What a SHAME! I am so disappointed The Bonnie Hunt Show has been cancelled. I do not watch talk shows… any of them… except this show. I always feel good after watching it…

I just don’t get it!

I guess the ratings show that viewers would rather see shows that are titillating. I know that when Bonnie Hunt interviews her guests, she doesn’t use her talk show seat as a reason to be rude to her guests… She doesn’t let the guest know that she doesn’t agree with his/her politics or choices in life. (I really don’t know whether Bonnie votes Democratic, Republican, or simply votes for who she thinks is the best, qualified person for the job, rather than “straight ticket.” Lucky for me, since I don’t want to know what political party a talk show host believes in! I’ll watch a political forum/show with politically educated/informed people when I want that!)

What I do know about her (no, I’m not a personal friend! >>> this is based upon my daily taping of her show) is that her talk show places an emphasis on being kind to all people, giving people the benefit of the doubt, and she clearly sees just how wonderful, fun, and therapeutic both children and animals are.

I am a devoted fan of her show, and from its beginning, I wondered if it would make it… The major channels in my area do not (I guess that should by “did not”…) air The Bonnie Hunt Show. In our area, she is on a channel that I am completely unfamiliar with.  The major networks in the San Antonio area opt to show extended hours of the national day-talk shows… I think that The Today Show gets four hours of network time every weekday.

And, don’t even get me started on dancing, singing, travelling, or scripted reality shows… with or without “stars”… I was way too spoiled by variety shows (with the dancing and singing included) like The Carol Burnett Show to enjoy the current fare!

The Bonny Hunt Show is simply …  “kind spirited” … and very funny. Bonnie has an incredibly quick wit… She is always on her toes… And, if you have seen Alice (her mother) on the show, it is easy to see where Bonnie gets her quick sense of humor!

It says something about our society when a “Feel-Good” show like this doesn’t make it. But, since Bonnie Hunt appears to be one of the rare people in Hollywood who keeps her friends close… perhaps we will see ALL of them in another format… hopefully soon. (She reportedly works with the same crew in all of her projects.)

The Bonnie Hunt Show will be missed! But the good news is: It looks like reality “star” Kate Gosselin might just be on a new The View-type of panel talk show, which will be replacing The Bonnie Hunt Show… And, if you’re anything like me, you are probably sitting on pins and needles with anticipation of getting “parenting and life-choice tips and talk” from Kate, and perhaps her nannies. (Yikes, I’m bad!)

So, I will end this entry the same way I started it: What a SHAME!

PS >>> I guess I should have mentioned that this isn’t mystery book related, just another one of my rants!

What is going on here!?! I am absolutely floored by how much “canned ham substitute” I am currently receiving from “people” about a particular entry that I posted way back in August of 2009. (I am referring to the senders as “people” >>> They are more than likely computer programs out on “missions” to get the owners’ trashy links posted on the internet.)

The post I wrote about is… well, let me see… I probably should not mention the title again, so I am going to pretend that Pat Sajak and Vanna White are asking your help in providing some of the missing vowels:  “I’m Finally Posting the Ch*rch Ch*ir Mystery Book Series…”

I am absolutely shocked by how many “people” are sending me this “canned ham substitute” trying to get me to post their comments about this entry. (I get +/- twenty of them a day!) There are a whole bunch of “people” who don’t even have “their” letters written in the alphabet system that I am familiar with… “Their” symbols look like they could be the Cyrillic alphabet, but since I don’t know that particular alphabet system, I am not sure.

And, of course, there are a lot of “canned ham substitutes” that deal with … adult situations. (Although I don’t know any adults who are interested in those particular types of “situations”… at least I hope I don’t!)

The reason that I am so incredulous about this is the subject matter of my entry. For those of you not willing to play the Vanna/Pat game… the first “*” is “u” and the second “*” is “o”. Can you imagine why that sort of entry would elicit so much unsolicited garbage? I certainly can’t!

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all of the site readers in the USA. (I’m guessing it’s just another Thursday for those of you who find yourselves living in “exotic” locations.)

As this entry’s title says, I am writing this on Tuesday, and post-dating it. To all of you out there who are the primary (as in “only”) cook in your homes >>> If you are reading this entry during the day, you know that I am probably “enjoying” the national day off by doing one of the following “fun” activities:

Peeling potatoes
Cutting up celery
Dicing onions
Preparing the green beans
Making the white sauce to go on the pearl onions
Preparing the stuffing
Mashing potatoes
Cutting the turkey
Baking the pumpkin pie
Preparing the gravy (Which I have to admit, I cheat on>>> I use the turkey flavor canned gravy with a whole lot of coarse cracked pepper in it >>> No lumps for us… and a whole lot easier for me!) 
ETC!!! 

Of course, if you’re reading this entry after, let’s say, 6:00 PM… Then my “fun” activities will be somewhat different:

Doing the dishes
De-boning and carving the turkey
Finding space in the refrigerator for all of the left-overs
Labeling cut-up turkey for the freezer
Finding space in the freezer for all of the excess turkey
ETC!!!

Not to worry though… Since we favor the Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce, someone will probably help me by opening the can… if only to hear the swoosh as the air suctions out of the can when the cranberry “blob” falls into the bowl >>> which I placed right by the can >>> next to the can opener!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you… cooks and non-cooks!