hepburn
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posted on June 27, 2001 09:31:17 PM new
#1 Paula Poundstone.
#2 PeeWee Herman in You Dont Know Jack.
#3 Drew Carey
#4 Rosie O'Donnell (sp?)
#5 Maria Shriver (good journalist, just cant stand looking at her)
(Thought I would post something not so touchy)
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on June 27, 2001 09:36:13 PM new
1.} Talk show hosts who bring on guys to do paternity tests on then make you wait until the next day to find out if the baby is his - or another immaculate conception! 
2.} This is not who but what --
LOUD COMMERCIALS at nite!
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uaru
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posted on June 27, 2001 09:38:31 PM new
REGIS PHILBIN
Am I sure?
Yes REGIS PHILBIN!
My final answer?
Most definitely REGIS PHILBIN!!!
I've seen part of Who Wants To Be Dramatic a couple times while channel changing. I can't believe that show is popular, to me it would be corny by 1950 standards.
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immykidsmom
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posted on June 27, 2001 09:44:43 PM new
Barbara Walters
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hepburn
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posted on June 27, 2001 09:47:20 PM new
Thats one I forgot to mention...
#6 The whole female crew on The View.
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jamesoblivion
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posted on June 27, 2001 09:59:48 PM new
Pretty much all of them.
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donny
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posted on June 27, 2001 10:01:30 PM new
PeeWee Herman in You Dont Know Jack!
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mcjane
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posted on June 27, 2001 10:13:49 PM new
Larry King
Those suspenders & the way he sits there with his shoulders all hunched up.
Maria Shriver
Getting to look more like her mother every year.
I agree, good journalist, but hard to look at.
Jerry Springer Show
Yuk
Bryant Gumbal
Can't stand him.
Ditto
Paula Poundstone
Edited because I forgot to mention
Star Jones & Meridith whats her name.
[ edited by mcjane on Jun 27, 2001 10:16 PM ]
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krs
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posted on June 27, 2001 10:21:06 PM new
There may be relief from Paula Poundstone soon:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010627/en/poundstone_arrest.html
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angel4u
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posted on June 27, 2001 11:03:29 PM new
My cat. She keeps falling off.
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hepburn
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posted on June 27, 2001 11:15:49 PM new
krs, I just saw that about Poundstone on the evening news. I always thought she was nasty. If convicted, she could get 13 years. Let her aim that obnoxiousness at a few inmates and see what she gets. Betcha it wont be laughs.
edited to correct spelling.
[ edited by hepburn on Jun 27, 2001 11:17 PM ]
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spazmodeus
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posted on June 27, 2001 11:51:50 PM new
Emeril -- you know, the BAM! chef?
The star of Ed, whom I have dubbed "that grinning idiot."
Any commercial that uses opera music.
Drew Carey.
David Arquette.
Carrot Top.
Any of the teen-whore pop stars like Brittney Spears, Cristina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, etc.
Pre-teen white rapper Aaron Carter.
Any of the current cast of Saturday Night Live.
Lisa Rinner and Harry Hamlin.
Miss Cleo.
I'm sure I'll think of more later.
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Muriel
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posted on June 28, 2001 04:22:34 AM new
Where do you guys see Paula Poundstone? I actually love her. 
I can't stand the way that all the young girls on t.v. and EVERYWHERE these days all talk like Valley Girls. Total ditzes. Anyone else? Whatever!
Edited to say that I just saw the Paula Poundstone link. First Jack Lemmon dies, and now this! I'm going back to bed. 
[ edited by Muriel on Jun 28, 2001 04:24 AM ]
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gravid
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posted on June 28, 2001 04:26:38 AM new
My wife and I are so unhappy with what and who is on TV now it often sits dark while we read or do other things. Not worth watching at all.
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sugar2912
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posted on June 28, 2001 06:26:16 AM new
Jeff Probst of Survivor
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saabsister
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posted on June 28, 2001 07:10:14 AM new
I seldom watch TV, but my husband will watch for an hour or so after supper a couple times a week. The computer is in the hallway nearby so I can hear the TV. I found the most irritating announcer - the one we call "Mr.Hyperbole" - to be the host for a show that featured car chases and cops. It used to come on on Friday nights, but I'm not sure it's on anymore.
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mcjane
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posted on June 28, 2001 07:29:39 AM new
My husband's list & do not agree with him at all.
Johnny Carson
Barbara Walters
George Carlin (I'll never understand why he doesn't like him)
Rosie O'Donnell
Bob Barker (Because he fired his favorite hostess, Holly & now Janice)
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ZILvy
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posted on June 28, 2001 07:49:37 AM new
Any commercial that uses other than English to try to sell their product. You wanna speak Italian or God knows what...then go to that country and sell your STUFF!
Don't come lookin for my hard earned 'Merican Dollars if you can't or won't speak my language. Idjits!!
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hepburn
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posted on June 28, 2001 08:35:49 AM new
lol, spaz! Be careful now..you will start to turn into your own dad or mom before you realize it (your response to the teen singers). Mom told me I was disgusting for screaming and crying over The Beatles and The Rolling Stones ("those long haired freaks" when they were shown on TV. Thank goodness I have not turned into her quite yet (but I agree with you...shhhhh).
