I like these "Found Objects" videos that Harry Shearer has at My Damn Channel, even if I'm not surprised by what news people do behind the scenes and during commercial breaks. They fuss with their hair and clothes, they argue with staff, they rehearse segments. All the stuff you'd expect to find on videos like this. Of course, that's not to say that there's something mesmerizing about watching Ann Coulter chew Nicorette Gum.

That's one of the many things you'll see in this variety video after the jump. Coulter is waiting to be interviewed on one of the cable networks. You also see Bill O'Reilly looking into a mirror and sighing heavily because "Dave"couldn't get something right in the studio, Chris Matthews talking about a guest that's coming up, and more shots of Katie Couric and her clothes. There's also some footage from a woman I recognize but who's name escapes me at the moment (maybe from The Early Show?), but she urges us to remember that " 'synonymous' is not a good morning show word."

Did any of our readers happen to catch this exchange (link to an MP3 file) between Adam Carolla and Ann Coulter on Carolla's radio show the other day? If we thought Ann Coulter was vicious, she may have met her match with Adam Carolla, who started their conversation by gently razing her for calling in an hour and a half late, and then hanging up on her after she tells him she's tight on time. He then tells his crew and the listening audience he "doesn't have time for bitches." Therein lies the difference between Adam Carolla and myself, because I always have time for bitches. According to The Great Society, Carolla offered an apology to Coulter the next day that really wasn't much of an apology. I don't have an audio link for that one, though.

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• Ad sales pay back Katie Couric's salary.
• President Bush signs law increasing indecency fines.
• Billie Piper quits Doctor Who.
• Robert Donner dies at 75.
• Suspect in Josh Holloway's robbery case is arrested.
• Bob Woodruff visits ABC newsroom.
• McKellan and Gervais to share on-screen kiss.
• Jason Bateman and his wife expecting first child.
• Lisa Kudrow signs development deal with NBC.
• CBS says complaints about Without A Trace are not from viewers.
• A&E airs the Rock Paper Scissors Championships.
• Firefly's Baccarin joins Stargate SG-1.
• Jerry Lewis has a mild heart attack.
• Maury and Connie are gone from MSNBC.
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• I talk to Billy West about Futurama, Ren & Stimpy and Howard Stern.
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• Worst TV dads.
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• Bob details the many ways that Letterman is better than Leno.
• Mike chimes in on the Carlin-Coulter non-event on Tonight.
• Anna wonders about Folgers' potency after seeing ad.
• She also extolls the virtues of Comcast On-Demand... Karaoke.
• Adam's schocked at seeing drowned kittens on a Tom & Jerry cartoon.
• Bob wishes more TV characters would say goodbye on the phone.
• Annie hates when TPiR bidders one-up other people's bids.
  

• The X-Files: "Squeeze"
• NewsRadio: "Inappropriate"
• Firefly: "Bushwacked"
• Strangers with Candy: "Dreams on the Rocks"
• Sports Night: "The Hungry and the Hunted"
• The Simpsons: "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
• Seinfeld: "The Pen"
• The Prisoner: "Dance of the Dead"
• The Office (BBC): Episode 3
• Angel: "Lonely Hearts"
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Witch"
• NYPD Blue: "Brown Appetit"
• Futurama: "The Series Has Landed"
  

• Game Show Marathon: Card Sharks
• Rescue Me: "Torture"
• Last Comic Standing: The final seven finalists are chosen
• The 4400: "The New World"
• Hell's Kitchen: Episodes 1 and 2
• Saved: "A Day in the Life"
• The Closer: "Blue Blood"
• Huff: "Tapping the Squid"
• Deadwood: "Tell Your God to Ready for Blood"
• Entourage: "Aquamom"

I haven't watched The Tonight Show in a while. I much prefer David Letterman to Jay Leno anyway, but I find it a greater struggle to stay up past 11:35 PM to watch late night television. However, I wanted to watch The Tonight Show last night because both George Carlin, one of my favorite comedians, and Ann Coulter, who has been gathering much attention lately for her caustic commentary on the 9/11 widows, were going to be on the show. I thought there would be some major fireworks between Carlin and Coulter and would make for terrific television. I thought wrong.