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The Bonnie Hunt Show is Being Cancelled: It Just Doesn't Surprise Me! Whenever I Think a TV Show is Top-Notch…

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!

New Mystery Book Authors on the Site: Joani Ascher, Gayle Carline, Tina Czarnota, & R. Michael Phillips

Here are the  site’s  four most recent additions of  mystery book authors. These are all authors who have been recommended to me as mystery book authors who “belong” on the site.

Joani Ascher: Wally Morris Mystery Series… Ascher writes this series about a New Jersey pre-school teacher who also solves mysteries. (Each of the books begins with the word “Vengeance.”)

Gayle Carline: Peri Minneopa Mystery Series… Carline, who used to be a software engineer, has just started this series (set in California) about an ex-house cleaner who gets her P. I. license. 

Tina Czarnota: Country Inn, Dead & Breakfast Mystery Series… Czarnota writes this series which features a Bed & Breakfast sleuth.

R. Michael Phillips: Ernie Bisquets Mystery Series… Phillips (a painter for over three decades) is using his knowledge of art to write this series which features an art forger/sleuth who becomes involved with the East London Adventurers Club.

This Particular Entry about Mystery Book Series Gets A WHOLE Lot of Canned Ham Substitute!

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!

An English Murder… a PERFECT British Mystery Book Set During Christmas

I recently finished a really good Christmas theme mystery book… An English Murder. It was such a treat to read this book, and it certainly made me a Cyril Hare fan!

It is set in a British estate, which incidentally becomes snow-bound. It has a cast of possible future victims, or is it a cast of future culprits?

One of the (almost) cast of characters is the snow, of which there is a WHOLE LOT! And of course, there is the loyal butler who has worked for the mansion’s/estate’s family for years and years, and then even more years! He is loyal to the nth degree…

What would the very upper class British family be without a “black sheep” son?!? Oh, and don’t forget about the non-British guest in the house… along with the “black sheep” son’s childhood companion, and other guests with lots of motives and secrets.

Cyril Hare‘s An English Murder was a real delight for me to read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is craving a little snow-bound Christmas mystery. The only bad thing about this book is that it may be difficult to locate>>> I would definitely check with your library and get on the waiting list right now!

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