RP: 1/2 Summons Chanted Evening

The Remote Patrol for January 2, 2009
by Thomas Allen Heald, Ruler of Rushmore Randomness
All times Eastern, for PBS programs, check local listings

TOM’S TWISTED TOTALLY TRIVIAL TV THINGY
Sure Ben Affleck’s impersonation of Keith Olbermann on “Saturday Night
Live” sucked. But who successfully embodied KO on TV back in 1998?
A) Josh Charles
B) Ted Danson
C) Arsenio Hall
D) Peter Krause
E) Jay Thomas

Saturday brings the right answer, and new old jokes.

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7:30 P.M.
Alabama and Utah battle in “THE HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP BOWL” (Fox).

8 p.m.
Kevin Costner returns as Frank Farmer in “HITLER’S BODYGUARD”
(Military). Whitney Houston looks so cute with that little mustache.

Christian Slater has to prevent the bad guys from programming “DEAL OR
NO DEAL” (NBC) in the few hours of primetime that Jay Leno won’t be
hogging in the fall.

9 p.m.
Natasha Bedingfield guests on “LIPSTICK JUNGLE:STILL ON, SOMEHOW” (NBC).

10 p.m.
“MISS AMERICA: COUNTDOWN TO THE CROWN” (TLC) sends the 52 Miss America
contestants aboard the Queen Mary to compete in assorted weekly stunts,
thus turning the pageant into “Last Comic Standing.” Hint girls: Don’t
play hide and seek.

“20/20″ (ABC) reports on “extreme motherhood.” Can we just change the
title to “Ripley’s Believe it or Not?” or stop having it produced by the
news division?

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TTTTTT ANSWER
Who hosted the very first (Dick Clark’s) “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”
special ushering in 1973? Three Dog Night. George Carlin hosted the second.

But the conversation doesn’t end here, add your own suggestions or
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