News from Alex

My feud with BuzzerBlog's Alex Davis has gone public a few times. He's said some unflattering things about me, and I've occasionally been less than complimentary about him. Probably the oddest thing about Alex, from my POV, is his Brit-mania. Not really sure why, but Alex just loves all things British, or at least all things British-game-show. His tagline "the British are better than us" has become well-known around the game show Internets.

But enough of the personal back-and-forth. Alex runs a non-faux Twitter feed, where I noticed a couple of interesting items recently. First, he's trying to raise money for a full-scale studio version of his War of the Words game. He's asking his readers for contributions to renting a studio and putting together a decent prize package. Again, I'm not Alex's biggest fan, but good luck on his entrepreneurial ambitions.

Another item was a string of tweets on Family Feud's off-color moments. This subject has been getting some web play lately. Alex is a big fan of Steve Harvey, and I mean a big fan. So I can well believe his tweet that he regularly deletes angry comments at BuzzerBlog about the show's less-than-clean bits.

Personally, I don't mind such material on Feud all that much. My bigger beef is with Harvey making the show into his personal comedy act. But Steve has improved the ratings, with an assist from methodology changes at Nielsen. And that's what (literally) counts in TV.