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BREAKING NEWS: I got wind of this the other day, and was able to track down confirmation. There will be a Season 9 of 24!

Jack Bauer fans rejoice! There will be no silent clock for 24 at the end of the current season.

Original creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran have convinced Sutherland and many of the current cast to return for “at least one more season,” by promising their renewed involvement.

“We realize that our loyal fans have been somewhat dissatisfied with the direction the show has taken over the past seasons,” Surnow says, “and none of us want things to end on a low note.”

Keifer Sutherland spoke on the set during the filming of the last hours of the current season, saying, “This show has been terrific ride and Jack Bauer has been an amazing character to play. Originally, I was reluctant to continue, but after reading an outline of what Bob and Joel have in mind for season 9, I’m convinced that we can continue.”

As usual, there is tight security concerning the new plot line. However, citing the need to convince fans, Surnow did offer a teasing look at what is planned.

“Being accused of recycling plot lines and succumbing to political correctness made us realize that we would have to really push the envelope if we wanted to continue. I won’t offer details, but I will say that the new season places Jack and Agent Walker in the middle of a situation that will take them closer to the edge then they have ever been.”

There’s more at the source.

Miss the adrenaline surge you used to get from watching an episode of 24 each week?Sure, you’re going to have to wait another freakin’ year for more Jack Bauer & Co., but if you travel to Britain, you can buy “24 CTU,” “a new citrus-flavored stimulation drink brand.”

I mean, this says it all:

“This deal is the single largest European brand statement so far for Fox and the ’24′ property,” says Carl Lumbard, SVP & Managing Director of Fox Licensing and Merchandising, Europe. “Brand synergy within a partnership is key to the success of a product, and it’s essential to focus on making that partnership right. Here we see the all-action, intense nature of the ’24′ series matched with an energy-inducing stimulation drink.”

Source

It’s from Cott Corp., “one of the world’s largest non-alcoholic beverage companies” offers the drink in both regular and diet, natch.

The drink’s cans hold 44cl (hey, it’s in metrics, because it’s not the U.S., get over it).

This doesn’t, however, address the issue of whether anyone on the show ever actually drinks.

Or eats. Or takes a piss.

Drink too many of these and that last one could be come quite a problem.

It could, however, come in handy on the next Talk Like Jack Bauer Day, to get your energy level up there.

By the way, did anyone tell these folks that CTU’s been disbanded and is not going to be in Season 7?

Partially cross-posted on Remote Access. 

Don Surber got us thinking about the current cast of misfits running for president in real life and comparing them with the cast of misfits on the show 24. Surber likened Republican Mike Huckabee with evil former President Charles Logan. I cannot imagine Huckabee watching 24, with all its violence and flagrant use of the “D-word”. Plus his family is too busy shopping for clothes in the gift shop at Cracker Barrel on Monday nights.

All politics aside, here’s the first comparison we are going to post with the ever-narrowing group of candidates in 2008 and their 24 counterparts.

Hillary Clinton — Martha Logan

Who: One is the wife of a lying, cheating former president who seems like they’re trying to ruin her life. The other is….well….uh…never mind.

Folks, the comparisons pretty much stop there as Martha Logan didn’t have plans after she left the White House (other than popping pills and finding comfort in the arms of one of her most trusted bodyguards). Hillary, on the other hand, wanted to use her time in the White House as an excuse to elect her President on her way to rule the world and then the universe, so she could truly provide “universal health care”.

Martha’s also hot in a batshit crazy sort-of way, where Hillary’s not.

Martha also stabbed former President Logan, something Hillary has yet to attempt however I’m sure it’s crossed her mind on several occasions.

Next up: Mitt Romney

Have any suggestions for the candidates-24 comparison? Post them in the comments.

What are you going to do while waiting for the writer’s strike to end and Season 7 to begin? How about voting in a poll that is pitting Jack Bauer versus Die Hard star John McClane?

Click Here to vote

Personally I voted for Jack Bauer for one reason and one reason only. When a young interloper tried to sneak into each of their families, what did they do? Actions speak louder than words.

John McClane – His ex-wife…his smoking hot ex-wife ended up with an unfunny TV star that was only a few years off breast feeding, and he was cool with it. They even go on vacation together. WTF?

