Michael Vick lands own TV show on BET

[thundley4]

WriteDown (1000+ posts)           Wed Oct-07-09 09:31 PM
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Michael Vick lands own TV show on BET
   

 
Source: MSNBC

What do you get when you add an arrest for running a dogfighting ring to a recently completed 18-month prison term? If you’re infamous quarterback Michael Vick, you get a deal for an eight-part television series on BET.

The tentatively titled “Michael Vick Project,” a “docu-series,” not a reality show per se, will spotlight his comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles and also delve into his back story, from his difficult childhood to his 2007 arrest for running a dog-fighting ring, according to the L.A. Times.

Vick was released from prison in May, and several months is enough time to put together a television deal. However, if the cameras have extensive coverage of the hours and days immediately following his prison release, it does makes you wonder if he was negotiating a deal from behind bars.

Regardless of how the “Project” came together, it doesn’t sound like PETA members will be setting their DVRs when it airs.

“People who abuse animals don't deserve to be rewarded,” said PETA spokesman Dan Shannon. “They shouldn't be given multimillion-dollar contracts ... or given the privilege of being a role model.” ....

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virgogal (1000+ posts)           Wed Oct-07-09 09:32 PM
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1. Words fail me!
   

Me too.  Not here.

orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts)             Wed Oct-07-09 09:37 PM
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4. Kid's must get confused as shit these day's.

Not her, either.

AndyA   (1000+ posts)             Wed Oct-07-09 09:37 PM
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6. BET must strive to be like FAUX when it grows up.
   
Disgusting. Animal abusers are just a step away from abusing people.

Here we go. We're getting there.

Ian David   (1000+ posts)             Wed Oct-07-09 09:37 PM
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7. The owner of BET is a Republican.   
   
Do you know how big a self-loathing whore you have to be if you're a Black Republican?

There we go. Gotta keep them blacks on the plantation right?
Oops, seems like he is on the plantation. 

WriteDown (1000+ posts)           Wed Oct-07-09 09:41 PM
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9. Must be why he supported Hillary...
   


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Johnson

Oh Snap.

[The Village Idiot]

These DUmmies have no idea. No idea at all. Clueless to the point of absurdity.

[AllosaursRus]

I have to agree with 'em on this one though. WTF? You go from a dog killin' felon to a multi million dollar contract in Phily and  then get a frikkin' TV show?

WTF is wrong with these people?

[thundley4]

I have to agree with 'em on this one though. WTF? You go from a dog killin' felon to a multi million dollar contract in Phily and  then get a frikkin' TV show?

WTF is wrong with these people?

I thought it was funny that the one DUmmie assumed the owner of BET was a Republican.

[ColonialMarine0431]

I thought it was funny that the one DUmmie assumed the owner of BET was a Republican.

I read the WIKI link about the owner, Robert L. Johnson, and was impressed.

On April 14, 2008, Johnson made comments to the effect that Obama would not be the Democratic Party's leading candidate if he were not black, in support of the prior statement made by Geraldine Ferraro. He also went on to say "I make a joke about Obama doing drugs (and it's) ` Oh my God, a black man tearing down another black man' "

 

A self made black man that the democRATs can't keep on the plantation. Must drive them nuts. 

[Chris_]

Vick is going to take a cue from Arsenio Hall and call part of his audience the "Dog Pound"