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Reality TV has spawned plenty of garbage, but WE’s Downsized isn’t one such program. The program shows the real-life struggles of a decent hard-working family living near Phoenix, AZ. Todd and Laura Bruce and their seven children lived well before the recession, when his construction business was raking in $1.5 million annually. Being a good…

Dan Rather comes with lots of baggage as far as myself and many others are concerned. The former CBS News anchor was so relentless in his pursuit to make George Bush and his son look bad, it actually made HIM look bad in the process. So-called “fair” journalism, where a reporter looks at both sides…

Bru-tal, or as I would say in my classic rock days … Jethro Bru-tull. That’s the best way to describe “local” auto dealership ads across the country. Having lived in New York, California and North Carolina I have seen some doozies, believe me. Two that stand out, and not in a good way, are in…

I thought it was pretty cool to get a tweet from ESPN’s Dick Vitale Saturday afternoon, not long after I blogged that I didn’t care too much for his and colleague Lee Corso’s self-promoting ways. To be specific, I just don’t feel the great games of college basketball and football neeed the breathless, screaming promotion…

I REALLY enjoy college football and basketball. I REALLY don’t care for some people who feel the need to hype the sports with their own shows of bravado or self-promotion, however. The two biggest offenders in the “look at me” department both reside at ESPN. I swear, although I know I shouldn’t, that networks hire…

The judges are kind of obnoxious at times and you need to appreciate dance to fully enjoy it, but Dancing With The Stars definitely has one hero to root for this season: Iraqi war veteran J.R. Martinez, who suffered burns to over 40 percent of his body during battle is easy to cheer on as…

One of the fun and/or challenging parts of writing a blog is getting comments about them. I am happy to report Changing Channels is up to 200 comments, which is more than the number of blog posts I have written. I appreciate readers taking the time to write in, especially with the busy lives we…

OK, so Chris Christie and Sarah Palin will stay out of the race for the Republican nomination for president. There is still plenty to like about the candidates that ARE running, including former Godfathers Pizza CEO Herman Cain. Cain is a multi-talented, multi-faceted individual from the business world who halso has experience as a board…

He may be a weatherman, but perhaps no one is better at improv comedy than NBC’s Al Roker. Just watch the way he talks to people on the plaza during the Today show. One of his best lines came the other day when Willard Scott … yes, he’s STILL on… mentioned that two seniors were…

Let me make one thing perfectly clear … as President Nixon used to say: I was no big fan of Hank Williams over-the-top musical intro to Monday Night Football … it was obnoxious and over the top to me. To be fair, “My Rowdy Friends” did kind of fit the nature of the game, however,…
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