Newsgasm: Oh Sandra Edition

26 Comments

1. 1
   Leah3t
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 8:19 am

   I love those fandango paper bag people.

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   British
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 9:26 am

   Those fandango paper bag citizens are cute, I admit. I am all for the banning of cell phones in movie theaters.

   Heck, cell phones are banned in many areas of a hospital, what’s the difference?

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   jash
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 9:44 am

   umm the difference being that the frequency that cell phones operate on can run intereference with certain medical equipment, which is some cases can cause sever issues for the patients up to and including DEATH.

   so a slight difference.

   the fandago people are AWESOME! “chita my queen, i used fandangoooo….my happiness is a golden poem!”

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   joslyn
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 9:50 am

   Such a solid interview by Randal. You can tell the interviewer was an indignant white person just by the questions, but Randal handled them all like butter. The forthcoming Black Enterprise interview and the BlackAmericaWeb articles have a totally different tone. Thanks for the article link.

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   jash
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 10:07 am

   really? i thought the interviewer seems asian…you know, based on a textual medium.

   as for randal, someone get that boy a dictionary stat. it is apprentices.

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   Dee
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 10:12 am

   OK, Randal’s interview was not “unassailable”. His defense was that it was not his decision but Trump’s… but Trump asked him to make that decision as his first order of business…that made it RANDAL’S decision. All the controversy is over RANDAL deciding she shouldn’t be hired.

   Second, in the interview he said two gold medals should not be given out…no BUT YOU COULD LET HER HAVE A SILVER. Geez. Obviously Randal was chosen first. He was THE APPRENTICE. He won. But Rebecca was offered a great opportunity that Randal just didn’t want her to have.

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   hannahthehun
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 10:20 am

   Holy smokes, let’s not get this post going like the other one. I thought Randal gave a great interview and did a good job defending his decision. I wouldn’t say the interviewer was indignant, though. Most of the interviews I’ve read in TV Guide have been highly antagonistic just to get the other person to waffle.

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   g3
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 10:37 am

   TV Guide generally asks controversial questions (i know, surprising) to everyone they interview online. Take for example their one-on-one’s with ANTM rejectees (ex. Jayla and Bre). It’s funny and I like their direct questions with less ass kissing than most tv magazines.
   Although I didn’t follow The Apprentice this year, from that interview itself, Randall seems like a gracious, articulate, and intelligent person. I feel like he handled that interview well.

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   glam0rama
   Posted December 19, 2005 at 11:07 am

   hmm..i doubt the theater will get the cell phone blocking in place. from what i understand, it’s illegal to block or ‘jam’ cell phone signals in the united states. sounds stupid, but they can’t block signals in prisons (like when a prisoner smuggles a cell phone in), so i’m curious as to why it would be allowed in a movie theater.

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    British
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 11:07 am

    jash: Well, when I’m paying $10 for a ticket to a movie, the movie theater’s speakers operate on the same frequencies my ears do. Someone’s cell phone causes interference of my enjoyment of the movie, which could infuriate people, resulting in said noisy cell phone owner’s DEATH.

    Or if said cell phone user got horribly injured, was rushed to the hospital, but died due to interference his/her cell phone caused at said hospital, that would just be fun sweet irony.

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    Leah3t
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 11:11 am

    I wonder if they could just start doing something akin to soundproofing a room, where they reinforce walls in a way that makes it hard for singals to get through. Then they could get around an actual ban on cell phone singals coming into the theater. I would pay extra money for a ticket where I was guaranteed no cell phone rings.

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    jash
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 11:57 am

    yes leah3t, lets just line the walls with LEAD, since i hear that worked out well back in the 1950s. no incidence of lead poisining. nope, none at all.

    and british, i’m right there with you–i love the NYC theaters when you have someone who TAKES A CALL during a movie, then the other people yelling at the initial abuser. awesome yet annoying at the same time.

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    Leah3t
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 12:07 pm

    Jash- I’m lining your movie theater with kryptonite you loser.

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    bleeding ears
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 12:07 pm

    Well, considering my Kong experience was tarnished by cells ringing and crying babies I’m all for disposing of both offending parties in theaters.

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    Leah3t
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 12:10 pm

    My Narnia experience was ruined by all those things and the fact that the film broke 20 min from the end of the movie. Same thing happened in star wars. Would help if the NYC multiplexes spent any money on maintenance of their equipment.

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    jash
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 12:44 pm

    but you have to know what MY kryptonite is!

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    Leah3t
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 12:53 pm

    Jash, I have a few strong leads, a few strong leads.

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    Hog Island
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    I’m slightly confused as to why you didn’t recap the show. It was a repeat, however since you only started recapping Grey’s Anatomy three weeks ago this episode is new to you as well as the Tvgasm universe.

    I do enjoy the picure though. Love the oragami art that Oh is sportin’ in her hair.

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    m_ruv
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 2:19 pm

    #18 – I actually was gonna do that, but it would have proved futile anyway because the local ABC station interrupted about 15 minutes of the episode to cover some “breaking news” about the NYC transit strike. Of course it was some crap press conference that just said the same stuff they’d said before, so I was NOT HAPPY.

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    Dredge
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 3:07 pm

    I’ve liked Sandra Oh ever since seeing her in Double Happiness. I don’t think liking people is based on logic. Maybe it’s because she has a friendly demeaner, or she’s got spunk (“i hate spunk!”)..or she wears her heart on her sleave. Or she’s damn sexy in jeans.

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    k-slice
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 5:59 pm

    g3 – I think it’s pretty obvious that The Insider (on TV Guide) adds in those ‘sassy’ comments to their questions after the interview is completed. You can tell because there’s absolutely no reaction by the interviewee even though they’re being borderline insulted.

    Not exactly hard-hitting… just my opinion.

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    g3
    Posted December 19, 2005 at 7:47 pm

    hahahahah…i thought it was because the “top models” (Nicole and crew) were just to dumb to understand the question.
    For some reason, the added in comments now makes the TV Guide thing funnier to me.

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    joslyn
    Posted December 20, 2005 at 3:41 am

    Sandra Oh is not sexy, I think her face is not attractive at all. She does have a cute shape, though. Plus she is pretty funny and a good actress. But sexy-nah.

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    Helenann
    Posted December 20, 2005 at 8:12 am

    I believe her hair could be called, “Oh-igami.” Thanks, Hog Island for the idea.

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    Son Yee
    Posted December 20, 2005 at 12:54 pm

    Contrary to what Jash says, there has NEVER been a cited incident of cell phone signals interfering with medical equipment. It’s simply a precaution taken so that JUST IN CASE it were to happen, the hospital won’t get sued. Hey, you were warned, right? It’s just another instance of FUD. I work as a hospital biomed engineer and know from whence I speak.

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    Lizardqueen
    Posted December 21, 2005 at 5:03 am

    I feel like I’m the only one who thinks “Sideways” was a total fucking waste of time. What was all the fuss about? Can I please have a two hour refund? There IS something about that Sandra Oh, however.