12/09/10 Daily Dose of Nonsense

WGA TV Nods

Tim O'Brien
Scope it, as in Horoscope: The last thing you need are 10 Lords a Leaping. Maybe one or two at the most. Ten, no way.

Bonehead Tip of the Day: Tell someone this is fun for kids of all ages. What does that mean? And please, enough with the pointing to your eyes and then the other person. I know, you are watching but so many people are doing this now, it has lost its appeal - - if it ever had it.

The List: Writer's Guild Nominations for TV.
Drama
"Boardwalk Empire" - HBO
"Breaking Bad" - AMC
"Dexter" - Showtime
"Friday Night Lights" - NBC, but now on, well who knows?
"Mad Men" - AMC
Comedy
"30 Rock" - NBC
"Glee" - Fox
"Modern Family" - ABC
"Nurse Jackie" - Showtime
"The Office" - NBC
Source: TVbytheNumbers.

Trivia: The wedding veil was designed to protect the bride from the evil eye. It works well. Just ask my uncle. At one time nine runs meant you won in baseball. Yes, it did. It was changed to nine innings later on. The first World Series was the best of nine. Not all those who showed up at the Constitutional Convention was sober. Well, that may be true but not what this item is all about. Not all signed the document. Some never did while others simply opposed it. Yeah, today is much worse for cooperation than the good ole days. Hmmm.

Closer: There should be a rule. One time on a show like "The Bachelor" and that's it.

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