A Rare Miss, CNN Headline News

There are a few things about the show Best Week Ever that make it really enjoyable (the blog is also great! FART!):

1. They've got great comedians like Paul F. Tompkins, Laurie Kilmartin, John Mulaney, and Joe Mande.
2. They stick to topics of interest that have occurred within the last week.
3. "The Sizzler" (JUST KIDDING, please get rid of "The Sizzler," it is the fucking worst. Fucking seriously.)

This weekend, CNN Headline News premiered their own attempt at a clips show Not Just Another News Show with talking heads "cracking wise." (Cracking wise? Whoops, I just broke my hip. Please pass me a Werther's Original.) The problem, though, is that who cares about funny things that happened on the Senate floor in 1987? Rehashing old political news is going to be a rough sell ... then again, it airs at 7PM on Saturday, which is when the coveted 18-35 single male demographic is all home watching CNN Headline News, so I guess it makes sense.

What's more, maybe your guests COULD WORK ON THEIR JOKES A LITTLE HARDER.

Haha, I'm so funn--[gunshot, Gabe's body falls to the floor.]

Posted by Gabe at 2:49 PM in Newsmagazines
Tags: Best Week Ever | CNN

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HEEEEEYYYY MACACARENA

Posted by: Max Silvestri at 04/14/08 4:38 PM | Reply
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Totes agreed, The Sizzler is the WORST!
And there is a station called CNN Headline News? News to me!

Posted by: Uncle Grambo at 04/14/08 7:14 PM | Reply
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i for one enjoyed the physicality of gabe's performance.

Posted by: amrit at 04/14/08 10:08 PM | Reply
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So thats what it'd be like if the History Channel had a clips show? Good to know.

Posted by: Bosco at 04/15/08 12:14 AM | Reply
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that last guy is garfield with the punchlines.

i might've smirked if he didn't feel the need to clarify that he was talking about the macarena.

Posted by: Elliot at 04/15/08 5:36 PM | Reply
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(i am half kidding. i... i liked the post?)

Posted by: Elliot  in reply to Elliot's comment at 04/15/08 5:38 PM | Reply
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