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As executive producer Lori McCreary explained Thursday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour, she and fellow executive producer Morgan Freeman -- yes, the voice of God himself -- had met with CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler about breaking into scripted television, and she advised them to find a character whose story they wanted to tell.

Then McCreary turned on the Benghazi hearings and found her inspiration.

Joementum posted:

Ahaha, Madam Secretary might be fun to hate watch.

ReindeerF posted:

wait until the Vietnamese find out that they don't need to be able to play Excitebike on top of a sentence

Joementum posted:

Yes, Minister is surprisingly good for a show that's a thinly veiled Thatcher manifesto.

Joementum posted:

Yes, Minister is surprisingly good for a show that's a thinly veiled Thatcher manifesto.

I'm not holding out much hope for Madam Secretary being any good, which is unfortunate.

zoux posted:

Having seen GotG last night I am left with one burning question: why have we, as a people, not domesticated raccoons yet???

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Owning a raccoon is a way of life. They require a great deal of time and attention. You will have to continually provide him with entertainment. They can be vicious and they do bite. Raccoons are destructive and messy. Serious thought needs to be given before purchasing a raccoon

ufarn posted:

SedanChair posted:

BM's kickstarter has shat itself 3/4 of the way to its goal

zoux posted:

Also, why the gently caress do we still use apostrophes? Is there a single sentence you can make up where the meaning is totally opaque with an omitted apostrophe? No.

moebius2778 posted:

He brought the chair's back to the house.

(Well, it's not opaque, but it's pretty different.)

SedanChair posted:

Nobody would think of the technically grammatical meaning here. zouxs point is a pretty good one

paragon1 posted:

it's

its

?

SedanChair posted:

Both sound pretty boss tbh


Make a sentence where you can't tell 'em apart from context. Its easy impossible and fun!

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

edit: alternatively,

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John and Leo Resig founded Resignation, LLC in August 2007[6] and then launched theCHIVE.com in November, 2008.[7] The brothers went on to create additional photo-entertainment websites, all of which are staffed and managed by members of the Resig family.

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Hoaxes

Between 2007 and 2010, Leo and John Resig conducted a string of internet hoaxes that, according to Leo, were designed “to entertain and inspire, not to inform.”[5]
Donald Trump Tips

The "Donald Trump tip" hoax involved a doctored photo of a Santa Monica restaurant receipt that was supposedly signed by Donald Trump indicating that a $10,000 tip was left on a bill of $82.27. Trump denied the story's accuracy to Fox News Channel, which had originally published the story as real.[10] Other media agencies also ran the story, including The Huffington Post, E! News, and Access Hollywood.
Teenage texting disaster

The "Teenage texting disaster" hoax occurred in 2008 and involved a fictitious teenager who had accidentally sent a text message to her father stating that she had lost her virginity on the beach.[11] This became an internet meme and was broadcast as a true story by several media outlets.[12]
Jenny quits on dry erase board

Arguably the most famous hoax was "Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office", which showed several photographs of a woman quitting her job by telling a story with a dry-erase whiteboard.[13] This hoax was also reported as true.[14]

The next day, TheChive.com ran a follow-up series of photos revealing the woman's true identity as a hired actress named Elyse Porterfield.[15] Some news sources suggested the hoax was inspired by the dramatic resignation of JetBlue flight-attendant Steven Slater that took place the day before.[16] However, the Resig brothers told reporters that the idea for the hoax was conceived about a month earlier at a bar in Santa Monica. The pair wrote down the details on paper napkins. The casting for "Jenny" and her photo shoot was conducted a week prior to the JetBlue incident.[5]

zoux posted:

Also, what the hell does it mean to chive? I only know it from those awful british meme shirts.

Swan Oat posted:

is hitlers army the army of hitler, or an army comprised of hitlers. think about it.

zoux posted:

Yes that's why they need to be domesticated. Also bears.

The Russians domesticated foxes in like five generations, let's get on domesticating some of the cooler, cuter animals.