In Tuesday's Chicago Sun-Times, TV critic Doug Elfman wasn't enthusiastic about a new USA Network program, "Starter Wife":
"The show just kind of lies there, like the bird poop that fell on our president's face at a press conference the other day. Oh, I mean, his shirt. Sorry. Wishful thinking."
When Elfman won an award at a newspaper he previous wrote for, the editor cited him for his "quick wit."
Perhaps among mainstream media types, wistfully dreaming of bird poop on President Bush's face qualifies as a real knee slapper. What's next at the Sun-Times, the food editor hoping to see the President slide on a banana peel?
Elfman is right about one thing: He is indeed sorry.
