Dictum Ridiculum - February 2006

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Dictum Ridiculum: February 2006

Archived rants and raves from the main page of the Colin Campbell Network.

Friday, February 24, 2006
Olympics Update: Finland Sends USA Packing
Who called it?
Next up on the "Get Your Excuses Ready Parade" - Team Russia. Ooh, scary! Get real... Russia, do you think Finland is scared of you? Of your dipsy-doodle plays, and wacky passing, and super fast skating, and ability to put the puck in the net...
No. Do you know why? Carp. That's right. Carp. That's all the Finnish team is playing for right now. (The Finnish Women's Ice Hockey Team lost to the US, sure... but they'll still be taking home a couple boxes of carp, just not the truckloads they would have received for upsetting the U.S.)
Finland's march to hockey gold continues! I'm calling it right here -- Finland 3, Russia 2.
Go Finland!!!!
Transmitted 01:59 AM PST | Link |

Monday, February 20, 2006
Olympics Update: Finland 2, Canada 0
Here’s a Janet Jones Gretzky Olympic Hockey Tip: Finland is for real, both Men and Women. The reason is simple – The Finns aren’t playing for gold, or their country, or the $37,500 bonus that comes with winning a gold medal. No, they’re playing for carp. Most Finnish hockey players will be taking home large boxes of salted fish after the Games, and that’s just fine with them.
The Sunday shutout of Canada should cause celebration in the streets of Helsinki, but the Finns know that beating Canada in the qualifying round is one thing; Gretzky’s boys will come to play when the IOC starts handing out hardware…
Transmitted 03:33 AM PST | Link |

Monday, February 13, 2006
CC on TV - "King of Vegas", "Olympic Zone"
Boy, February is a busy month. In addition to my birthday (Yay for me!), Valentine’s Day, and my now-canceled hunting trip with Dick Cheney, it’s a month where I’m just putting stuff on TV like crazy.
First off, an opportunity for Los Angeles area viewers – I’m part of NBC’s Olympic coverage on KNBC! Monday through Friday, I write for The Olympic Zone, which airs every night at 7:30pm. On Saturdays, I produce AND write the show, which means extra opportunities for that unique brand of Colin-y goodness… such as this last Saturday’s tease of a story about Martha Stewart which included the line, “You can tell the ankle bracelet is off, because Martha Stewart is in Torino…” (I know, I was surprised it got on TV, too…) So that’s Monday through Saturday, 7:30pm, KNBC. Get in the Zone!
Secondly, my first episode of a new national cable show airs this Tuesday night. The show is called King of Vegas, and it airs on Spike TV at 10:00pm (check local listings). This is a fun reality-gambling show that challenges a bunch of loudmouths (and a couple of very attractive women) to a “decathlon of gambling.” We start each episode with blackjack, end each episode with a poker Texas Hold ‘em Death Match, and in between, show a bunch of stuff you normally wouldn’t see on one of those TV gambling shows, such as roulette, Red Dog (aka Acey-Ducey), Pai Gow poker, craps, etc. It really is a fun show to work on, and I hope some of that fun comes through in the finished product. I’m writing and producing episodes five (which airs Tuesday) and eight (which should air in early March, on or around March 7th.) I actually get a fairly nice-sized and readable credit at the end, so feel free to ignore the rest of the episode, and TiVo or tape the last five minutes just to see that…a true rarity on cable TV these days!
If you don’t hear from me until March, you know why…
Transmitted 02:00 AM PST | Link | 2 comments

Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Watching What We Say... and Wear
Good to see the effects of 9/11 are still bouncing around, causing damage to our most basic and dearly held principles. Check out Glenn Greenwald's take on the Cindy Sheehan SOTU ejection.
I know, intellectually, the current administration only considers the Constitution of the United States to be a quaint (or outdated, even?) series of guidelines, much as they view the Geneva Conventions against torture. It still shocks me, though, when I see their anti-American dissent-stifiling machinery in action. Good stuff, Glenn.
A final thought, West Wing style: Thousands are dead in an unpopular war -- and the mother of a dead soldier shows up at the State of the Union speech wearing a T-shirt reading "2245 Dead. How Many More?" What would President Bartlet have done?
I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that by the end of it, Martin Sheen would be clearning off mantle space for an Emmy, and I'd be ready to go down to my local recruiting office and sign up.
Just a thought about leadership... both real and fictitious.
Sadly, the presidency that shows real leadership is ending this spring. Unfortunately, we have to deal with the fictitious presidency until 2009. Such is life...
Transmitted 10:05 AM PST | Link |

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