What the hell was Ellen thinking?

Did anyone see that train wreck that passed for a TV special last night? She claimed she was bringing back prime-time variety shows but the "big Names" promised turned out to be Barry Manilow's wig and Sheryl Crow singing a song so bad it would have been cut from "Legally Blonde."

She filled 90 minutes with trick bartenders, hula hoop girls, Chinese acrobats and quick change artists. When the "acts" were on, you'd beg for them to stop and then she'd come on to do some "humor" and you'd say "bring back the magician!" If her writers wrote her banter by the way, she should be glad they went on strike.

It was the worst 90 minutes of TV since the "very special" season finale of "My Mother The Car."

Fawns, actually.

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I could only take about a half hour and then I turned it off. It looked like a small town amateur night show. She's probably been praised for bringing one or two of these acts on her day time show every now and then. Putting them all together on prime time was a major mistake.

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It aired on tbs! I think that's reason enough to know it wasn't going to be amazing.

I watched it after it aired (DVR) and I thought the acrobats were the best part. The rest was pretty lousy.

Seems more like she was trying to recreate the worst parts of The Gong Show.

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What, no DOG acts?

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So was this ALSO required of her by her contract, or was this just an outright slap in the face to her fellow WGA members?
I smell a big old melt down coming in 4...3...2...1

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