Magus
11-13-2010, 01:20 AM
Apparently, pretty freaking great.
According to the commercial for Sarah Palin's Alaska (http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/sarah-palin-alaska/?mkcpgn=semtlc2), quitting the governorship with 18 months to go was the best decision ever undertaken by Sarah Palin as it has given her tons of time to snowmobile, fish, climb rock walls, and just generally have a gay old time (well, not that kind of gay. That is of Satan). Sarah Palin is out to show the world how she is just a down-home frontierswoman, in touch with the common man, who enjoys having tons of fun with her family, in between saving the U.S. with her multi-million dollar book and speech tours, that is.
Now, there are some naysayers (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin-alaska-20101113,0,7359665.story), but I am certainly not one of them.
The only question I have for all of you is: Sarah Palin's Alaska: Great Show or Greatest Show?
What's next for Sarah? Well, rumor has it that after winning the 2012 presidential election, she'll run for Vice-Emperor of America but lose to her opponent Ralph Nader. Don't worry, though, she'll quit her stifling job as president in her third year to spend more time with her family and pursue her important America-saving multi-million dollar speech tour once more! After all, Sarah always follows her own advice:
Along the way, Palin throws in some sly political references: in one scene, as she helps one daughter load a shotgun, she quips, "Don't retreat; just reload."
Show highlights and important quotes:
Some are skeptical that the series is a smart move for Palin. "I am not certain how that fits in the American calculus of 'that helps me see you in the Oval Office,'" Karl Rove scoffed to the Daily Telegraph of London.
That prompted a dismissive retort from the former Alaska governor. "I agree with that, that those standards have to be high for someone who would ever want to run for president," she told Fox News' Chris Wallace. "Like, wasn't Ronald Reagan an actor? Wasn't he in 'Bedtime for Bonzo' — Bozo?"
"Now, lookit," she added. "I'm not in a reality show. I have eight episodes documenting Alaska's resources."
"She is such a high-profile, engaging character that it made sense to be part of our brand, where we've really brought ordinary and extraordinary characters to life," said TLC President Eileen O'Neill, who compared Palin to the network's other famous mom, Kate Gosselin of "Kate Plus Eight." (The network even arranged a crossover episode that airs later in the season, in which Gosselin and her eight children fly to Alaska to go camping with the Palins.)
Palin was careful not to invite the cameras into her home without some restrictions: As part of the deal, she got an executive producing credit and a role in shaping the episodes.
During the seven-week shoot this summer, Palin had a surprisingly high comfort level with the cameras, O'Neill said, although at one point the former governor objected to using footage that showed her children acting up.
The result offers some tantalizing glimpses of Palin's family life, though nothing that would make an opposition researcher salivate: Palin catches a teenage boy trying to sneak upstairs with 16-year-old Willow and orders them back downstairs; 9-year-old Piper complains about her mom's constant BlackBerrying.
This thrilling documentary will surely show us a side of Sarah Palin and her love for Alaska (and the United States) heretofore unsavored by the American public.
According to the commercial for Sarah Palin's Alaska (http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/sarah-palin-alaska/?mkcpgn=semtlc2), quitting the governorship with 18 months to go was the best decision ever undertaken by Sarah Palin as it has given her tons of time to snowmobile, fish, climb rock walls, and just generally have a gay old time (well, not that kind of gay. That is of Satan). Sarah Palin is out to show the world how she is just a down-home frontierswoman, in touch with the common man, who enjoys having tons of fun with her family, in between saving the U.S. with her multi-million dollar book and speech tours, that is.
Now, there are some naysayers (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin-alaska-20101113,0,7359665.story), but I am certainly not one of them.
The only question I have for all of you is: Sarah Palin's Alaska: Great Show or Greatest Show?
What's next for Sarah? Well, rumor has it that after winning the 2012 presidential election, she'll run for Vice-Emperor of America but lose to her opponent Ralph Nader. Don't worry, though, she'll quit her stifling job as president in her third year to spend more time with her family and pursue her important America-saving multi-million dollar speech tour once more! After all, Sarah always follows her own advice:
Along the way, Palin throws in some sly political references: in one scene, as she helps one daughter load a shotgun, she quips, "Don't retreat; just reload."
Show highlights and important quotes:
Some are skeptical that the series is a smart move for Palin. "I am not certain how that fits in the American calculus of 'that helps me see you in the Oval Office,'" Karl Rove scoffed to the Daily Telegraph of London.
That prompted a dismissive retort from the former Alaska governor. "I agree with that, that those standards have to be high for someone who would ever want to run for president," she told Fox News' Chris Wallace. "Like, wasn't Ronald Reagan an actor? Wasn't he in 'Bedtime for Bonzo' — Bozo?"
"Now, lookit," she added. "I'm not in a reality show. I have eight episodes documenting Alaska's resources."
"She is such a high-profile, engaging character that it made sense to be part of our brand, where we've really brought ordinary and extraordinary characters to life," said TLC President Eileen O'Neill, who compared Palin to the network's other famous mom, Kate Gosselin of "Kate Plus Eight." (The network even arranged a crossover episode that airs later in the season, in which Gosselin and her eight children fly to Alaska to go camping with the Palins.)
Palin was careful not to invite the cameras into her home without some restrictions: As part of the deal, she got an executive producing credit and a role in shaping the episodes.
During the seven-week shoot this summer, Palin had a surprisingly high comfort level with the cameras, O'Neill said, although at one point the former governor objected to using footage that showed her children acting up.
The result offers some tantalizing glimpses of Palin's family life, though nothing that would make an opposition researcher salivate: Palin catches a teenage boy trying to sneak upstairs with 16-year-old Willow and orders them back downstairs; 9-year-old Piper complains about her mom's constant BlackBerrying.
This thrilling documentary will surely show us a side of Sarah Palin and her love for Alaska (and the United States) heretofore unsavored by the American public.