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snowyegret
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posted on June 28, 2001 09:24:45 AM new
Barney
but I like Sponge Bob Square Pants, so I'm no arbiter of good taste.
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ypayretail
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posted on June 28, 2001 11:06:28 AM new
Kathy Lee - YES we are thrilled she is no longer on the show
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Microbes
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posted on June 28, 2001 11:33:36 AM new
Martha Stewart.
Who Need's a stink'n Sig. File?
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gaffan
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posted on June 28, 2001 12:03:53 PM new
"Fitness celebrity" John Basedow and his constant (at least in this market) commercials for his videos.
The guy in the commercial for the minivan with a passle of kids watching cartoons in the back, wearing headphones. Presumably the point has something to do with peace and quiet... so why is this moron humming a few bars of Beethoven's ninth, off key and with no concept of tempo? I'd hit the passenger eject button in a heartbeat.
-gaffan-
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on June 28, 2001 12:10:23 PM new
#1 No question about it - - Martha Stewart
#2 Robert Stack (The guy with the creepy voice from Unsolved Mysteries)
#3 Barbara Walters
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bunnicula
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posted on June 28, 2001 12:16:48 PM new
1) know-it-all bratty kid characters
2) Larry Merchant, a commentator on HBO Boxing.
3) World Wrestling Federation
4) David Letterman
5) commercials that have absolutely nothing to do with product they are supposed to be "selling."
But most of all I absolutely HATE toilet paper commercials!!! The Cult of the Toilet Paper is out of hand: we squeeze it, we quilt it, we perfume it, we lay on it, we hug it, we worry about how long it is & how many layers it has & whether it is lint free. BUT THE ABSOLUTE WORST TP COMMERCIAL is the one where the TP itself *talks* & tells about how wonderful it is and how much your butt will appreciate being wiped with it...
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hepburn
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posted on June 28, 2001 12:21:01 PM new
LOL Bunnicula!
Going along with that subject, how about ANY singing commercials? I hate them all. Since when does someone smile while using a particular soap and showering. Or, when did you grin and smile while eating? Why do advertisers think SINGING to us will make us want their product?
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spazmodeus
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posted on June 28, 2001 12:58:36 PM new
How can anyone hate Robert Stack?
Maybe YOU can .. help ... solve a Mystery ..."
Gaffan reminded me that I also hate those "famous" dogs that were used in commercials for some minivan -- you know, the dogs they dress up in clothes, like neckties and golf outfits. They also appear in print ads and elsewhere in the media. I guess it's supposed to be cute, but the hounds have such dour, unappealing faces that it doesn't work. Generally, I don't like animals dressed up as humans anyway. It seems cruel and strips them of their dignity as animals.
[ edited by spazmodeus on Jun 28, 2001 01:00 PM ]
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Femme
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posted on June 28, 2001 12:59:26 PM new
Ah, the power of the mute button on the remote. It's my friend.
I watch A&E and AMC more than any other stations. HBO and Showtime if they are running something good. Cannot stand to watch a movie on network TV or on TNT. Too many commercials!! Try counting them sometime.
Who...
Kathie Lee Gifford
Rosie O'Donnell
Barbara Walters should have retired long ago.
Maria Shriver's voice gets on my nerves. Most of the time she drones and I don't think she's a particularly good interviewer.
If you can get past Martha's ego and perfection, you can pick up some good gardening tips. If I were a cook, I'd probably appreciate the cooking segments more.
Larry King and CNN lost me when they prolonged the OJ saga. They just wouldn't let it go.
Chris Matthews
Most of the women on MSNBC annoyed me to no end during the November election fiasco.
What...
Dreary, annoying CAR COMMERCIALS!!!!! Try some creativity, like VW.
DRUG COMMERCIALS and all of their side effects. You're better off coping with the problem.
Using (abusing) some really great popular songs to sell a product. What happened to originality?? Was Barry Manilow the only one writing music for commercials? I heard one the other day for a sleeping pill (?) using the Everly Brothers' "Dream". NO!! NO!! NO!!
Although... There is a Mitsubishi commercial that plays a song I really like and had never heard before. Is/was it a popular song? Surely, it can't be original. Something about getting your body in motion.
It makes me want to get my body in motion; unfortunately, for Mitsubishi, it does not make me want to buy their car.
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What's wrong with me??? I seem to be awfully chatty lately. And, no, I'm not on uppers. 
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spazmodeus
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posted on June 28, 2001 01:03:39 PM new
Also:
Bob Hope.
Milton Berle.
Dick Van Dyke.
Peter Falk
Chevy Chase
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on June 28, 2001 01:25:54 PM new
Femme ~ That's so funny that you would mention that Mitsubishi commercial.... I just downloaded that song on Napster! Still don't know who sings it.. I did a search for "Mitsubishi" and a bunch of Mitsubishi Commercial ads came up.. it's also titled "Start the Commotion"... so if you have Napster, just do a search for Mitsubishi and you'll find it!
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