Udderly Ridiculous

Knee-deep in "cow" testicles at Winter TV Press Tour 2007. Okay, slight exaggeration -- there were only enough of them to fill a pretty tray on a table the first day of the TV confab in Pasadena, Calif. The folks from National Geographic Channel served "Deep Fried Cow Testicles" at the dinner party the first night, as well as filet of crocodile, braised chicken feet and chocolate-covered crickets.

But, setting aside the point that cows have udders, not testicles -- shouldn't National Geographic know that? -- the little tray of batter-fried balls really were the perfect metaphor for the first couple days of the press tour, during which The Reporters Who Cover Television were asked to swallow an astounding amount of bull.

Among the bigger nuggets:

· Paris Hilton is a very nice girl, according to Courteney Cox, while plugging her FX series, "Dirt."

· Rosie and Donald are both very nice people, insists Danny DeVito while hawking his FX series, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

· CNN Headline News's Cheshire-cat conservative Glenn Beck doesn't think people are stupid, Beck claims while promoting his CNN Headline News show.

· Tori Spelling -- she of the $1 million wedding (the first one) -- is perfectly suited to run a bed-and-breakfast because she never felt at home in Daddy's 100-plus-room house and is more comfortable serving others, Tori allows while discussing her new reality series for Oxygen network.