I have rediscovered the news channels on my cable tv lineup. They’ve always been there, but I simply was not interested enough to camp on them these last few years. Probably a combination of general disagreement with Bush policies and the far more positive news coming from Boston sports teams drove me to other cable stations.
But no longer. I find I am hungry for all news Obama. And I know there are many others like me. And if these news stations get creative they can reclaim some of the audience that has abandoned them for more immediate and customized content channels like the internet.
An easy win for these stations would be a half hour show recapping Obama’s schedule for that day. Who did he meet with? What was accomplished? Did he see his family?
But I think a true programming breakthrough would be to create a series around the Obama basketball games. Ratings bonanza. Well, relatively. Enough to fund all expenses for the White House and take the burden off the taxpayers, leading to great PR for the new administration.
And think of the entertainment value. Common basketball terms could be replaced by political equivalents: Blocked shots would be “vetos”, 24 second violations would be “filibusters”, and games would not end they would “adjourn”. The rules would be modified as well; a tie game would not go to overtime, instead the outcome would be determined by the Vice President…can Joe Biden hit a pressure free throw to give his team the victory?
There would be a rotating cast of players, as is the case with Obama’s current games. Viewers would tune in to see if the celeb politician’s playing style mirrored their persona. Would Antonin Scalia only go to his right? Would Rep. Murtha play any defense? Would Mike Huckabee just launch shots as soon as he crossed midcourt?
And think about the competition for the halftime speech. Getting that assignment would be second to only the keynote speech at the conventions. Of course Obama would be the speaker for the pilot episode: “Okay, the zone is not working. We need CHANGE. Every person has to do his fair share as we shift to man to man. We’re down 20 points, but we can come back from this. YES WE CAN.”
Barack-sketball on CNN. It’s fannnnntastic.
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This should be called baraksketball with the stars.
Do you think if Dick Cheney played in this game every time he shot he would hit someone in the face?