RP: 11/25: It’s another sunshine day

The Remote Patrol for Tuesday, November 25, 2008
by Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings
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TOM’S TWISTED TOTALLY TRIVIAL TV THINGY

“It’s a helicopter, and it’s coming this way. It’s flying something behind it, I can’t quite make it out, it’s a large banner and it says, uh - Happy… Thaaaaanksss… giving! … From … W … K … R… P!! No parachutes yet. Can’t be skydivers… I can’t tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they’re turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they’re plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenburg tragedy has there been anything like this!” Where is Les Nesman?
A) The Eastgate Mall
B) The Forest Fair Mall
C) The Kenwood Towne Center
D) The Pinedale Shopping Mall
E) The Tri County Mall

The answer tomorrow: It was almost as if they were …organized!

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8 p.m.
“NOVA: OCEAN ANIMAL EMERGENCY” (PBS) tries to keep you from watching Animal Planet. Oh look, there’s the Seahorse Whisperer.

“A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING” (ABC) marinates in butter.

“HOUSE” (Fox) is held hostage. So he returns the favor by stealing 8 minutes more time from your local news.

“THE IFC MEDIA PROJECT: THE FRONTLINES OF JOURNALISM” (IFC) catches up with Valerie Plame Wilson. Yep. Still pissed.

9 p.m.
“DANCING WITH THE STARS” (ABC) gives the $2.98 in Hobby Lobby supplies craftwork to its newest non-failing flailer. And because they had cue cards left over from the American Music Awards we have Cloris Leachman accosting people on the street, a roast by Jeffrey Ross, and Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus singing and/or thanking God (who is busy watching “Fringe.”)

He’s both Itchy and Scratchy, and when it comes to cheap fuel, gassy as well on “THE HUGO CHAVEZ SHOW” (PBS). Hopefully he’s doing different musical numbers than Rosie.

10 p.m.
Vic’s plane spins out over the Sea of Japan on “THE SHIELD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE” (FX).

Richard Roeper talks fashion on “STARZ INSIDE” (Starz). Judging by his suits on “Ebert and Roeper,” this is as bad an idea as letting Heroes creator Tim Kring near a microphone ever again.

10:30 p.m.
“INDEPENDENT LENS: THE ATOM SMASHERS” (PBS) tours the Super Collider, who by day works as mild mannered reporter Clark Collider. Pay no attention to his glasses.

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TV OR NOT TV RECOMMENDS
“The West Wing - The Complete Series”
http://tinyurl.com/tvornottvWestWing
45 discs. $114. Ignoring your loved ones: Priceless.
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NIGHT LIGHTS
* David pardons Reese Witherspoon and Harry Connick Jr.
* Jay thaws Josh Brolin, Chelsea Handler, and the Killers
* Jimmy fetes the winner of “Dancing with the Stars” (Lance Bass) and the Jonas Brothers.
* Craig likes Tony Curtis and Megalyn Echikunwoke hot.
* Kanye West and Seth MacFarlane stew with Conan.

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TTTTTT ANSWER
What did Hooperman do for a living? He was a San Francisco plainclothes police officer.

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