North Texas TV Connections. Again.

I'd grown bored with sharing each example of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's bizarre practice of mentioning any, no matter how remote, connection between someone on TV and North Texas, especially Fort Worth. The main perpetrator of this is the Star-Telegram TV writer, Robert Philpot. At times he sounds almost giddy with excitement that someone on TV has been to Fort Worth, or lived here for 2 months when they were 3 years old. As you can see from Mr. Philpot's photo, he does not look to be the sort of guy who gets giddy over such things.

So, why am I mentioning this odd Star-Telegram fetish again? Well. Today there was a new perpetrator, in addition to some fresh goofy verbiage from Mr. Philpot.

The new perpetrator of the local connection thing turned up on the Sports page in an article about the Tour de France. There was a list of 5 questions, such as #1 "Can the Tour keep clean?" Or #4 "Will an American win?"

And then there's #5. "Are there any local ties?"

With the answer being...

"Not at first. But one Fort Worth business has a tie to the American team Garmin-Chipotle. Garmin-Chipotle took a stock of carbon-fiber Arundel bottle cages along with the team supplies to the Tour. Officials at Fort Worth-based Arundel aren't sure if their products will be used, since it might conflict with the team's sponsorships. But the lightweight cages could help Garmin-Chipolte shed some grams in the moutains."

So. The Texas connection, to the Tour de France, that the Texas locals absolutely needed to know was that a bike team might use a bottle cage that was built in Fort Worth.

Lulu called just as I was typing the above. She asked what I was blogging about. I read it to her. Lulu said, "That's so pathetic." I agreed.

And then in the Your Life section, the above mentioned Robert Philpot wrote an article about some Disney TV Shows. The first paragraph says, "It's not really that surprising that so many young actors from Dallas-Fort Worth are on TV right now. After all, this is a major metropolitan area, and its bound to produce a few people who'll make it to Hollywood."

If it's not surprising then why mention it????

Philpot goes on to mention the names and Texas hometowns of several people on Disney TV shows I've never heard of and few watch. Like Lulu said, pathetic. And so small townish.