More reality shows ended their seasons and the Xmas season is in full swing.
The crying fatties ended well. The Biggest Loser winner was Danny, not to be confused with Daniel. The surprising part is, some contestants still looked fat. Finally, a guy won again. As was predicted, the winner was very good looking but then again, almost all the contestants this season had cute faces. If I had to look at one more buttr-face, my eyeballs would roll right out of my head. Danny lost more than half of himself and trounced everybody. That lazy Amanda never had a chance ha ha ha. When they had the look-back show, they did show Eric the season 3 winner, had gained all of his weight back. I was wondering how many didn't agree to be on that show because they had gained all of their weight back. Susie and her ugly troll crying fatty winner husband was on and they've gained a lot of their weight back. It's better that he's fat. It takes the attention away from his face.
RW/RR Challenge had a reunion show and it was really dumb. They talked to the most boring people and the most interesting ones were either not there, or ignored. I have one boring name, Maria Menounos. Need I say more? Where was Mark Long?
Top Chef had it's reunion show and it wasn't great either. We got recaps, unshown footage, bloopers and apologies. Too bad they didn't show any cooking. The one thing we really wanted to see was who won fan favorite. What the hell? They decided to give that honor to another show that wasn't Top Chef. Those hosers!
Survivor was really good. One thing I love about Russell, he's not losing his ruthlessness. Shambo blithely went about her business. She didn't even try that hard at the immunity challenge and didn't talk strategy with anyone but Russell. It was great to see her face when the 2nd vote was announced. She was out and she was stunned. She also gave a "really? Me?" look to Russell. The people of the jury are all Galu right now and they all rolled their eyes in unison. Laura grinned at the betrayal. Why didn't Shambo realize she was being used? Well she knows now ha ha ha. Brilliant Shambo! Wait, that's an oxymoron. Russell also got to keep his last immunity idol as a souvenir. I can't wait to see next week's episode. Will Brett win immunity again and make the Foa Foas oust one of their own? Who will it be?
On Chef Academy, it's getting tedious. The only exciting part was the french student's serving of dessert in the buff. Man is that french chef full of himself and is he getting greasier each episode? You know those French; very opposed to regular bathing. This week, they made vegetarian dishes. Hmmm...peas soup, scalloped potatoes, and ratatouille. Not very original. Nobody got their 3rd strike so nobody was kicked out. Somebody better get kicked out soon or I'm gonna forget this show until the end. I can't stand half of the people and that includes the hoity toity girly chef.
Launch My Line is a nice replacement for the Fashion show but still not as good. I really wish Mizrahi would do another season. This week the designers had to make anything but a dress. They also had to base their designs for the week on an animal. Poor Patrick, he's got the head of lettuce for an assistant. The Greek guy wants to think he's the designer and his line is being launched. The problem is, Patrick needs to grow a set of nuts and kick that guy in his. The Greek guy makes ugly clothes and goes way off the reservation. This week, it was the black singer, I think who was sent home. I don't know why cuz a green romper doesn't remind anyone of a snake. Whatever. By the way, both twin D Squared need to eat a meal.
Okay, I admit, I only saw So You Think You Can Dance in the marathon re-runs on Fox Reality Channel. The season was good. They actually did have people from other dance areas besides ballet and contemporary. The tappers were awesome and there was even a married couple on the show. Mary Murphy wasn't as annoying this season and Nigel Lythgoe seemed to have taken a nice pill. Shenkman proved he's no judge cuz he seemed to like every crappy dance. The winner was Russell and he was a very surprising dancer. He was a crumper with no formal training who proved he had talent to do any kind of dance. It was amazing and America noticed. He earned the accolade. I'm still fuming about Jeanine winning over that great salsa dancer last year. That salsa dancer could dance everything too.
I'm glad to see the network sitcoms and shows are finally showing seasonal relevant shows. Two and a Half Men was really good as well as Big Bang Theory. Funny enough, the really hilarious part of the shows was the return of the mothers. Two and a Half Men should just cut the length of their name to Two Men cuz that kid isn't cute or funny anymore. He looks like one of those loser kids in high school who have to take special ed classes to tie their shoes. He's also lost all of his energy and just gallumps around the set like a brainless mule.
Disney's Prep and Landing was the cutest new Christmas show in a long time. It had great animation, a very original story line and high energy. Dave Foley and Sarah Chalke lent their voices very well and the whole thing was really fun and funny.
