I was watching an episode of “Cash Cab” the other day: The Discovery Channel game show where unwitting passengers find themselves in the titular vehicle, answering a series of trivia questions for cash prizes.

One of the questions posed by host/driver Ben Bailey was: “If you’re drinking through a six pack of beer, and you’re cracking open the penultimate can, which can of beer are you drinking?” The riders put their heads together, and one young woman who appeared to be the brains of the group said, “Well…a ‘pen…tagram’ is a five pointed star. And the pen…tagon has five sides. So the pen…ultimate can must be the fifth can!”

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Haven’t done one of these in a while, but I wanted to give you a heads up that, aside from X-Factor #210 being out, there’s also a “Ghostbusters” Halloween one shot that was co-written by myself and Kathleen (although for some reason her name wasn’t listed on the credits.)

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I am so NOT the target audience for the weekday morning chatfest (although my mother adores it), but I had to tune in in order to see the aftermath of last week’s blow-up.  Nothing was really solved during it:  The women reiterated their positions and the only thing they all agreed upon was that it was time to move on.  Which was a shame, because I think they should have all agreed that Barbara Walters was wrong.  Although that’s not actually the main point I want to make, but we’ll get to it.

In case you missed it:  Bill O’Reilly was spouting off about yet another thing he knew nothing about, namely the Muslim center.  You remember the center:  It was a place that was a complete non-issue until an Islamiphobic, right wing Ayn Rand worshipper in Long Island turned it into one because, y’know, that’s really the sort of opinion maker whom you want shaping public discourse.

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The new episode, airing 7 PM EST on Cartoon Network, is entitled “The Shrieking Madness.”  And it guest stars Harlan Ellison in the role he was born to play:  “Harlan Ellison.”  Who, as it turns out, is Velma’s favorite author.  Plus so far I’ve counted one “Galaxy Quest” in-joke.

If you are somehow missing it, it’s repeated at 9:30 PM tonight and at 10:30 AM tomorrow.

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Remember when I was furious because Cablevision and ABC had a falling out and we wound up going to a hotel so we could watch the Oscars?

Well, the latest round is Fox pulling its line-up of programming because Cablevision didn’t want to increase their payout to Fox from $70 million to $150 million.

This time, though, I couldn’t care less.

The programs I actually watch on Fox are easily available through the Internet.  It’s one less show (“Glee”)  to be pitted against “Tower Prep” in this media market.  Being a Mets fan, I absolutely don’t give a crap about the baseball post season, and if I’m inclined to watch football for some unknown reason, there’s plenty of other avenues for it.  And best of all, it makes it less convenient for the conservatives to watch their beloved Fox News.

So I really don’t give a dámņ how long this particular outage continues.

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