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Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:00 AM

I Like to Watch

It's official: "30 Rock" is the funniest new show on television. Plus: Tyra Banks' condescending clown routine reaches new heights of absurdity.

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  • Sunday, December 10, 2006 09:07 AM

    Tyra as a bull

    Is indeed from America's Next Top Model. There was an episode where the models had dress as matadors and pose with a bull. The image of Tyra made up as a bull flashed on the screen near the end. If you go to the CW's site for ANTM and click on "photos" then "photos of Tyra" it's the second image.

    And I think that Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey are on a COMEDY show while Tyra is the one who ultimately makes the decision of who gets kicked off a REALITY show make the comparision sort of pointless. Alec and Tina are SUPPOSED to be funny. Tyra is SUPPOSED to be the one people resent.

    And FWIW, Tyra IS meaner than she has to be. The example HH cited in the story was good. Also, there was a girl who finished high school early so she could come on the show. That girl was kicked off the night of her high school graduation as her friends were graduating. After being kicked off, the girl, in tears said she wished she hadn't missed her graduation. Tyra gave her a mean little speech about how millions of girls would give up their graduaction to be where the girl who had just lost was.

    Would any of you guys have given up your graduation ceremony with your friends to be kicked off a reality show?

    Not me.

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