From an AP story this morning:
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lankan police arrested three journalists for London-based Channel 4 television news Saturday on charges of tarnishing the image of government security forces, authorities said.
Gee, that sounds like a job description to me, rather than a criminal offense!.
That sounds like a good idea for a serial, to me!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it could be called "The Journalists."
You know... "uncovering corruption, exposing crime, facing danger, death and dismemberment, while struggling with their own personal demons and derangements, derided and often lacking support from within and without, "The Journalists" is riveting television viewing!" - Los Angeles Times And, in a place like Colombo, maybe they could get Peter Falk (played bumbling detective in "Columbo"), Darren McGavin (played a Journalist in "The Night Stalker") and Ed Asner (played Editor in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") to star in the role!
Of course, maybe Tony Shalhoub (plays obsessive-compulsive San Francisco former police-turned-private detective Adrian Monk on "Monk"), with Kelsy Grammer (psychiatrist on "Frasier" and "Cheers") whom could be his shrink, whom also sees the journalist(s), whom on occasion meets with and socially knows the detective.
The journalists could be:
* Khandi Alexander (played Catherine Duke, former fling of and co-anchor with "Bill" McNeal [portrayed by the late Phil Hartman] on NewsRadio);
* Laura San Giacomo (played glamour magazine Blush journalist Maya Gallo on Just Shoot Me!);
* Maura Tierney (played Lisa Miller, mental gymnast and level headed-cum-obsessive news director and sometimes-love-interest of Evelyn William "Bill" McNeal [portrayed by the late Phil Hartman]).
Lonnie Anderson (played femme fatale/blonde bombshell secretary Jennifer Marlowe in WKRP in Cincinnati), could be the socially conscious, ethical-voice-of-conscience group secretary, while Norm Macdonald (SNL regular for the "Weekend Update" skit, and occasional on NewsRadio) could be the Editor-In-Chief/Publisher.
Bob Odenkirk (played recurring character on NewsRadio, and SNL writer) could be a doughnut shop/pawn shop owner where the characters often mix-n-mingle.
Karl Diedrich Bader (played Oswald Lee Harvey, a former disc jockey/nursing school dropout-turned delivery truck driver on The Drew Carey Show) could be the Internet uploader/editor nerd-guy, whose viral e-i-promotion style (country guy-turned promotion guru) increases listenership and sales of the hold-in-your-hands paper!
Of course, the whole series would take place in "The Tragic City," Birmingham, AL and would investigate all sorts of issues ranging from the state legislature, where it was discovered that pharmacist-payday loan baron-turned write-in Senate Floor Leader Lowell Baron, was discovered to have raked in millions from his scheming to defraud the poor, while Bob Riley was discovered to have poker-playing cards at the Governor's Mansion, yet at his chicken farm-turned-big truck dealership, he was calculating risk (otherwise known as gambling) before he decided to invest in Chinese Silkies, a unique breed of chicken known for their blue skin and five toes.
Meanwhile, back upon Goat Hill, it would be discovered that the entire Jefferson county legislative delegation was in up to the hilt for involvement with the now-failing sewer bond debacle, and their ancillary losses from REOs and real estate speculation.
The Tragic City's mayor, "La-La" (Larry Langford), a third-rate talking head/journalist-turned politician, whose pipe-dream creations ("La-La Land," a failed hillbilly theme park, and "It Takes a Computer/ No Child Left Computerless" legislation) constantly fail, is discovered to have accepted graft from custom clothiers and jewelers, while he was featured on MTV's "Pimp My Ride," and indicted by the feds for not reporting that income.
Down upon the "The Redneck Rivera," the dismal Gulf Coast, it would be discovered that private investment strategists/corporate attorneys which are UofA Law School grads, scheme to get Gov. Riley to cede control of state-owned land for their private profit. The legislature, however, overrides the rare unanimous landmark decision of the state's Supreme Court, which often finds itself divided over whether cucumbers or gourds qualify as sex toys whether they contain electrical circuits or not, and whom are at odds with their fellow church members over whether to consume wine or grape juice during Eucharist on Sundays.
Once again, the legislature, in virtual unanimity, could continue and increase the occupational taxation upon Jefferson countians, excepting only the well-heeled, which includes doctors, lawyers and used-car lot owners.
The Journalists would discover that the money used from the "My new Mercedes-Benz was repainted without my knowledge, so you owe me $5ive Billion dollars" lawsuit, was used to pay for the country club memberships and Aruban travel expenses of Natalee Holloway and her Mountain Brook fair weather friends, where she drunkenly cavorted and fornicated with the natives, often high on crack cocaine, which is legal there.
Oh... wait just a dog-gone minute!
This is too much like reality!
SCARY!