It’s a boob-tube night


Leading in to the Carlin-Coulter cage match on Leno tonight, we’ve also got Phil Plait on the SciFi Channel. It should be a cheerful evening, since he’s discussing the end of the world.


I’m watching it now, and I will say that Phil is adorable…but the show is awfully cheesy, sprinkled with clips from science fiction movies and treating nuclear terrorism with the same seriousness as the possibility that the robots might revolt and enslave us, or aliens might land and start disintegrating people. And, as an indicator of their concern for detail, they keep spelling Paul Ehrlich’s name as “Paul Ehlrich.”

Comments

  1. Azkyroth says

    And I’m buried in work and don’t have cable anyway. Son of a motherfucker… :(

  2. says

    And Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals; in this series, Edmonton has been slow and sloppy and Carolina has been precise and fast. It’s going to be Carolina tonight or Game 6.

  3. says

    If you want video of Carlin vs. Coulter, I would suggest checking Crooks and Liars tomorrow. They would be a good bet to put it out.

  4. says

    “…but the show is awfully cheesy, sprinkled with clips from science fiction movies and treating nuclear terrorism with the same seriousness as the possibility that the robots might revolt and enslave us, or aliens might land and start disintegrating people.”

    Well, I did warn you in advance.