I'm glad to see The Closer doing episodes for the season. Jeff Bridges did his guest appearance in drag and did very well. We also found out Provenza's name is Louie and I loved all the guys mouthing it to each other when they found out. The best character in the show this season? Joel the new kitten. That cat has personality but yet, not too much that he's annoying. Maybe it's the trainer but great job doing a kitten.
That's it for now. See you next post.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Everything's wrapping up.
Wow! The Reality shows are really wrapping things up.
The Ken and Barbie team of Meghan and Shayne won The Amazing Race. Sometimes, it just comes down to who you don't want to win. The teams ended up in Las Vegas and I have to say, the challenges were a little dull. First a faceforward rappel down the side of a casino, a bungee jump up and then counting chips? What happened to the recapping of the season challenge where they have to remember all the stops and challenges. Maybe the producers knew these teams were a little short of brain power. I was really hoping Brian and Erica would win but at least the gay brothers didn't so I'm okay with the ending. I loved Brian's mock shock reaction when Phil stated the obvious, "You are the 3rd team to arrive." No kidding. The other 2 teams were standing right there. Erica was competitive to the end and mad that she didn't win. I loved that too.
Michael Voltaggio won Top Chef. It was an interesting finale. They really changed things up. They brought back all of the past contestants and had the chefs draw knives to see the 2 they'd get. Yep, they didn't get to choose. Fate chose for them and poor Kevin got stuck with the heads of lettuce: Ash the non culinary school trained and Preeti the slow as molasses, unoriginal and unfamiliar with clams. It just proves, sometimes it's all about luck too. Meanwhile, Bryan Voltaggio got Jen and Ashley and Michael got Eli and Jesse. Wow! Did Jesse gain weight? Her hair turned brassy yellow too. I didn't recognize her until they said her name and she stepped forward. At least the Voltaggio brothers got one Sous Chef with a good palate. Kevin's sous chefs proved they didn't have good palates. So first they find they get a mystery box with pre-chosen ingredients and they have to make dessert. Come on guys. Have you never watched the show before? During the break, you'd think they'd memorize the recipe for at least one dessert. For god's sake, poach a stupid pear in strawberry soda if you have to. So they start cooking and they're all in the same kitchen. Wasn't that nice of the producers to make everyone and their sous chefs cram into one kitchen at the same time? Yeesh. Preeti proved she does know something about shellfish because she's slow as a snail when it comes to food prep. It's all Kevin can do to keep from cracking a whip and yelling, "yee-aw, mule!" You can see the frantic tension in his face. I kept saying, "Who's that fat blonde chick?" before realizing Jesse was on Michael's team. Eli wasn't his little troll self and was actually showing some real hustle. Then that expected twist was thrown in. The chef's mothers showed up. They saved money by having one mother for the Voltaggio brothers; those lucky producers. Padma and Tom showed up to announce the chefs had to make an appetizer that reflected their childhood food memory. I would suggest the chefs make something really good and lie until their pants burn off. The tasting panel turns out to be restauranteurs. Oh whatever. In other words, they have the money but think they know food. Most restauranteurs can't cook. Once again, I have to see Donatella Arpaia on tv again. I'm so sick to death of seeing her on tv; she of the bucktoothed trout pout. Anyway, all the dishes are served head to head and the comments are made. Sorry, but I fastforwarded through the comments made by the restauranteurs. What do they know? Give them enough wine and elephant poop would be a tasty dish as long as it's nicely served and has a good profit margin. Thank god Padma's preggers because there wasn't a bit of crudo, ceviche, raw eggs or tartar in sight. In the end, Kevin's team proved they were no help and Kevin came in 3rd after leading all season. Bryan proved his delicate palate and everyone deemed his food underseasoned. You'd think, if they've been saying that all season, he'd throw a handful of salt in the pot for once. Michael prevailed with innovative and tasty dishes and a great kitchen staff who helped him bang out his dishes. The judges pulled a Heidi Klum on Kevin with Padma saying, "Kevin...you are...not top chef." That was a little mean. It was great that Michael's real reason for wanting to win was just so his brother wouldn't. The really good ending was when the Voltaggio brother's mother came in. She had to congratulate one son and console the other. Big tears all around. It was such a great awwwww moment. Brian and Michael were both gracious. A great season came to an end. There were some really quality chefs and some duds who were brought on for their ethnic and sexual orientation diversity. All it did was make the minorities and gays look like really lame chefs. Heightening diversity isn't always a good thing. I'm looking forward to the next season already. Never can seem to get enough of this show.
