UPDATE: I LOVE THIS JOKE! In fact, when I posted this very early this morning I was wondering if Surnow was on crack, so it wasn’t a lack of skepticism, actually, but that after Surnow’s wingnut effort at the “Daily Show,” I just wouldn’t have put it past him, weirdness of the idea notwithstanding. I’m so glad I’ve been had, instead of it being true, especially since I am such a fan of “24.” To put an even finer point on this silliness, I took it on faith from Sully this time, which is rarely what I do reading anything. But there you have it; don’t post when it’s late and you’re sleepy. Hey, it’s a pop culture post, not a serious foreign policy discussion. By the way, for some reason, this posted in the wrong place, so I’ve moved it up to today where it belongs; honestly don’t know what happened on the tech side to have it post on a different day. Anyway, it’s evidently a delicious hoax, as commenters have noted. I got a good laugh out of this myself this morning. See me smiling at myself here.
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In the pilot episode, the young Jack and Chloe communicate with each other
using two cans and a long string. Chloe informs him that her intelligence
shows that several other Arabs are planning to put Xlarieastchaline (itching
powder) into the Scouts’ sleeping bags. A teenaged David Palmer, who
was the President of the United States in the primetime series, turns up in
the series as the leader of the Boy Scouts, a higher level in the scouts order.According to sources, Palmer’s character will survive as assassination
attempt at the hands of an evil little Charles “Charlie” Logan,
who also was the U.S. President in the nightime series. The attempted murder
involves putting peanut butter in a sandwich that David Palmer eats when Charlie
knows full well he’s allergic to peanuts.“Any proud American parent will be thrilled to have their child watch
this show,” said Surnow. … ..
Not long ago I was asked if I’d like to write a piece for a book coming out
on Jack Bauer and “24.” I’ve written about the show several times;
originally inspired to do so when el Rushbo claimed Jack Bauer was a Republican. I simply couldn’t resist the challenge.
The deal went nowhere because after getting burned a few times, I asked for
partial payment up front. I never imagined I could have gone a completely different route
and written a pilot to make Jack Bauer palatable for kids. Who knew?
Some progressives began castigating the show’s creators and anyone daring to enjoy “24,” saying
the show is only for wingnuts, especially once the show went seriously off the
track from the start of this season with scenes of torture that were so overboard
it was hard to watch the show that once was tremendously entertaining and deeply
adventurous. However, many of us stayed with “24″ and have been at least partially rewarded. They’ve gotten the message over this season for fear of losing
the franchise, also finally bringing back the character of Audrey, and even actor William Devane, who
plays her father and the former secretary of defense, plus adding Ricky Shroeder, of all actors, who has turned out to be a very exciting addition to the cast. But one thing the show
never tried to do is appeal to kids, children that is. However, considering
Surnow also tried to wingnut the “Daily Show” by offering some lame
spin off complete with Rush and Coulter as president and veep, I can’t say I’m
shocked that he’d also try to morph “24″ for kids. But the idea is
creepy. One can only wonder what torture will look like in the new kids version. Abducting their dogs and holding them for
ransom or maybe something worse? Mr. Surnow needs a long vacation.
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