Jonathan Goldsmith-The Most Interesting Man in the World

 Oh hi. Everyone thought I was gone, didn't they. They thought I couldn't handle the pressures of running multi-million dollar empire all by myself. Oh yes, I can. In an act of true transparency, I've been hunting down the story of a lifetime. The question? Who is this man....


This Dos Equis ad has been littering print, computer screens for the past few years. The character (pictured here) is known simply as The Most Interesting Man in The World and is the spokesman for the Dos Equis brand of beer. In the commercials the character is pictured as an oracle of wisdom, a bon vivant. Through his stories and experiences, this person all of a pastiche of "cool" characters you've seen or heard about many times. I've seen about 10 of the spots and I wondered who this person was. And then I thankfully forgot about it and went on to more important things like making fake personal ads on the internet and playing "got your tongue!" with my cat.

 Advert your eyes if you don't want dreamz shattered and whatnot...

I was watching Charlie's Angels one night as the doctors prescribed and I watched this episode called One of Our Angels Is Missing. Not the happiest of titles. Anyway our angels had to find a sleaze factory of a man named Rick Devlin. Devlin was thought to be a simple petty thief. He wasn't. Turns out he was a rapist and murder and he was with our Kris Munroe! When I say this portrayal was eerie, I'm not kidding, this guy was one of the worst characters I've seen and he was played by a actor named Johnathan Goldsmith. With actors like Richard Romanus and Stanley Kamal all but spinning themselves into the concrete in their guest turns, Goldsmith got his job done very quietly and in an unsettling manner. And guess what? Turns out Rick Devlin, well...

...He's also this guy. Turns out Johnathan Goldsmith isn't this larger than life character but a character-actor I've seen a lot of times. I've probably seen him too. Goldsmith's IMDB stats are filled with a lot of seedy, often cowardly and despicable characters. In fact I think I saw him on an old episode of Bonanza choking Hoss with his own bare hands. Even on search engines you can see pics of an acting Goldsmith in the midst of grimacing, plotting, planning and playing horrible characters who chased after generations of actresses from Helen Hayes to Kay Lenz... To add more intrigue (this just fascinates me) Goldsmith's name was also Johnathan Lippe in the '70s. He's everywhere!




Note: This investigation earned me this award.

                                                             

Jenna Wolfe Comes Out & Everyone Still Hates Matt Lauer

Jenna Wolfe- What was the line in that song, "If you don't know/Now you know..." Here's something for all of the geeks chitter chatting about Jenna Wolfe and her business. In a Today show appearance, it was Jenna Wolfe's time to entertain us/make us uncomfortable.

Since 2012, Jenna had been demoted to basically just the news person on the weekend Today show. She was the co-anchor for years (along with Amy Robach.) Any way, I saw Jenna on the couch with the regular Today show crew and I got so excited--until I heard some interesting news. Jenna Wolfe is pregnant. What else? Jenna Wolfe has a   girlfriend. When I heard the news I let out a wail and hid underneath my desk. The times are changing so fast. Why can't she find a man and be unhappy!


A picture from my private collection....

More Matt Lauer, again? People can't stop talking about this horrible man. Ever since the Today Show has taken a turn toward the dark acts, Matt Lauer is all but the mascot for NBC's downward fortunes. This fool has been in the news by way of a tawdry feature in the New Yorker magazine. Among the low lights? The fact that Matt really didn't like Ann Curry. Lauer also tried to get Katie Couric back on. When that didn't happen, he wanted to bolt to ABC and be with Katie on GMA. Thankfully all was avoided. Lauer has remained on NBC with his existential anger boaring a hole through our souls every morning.

Part 2: I hate him.

Now Matt knows how it feels.... Matt Lauer's contract lasts until 2014. Reportedly some say, he won't last that long. NBC has been reportedly interested in Anderson Cooper. Why I don't know. Cooper's own syndicated talk show has been cancelled and at this point, NBC would probably collapse under the weight of Lauer's self-serving goodbyes and Cooper's arrival. Also it looks like Ryan Seacrest was just signed to NBC to get Lauer mad like he's a teenager or something. Seacrest hasn't been seen on the Today Show set in a long time. But you know who has? Carson Daly. Carson Daly?  NBC has lost its damn mind...

Savannah Guthrie- I have to admit, I liked her spunk here, liked liked it. Here's what happened. The happy NBC family were outside doing the world's most boring demonstration of vacuum cleaners. Anyway, Savannah was trying to get one to work and Matt said, "This is the first time Savannah's ever used a vacuum cleaner." Savannah stormed off and did this. Ha, love it!

Of course NBC was all a twitter doing manage control and Guthrie had to get online and say, "Folks it was my INDEX finger." Sure it was. And really if it was her thumb, that facial expression isn't one of the most loving one I've ever seen.


Part 2: I want to see Savannah, Al Roker and Jenna Wolfe's baby attack Matt Lauer and lock him in a rundown cabin and press the button that says "TNT."

The Jeff Probst Show: Cancelled

If you want a generation defining event, this is it In fact I'd call it a national tragedy. According to my reports, the beloved The Jeff Probst Show has been canceled. Wait, are those howls of indignation I hear? You don't believe me? I ain't lying to you! This news befell the nation on Valentine's Day. It's good in a sense, I won't have to think about my lack of a love life on that day, I'll think about a cancelled television program. This show is as good as any.


You know, it all seemed so easy once upon a time. The Jeff Prosbt Show debuted in September of 1885 2012. The early episodes showed a smarter talk show. The early "classic" episodes were  intelligent and unique with Probst covering a multitude of topics such a dating woes and things from a male point of view. And then it didn't.

In fact, the show never did attract a constant audience and went through many permutations until it settled on a constant: Total chaos. And guess what? By December, the Jeff Probst Show was letting people go left and right. The public never knew but the shifts was seen onscreen. 

It all wasn't a tragedy though. The Jeff Probst Show brought the likable Lisa Whelchel on as a co-host a few times. Community's Yvette Nicole Brown also appeared. While neither of them (or Lisa Ling) were named as a co-host, it did give the audience a sense of how the show would have gone if it didn't get drop kicked off the air.

Mistakes: Quite a few. The biggest one was probably not officially making Lisa Whelchel a co-host. Probst seemed to light up with her talking about basically nothing and that's always fun TV.
CBS Entertainment says the show will complete its first and (chokes back sob) only season. 

Grade: ***