\nstate of Alaska.” Will the network’s aspirations to keep it from becoming a “political program” be successful? Perhaps only with an airhead filter.<\/p>\n
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Sarah Palin attracts more drama than Jersey Shore<\/a>, so it’s only natural for her<\/a> to guide us to the natural reality-TV shores of Alaska. Rumors say Palin’s asking Discovery Communications<\/a> to coffer up a glacially cool $1.2 million per episode, making it even pricier than her campaign wardrobe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” is to be shot (perhaps from a helicoptor<\/a>?) in the high-def style of the wildly successfully “Planet Earth<\/a>” series, the previous global leader of spendy nature shows. Will “Alaska” be Discovery’s next Pebble Gold Mine<\/a>?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The internet can only imagine how Palin’s wildlife narration will pan out<\/a>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Look! It’s a polar bear. I sued the federal government to keep that guy and his ilk from getting an endangered species listing. …<\/p>\n Oh! I see a wolf! Let’s get a nice aerial shot of this little guy. BANG.<\/p>\n Check it out! This is the village of Shishmaref. Let’s set up a time lapse sequence and watch it fall off into the sea because of global warming snake oil science.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, her show will more likely end up like this earnest videographer’s imaginings, complete with “year-round frozen permafrost, frozen tundra” and lofty inspirational music:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like what you see? Sign up to receive The Grist List, our email roundup of pun-usual green news<\/a> just like this, sent out every Friday.<\/p>\n Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Whoops: Energy Star approves gas-powered alarm clock<\/a><\/p>\n Reminder: the U.S. already has cap-and-trade—in the Northeast<\/a><\/p>\n From Pyramids to Paris, landmarks to go dark for Earth Hour<\/a><\/p>\n