Crappy New Year, ABC
It is sad that my first blog post of the new year must be a rant, but I feel ABC's coverage of Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve with Ryan Seacrest needs some comeupance.
First, at about 11:53, there's this look back at Miley Cyrus's 16th birthday party at Disney World and how wonderful it was. And you too may spend your birthday at one of the parks of the Disney. No one will televise it, thank god. Nothing says corporate synergy like New Year's Eve.
Second, there was absolutely no mention of my favorite part of this New Year's--that extra second added at the end of 2008. The ABC clock went straight from 11:59:58 to 11:59:59 to 12:00:00. Where was 11:59:60? I remember the one in 2005 being acknowledged.
And then ESPN celebrates the New Year with a guy jumping a motorcycle onto the top of the Arc de Triomphe replica at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas, and then he jumped off. Oh, he's overcome Tourette's syndrome to do this, too. He gave the post-jump interview as the medical crew bandages his hand which was almost certainly broken and cut to the bone. I think missed the guy who wants to be the first to do a backflip in a pickup truck.
First, at about 11:53, there's this look back at Miley Cyrus's 16th birthday party at Disney World and how wonderful it was. And you too may spend your birthday at one of the parks of the Disney. No one will televise it, thank god. Nothing says corporate synergy like New Year's Eve.
Second, there was absolutely no mention of my favorite part of this New Year's--that extra second added at the end of 2008. The ABC clock went straight from 11:59:58 to 11:59:59 to 12:00:00. Where was 11:59:60? I remember the one in 2005 being acknowledged.
And then ESPN celebrates the New Year with a guy jumping a motorcycle onto the top of the Arc de Triomphe replica at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas, and then he jumped off. Oh, he's overcome Tourette's syndrome to do this, too. He gave the post-jump interview as the medical crew bandages his hand which was almost certainly broken and cut to the bone. I think missed the guy who wants to be the first to do a backflip in a pickup truck.
