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BumRushDaShow

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47. "a jawa"
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:35 PM
Dec 24

LOL!

True story but back in 1976, I had tics to be in the studio audience of a "Mike Douglas Show" taping which was done here in Philly in the-then KYW TV studios right near Independence Hall (the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is at that location now).

The guests included Barbara Carerra, Don Knotts, and the-then hot child star Kristy McNichol. Well when the taping was done and we were leaving, I spotted Don Knotts hurriedly walking down a corridor to the back exit and I managed to catch up to him to ask for his autograph (had my handy little book ready) and he graciously stopped and obliged (he looked like his mind was on a million other things, which I expect it was).

But the most dramatic thing was out in front of the building when they brought Kristy McNichol out. She was 14 at the time and her managers basically shoved her into the middle of a growing crowd of fans, spectators and media. As me and the group I was with edged closer, I watched in sadness because when I was about to hand her my little book, the terror in her eyes due to all the people and media lights (it was dusk at the time), etc., impacted me so profoundly - especially when her manager gripped her shoulders to keep her in place, that after that, I refused to do anymore autograph-seeking for the next, almost-30 years (until that convention).

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Weiss needs to "fluff" it up for tRUMP wolfie001 Dec 22 #1
"Additional Reporting" BOSSHOG Dec 22 #2
"Additional Reporting" aka major editing to remove facts that are LymphocyteLover Dec 22 #14
As long as the CBS news continues along this vein, I, for one, won't be wasting my time watching. MLWR Dec 22 #3
Nor I. BonnieJW Dec 22 #4
Yeah, that's it for me, until Bari Weiss is out of the picture. Paladin Dec 22 #10
It is more than just Weiss. It starts with trump loving Elision, who owns Paramount which owns CBS. lostincalifornia Dec 22 #23
She is an abomination 31st Street Bridge Dec 22 #26
Proof that capitalism is a FAILURE Stargazer99 Dec 22 #31
Aside from sports, CBS is banned in our home Grim Chieftain Dec 22 #5
I do have Paramont Plus FarPoint Dec 22 #6
rather than pay them (which is what they are counting on) moonshinegnomie Dec 22 #16
Okay DownriverDem Dec 22 #17
go to reddit to the subreddit r/piracy moonshinegnomie Dec 22 #21
Are you going to share for Christmas? FarPoint Dec 22 #33
Yep. progressoid Dec 22 #35
"I have it with the need for my Star Trek/ Enterprise series.... a favorite..." BumRushDaShow Dec 22 #20
me and my wife redid our wedding vows in star trek uniforms on the bridge of teh enterprise moonshinegnomie Dec 22 #22
Cool BumRushDaShow Dec 22 #32
whats ironic is im also part of a star wars costume group called the 501st legion moonshinegnomie Dec 22 #39
The Sith! BumRushDaShow Dec 22 #42
i dont do autographs from celebs its never interested me although ive met shatner at a con (plus others) moonshinegnomie Dec 22 #44
"a jawa" BumRushDaShow Dec 24 #47
Trump has his next press security bmichaelh Dec 22 #7
I wish... druidity33 Dec 22 #8
I agree BumRushDaShow Dec 22 #9
Hey CBS! If you're going to lie, at least make it believable. Ray Bruns Dec 22 #11
this is what happens when you sell your soul to a psychopath.nt Javaman Dec 22 #12
There ya go...officially State regime media Bengus81 Dec 22 #13
CBS RADIO - You give us 10 minutes, we give you 3Hotdogs Dec 22 #15
Want a new news source DownriverDem Dec 22 #18
I dropped my Parmount+/Showtime, and if Ellison wins the bid for Warner media, I will be dropping my HBO Max lostincalifornia Dec 22 #19
PBS "Frontline" story from nine days ago jayschool2013 Dec 22 #24
The irony of Weiss is that her marriage to Nellie Bowles is under threat by the regime that is running our government, lostincalifornia Dec 22 #25
Bari Wiess. There was a brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Dr. T Dec 22 #27
It's all so visible and obvious what they are doing... Dem4life1970 Dec 22 #28
Fully sanitized I am sure. travelingthrulife Dec 22 #29
Please the "updated version" will show it is all Joe Biden's fault. Botany Dec 22 #37
Nothing suspicious here! NCDem47 Dec 22 #30
Yea, they will play it kacekwl Dec 22 #34
Mike Wallace, Eric Severied, Murrow, Ed Bradley, Cronkite, Connie Chung, Rather, and so on are spinning in Botany Dec 22 #36
In other news, CBS cannot air the report "Auschwitz. Natzi horror camp" without first getting the Nazi's viewpoint" Ray Bruns Dec 22 #38
Not in defense of Bari Weiss, but .... ificandream Dec 22 #40
I don't give CBS or Paramount a first look mdbl Dec 22 #41
More lies Quanto Magnus Dec 22 #43
Walter Kronkite Deep State Witch Dec 22 #45
Weiss' efforts to bury the CECOT story have now made it one of the most read stories this year LetMyPeopleVote Dec 24 #46
"Have these people never heard of the Streisand effect?" LetMyPeopleVote Dec 24 #48
Bullshit C BS! Cha Dec 24 #49
The Next Dem President Needs to Chop These Monopolies To Pieces DrFunkenstein Dec 25 #50
So basically it was pulled Mz Pip Dec 25 #51
"How much damage... short period of time" nilram Dec 25 #52
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