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Carlin hosts “SNL,” Scott McClellan on access TV, etc.
George Carlin, who died June 22 from heart failure, will host this weekend’s edition of “Saturday Night Live” (10:30 p.m. on NBC).
The 1975 repeat is historic: It was “SNL’s” premiere episode. As host, Carlin introduced the Not Ready for Prime Time Players — which included Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris and Larraine Newman.
Carlin also performed three monologues and a couple of sketches. The late Andy Kaufman did a quick and appropriately bizarre routine. Music guests were Janis Ian and Billy Preston.
If you’re in the mood for a Carlin tribute AND a trip down memory lane, check it out Saturday night.
But wait, there’s more Scott McClellan!
Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan, whose tell-all book “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception” exploded onto the best-seller list, has been chatting up his book and slamming the Bushies for weeks now.
When he returned to his hometown last Saturday (June 21) for a book-signing and discussion at Austin’s BookPeople, local TV producer David Kobierowski was on hand to tape the Q&A session for his cable access program “TruthAustin.”
The McClellan episodes will air in three parts, beginning Monday at 9 p.m. on Time Warner’s Cable 10, and continue July 7 and 14 at the same time.
####Another Austinite rolls into reality TV
Bravo’s new series “Date My Ex: Jo & Slade” is an offbeat dating competition featuring former “Real Housewives of Orange County” ex-couple Jo De La Rosa and Slade Smiley. In the original reality series, Jo and Slade broke up, and now Jo has moved to Los Angeles to pursue new love and a singing career.
The “twist” is that Slade still has feelings for Jo and insists on going on dates with her and her new men. According to a Bravo publicist, one of her suitors is former Austinite and University of Texas Law School grad Martin Szumanski, who is now a flashy real estate agent with Sotheby’s International Realty in Southern California.
The episode (and show premiere) is July 21, and we’ll see thirty-something Martin wining, dining and dancing with Jo. Maybe he’ll sell her a mansion, too.
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By Skunk
June 27, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
Date My Ex: Jo & Slade:
How can anyone watch this crap?
HOLLOWAY replies: Here's hoping no one does! Then maybe it'll all disappear.