Remember in a previous post where I ranted and raved about CBS cancelling Jericho? My FAVORITE SHOW IN THE WORLD? I wasn't the only one. All over America, grass-roots fans mounted a campaign when they cancelled it the first time, sending tons of peanuts to the director of network programming at CBS. After being inundated with enough peanuts to open a charity kitchen for wayward elephants, the show was renewed, then cancelled after its run of episodes.
I was mad.......pissed.......disappointed. As were so many fans. I wished ill will and bird flu on the executives at CBS, then comforted my sorrow in the hope of Jericho living forever in my DVD library.
End of story, right? oh no...............
Two nights ago, I'm sitting having dinner with my sister and our kids in Miami. Apparently she had read my little rant on the Jericho issue. She says, "You really shouldn't have wished the bird flu on my sister-in-law". Sister-in-law? Yup. Her sister-in-law is THE one who pulled the plug, THE power that is at CBS. Should have guessed by the last name, but who figured they were related? Brother and sister? She's the one that probably never wants to see a peanut again as long as she exists on this earth!
INSERT FOOT IN MOUTH AND START SWALLOWING.
INSERT FOOT IN MOUTH AND START SWALLOWING.
Again my sincerest apologies and deepest genuflections to those I may have offended. Sorry, Peter, I didn't know you had a sister who was director of Network Programming! And to the exalted Ms. T., my humble apologies. I realize you had a job to do and you did it, no matter how many people you pissed off in the process.
Sort of like nursing, parenting, and a million other professions around, no?
