Posted on 02/12/2012 4:09:07 PM PST by grundle
Edited on 02/12/2012 5:14:12 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
This is not a RIP Whitney Houston thread, it's a "why the (bleep) did you interrupt the viewing of a kids' show to say Whitney Houston is dead"? First, we sat there thinking the President had been shot or something, I mean it was downright weird given how long it took them to get to the point, because we figured it had to be pretty important. Second, it's a kid show - I know you really want to be first to break the news, but really? Morons.
I don’t think the people down at abc are very bright. JMO.
Was “Happy Valentines Day, Charlie Brown” an affiliate show or was it run across the network?
Yeah, unless it’s WWIII, such announcements can wait.
And this surprises anyone???
what’s really wierd is.. I thought I saw a thread last night that denied she had died.
They could have waited until commercial time, and put in a 10-second blip “Singer and actress Whitney Houston has passed away. News at 10”.
My 11-year-old just said, “Well now she finally gets to dance with somebody....”
(we watched Whitney’s videos to show who she was)
Because ABC and the entire msm act like immature 14 year old girls who think the world revolves around them. It’s all about THEM! and breaking news FIRST rather than the viewers who keep them on the air and a paycheck in their pocket.
Can't wait to see how long it takes the dummies at the postal service to commission a stamp for her.
If you had been watching something rented on your DVD player you’d have never had to deal with, nor pay for, that interference...not to mention the financial benefits from cutting that cable and no longer supporting the enemy.
That’s what you call a Lucy joke and Charles Shultz is unavailable for comment.
good grief
The entire national ABC network was playing the Charlie Brown show. The news guy started out by saying something like “Parents, we have a news announcement which may not be appropriate for the children who are watching this Charlie Brown cartoon, so you might want to get them out of the room.” Those weren’t his exact words, but it was enough to scare the daylights out of pretty much everyone who was watching.
Holy Crap! I would have thought nuclear bomb.
Seriously.
we had four little 8YO girls over last night for my daughters birthday....of course watching Charlie Brown when this came on...my wife was shocked- i was not...
the little girls wanted to know who whitney houston was???? how did she die??? blah-blah-blah....
I agree with you. I cancelled my cable about a year ago. I actually have the first 12 Charlie Brown TV specials on DVD. I think this one is actually the 13th one!
Al Sharpton has been all over the news today, but I haven’t seen Jesse Jackson yet. The scene isn’t complete until he shows up.
Sorry, that might have been my fault. It had been reported once before that she’d died but hadn’t (obviously). I posted the denial link without paying attention to the date since it popped up at the top of a search. Why it was at the top is anyone’s guess.
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