'Sarah Palin's Alaska': For the halibut

[Sushihunter]

I just watched the first episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska, and quite enjoyed it. It really shows off the Alaska that we all dream about seeing someday. - Sushihunter


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'Sarah Palin's Alaska': For the halibut

By Andrea Reiher
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November 21, 2010 10:00 PM ET

The second episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" kicks off with Sarah showing us that her day starts at 4 a.m. Alaska time -- her professional duties are on East Coast time, plus it doesn't really get dark in the summer (that would be so weird, just btw). After a quick fitness class, it's gun time.

They're at the shooting range where Sarah had a baby shower, which she says "gets the liberals all weenie'd up." Sorry, Sarah. Conservative or liberal, that's a liiiittle weird. Also, Sarah even has red, white and blue earplugs -- a metaphor, perhaps? Either way, nobody seems like a real crack shot.

The big activity of the episode is a road trip to deep-sea fish for halibut. Sarah narrates the road trip with talking about her daughters and their different personalities. Are we going to see Track, the almost-adult son? We wonder if he's shying away from the show?

The family sets up camp in Homer, AK and the next day Sarah and Bristol take off for their mother-daughter fishing excursion. Bristol's job is stunning the fish with a club so they don't flop around and damage their meat on the boat deck. Fun. Bristol hesitates when the first fish is reeled in, so Sarah grabs the club and wails on it.

Bristol gets in on the action and then we get to watch them clean the fish. We've cleaned fish, but we've never held the still-beating heart of a fish in our hands. That is a whole new level of yuck. The next day, Sarah and Bristol join a "slime line" at a fish processing plant. It really needs no explanation. The last step is chopping the heads off and filleting the fish. Finally, the family digs for clams before they leave Homer.

We thought the second episode was a lot like the first -- an advertisement for Alaska's tourism and a chance for Sarah Palin to look just-like-you-and-me but also hearty and outdoorsy. It's a bit boring, actually. It'll be interesting to see if the ratings drop -- it debuted to 5 million viewers, but will it sustain that?

Next week: Track makes an appearance!

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[Gypseas]

Not too bad of a TVshow and got my attention when they advertised "hali fishing trip" to the capital of hali fishing. Then you realize they're going on a longliner trip

That was it for me...

 

[Mad Shepherd]

Caught my attention too when I saw "hali fishing". I agree with Gypseas long line comment, in that I wasn't overly interested in watching that more than a couple of minutes; however, for some reason I did find myself tuning in to watch that cougar Palin bonk a few really big flatties.

 

[Sushihunter]

Not too bad of a TVshow and got my attention when they advertised "hali fishing trip" to the capital of hali fishing. Then you realize they're going on a longliner trip

That was it for me...

I've only seen the first episode so far, but I will download the rest once they become available on BitTorrent.

Too bad about the Halibut trip being on a longliner - I was looking forward to that one having seen a clip of a big Hali bouncing around on the deck.

 

[spring time]

they were there to stun the hali to stop the meat damage but then did you see the way they threw them into the hodl d bouncing to the ladder

 

[Cuba Libre]

And this gal figures she is qualified to be the president of the most powerful country in the world.....God help us all.

 

[Justfish]

And this gal figures she is qualified to be the president of the most powerful country in the world.....God help us all.

She would likely do just as well or better than a secretive, "community organizer" pampered lawyer with ties to numerous radical socialists.

 

[Mad Shepherd]

I'm not saying she's fit to run a country, but I dig that dirty librarian look she's got going! hahaha

 

[Cuba Libre]

She would likely do just as well or better than a secretive, "community organizer" pampered lawyer with ties to numerous radical socialists



Oh-- and just how does this qualify her to be the POTUS! ???


btw- got anymore conspiracy theories!!! ;-)

 

[Steelhead S2]

When it comes to who leads countries other than Canada I am far less concerned with their politics than I am with their sanity. I would be very concerned about Ms. Palin at the helm of anything, let alone the USA.

 

[Gunsmith]

Nothing like a president screwing a country that would like to screw her.

 

[Justfish]

She would likely do just as well or better than a secretive, "community organizer" pampered lawyer with ties to numerous radical socialists



Oh-- and just how does this qualify her to be the POTUS! ???


btw- got anymore conspiracy theories!!! ;-)

It seems many folks subscribe to the long ago "planted" theory that one must play the lawyer game to be in politics. I am not particularly enamored of Sarah Palin or her religious bent but do not write her off due to the image she projects. Gosh, that would be a combination of blind bigotry and maybe even (gasp) reverse racism.
I do prefer her perceived connections to those of B Hussein Obama though.

"Conspiracy theories" seem to me to be the rallying cry of the left, we have that here in Canada also. I remember well how i was slagged by "academics" and their sycophants because i seriously questioned "Trudeau mania", not the mania but IMO, the outright socialist politics behind the man. Proven right when western business went down (eg NEP) along with the heart of a country.

 

[vetteman]

I turned it on for few seconds. I just can't listen to her. Here voice is totally irritating.....

Smiley66

Same here.I couldn't even watch the end of the horrible shooting intro.
Dave

 

[islandboy]

And this gal figures she is qualified to be the president of the most powerful country in the world.....God help us all.

China has a president?

 

[SerengetiGuide]

If anyone says Obama is doing a good job they need a sanity check themselves!!

She would likely do just as well or better than a secretive, "community organizer" pampered lawyer with ties to numerous radical socialists



Oh-- and just how does this qualify her to be the POTUS! ???


btw- got anymore conspiracy theories!!! ;-)

 

[Kildonan]

I can't stand listening to her, she's a moron. I happened upon the show as I was channel surfing and couldn't change the channel fast enough. And her comments the other day about showing the US alliance with North Korea.

She makes Geo Dubya look like a genius.

Scary, scary stuff thinking that this person could end up in charge of the US. My gawd!!