Realization: the biggest loser in the decision to move Conan to 11:30 is the television viewer in the post-Kimmel 1:00 to 1:35 range. All the funny people in the world and we have to watch Fallon v. Ferguson?
I’m going to the midwest this afternoon, posting will be exceedingly light for the next week.
Speaking of Detroit, Finale’s Heat:
(”Underground like I’m speaking through a manhole/with muscle big enough to start a Barry Bonds scandal.”)
Anybody watch the pilot episode of Hung on HBO tonight? It’s about a well-endowed metro Detroit teacher who attempts to supplement his income and turn his life around by selling himself.
Speaking of Detroit, the cover of the NYT magazine promised to unveil “G.M., Detroit and the Fall of the Black Middle Class.” But the eleven webpages of content was basically the story of one autoworker who’s leaning on his faith and hoping for the best.
The whole thing is conceptually muddy, starting with this:
When we talk about what the end of the U.S. auto industry will mean to thousands of autoworkers, we tend to have a specific image of that worker in mind: He’s a conservative white Democrat who lives in suburban Detroit, hangs out in his local union hall, belongs to a bowling league and owns a hunting cabin in the Upper Peninsula. This is the iconic American autoworker. In fact, as much as a fifth of the industry’s work force is African-American.
That’s the icon we all talk about?
Michael Moore and I are now part owners of GM. He has some ideas.
Not good.
Carolla had a Ford exec on his podcast today. I think he lets the companyman overemphasize the different threats level facing Ford and GM/Chrysler, but it’s still good to see that one of the Reasonably Sized 3 is wading into the world of social media.
Also, I finally saw a Ford Flex going down the street and it’s everything I hoped it would be:
Via Matt, a cool CNN feature.
Kenny had some cool pictures on his facebook that I’ve blatantly stolen and put up here. Included: a picture of the awesome electric Jeep, the Chevy Volt, closer Rodney, and manager Leyland.
Unfortunately his camera phone is from 1971.
UPDATE: Ken defends his phone in the comments.
Via my brother, Michigan beat out Louisiana for a new moviemaking facility:
When completed, it will include eight sound stages and other facilities to produce and edit movies, television, game shows and other productions. They will be housed in a 750,000-square-foot facility on the site of a former auto parts manufacturer about 10 miles southwest of Detroit.
The project’s first phase will include construction of studios on about 40 acres of land. The second phase will be Unity Village, a housing, retail and commercial business development on 64 acres.
Groundbreaking is expected to take place within 60 days with the studio going operational in October, said Unity Studios President Jimmy Lifton, a former Detroit area native.
