SADDAM PULLS PLUG ON CBS SURVIVOR: BAGHDAD
Network Scrambling to Find Other Rogue Nation to Host Series
In an abrupt about-face reminiscent of his expulsion of the U.N. weapons inspectors, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein today kicked out a team of CBS production personnel who were readying the networks upcoming Survivor: Baghdad series.
Saddam-watchers were surprised by the move, especially since it comes at a time when the Iraqi dictator is attempting to court world opinion.
Nobody needs a hit TV show right now more than Saddam Hussein, said Dr. David Hinton of the Brookings Institution. "Not even David Caruso."
Saddam had reportedly been looking forward to filming the series and had spent grueling hours in the gym developing well-defined, rock-hard abs in order to look better with his shirt off.
But just as the CBS production team was assembling a thatched hut adorned with Tiki torches for the series tribal council segments, the Iraqi strongman apparently had a change of heart leaving the network in search of another rogue nation to host the series.
Ive been speed-dialing every country in the Axis of Evil all day, said Jeff Spizer, a program executive at CBS in Hollywood. Im having drinks tonight with North Korea weve all got our fingers crossed.
In other whack-Iraq news, Vice President Dick Cheney told the U.N. today to hurry up its deliberations so that the U.S. can go ahead and do whatever we want to do anyway.
In a sign of the Vice Presidents growing impatience with the world body, Mr. Cheney parked a sound truck outside the U.N. building last night and started blaring the famous waiting music used in the Final Jeopardy segment of the long-running game show.
Network Scrambling to Find Other Rogue Nation to Host Series
In an abrupt about-face reminiscent of his expulsion of the U.N. weapons inspectors, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein today kicked out a team of CBS production personnel who were readying the networks upcoming Survivor: Baghdad series.
Saddam-watchers were surprised by the move, especially since it comes at a time when the Iraqi dictator is attempting to court world opinion.
Nobody needs a hit TV show right now more than Saddam Hussein, said Dr. David Hinton of the Brookings Institution. "Not even David Caruso."
Saddam had reportedly been looking forward to filming the series and had spent grueling hours in the gym developing well-defined, rock-hard abs in order to look better with his shirt off.
But just as the CBS production team was assembling a thatched hut adorned with Tiki torches for the series tribal council segments, the Iraqi strongman apparently had a change of heart leaving the network in search of another rogue nation to host the series.
Ive been speed-dialing every country in the Axis of Evil all day, said Jeff Spizer, a program executive at CBS in Hollywood. Im having drinks tonight with North Korea weve all got our fingers crossed.
In other whack-Iraq news, Vice President Dick Cheney told the U.N. today to hurry up its deliberations so that the U.S. can go ahead and do whatever we want to do anyway.
In a sign of the Vice Presidents growing impatience with the world body, Mr. Cheney parked a sound truck outside the U.N. building last night and started blaring the famous waiting music used in the Final Jeopardy segment of the long-running game show.
