Wimbledumb 07/02/09

Here we go again. There was no DOOL feed again today because NBC is showing Wimbledumb tennis tournament. NBC's decision to pre-empt regular programming in order to show the tournament has not been without controversy. You may have missed the news item yesterday reporting how angry fans stormed the NBC offices demanding the network abandon it's plans for the Thursday/Friday Wimbledumb marathon and return to its originally scheduled shows. In response to this protest, NBC executives have issued the following statement:

"The National Broadcasting Company is committed to maintaining consistency in programming throughout its broadcast day. For years it has been our practice to show "Days Of Our Lives" during the 1PM – 2PM (EDT)time slot. We have temporarily abandoned that schedule to broadcast the Wimbledumb Tennis tournament semi-final matches in their entirety. While we understand Days Of Our Lives fans will miss seeing DOOL episodes during those days, we feel that by broadcasting Wimbledumb instead of DOOL, we are not wavering from our commitment to make the 1PM – 2PM viewing time the most boring freaking hour on TV. If we can't bore them with DOOL, we're darn sure we can bore them with tennis."

NBC pointed out that Jeffrey Zucker, NBC President, was captain of his high school tennis team. Zucker also issued a statement:

"Tennis is groovy."

I also don't know what to expect for next week. As of right now, there is no official word on the planned date and time of Michael Jackson's funeral. I heard on the news last night it is scheduled for Tuesday, but haven't been able to find any confirmation of that anywhere. So all we know right now is unless they decide to stuff and mount him and put him astride Trigger, there will be a funeral at some point. Given the intense level of Jackomania* we're having to suffer through these days, it won't surprise me if that's an all-day affair, so we might be facing another DOOL drought next week, but I suppose we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

*It seems some Michael Jackson fans are now so distraught over his death, they are committing suicide. If that doesn't qualify for a Darwin Award, I don't know what does: CLICK HERE.



So there you have it. We are once again DOOL-less. I'm pretty sure there will be a feed tomorrow, and the ball will be back in our court, so to speak, to bring you every precious detail.

On a housekeeping note, I realize there is "garbage" at the top of the screen. I've been working to get it out of there, but I'm not sure there is anything I can do. I'll take another look at it today and see what I can do. Prevuze is one of the oldest blogs on "Blogger." After we began blogging here, Google bought the company that developed Blogger and changed (dumbed-down) the method of creating blogs. They allowed Prevuze and other existing blogs to stay on the old style, which I actually like better (Prevuze II is on the new and not so improved style). Anyway, recently Google has been "encouraging" me to switch over to the new style. My experience with this is that with Google, any change can prove to be a more painful experience than open-heart surgery at Salem Hospital. But now I'm beginning to think this may have something to do with forcing me to switch... Like, maybe this is Google's not-so-subtle way of saying it is giving up on supporting the old style. We'll see.

Friday is right around the corner, so go out and make it a good day and we'll see you tomorrow for a real update.

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