Has-Been

Are the network suits so lazy as to just green-light filler shows with the feeling "eh, we just need something for a couple of weeks until we can slot in the hot new reality show 8 Fools Singing for Cash and Has-Been Actors Grasping for Press?"

Ask Matt: The Office, Fall TV, Rizzoli, Big C, Torchwood and More! 2011

Soooo Obama is definitely a "Has-Been Drip under Pressure"!

Obama brushes off Palin on nuclear deal 2010

And here in California, the current Governor Has-Been is always MIA … whilst the Repugs trying to get the nomination to run this fall are spending money like, well, piss.

Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform 2010

Last weekend, at the Hollywood Has-Been Show in Burbank, a lot of people who should really rethink their lives actually lined up to get the autograph of still-in-denial murderer Robert Blake.

Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Rerun Island: Tallulah Morehead 2011

Last weekend, at the Hollywood Has-Been Show in Burbank, a lot of people who should really rethink their lives actually lined up to get the autograph of still-in-denial murderer Robert Blake.

Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Rerun Island: Tallulah Morehead 2011

British vocalist Helen Shapiro keenly remembers opening the pages of Melody Maker on a tour bus in February 1963 and being greeted by the headline: "Is Helen Shapiro a 'Has-Been' at 16?"

Helen Shapiro: You Don't Know 2008

J-Lo makes more sense for "Idol" than did Ellen, what with J-Lo having a singing, dancing, and acting career that closely parallels Paula's Has-Been status when Paula first joined "Idol."

"Idol" speculation rife as Fox press tour begins 2010

British vocalist Helen Shapiro keenly remembers opening the pages of Melody Maker on a tour bus in February 1963 and being greeted by the headline: "Is Helen Shapiro a 'Has-Been' at 16?"

Archive 2008-12-01 2008

August 26, 2008 | 9: 49 p. m tomscocca (9: 40: 01 PM): How come Mitt Romney showing up in Denver means GOP Serious About Attacking Obama rather than Despised Has-Been Begs for Attention?

On How Much We Should Care That Mitt Romney's Here 2008

August 26, 2008 | 9: 49 p. m tomscocca (9: 40: 01 PM): How come Mitt Romney showing up in Denver means GOP Serious About Attacking Obama rather than Despised Has-Been Begs for Attention?

On How Much We Should Care That Mitt Romney's Here 2008