• by John Gaffney , January 29, 2003

OPRs For The Week

Question Of The Week: From the NYT’s Stuart Elliott: “The Advertising Bowl inside this year's Super Bowl was perhaps the most cinematic ever. So why then did the evening seem more like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" than "Citizen Kane"?

You Want Reality TV? You Can’t Handle Reality TV: According to The Smoking Gun, one of the survivors on Joe Millionaire, Sarah Kozar, has starred in bondage films like "Novices in Knots," "Hogtied," and "Helpless Heroines," an well as foot fetish titles like "Dirty Soled Dolls." When TSG reached Kozer early Wednesday at her L.A. home, a reporter asked about her career in bondage and fetish films. "It's early," Kozer said. "Let me get my glasses and call you back." When she didn't call, TSG rang again. After Kozer placed us on hold for ten minutes, she came on to the line and said, "No comment. And this is a shared line." Kozer then hung up. Fox spokesman Josh Governale declined to answer TSG questions, saying, "We do not comment on the personal lives of our participants."

Cat Bites Dog: Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory will have a two-hour weekly show, 10 a.m. to noon, on WBT-AM (1110) to discuss city issues and take calls from listeners. McCrory also plans to turn the tables on media outlets by critiquing the news coverage from the previous week. "There will be a segment on what the media covered and what it didn't cover, and how accurate the coverage was," McCrory said Tuesday. "And that'll be fun."

Dude, Don’t Go There. Please Don’t Go There: Business Week says that in Japan, a steady drop in the number of newborns has put baby-food makers on the lookout for a new source of revenue when they stumbled on an intriguing trend: Many of their customers are more at home in a rocking chair than on a rocking horse. It seems the same characteristics that make baby food appealing to babies and their parents--soft, small morsels, low salt, easy preparation--also attract the silver-haired set. "We see processed foods for seniors as a growth area," says Sukefumi Ito, managing director at Tokyo-based Q.P. Corp., Japan's third-largest baby-food maker.

Apparently There Was No Q&A: The Iraqi news agency reported the following story on Wednesday, before the State Of The Union address. “President Saddam Hussein chaired on Sunday a joint meeting of the revolution command council and Iraq’s command of the Arab ba'th socialist party. The meeting tackled the political situation and the party organizational issues.