No offense to any of you who uses that phrase but...
Dear friends, I think it's time we retired this phrase, this "shout out" phrase. I understand the need to recognize the existence, importance, and contributions of those who are important to us but who can't be present when we happen to get the mic on a TV show, or who aren't necessarily regular readers of your blog, or who aren't able to be on stage with you at the talent show. But folks, this phrase must be replaced.
If you recall, "shout out" entered the American vernacular by way of The Arsenio Hall Show. Since that time, Arsenio has become the Monkees of 1990's television talk shows. Come on, does anyone still pump their fists and go "woo, woo, woo" other than when one is calling the dawgs? Does anyone still tell a joke and say, "Just another thing that makes you go, 'Hmmmm...?" Hell no.
I'm sure Arsenio is a good person, perhaps a God-fearing man, and for a while there he gave Carson a run for his money. But isn't it time we retired this one last remnant of the Arsenio Legacy.
Just a thought. Any suggestions?
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You can't kill the Arsenio. If you kill the shout out, some other Arsenio trait will just sprout up to replace it, like ... uh ... freakishly long fingers or something. Before you know it, everyone will be walking around palming basketballs just because they can.
Ohhhh! You mean like regeneration or something? I see. Figures that something that has hung around this long probably had some sort of natural defense mechanism.
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