RP: 11/17: Shoot first, ask questions whenever

The Remote Patrol for Monday, November 17, 2008
by Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings
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8:30 p.m.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler guests on “HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER” (CBS). It could be legen-wait for it-dary.

9 p.m.
On “PRISON BREAK” (Fox), the sixth card is up for grabs, and we all know what that means.

Buzz Aldrin watches a lunar orbiter googlemap things “DIRECT FROM THE MOON” (National Geographic).

“DEAR FOOD NETWORK” (Food Network), I never thought this would happen to me. I was at the deli the other day when I saw the most delicious set of breasts.

“HEROES” (NBC): something about another eclipse. Yawn.

“EINSTEIN” (History) gets a new haircut at Tabitha’s Salon.

“OSWALD’S GHOST” (PBS) haunts America, and may have been responsible for setting the explosives at the World Trade Center.

9:30 p.m.
“WORST WEEK” (CBS) calls upon Fred Willard.

10 P.M.
Is it okay to shoot someone to death when lethal injection goes amuck? Two words: Denny Crane. “BOSTON LEGAL” (ABC) Plus, Cheri Oteri seems to have gotten an agent again.

10:30 p.m.
Jane Pauley hosts “JFK: Breaking the News” (PBS).

NIGHT LIGHTS
* Tavis sells T-cells by the seashore with Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
* Hip Hop sensation T-BA rocks “The Daily Show.”
* The Colbert Report booms with Tom Brokaw and Malcolm Gladwell.
* Emma Thompson, Michelle Felicetta, and Purple Reign party like Dave paid them $19.99.
* Kiefer Sutherland, Lisa Lampanelli, and Barry Manilow hope Jay doesn’t cancel.
* Poppy Montgomery and Nick Hornby are highly fidelic with Craig.
* Snoop Dogg, Brian Regan, and Blitzen Trapper visit Conan’s shizzle.

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TV OR NOT TV RECOMMENDS
“WALL•E”
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I don’t know that I have ever been genuinely excited about a movie preceded by the words “From Pixar Animation (now Disney/Pixar) Studios.” That “WALL•E” managed to have me counting the days until its release thus summer is a great credit to creator Andrew Stanton.
The “Waste Allocation Load Lifter, Earth-Class” is the only operational trash compacting robot left on Earth after mankind leaves on a permanent interstellar cruise. And “WALL•E” is the cinematic bulldozing love child of Charlie Chaplin and “Johnny 5″ from “Short Circuit.” It’s a multi-message movie (which seems to oppose Disney’s modern prime directives): eat less, consume less, and recycle. The film recycles bits and pieces from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Star Trek” and “Love Boat,” and has its humble “yellow collar” worker relaxing each night after work to a VHS copy of “Hello Dolly.” Yet, it’s got romance, adventure, comedy, a talking lint roller, a G-rating, and is one of the best films of 2008.