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May 30, 2006

That girl who flew in her poor friends to see how rich she was now really WAS awful

I just had a very surreal experience.

I was flipping channels and noticed that Anderson Cooper is filling in for Regis on the Regis and Kelly show, and I found that amusing enough that I decided to stop and watch the intro to the show. At first, it was pretty normal... And then Anderson and Kelly started talking about the show My Super Sweet Sixteen.

And Anderson started recapping the episodes for Kelly.

What?

Now, I don't know that much about Anderson Cooper. I've seen a few minutes of his show here and there. I've seen him on other people's talk shows. I have a general feeling for who he is. So maybe it's not that bizarre that he would know details about various episodes of My Super Sweet Sixteen, but it sure struck me as completely odd.

Some days, I wonder if I woke up in a parallel universe, or if it's really still 1997 and I'm dreaming all of this... The world is just too weird to be real. But I don't think my brain could have made this world up.

Posted to Mindless Entertainment at May 30, 2006 09:19 AM

Comments

Wait a second...you didn't watch Channel One in school? That's where I first saw Anderson Cooper.

[That girl WAS awful. . .and MTV made Roswell look horrible. My students were pissed.]

Posted by: Melanie at May 30, 2006 01:32 PM

I've never even heard of Channel One!

They did make Roswell look awful, but her two friends from there were so sweet and cute--especially compared to her new California friends--that I thought Roswell came across as pretty decent, despite the other junk.

Posted by: Rebecca at May 30, 2006 01:52 PM

I've had a lot of students from Roswell, and they have all been great people. I actually showed that episode to my class one day when we were talking about gender or something.

Channel One is a 12-minute news show that is (was?) in schools. Well, it's like 8 minutes of news, 4 minutes of commericials for things like acne cream and tampons. My school started showing it when I was in seventh or eighth grade -- so, in 1990 or so? Anderson Cooper and Lisa Ling were the anchors then.

Posted by: Melanie at May 31, 2006 01:00 AM