Later came the full roar of the post-Paris Hilton, full-on Kardashian era. What we had thought was relentless noise turned out merely to be a soft hiss. As one of the earliest examples of what we presently call aggregation, “Talk Soup” was a welcome pushback to a widespread insipidness that now seems quaint. ![]() It was a moment where it seemed as if the supermarket tabloids had all come true. ![]() Thanks to Geraldo Rivera, Oprah Winfrey, Morton Downey Jr., Sally Jesse Raphael, Jerry Springer, Judge Wapner and countless, forgotten others, audiences had found new ways to wallow in the mud of other people’s problems, scandals, misdeeds, fringe opinions and outrages.įirst hosted by Greg Kinnear (and later by John Henson, Hal Sparks and Aisha Tyler), “Talk Soup” offered a humorous and somewhat satisfying reassurance that someone else - someone as smart or smarter than yourself - had noticed that the talk shows had grown more bellicose and absurd. The original intent of “Talk Soup” was to make hay (and perhaps some sense) of what seemed at the time to be a surfeit of syndicated TV talk shows. (“ Sooo meaty!”) The network rather abruptly announced “The Soup’s” cancellation in November, after 11 years in its current incarnation with host Joel McHale - and much longer if you trace its beginnings back to the debut of “Talk Soup” in 1991. If that sounds like a dream job, put yourself in the shoes of associate producer Ian Milne, who watches the entire four hours of NBC’s “Today” show every day and is responsible for uncovering Curry’s “Good morning, good morning, everybody in the news this morning, good morning,” 2007 slip-up.“The Soup,” E!’s weekly clip-and-comment show that rounds up the horrors and highlights of reality television and incisively scorches our celeb-obsessed culture, will serve its last bowl of snark on Friday night. A team of 13 writers, production assistants and producers spends hours, zipping through the TV universe, looking for embarrassing, weird or insane moments. But the truth is it takes a lot of TV watching, writing and rewriting to pull off the weekly half-hour show. Sarcasm comes naturally to McHale, whose sharp-tongued, fast-paced performance makes it seem as if he’s just rattling off the first thing that came to his head. Especially at 7 o’clock before the kids go to bed. “Why is it never ‘Webster’? Thanks a lot, ‘ET,’ for letting us know when the porn is gonna hit stores. “It’s never ‘Webster’!” screamed McHale on the show. One major ding for “Entertainment Tonight” was a story on an upcoming porn DVD called “Dirty Facts of Life” based on the ‘80s comedy “The Facts of Life.” ![]() 14 episode opened with a clipapalooza of coverage of Jennifer Aniston’s profound “It was really uncool” reaction to Angelina Jolie’s admission that she and Brad Pitt began their love affair while he was married to Aniston. McHale is on a national stand-up tour and will voice Elliot the mule-deer in “Open Season 2” (Ashton Kutcher did it the first time around) in January, and he plays a key role as an FBI agent in “The Informant” with Matt Damon next year.īut the way McHale sees it, even if the original show had been a dead end for Kinnear, having people call his show “Talk Soup” is better than “What the ? Awards,” which is what the reprise was called for its first five episodes. When he’s being serious, which is not often, McHale, 37, doesn’t really mind if people refer to his show as “Talk Soup.” The comedic clips show jump-started Kinnear’s acting career, which is what prompted McHale to audition for the gig in 2004. Mankini (producer Dominic DeLeo) skulked away, muttering, “I’m sorry, Dad.” McHale laughed so hard he couldn’t get the words out to introduce the next clip. Then as McHale was listing Greg Kinnear and the other “Talk Soup” hosts, - the show’s most popular character - appeared in his striped bikini top and added “and Hal Sparks,” dropping his jeans to reveal boxers with Sparks’ picture on them.
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