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Kars 4 Kids: We’re Still Confused

Editors note: We have a Google Tasks list of potential blog posts that dates back to 2009, and the oldest entry on the list is this post.  It’s not topical, nor is it very interesting, but it’s just something we needed to do to move on.  This is our closure. 

If you’re like us, and why wouldn’t you be, you spend several hours a day listening to  The Fan 660AM, New York’s flagship station for the Mets, Giants, Nets and Devils, and the grandaddy of sports talk radio stations.  And, if you’re like us, and, again, why wouldn’t you be, there’s one commercial that they’ve been airing – what seems like ever hour – for years now, Kars for Kidz.  Yes, the jingle is the kind of thing that is best used when dousing a bound and gagged hostage with kerosene, complementing the perfect nightmarish Hellscape,  but what has been a greater mystery to us is the concept.  Kars for Kidz?  Are you trading in a convertible for orphaned children?  Donating money to provide Power Wheels for toddlers?  Auctioning off your own son for a 1992 Nissan Stanza?  We just don’t know.  And we never will.  Because we refuse to do any research.

If you know how Kars for Kids actually works, please do not tell us.  In the words of Joey Pants, ignorance is bliss.

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‘Survivor: Redemption Island’ Premiere: Amateur Hour (Director’s Cut)

This season we’ll be taking our ‘Survivor’ recapping talents to Gawker TV.  However, we’re going to also offer expanded, “Director’s Cut” recaps on this blog.  So here we go.  Day One.

The challenge for Survivor: Redemption Island is going to be keeping us interested in anyone not named Boston Rob or Russell Hantz.  Our fear going into the premiere was that the presence of these veterans would overshadow the new Survivors.  However, for one episode at least, we got just enough Boston Rob and Russell while also introducing some intriguing new cast members.  We’re not entirely convinced that there are any personalities that can match up to the two masterminds, but judging from an explosive, unbelievable, train wreck of a first Tribal Council, we’re in for a season of crackpots and fireworks.

But, before we get there: helicopters!  And Probst just enjoying the feel of the cool Nicaragua air hitting his face.

Read on: Phillip announces he’s former federal agent (?), Kristina makes a move too early, Russell and Rob play it cool, and the most insane first Tribal Council ever. Plus, our first A-B-C phrase of the season…

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