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We Hate Rosie’s Variety
In the seventies, variety shows spiced up the television landscape. They were simple entertainment for a gentler, more innocent time in America. They looked a little bit like this back then:
That was, of course, the classic CAROL BURNETT SHOW, filled with massive talent and good writing. There were other variety shows that weren’t live but just as memorable, including THE SONNY AND CHER SHOW and THE MUPPET SHOW.
So, if you were to resurrect this television form for today’s audience, who would you use for a host? Someone likeable probably. Someone with a generous helping of talent also. Your list of possible hosts might include people like Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, or Reba McIntyre. At the very bottom of your list, just below bloody bacterial sputum, would be Rosie O’Donnell. Yet that is just what NBC did on Wednesday night with the disastrous premiere of ROSIE LIVE.
Rosie is one of the most horrifyingly unpleasant and divisive forces in entertainment history. Her dykish screech causes spontaneous abortions, and her punched-in face makes God cut Himself in shame. I have had things surgically removed from my body that would make a better host for a variety show, but, for whatever reason, NBC gave her a live show and she did this with it:
Absolutely awful in every way. Barbara Walters must be laughing hysterically.
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Rosie told NBC that if her show wasn’t #1 last Wednesday they didn’t have to pay her. It ended up last in the ratings. They didn’t pay her and they cancelled the show.