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The Whorld of Paul Wharton: Take #2

Peter Ogburn — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:00:03 +0000

This weekend’s edition of “Paul Wharton’s Style,” the new TV show airing Sundays at noon on DC50, opens with Paul’s TV team preparing for a blowout party. Paul Wharton is seen breezing through his offices with heads turning as he passes by. When he meets with the team planning his blowout, he finds out that the soirée will be catered by his favorite Washington restaurant, Georgia Brown’s. Paul is so excited and squeals, “I think this is going to be the closest thing I’m going to have to a wedding.” While they finalize plans, Paul sachets away to get his “hair right and outfit tight.”

Cut to the evening of the party where Paul says, ”I was right on time.. If my party started two hours late.” It looked to be an exciting time and everyone was having fun. And then Paul’s “best friend”, Omaraso Manigault, from “The Apprentice,” showed up. We’re sure the cameras missed the eye rolls of party-goers when they saw one of TV’s greatest villains walk into the room. It was hard to tell who was wearing more makeup: Paul or Omarosa. (But, I can tell you who wore it better – Wharton Whins.)

All-in-all, the party seemed like a success. Mini-banana cream pies were passed around the party because it’s his favorite dessert. It’s not terribly surprising that a dessert featuring bananas and cream is favored by one of Washington’s more flamboyant entertainers. Partiers were entertained by 10 flat-screen televisions with the face of Paul Wharton on each one.

After a commercial break, we meet Paul in New York City where he sits down with ABC “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd. Paul talks to her about how she remains starstruck by Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg. Shepherd is a big bore. More importantly, any second that the camera is off Wharton, we start to hate the show. Wharton is the high-octane jet fuel that rockets the program forward. Keep the camera on Wharton.

While Paul is on his NYC getaway, he drops by Sadie’s Kitchen, a restaurant run by friends. Paul heard they make the best mac and cheese on the East Coast, so Paul wants a taste. The next scene is Paul pounding on the table shouting for Grandma and mac and cheese. We’ve heard of acid flashbacks, but never mac flashbacks. Wharton is served two versions of mac and cheese that declares that it might be the best he’s ever had. He then bellows, “MAC AND CHEESE FOREVER!!!!” as the show comes to a close.

We are being 100 percent un-ironic when we say that “Paul Wharton Style” is one of the most entertaining shows on TV. You should be watching this. If we had one criticism of the show this week, it’s that we didn’t get enough Paul. It was way too much of boring Sherri Shepherd. Any moment that Paul isn’t on the screen, we start getting itchy and anxious for his return.

A piece of unsolicited advice? Keep the Paul in Paul Wharton Style.

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Sunday Show Preview

Patrick — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:20:00 +0000

Meet The Press: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a roundtable with CNBC’s Erin Burnett, Chicago Sun-Times’ Carol Marin, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and NPR’s Michele Norris.

This Week: Joseph Biden and a roundtable with ABC News’ Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, and George Will along with ABC’s Donna Brazile.

Fox News Sunday: Vice President Dick Cheney.

Face the Nation: Kerry Kennedy, Rep. Thomas Reynolds (R-NY), Geraldine Ferraro, Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), NYC Dept. of Education Chancellor Joel Klein, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and NY1 political anchor Dominic Carter.

Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman, Financial Services Committee, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Laura Tyson, former Clinton economic adviser, Carly Fiorina, former chairman & CEO, Hewlett-Packard, Ed Rollins, Republican strategist; CNN political contributor, David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst; former presidential adviser, James Carville, Democratic strategist; CNN political contributor, Tara Wall, deputy editorial page editor, The Washington Times; CNN political contributor, Jessica Yellin, CNN national political correspondent, William Schneider, CNN senior political analyst and Ed Henry, CNN senior White House correspondent.

Inside Washington: NPR’s Nina Totenberg, The Washington Post’s Colbert King and syndicated columnists Mark Shields and Charles Krauthammer.

Reliable Sources: Michelle Cottle, senior editor, The New Republic, S.E. Cupp, co-author, “Why You’re Wrong About the Right”, Beth Fouhy, politics reporter Associated Press, Whoopi Goldberg, moderator, “The View”; comedian.

The Chris Matthews Show: Joe Klein of Time magazine; Helene Cooper, New York Times White House correspondent; John Heilemann, New York magazine; and Katty Kay, BBC Washington correspondent.

C-SPAN’s Newsmakers: Nancy Nord, Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman is interviewed by Eric Lipton of the New York Times, and Melanie Trottman of the Wall Street Journal.

GPS: Zalmay Khalilzad, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author, “The Black Swan”, John Bruton, European Union Ambassador to the United States; former Prime Minister of Ireland, Moises Naim, editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy magazine.

The Post Politics Program with Ed O’Keefe and Emily Freifeld: The Post’s Bob Woodward, Ben Bradlee and Lena Sun. The show airs Saturdays on POTUS, Sirius 110, XM 130 at 9 a.m., Noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET

Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. John Sununu (R-NH).

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Behar: GOP Candidates “Pussies” For Not Doing “The View”

Patrick — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:55:44 +0000

On Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher“, “View” host Joy Behar took Republican presidential candidates to task for refusing to appear on ABC’s daytime talk show, “The View.”

“They’re all pro-war and they all talk gung-ho about they’re going to invade Iraq, but the Republican candidates are a bunch of pussies … because none of them will come on ‘The View’,” said Behar.

“If they can’t face me, how are they going to face Osama bin Laden and the rest of them?” she asked.

Behar noted that Democrats don’t have a problem appearing on the show. On Monday, Sen. Hillary Clinton will join Behar and her co-hosts, Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. Sens. Joseph Biden and Barack Obama have already made appearances.

Behar had to admit that it felt liberating to be on the HBO show, where she is permitted to use more vulgar language. “I can’t say that in front of [Barbara Walters],” she said.

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