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...case you haven't noticed, over the past two decades the people in Washington who write the laws have turned your life into a spin of the roulette wheel--actually, an endless series of spins of the wheel that begin with day care and end with retirement (if you can afford it), and affect everything in between. Overall, Washington has structured the game just as any gambling house would, so there are a few winners but a lot more losers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Your Life Become Too Much A Game Of Chance? | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...channel got Robert Risko, who does all those Vanity Fair drawings, to draw the characters, and a Grammy-nominated band, Fountains of Wayne, to write two original songs an episode about the plot. They also composed what may be the best theme song ever written, which I would play whenever anyone came into my office, as if I had my own talk show. Then I'd say, "Can I hear your theme song?" and act really sad that the person didn't have one. The end of my theme song went, "Hey, Joel, what do you know?/You...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: How I Nearly Killed VH1 | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...identity. Then, a few weeks ago, two VH1 execs called me and asked if I would be the host of a show they're thinking about. It's a blend of scripted and reality programming, they said, in which I would interview people and then we would write a sitcom around it. They were, in fact, pitching me back the idea I gave them five years ago. Deep inside, I'm afraid I'll say yes. --By Joel Stein

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: How I Nearly Killed VH1 | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...channel got Robert Risko, who does all those Vanity Fair drawings, to draw the characters, and a Grammy-nominated band, Fountains of Wayne, to write two original songs an episode about the plot. They also composed what may be the best theme song ever written, which I would play whenever anyone came into my office, as if I had my own talk show. Then I'd say, "Can I hear your theme song?" and act really sad that the person didn't have one. The end of my theme song went, "Hey, Joel, what do you know?/You...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Nearly Killed VH1 | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...identity. Then, a few weeks ago, two VH1 execs called me and asked if I would be the host of a show they're thinking about. It's a blend of scripted and reality programming, they said, in which I would interview people and then we would write a sitcom around it. They were, in fact, pitching me back the idea I gave them five years ago. Deep inside, I'm afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Nearly Killed VH1 | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

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