Nothing But Winners...

Hey All!

Another SuperFantastic week and we are moving steadfast into the Summer (I could not be more thrilled!). Events are progressing nicely on the MTV project, business in general is amazingly up, Yours Truly is writing another book (More on this later), and my Network interest continues. Ah, it's a good time. For a new venture that is...

Speaking of ventures, within the past week, we have viewed a number of conclusions in the form of final episodes within our (Your) favorite shows, let's have a quick recap:

1. The Celebrity Apprentice

Well, well, well congratulations to the non-poker playing Joan Rivers for taking the win. Quite frankly, this was not a major upset nor surprise by any measure.

Most of you (Including me) had predicted the final celebrity show down. Of course, the contestants that incite the most melodrama would remain for final battle until the very end. In this case, the final battle ensued between Joan Rivers (Media Persona) and Annie Duke (A 'Poka playa' - if you had viewed the show, this comment and misspelling is completely intended for your enjoyment).

You may have noticed that personalities largely involved in the drama and conflict - usually remain on the show for an extended period of time. Perhaps you may have noticed the so-called "Villain" strangely always makes it through the entire show, despite being generally disliked by fellow contestants and even viewers - it is all by design.

Furthermore, Joan is one of the best and has been on television for a number of years (Quite possibly longer than both you and I have been alive).

Nonetheless, Joan is a true veteran. I have been quoted many times in the past throughout various places on the Web stating that Joan was the original female late-night talk show host. Joan would often fill in for Johnny Carson back in the day - Take note NBC - time to revisit the idea of a female host in late night...We had this conversation during the Rosie debacle.

Anyway, Joan has a new Reality Show scheduled to air on TV Land called, "How Did You Get So Rich?" - Ha, got a couple of hours? I added that last part...


2. America's Next Top Model

Within the past week, we also viewed the final episode of 'Model Extraordinaire' in a pithy hour long final episode in which Teyona Anderson from Woodstown New Jersey was crowned America's Next Top Model.

Admittedly, I did watch the entire season of this show (Ah, yet again). The final episode was a great low-key ending to the season and slightly unpredictable. Unpredictable is always a good thing when viewing a reality show (To their credit). However, the show is becoming 'somewhat' formulaic in it's approach and the ingredients Set pieces' of the show are rather transparent (Oops, there I go again saying too much - can I please stop talking?!).

Yeah, I will be back next season.

3. American Idol

All things Idol. The season ending episode of American Idol also aired this week to a star-studded and equally unpredictable conclusion with a surprise unexpected win by the very nondescript Kris Allen. Well, I had recommended Glam Rocker Adam for the win.

Nearly 100 million votes poured into the phone lines to tally between Adam Lambert and Kris Allen to determine the ultimate 'Idol'. A wonderful bounty for the phone company (Ask me about this later).

The mighty minions declared Kris as the victor to the disappointment of many Adam sycophants.

Really, Kris has a clearly identifiable audience (Meaning a clear target audience of potential customers in which to market and sell his music), Adam had style - clearly a substantial amount of time was spent on his appearance, as make-up and teased hair can often take hours of preparation.

Even more surprising was the fact that I had viewed nearly the entire second half of the season (For this is an amazing event). As you may recall, I do not care for bad or loud singing and my initial thought was very similar to Simon who had commented that this season had a number of talented contestants and there was not an obvious front-runner (All were equally talented).

To fan the flames, we also had a number of off-screen antics to continue the melodrama. You may notice how every season there is some type of 'Scandal', scuttle or headline? A very clever Public Relations department and unbeknown to common fan, it is all carefully crafted fodder (Nothing sells better than gossip).

As for next season, it is difficult to determine whether or not I will view the show next January (Aka NOT).


Talk Soon!