Reviews are in for 'Sarah Palin's Alaska'
What even Fox says when the cameras aren't on....
Liz Trotta quotes Alessandra Stanley's line in the Ny Times as the best take:
“Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” which begins on Sunday, is odder than that. The snowcapped mountains, pine forests and shimmering lakes are majestic, the Palin children are adorable, and the series looks like a travelogue — wholesome, visually breathtaking and a little dull. In a way it’s like “The Sound of Music” but without the romance, the Nazis or the music.
But for my money Jennifer Braceras in the ultra conservative Boston Herald takes the cake:
Isn’t such low-brow, exhibitionism beneath the dignity of a former governor and potential presidential candidate?
Don’t get me wrong. As a conservative, I still support many of Palin’s policy views. And as a celebrity gossip hound, I might just keep watching her show.
But vote for her? At this point, I might as well vote for Snooki.
Now that would be “flippin’ fun!”
As for ratings success Palin seems to be laughing all the way to the bank. Via the LA Times:
Sarah Palin has once again refudiated her detractors. The critics may not have loved her new TLC reality show, but the former Alaska governor proved she is ratings gold.
"Sarah Palin's Alaska" was the most-watched series launch in TLC history, with an average of 5 million total viewers tuning in to Sunday's premiere, according to early data from the Nielsen Co. That's not that far away from the 5.2 million viewers for the Season 2 premiere of MTV's hit "Jersey Shore" earlier this year.
True, the Palin audience did seem to skew a bit on the old side. Only 1.6 million viewers -- less than one-third of the total -- were in the advertiser-friendly demographic of adults age 18 to 49. That suggests that Palin may still have some work to do in connecting with younger voters -- er, viewers.
The dumber she gets, the higher she will fly with moron GOP voters.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
No doubt about it .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
She is making way too much money to have to lower herself to the level of being President. She made million$ in her plusyear away from the gov'ment. She is indeed laughing all the way to the bank. She is setting herself to be the new and improved Flush Turdballs as the voice of the teabirchers using facebook.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
She truly is the new George Bush.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20101115/pl_yblog_theticket/almost-5-million-people-watched-sarah-palins-alaska">She even makes up her own words, like he did.
So, we can say...Vote for the New Bush?
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
That could be confusing when Jeb throws his hat in the ring.
far left loon >.<
Well, that could be a new experience for her...but then again...probably not so much.
"The ring"...is that what she's calling it these days?
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Is that anything like the New Coke, 'cause that really sucked, too.
Democratic Party progressive, Vietnam veteran and proud Union member for 41 years
What's the old expression she used...oh yeah, it was about putting lipstick on a pig...
A frick'n infomercial.
Do other potential candidates get a free infomercial too?
A frick'n infomercial. Unbelievable.
We have screwed our own way of life.
they get to host shows on Faux News and they get paid for that, too.
We haven't screwed it....we've Been Screwed!!
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
She's fucking get paid for campaigning for her own presidential run. Isn't there a law against that? If not there should be.
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I wouldn't watch this shit if you paid me. Don't her fuckin' kids ever go to school? If anyone wants to read a decent book on Alaska try "Coming Into the Country" by John McPhee. An interesting look at the Alaska Independence Party is in there. What a bunch of fascist assholes they are. Another good book is "Going to Extremes" by Sarah's good friend Joe McGinnis. Enjoy.
I have no intention of tuning in. I can't stand her awful voice and I sure don't want to contribute to any ratings success.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
The ratings were always going to be high for the first episode. The curiosity factor often gives shows a great first episode before it declines. It is the next two episode ratings that will determine if this show has legs. Based on the consistent reviews (practically impossible for anything that has a political angle to it), it is pretty clear that this show will be lucky to level out at around 2 million viewers.
