Just saw the most insane thing I've ever seen on television

[CornField]

They broke into regularly scheduled programming to alert me that rumors of Jennifer Gardner's pregnancy have been confirmed.

I shit you not.

[Radical Activist]

1. Was it CNN?

scandal and gossip is all they do lately.

[CornField]

4. One of the local affiliates

NBC I think

[Syrinx]

are you in LA?

[CornField]

3. No, heaven... err, Iowa.

:rofl:

[Syrinx]

5. well, that is REALLY weird then

This country is REALLY down the tubes. I used to make fun of Tim Russert about the Greatest Generation, but hell they were if this is all they're going to be compared to. :(

[beam me up scottie]

2. Thank you Cornfield

for making me realize yet again that shooting my tv was a GOOD thing.
I swear my IQ jumped ten points just unplugging it.

The worst thing is many people will think that is news. :banghead:

[unhappycamper]

6. Hate to seem dense, but who is Jennifer Gardner?

Come to think of it, why should I care if she's knocked up?

[Shadowen]

8. Lead actress on Alias.

One of my favorite TV shows.

She's currently shagging Ben Affleck. They're engaged.

As for why you should care...I dunno.

[autorank]

12. And "Alias" would be...? (sorry, culturally deprived)

[Up2Late]

19. Oh, that's only the "Hot" "New" Show on ABC!

Sorry, I had to Google it too, never watched it. I HATE Free T.V., you get what you pay for.

<http://abc.go.com/primetime/alias/>

<http://abc.go.com/primetime/alias/profiles/actor_garner.html>

<>JENNIFER GARNER SYDNEY BRISTOW

Born in Houston and raised in West Virginia, Jennifer Garner has earned a Golden Globe Award for best Actress in a Leading Role - Drama Series, and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Ms. Garner recently finished production on 13 Going on 30 and Happy Endings. Her additional film credits include Daredevil, Catch Me If You Can, Pearl Harbor, Dude, Where's My Car?, the independent feature Rennie's Landing, Mr. Magoo, 1999 and Washington Square.

Her television credits include series regular roles in the dramas Time of Your Life and Significant Others. She guest starred on Spin City, Law & Order and Felicity, and has been featured in the television films Rose Hill, Dead Man's Walk, Zoya and Harvest Fire.

In her spare time Ms. Garner enjoys cooking, gardening and hiking.

[autorank]

23. Up2Late, what a great username. You're right, no free lunch!

[Syrinx]

10. Garner, I think, she's on Alias n/t

But you knew that. :)

[Solly Mack]

24. Thank you for asking. I didn't know either.

Was gonna ask...but you did, so thank you!

[Cocoa]

30. if you're the father you'd care

but if you were the father you wouldn't be unhappycamper.

[jbnow]

7. It would have puzzled me

I don't know who she is.

But will they follow with breaking news like Michael Jackson isn't the father and the pope won't let her have an abortion and all the important things?

[CoffeeCat]

9. Cornfield...my husband saw this too!

I was sitting on the couch reading and my husband said, "Well they just broke the news that Jennifer Gardner is pregnant." We laughed and had a discussion about how absurd it was that this is news.

We're in Iowa too...

[Syrinx]

11. is Jennifer Garner from Iowa?

That would partially explain it.

[CoffeeCat]

14. I don't think she's from Iowa...

...I've never heard that.

Some actors Iowa can claim: Ashton Kutcher, Annabeth Gish, Terry Farrell (Star Trek), Ron Livingston (Office Space), Hillary Swank.

...and I think James T Kirk is from Iowa!

We grow more than corn here, folks. :)

[Syrinx]

18. I just meant the original curiosity :)

Being from Alabama, I ain't gonna touch your infallibility. :)

[elare]

21. James T Kirk?

If you're talking about William Shatner, he's Canadian (born in Montreal)

[CoffeeCat]

28. Riverside, Iowa is the future birthplace of James T Kirk...

the captain of the starship Enterprise.

According to the "Star Trek" series, Kirk was (will be) born in Riverside in 2233.

[Cats Against Frist]

31. Yeah -- I'm moving to Riverside, IA

And they have a scale-model of the U.S.S. Enterprise, in the middle of the town, re-named U.S.S. Riverside. It's a WEIRD fucking place. Amish, Trek fans, hippie farmers, clandestine writers and your normal seed-hat-wearing small towners.

It has charm that Seattle can't touch...;)

[CoffeeCat]

36. Wow...I might have to take a day trip to Riverside...

I've never been there.

Does Riverside have a community of Trekkies who live sequestered from the rest of civilization...like the Amish? ;)

[bobbieinok]

22. guy from Loveboat who was a rep House member; John Wayne

[SoCalDem]

27. "Gopher"

....

[The Great Escape]

16. Jennifer Is From Charleston, WV

[Up2Late]

20. Nope, Born in Houston and raised in West Virginia

I posted her ABC Bio above.

[Spinzonner]

13. Bread and Circuses

Ignore that War over there

[Conservativesux]

17. Just like we should ignore the new movie" Over There" about the Iraq War

There was only one "Over There" war and it wasn't the * Oil War!!

[fleabert]

15. Holy Celebrity Gossip Batman!

that is complete and utter bullshit. damn.

[RandomKoolzip]

25. THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S GODDAMN IMPORTANT!

WHo gives a shit about leaked memo's, social security, the nuclear option (literal AND figurative)? The spawn of some third-rate TV starlet is far more important.

[Lars39]

26. Who is Jennifer Gardner?

:shrug:

[Cocoa]

29. I saw that

E! Channel, right?

"Confirmed by three E! inside sources." :rofl:

[Qanisqineq]

32. Reminds me of when I lived in DC & Norv Turner was coach

of the Washington Redskins. They were always interrupting to talk about rumors, or had the alert going across the top or bottom of the screen: WILL NORV TURNER BE FIRED?

At first I found it hilarious that this was so important it couldn't wait until the 11 o'clock news. After a while I wanted to call the damn station and tell them they were ruining my favorite shows.

[spanone]

33. You gotta laugh at what this country has become...

otherwise you would cry.

[Vinca]

34. Tell me this doesn't mean wall-to-wall coverage on CNN and MSNBC

with obstetric consultants opining ad nauseum about weight gain, stretch marks and the odds of it being a boy or a girl. WHO CARES???
WHO CARES???? WHO CARES???? AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!:banghead:

[countingbluecars]

35. Just so they didn't interrupt

the last few minutes of CSI! I recall that a CBS news producer got fired for interrupting CSI with news of Arafat's death. But if it had been something as important as Jennifer Gardner's pregnancy-who knows.

[zanne]

37. Who's that? n/t

[kliljedahl]

38. Who?

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[femme.democratique]

39. Holy shit, I saw the same thing! Granted, I was watching E!

which really stands for the E!scapism channel

[DanCa]

40. Oh my.

This is news now, gawd I miss the nineties.