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I'm a little underwhelmed now.
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Now THAT would be worth seeing.
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Oh, Dodai - don't you know for once, for once -- that's less work for the poor, driven, overworked Hollywood development execs, who otherwise have to comb slushpiles (and Broadway shows that are already hits) for gems of originality that they slog and dig to unearth, such as this? Are you showing your journalistic privilege? Where is your compassion?
Hee hee hee.
I'm not sure I'd watch Jon Gosselin's shenanigans at gunpoint. They'd have to go ahead and shoot.
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Just because your sister/brother is famous doesn't mean YOU need to be famous. You don't need a reality show/singing career/line of handbags. Go to college, become an accountant and stay off my TV screen.
Signed,
Everyone
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My gut reaction is TLC, since they already have (had?) Jon & Kate + 8, but they might not want to be known as the All Multiples All the Time channel (although for awhile, they were the All Home Improvement, All the Time channel and that didn't seem to bug them). Odds: 2:1, but only because I don't think they'll want to become the poster network for why we have child labor laws.
My second choice is Bravo! home of exploitative reality shows that I don't watch. Bravo has gone from Gay-Per-View (that wonderful period of a couple years where I could watch Queer Eye, followed by another Queer Eye, followed by Boy Meets Boy, followed by The Birdcage without actually changing the channel) to the "artsy" channel (Project Runway, Top Chef, Groomer Has It), to the channel of choice for those of us who want to silently judge others who are richer than us (NYC Prep, Real Housewives) and those who make unusual and usually shitty parenting decisions (Showbiz Moms and Dads). Odds: 5:1, Nadya Suleman doesn't have enough money for Bravo to want us to judge her.
We also have VH1, home of "Celebreality." They obviously have no soul (see: ____ of Love in its various incarnations and charm schools and buses), so that is a tick mark in their favor. Ostensibly, this network focuses on has-been celebrities, but as I Love New York, Daisy of Love and Real Chance at Love have demonstrated, they are also fond of celebreality casualties. It remains to be seen if Octomom would be enough of a "celebrity" to want them to follow her with a camera, though. Odds: 10:1, unless someone at VH1 figures out how to make a "Octomom At Love" series in which case it becomes an even 1:1.
This leaves us with the Femme Three: Lifetime, We and Oxygen. As these handle more or less the same subject matter, we shall handle them together. Of the three, Lifetime is the least likely, playing host primarily to bad Made for TV movies and Army Wives. But they do toss out the occasional reality show such as "Momma Can't Dance" or the upcoming Project Runway. However, they seem to be marketing themselves a little more highbrow than I believe an Octomom Reality Extravapalooza could be. We is probably the next least likely. They tend to be more of a "Hallmark Channel With A Better Marketing Department" type of network and I don't think they would want to associate themselves with the stench of child labor either. Oxygen seems the most likely, with their fascination with wedding shows, a child rearing show could be the next step. Plus they seem to want to be "edgier" than their two counterpoints, and this could really put them over the edge. Odds: Lifetime is 10:1, We is 7:1, and Oxygen is 3:1 (unless I totally confused We with Oxygen, in which case switch those). Although I will allow you to bet all three together at 2:1 but only if you lose 50 lbs before your wedding.
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Short answer: No.
Longer answer: Only if it involved Jon being pummeled to death by a group of older ladies with large purses.
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But I'm glad you can be proud of your multiple birth family tree knowledge. Way to go.
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A: Are you crazy? Have you never seen a Johnny Depp movie before? He wears a funny hat and eyeliner! He's Johnny Depp!
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A: Hopefully a lot more than he brought to Willy Wonka! Oh, what's that? You were going to ignore the fact that I've already trampled on one of your beloved books/movies with my crazy directing and wacky C.G.I.? Oh, well.. never mind then.
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Anyway, the two Alice books are also childhood favorites of mine. I just hope this movie isn't too Tim Burton. Why all the C.G.I.??
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And FunnyFace: those are two of my favorites too, although I think my all time winner is The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me.
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(Because he might.)
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ITA about Gene Wilder. I'd bet the studio asked him to tone it down, because Wonka, the inventor, the character, who really hates nasty kids, really is kind of out there.
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