"it’s like “The Sound of Music” but without the romance, the Nazis or the music"
1. Nazis: They call them "good ole boys" on this side of the pond.
2. Music: I'm sure Whitesnake will make an appearance on her SUV radio sometime during the course of the show.
3. Romance: See #2.
"Sarah Palin's Alaska" was the most-watched series launch in TLC history, with an average of 5 million total viewers tuning in to Sunday's premiere
And that ladies and gentlemen stands as an editorial on this country.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
the way it is, I don't doubt that the numbers were greatly exaggerated too. Like Beck's over 1 million at his rally.
Very sad isn't it.....
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That number is less than 2% of the American population. Its about the same number of people who tuned into the final episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.
For a little perspective, about 73 million people tuned in to see the Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964, and that was about 38% of the total population.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
Thank you Michelle , thank you .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
Only 5 million morons in the US. Oh...I feel much better now.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
I don't know how many times I've said it , ignorant and dumb beyond words , I rest my case . I can just hear the morons after watching this , "my but she would make a wonderful President , wouldn't she Wilbur ?"
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
What is the difference between a dumb ass who would watch the Jersey Shore and a dumb ass who would watch Palin's Alaska? I would even bet that many of them are the same dumb ass's. but that's just a guess.
is much more intelligent and has a better grasp of foreign policy.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Let it be known that I am American, but, what a bunch of idiots we are. This show was billed as the modern day Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. ppphhttt...This was all about Palin and nothing less. "You can see Russia from here...almost". A reference to the campaign. A part on Joe McGinnis moving in next to Palin. What the hell does that have to do with nature and Alaska? Yet America tuned in to view the nature and the beauty of ..... Palin's run for the White House. Usually candidates have to pay for election campaigning. Palin gets paid to do it and rack up a few million more. This is and she is an embarrassment to this country. We are officially a nation of morons.
This show truly disgust me with not only American politics but the American voter even more than the last elections. What's next weeks show about, the migration of salmon upstream and how it relates to Obama's ties to Acorn? Polar bears and the myth of global warming? The poverty of native Americans in Alaska and how the lamestream media over blows it?
I guess we should realize that The Learning Channel has nothing to do with learning and all about money. It's not NPR, it's Newscorp hiding the profit as education. I'd rather watch Bristol on DWTS.
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"what a bunch of idiots we are" , no truer words have ever been spoken .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
I bet you'd get at least that many if you televised a train wreck...or the white Bronco.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
I think Balloon boy got more than that.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7a9lMSwL8
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Have they checked the inside of her closet for any brown shirts?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
or any semblance of talent.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
And I have no intention of seeing it.
But I catch one of the commercials advertising for it.
" Noooooooo boys upstairs" I had to laugh at that.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Although my preference humor wise is for her little soliloquy on the glories of a life in the wild as opposed to some stuffy little political room. That one made me want to start belting out a chorus of Born Free. To paraphrase that 70's poster: if you loathe something let it go, if it comes back to you it is Sarah Palin.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
A little late for that rule, ain't it, Sarah?
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
The big boys and the big bucks have grown tired of sarah and her ilk...Angle, Odonnel, Miller....etc...
Stayed tuned for a blitz from Romney's camp and how cool Mormonism really is.....and how, if we could elect Kennedy in 1960 as a Catholic, and all he had to say was "the Pope will not speak or act through me as president"....Old Mitt will try it too...."Salt Lake City will have nothing to say through me as president...
the African witch doctor will have nothing to say through me as president.
This is just a three-ring circus sideshow to keep teh stupid frothy until the Koch brothers are ready to roll out Mittens version 2.0.
I did find it odd, that during her commercial, she said she'd rather be outdoors in in Alaska than in some stuffy office. Where she "can be free". I had to laugh at that too.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
How to describe her annoying voice, diction, and accent?
It is just grating to me and I am sure would get tiresome to hear her stupid being expressed in that sing-songy obnoxious voice on a daily basis as a national pol. Gawd, it would drive me batshit. It already does.
My great great great great granduncle must be rolling over in his grave:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ww...