Jack Bauer – His daughter brought home one of his CTU co-workers. Jack waited until the time was right and then cut off one of his hands. Has Chase Edmunds ever gone fishing with Jack Bauer? I think not.

Vote Bauer, clear your cookies, and vote Bauer again.

That’s what I’m going to do after posting this item. You guys are going to go apeshit.

Former President Bill Clinton opposes torture, but if Jack Bauer were real and, say, shot someone in the kneecap to get the correct information, that might be OK would still be bad.

So he said on Meet the Press this weekend.

This is the conundrum that faces many in 24’s fanbase: Intense love of Jack Bauer and everything 24, but an extreme distaste for the tactics Jack uses if it were happening in real life.

The mitigating factor is that Jack always knows when he’s stepped over the line. And he’s prepared to accept the consequences.

At the start of Season 6 (otherwise known as the Crapapalooza, but the first four hours were astoundingly good), he was brought back from China, where he’d been held for 2 years without speaking or giving up any secrets, solely to be turned over to the terrorists in exchange for them stopping their bombings.

Did he object? No. He had a quick shave and a haircut (gave them to himself, thankyouverymuch) and changed his clothing and got in the van. Sure, he did end up escaping, but, really, only after it was clear that his torture and death was not going to save a single American life.

Clinton had once accepted the idea that perhaps there could be a legal authority to torture in those extraordinarily rare “ticking time bomb” scenarios the show so often depicts. He now believes that’s a bad idea:

If you have any kind of a formal exception, people just drive a truck through it, and they’ll say, ‘Well, I thought it was covered by the exception.’ … When Bauer goes out there on his own and is prepared to live with the consequences, it always seems to work better.

(Adapted from Remote Access.)

If I have ever said a negative word about Milo, aka Eric Balfour, I apologize. I take it back. I bow my head humbly in shame.

In fact, Milo is my new hero.

This is Mrs. Balfour — Moon Bloodgood.

Milo, I salute you!

Someone get me some bleach so I can burn this image out of my mind.

Kim Raver is baring all for a new Vaseline ad campaign. The 24 actress admits that being pregnant with her second child gave her the courage to strip for the revealing ad. She says, “I feel a lot more comfortable getting naked than you do when you’re not naked.

With the move to the new digs, it’s time to update your Blogs4Bauer banners.  Here are some of our old banners and a couple of new ones with the new site information.

Click on the thumbnails for larger images.

If you want to add your own or have any ideas for new ones, let us know.

While we are all in the long wait for the start of Season 7, and while I wait for someone to suggest a time for the first Radio4Bauer program, let’s have some more fun with 24 in Springfield.

Bill is looking for Jack (who has gone rogue again), The melted corpses of Itchy and Scratchy, his dignity after being fired by his wife last season, and the hot VP adviser (since Karen hasn’t given it up since the first Bush administration), not necessarily in that order.

This isn’t a job he can do alone. Enlist the help of his predecessor? Nope, piloted a nuke into the desert. Hmmm, how about Curtis? Whoops, Jack shot him. Tony? He was always reliable. Well, at least when he was really alive. What’s the unemployed Director of CTU to do?

Call on the crew at Blogs4Bauer, of course!

Who is that handsome devil?

Part of the marketing campaign for the upcoming Simpsons movie has them teaming up with Burger King to allow people to “Simpsonize” themselves in lovely 2D. Last week we posted the Simpsonized Jack Bauer, Edgar Stiles, and Michelle Dessler. Now, here’s this week’s crew: Tony Almeida and Chloe.

Tony Almeida

Tony Almeida returns for Season 7 of 24. After being injected with a lethal dose of drugs during Day 5, Tony was checked into the Lindsay Lohan Memorial wing of the Betty Ford clinic for help.
During his stay, Tony had the best intense care and therapy including hypnosis and Chinese water torture money could buy. He emerged free of drugs but unfortunately still a Chicago Cubs fan (note the Cubs mug).

Chloe O’Brian

Chloe was easy, turns out most Simpsons characters have potato heads and snarls on their faces.

Other 24 characters who could be “Simpsonized”: President Palmer I and II, Marwan, Kim Bauer, George Mason, Curtis, Victor Drazen, Behrooz, and many others.

Click Here to Bauerize your own Simpsons scene and we will post them here. Just send Jack Bauer an email and include the picture and a short story if you like.