Can we all just admit that channels like The History Channel, National Geographic, Animal Planet, and other themed channels in this vain have completely jumped the shark? You know, they’re so terrible that they actually made me use the expression “jumped the shark”, which is an expression I sort of hate. But really, all of [...]
Archive for the ‘TV’ Category
Product Placement
October 4th, 2011
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On YouTube today, there’s a big-ass advertisement for some newish Honda ad campaign starring Patrick Warburton. Most of the world will probably remember Warburton as David Puddy–Elaine’s on again/off again boyfriend–on Seinfeld. He also does a shitload of voice acting work, where he doesn’t have a tremendous range, really, but he’s usually pretty great. I [...]
Random Thoughts on Children’s Television
April 12th, 2011
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Blue’s Clues. I don’t know why I looked this up on the IMDb the other day, but the profile photo for the guy who plays Steve made me laugh. That’s it at the left. Admittedly, it seemed funnier at first glance when I thought he was smoking a cigarette, but even still, that’s a picture [...]
Pia, Outfit, Etc.
April 8th, 2011
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Quick follow-up post just to say that I’ve been Tweeted, and even though I sort of hate Twitter, that’s still kind of cool. I don’t think I’ve ever been Tweeted before. So thanks, Jill Morton, whoever you are. jillmorton Jill Morton Getting a pop color fix from American Idol. Image trumps hot vocals. Did the [...]
Gwen Stefani Is To Blame, Johnny Cash Is NOT Rolling Over in His Grave
April 8th, 2011
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Okay, my obligatory American Idol post for the week. The media are going to make a lot of fuss about Pia Toscano being eliminated from the show tonight. She was an early favorite and, I’ll confess, in terms of raw vocal ability and control, Pia is probably (though not handily) the most impressive of all [...]
American Idol Highlights
April 1st, 2011
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In the comments to yesterday’s post, I mentioned that it’s probably worthwhile–even if you’re not a fan of American Idol–to seek out some of the highlights from the show. If you don’t watch, however, you would have no idea what those highlights are. So with that said, if I’m feeling inspired enough, I’ll just post [...]
Life
March 31st, 2011
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If I’ve been silent lately, it’s because I literally have nothing to talk about. Ever since my mother-in-law left, it’s just my wife and me with an extremely adorable but lifeforce-devouring baby of less than six months. That affords little time at all for actually doing anything that demands my attention for more than five [...]
The A-Team, More Idol
March 10th, 2011
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The A-Team (2010) About two months ago, I mentioned that I had seen The A-Team, so for all one of you out there who cares, here’s (briefly) what I thought. The only problem with the film version of The A-Team is that it wasn’t from start to finish as exciting and entertaining as the first [...]
Total Recall 2, American Idol Wildcards
March 4th, 2011
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So I had a dream last night that I was either watching or filming or maybe even inside of a sequel to Total Recall (it might have been all three–you know how dreams are). I distinctly remember thinking it was awesome, so I’m a little sad that I can’t remember much about it. I do [...]
83rd Academy Awards
February 28th, 2011
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I don’t usually watch awards shows. The last Academy Awards I watched were whenever Jon Stewart hosted. But I’m watching tonight, and there’s something strange about this year’s awards show: I think they forgot to write jokes. This is seriously the driest Academy Awards show I’ve ever seen.