(Looks kind of like Sam Watterson here, don't he?)
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
that Palin got too close to foraging bears during the filming.
I beg to differ...
Where's Marlin Perkins when you really need him?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
for making this idiot a "star". Just proves my point that the GOP and their moronic voters hate smart people.
NOBODY 2012
No. it's got Nazis.
Sorry. I couldn't resist. They aren't clever enough to be Nazis. Ooops sorry again...
me-oww!
If I put a bagful of dogshit on eBay and said it came "from Sarah Palin's dog". Fleecing her gullible poodles seems to be a surefire thing.
"Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?" - General Jack D. Ripper
Water boarding isn't necessary , just strap me to a chair in front of a television and play clips of Palin with the volume turned up .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
What a disgrace for this country , it's just unbelievable .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
When you click the show's page on the review-aggregating site metacritic.com, you get a 404 error message. I have never seen this happen before. The page has been down all day. See? http://www.metacritic.com/tv/sarah-palins-ala...
Palin is notorious for scrubbing her online blunders. Do you think someone from her camp is pressuring metacritic.com not to show all the crappy reviews for her show?
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“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
http://www.uclick.com/client/nyt/po/
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
the the LACK OF the one thing I've noticed...
haven't seen McGramps backing her up lately.......
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20101...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Please have the Repugs put this moron up for President....should be easy pickin's for the Dems......wait, they tried that with Bush, and all we had was 8 years of stupidity
on David Letterman's Top Ten list of new words for 2010....
palincoherent.
except the Van Trapps are the nazis.
"Sarah Palin's Alaska" was the most-watched series launch in TLC history, with an average of 5 million total viewers tuning in to Sunday's premiere, according to early data from the Nielsen Co. That's not that far away from the 5.2 million viewers for the Season 2 premiere of MTV's hit "Jersey Shore" earlier this year.
AMC's "The Walking Dead" garnered over 11 million watchers.
Zombies topped the Paylin's.
Thats gotta mean something. :D
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
FROM Alaska:
"....watching Palin parade around in her shorts for the camera crew, while playing the damsel in distress frightened of the completely disinterested Joe McGinniss next door, IS a little creepy.
Sarah also constantly sports this bizarre "I just received a good rogering out by the dead lake" hair weave on her head, which also seems designed to fire up the "naughty bits" of the conservative males in the viewing audience.
Perhaps the most uncomfortable use of sexuality are the scenes of Willow parading around the house in booty shorts while attempting to sneak her boyfriend past her mother to join her in her bedroom.
Sarah, also walking around in shorts, puts a stop to that in very flirty, Mrs. Robinson manner, which just adds to the "ick" factor of the whole scene.
.....there is a scene where Bible Spice is seen dangling from a harness that looks suspiciously like the sex swing which I have no doubt many conservative men have hanging in their garage with their Sarah Palin sex doll already strapped in for easy access.
Then later at the beginning of the actual "ascent" Todd refers to Sarah as "juicy." Yes you read that right, "JUICY!"
Now I tried to think of other words that Tawd might have actually used that only sounded like "juicy," like "pushy," or "gooshy," or "you harpy bitch," but none of them sounded convincing enough for me to believe that he did not ACTUALLY refer to his wife on national television as "juicy."
... Sarah feigns helplessness and constantly bitches about EVERYTHING in a way that must only be sexy to guys who have little respect for strong women, she stops for some reason to announce to the television audience "Now I’m straddling a crevasse. It’s deep and dark."
.... I have little doubt that at that announcement numerous male Republican hands, went down numerous male Republican pants, as they murmured to themselves "I got something for your crevasse right here baby!"
....trying to figure out who would buy into this steaming pile of mooseshit
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/
Sarah Palin's Alaska show is so boring I turned the channel about the time they got away from the bears. It also seems so fake and commercial. The Palins remind me of the TV hosts in the Spanish language movie For the Love of Dogs.
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