American Idol's Ryan Seacrest was bitten by a shark over the weekend.  Today is the first day of Discovery Channel's much beloved Shark Week.  Is there a connection between the two?  That's for you to decide, but you can color me suspicious.  It wasn't a big shark that bit the American Idol host.  He was about eight feet out in four foot deep water, when he felt something go by him.  "I thought it was a stick,” Seacrest said on his radio show.  It took a bite of the Crestman and left, apparently.  Seacrest sustained no serious injuries and was back at work on Monday, discussing the shark attack. 

There doesn't seem to be any physical evidence that there actually was a shark that actually bit Ryan Seacrest.  Until that time where evidence is presented, I will believe that the Discovery Channel paid Seacrest to fabricate this tale as an underground promotion for Shark Week.  What are the odds that the host of American Idol gets attacked by shark days before Shark Week? .000001%?  I don't buy it for one second.  It's a clever underground campaign concocted by the Discovery Channel people.  I'm now more intrigued by Shark Week.  I'll probably watch some of the programming tonight.  So, it worked.

Seacrest actually found the tooth of the shark in his arm, and said it was like “finding a splinter.”  Again, until we see a picture of the tooth or the wound, I will remain skeptical.  Seacrest is back hosting the on going American Idol auditions currently, and continues to host his radio show.  If Seacrest did indeed take money from Discovery Channel (which would be hilarious), does that mean Shark Week has sold out?  No, Shark Week is a sacred institution.

As Tracy Jordan once told Kenneth the Page: “Live every week like it's Shark Week.”  Those are words of wisdom you can live by. 


-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
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