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TWiT fails in quest for 24-hour broadcast

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They didn’t make it.

In an odd twist to the alleged “24 Hours of 2015” Leo Laporte decided apparently on a whim to end the broadcast just one hour short of their 24-hour goal.

The #TotalDrama editorial board is at a complete loss at why Leo would do this. Whatever.

But it’s not too late if you donated to UNICEF to cancel your donation with your credit card company—because TWiT did not complete their publicly-announced goal of broadcasting for 24 hours, you can change your mind as well.

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This Post is for you, #Soupguzzler

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The critics of #TotalDrama call us haters; they say we are destructive, they say we are bad people, they call us trolls and troublemakers, beset upon one evil purpose. To those out there who call us vile names, I say to you: NO! To my fellow Dramamines (no relation to the sleeping pill), I say: We are heroes.

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A HERO’S WORK IS NEVER DONE: Truth-telling is hard, but #TotalDrama is up to the task.

There are certain ultimate truths that exist in the universe. And we at #TotalDrama exist to expose these truths. The first of which is that the #CEHo is incompetent. As proof, I offer the “hit” show “I’d Fund That” as evidence.
This abomination of a show serves as the supreme example of her
dis-qualification.

  • The show concept is a blatant rip off. Fine.
  • She morphed herself from a mediocre bookkeeper into a show host. Um, OK.
  • She took Lgum and made him a host. Wow.
  • The show needs way more production time than the next three highest-produced shows combined. Good luck with that.
  • The show requires extensive setup time and interferes with every other show and is incapable of being organized effectively every week. More work for the TWiT staff? I don’t think so.
  • The contestants will quickly realize there’s no benefit to appearing on the show and will stop driving to Petaluma. Rush hour is killer, don’tcha know.
  • The beta episodes were awful. Amen.
  • Kevin Rose may host it once; and JCD will never host. Truth.
  • You are putting the TWiT founder, CEO, and News Director on one show at the same time? Don’t they have better stuff to do?
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The hosts of “I’d Fund That,” Leo, Elgum and the CEHo.

So I ask: How does she not realize this? Then it hit me. She is a bookkeeper with absolutely no experience in broadcasting.  As much as I hate #soup, Leo was aware that the show wouldn’t work after about five minutes. As hard as it is to admit sometimes, Leo does have a brain and has worked in broadcasting his whole wasted life. He is not going to be on that show; only the braindead think “I’d Fund That” could ever really be a success—and that includes both fans and staff alike.

So listen up, Soup. This charade is getting ridiculous. Soup: It’s time. DEMOTE HER. You could really use a real, honest-to-goodness qualified CEO. So make her the CFO and we won’t tell her what the “F” really stands for. Soup, I say this as a friend. Look at her CEO blog, it looks like a 6th grader wrote it using a book of keywords and phrases from resumebuilder.com. I am a go-getter….I don’t take no for an answer…I get things done.
I don’t want to play anymore, Soup. When you made the biggest mistake of your life and did not renew Tom Merritt’s  contract, everyone knew you made a big mistake. Only one person not only supported your wrong-headed decision, but stuck with you in doubling down on the denial. Lisa thought you offered Tom too much. She thought Elgum was a great idea. So WTF? Get someone who disagrees with you, who challenges you to be a better TWiT leader. Someone like the lovely and talented Sarah Lane?  So enough already with surrounding yourself with spineless “Yes Men” and your worthless “Yes Mistress.” Hire someone qualified. But for real this time. Make it count—before it’s too late.