick.")
But those thoughts WERE weighing heavily on my mind, and I just had to get them out, so, ladies and germs, here they are for your reading pleasure.
Hmmm, I guess there's nothing else to say, but...
...Have a nice life!
Steve
For every Brad Peacock, the winning pitcher in the seventh game of the World Series for Houston, there's a Roy Halladay, the pitcher for the Phillies and Toronto, who lost his life in a plane crash.
For every Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, which never fails to amaze, astound, and amuse us, there's an ISIS sympathizer who senselessly takes innocent lives on a day supposedly all about the monsters of fantasy and fable.
For every Shalene Flanagan, the first American woman to finish the TCS New York City Marathon since the 1970's and a beacon of light in the midst of darkness, there's another gun-crazed sicko, this time on the outskirts of San Antonio, TX, who executes a crowd of innocents for the "crime" of exercising their freedom to worship.
For every memory of the sun-kissed paradise called Puerto Rico that has lingered in my mind since my trip a long time ago, there are the all-too-real images of a hurricane-battered island with little electricity and an inept alleged "president" whose idea of leadership is throwing a roll of paper towels into the crowd.
Unfortunately, that's life. C'est la vie. There's a lot of bad stuff going on, (Just ask Harvey Weinstein!) but look at it this way...
The holidays ARE coming. (Even if those who haven't discovered Amazon have to deal with the WWE-trained shoppers and the classically-trained whining babies.)
Donald Trump's days ARE numbered. (At least I HOPE so!)
Some of the best movies in recent memory ARE headed for a the-yater near you. (Hey, at least there are no HOWARD THE DUCKS out there, right?)
And we STILL live in the Land of the Free because of the Brave. (Happy Veteran's Day!)
Besides, as a certain magazine, which also happened to be named Life, used to say, "Consider the Alternative."
Now, I admit. This hasn't been exactly Mosaic, Talmudic, Socratic, or anything-ic. (I hope you don't think it was just "ick.")
But those thoughts WERE weighing heavily on my mind, and I just had to get them out, so, ladies and germs, here they are for your reading pleasure.
Hmmm, I guess there's nothing else to say, but...
...Have a nice life!
Steve
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