RW/RR Challenge: The Ruins ended with the usual last final challenge. I don't know what happened. At first the 2 girls were far ahead of the Champs. I loved seeing the guys with the weak stomachs at the eating part. They truly had horrible stuff to eat but those 2 challenger girls were great and mowed right through it. Then they took forever in the mud crawl. I don't know why. It seems these girls have spent plenty of time down on their knees. The champs caught up and passed them on the balance and relay part which I found really quite shocking. What happened? Where the champs really shined were the puzzles which just goes to show; 5 heads are better than 2. I think all the blood rushing to her head while she was being carried fireman style helped Susie figure out the puzzles. So the champs won about $80,000 at the most. Big whoop in this economy. You know that by the time Uncle Sam takes his bite, there won't be that much left and those kids look like they've rang up their credit cards already. I have to say, a couple of the guys look like real schlubs who would probably be living with their parents anyway. Oh well, on to the next season. Hopefully they'll have the teams more even and they'll figure out a way to not have one team handicapped by the other all of the time.
A new show is Launch My Line. I love this show. They take professionals who think they might know something about fashion, pair them with a designer (taylor or seamstress) and put them through challenges similar to Project Runway. The pros are diverse and interesting from dj's to architects. You can almost get a hint of their fashion sense by what they're wearing. Some of the clothes the pros are wearing are too scary to be out in the daylight. Oh well. It's obvious these designers are Project Runway rejects. They're either way over the top dramatic, stupid or duller than dishwater. I'll be surprised if that Greek guy doesn't get stabbed by a pair of fabric shears before the season is done. Dan and Dean (of D Squared) are the hosts and one of those twins looks like he's way underfed. Last week, Dan Garaty the choreographer was booted. If you're going to use tails, they can't be at the waist. Then it just looks like you outgrew your jacket and split it. This week the architect made the ugliest bathing suit since the 1920's and was booted.
On Chef Academy, the contestants made bread. So far, nobody has been eliminated but chef Frenchie let then know they had to have 3 strikes. Being the 3rd challenge, I was hoping to see someone go. This week, they made bread. Tracey had to quit smoking and she was grumpy about it so she made her bread phallic shaped just to watch the chef put it in his mouth. How hilarious is that? Since the French are quite familiar with phallic shapes, he recognized it right away and had his assistant taste it. The really funny part was, Tracey made one bread in the shape of cigarettes and the chef did put one of those in his mouth. Joke was on him. I didn't say the French were smart. Tracy's Croque en Bouche cake was gooey, sugary and messy. We all know that's the best way to have it and of course, she won. I love it when a normal person wins over those snooty culinary trained people. Thank the gods Suzanne got another strike. Maybe they'll boot her middleage trophy wife bleached blonde liposucked ass off the show. Ugh, so tired of her. Gotta love the bro love between Kyle and Kup. Go Tracey, see you next week.
On Survivor, they had 2 immunity challenges. You know what that means; 2 eliminations. OMG, these survivors are sooooo stupid. Russel is playing them all like violins. The Galus are resigned to being kicked off. Dave did look surprised but when the 2nd time his name showed up, you could tell he knew his time was up. Monica stirred up the pot by letting all the dirty laundry air before she was voted out. Brett figured out, in order to get any tv attention, he had to win a challenge. They showed a lot of footage of Russel looking nervous, but it was all a bunch of hooey. Those Foa Foa are tight and they're using Shambo brilliantly. I notice we don't see a lot of working around the camp. Everyone seems equally lazy lay-abouts this season but I'm thinking, it's just the editing. The producers have proved, this show has nothing to do with physical survival and everything to do with social survival. Personally, I'm sick to death of all the yackity yack. This season has had so many contestants we couldn't keep anyone straight until we got down to the last 8 and it made the season so long, it's gotten tedious. I really do wish they'd kill the person voted out but then, they wouldn't have a jury. Oh well. How about a really good twist like the person voted out gets their head totally shaved? I keep wondering what kind of vermin might be living in Dave's beard.
I have to comment on the series finale of Monk. It's so sad to see this fantastic show go. They really wrapped it up nicely with Adrian recovering from the poison, solving Trudy's murder and finding her daughter that she didn't know was alive. They also wrapped up the lives of the other characters too. It was wonderfully done and maybe we won't miss it so much. At least we can still enjoy it in re-runs.
Well, see you next week all. Until then, keep enjoying the shows.
The Ken and Barbie team of Meghan and Shayne won The Amazing Race. Sometimes, it just comes down to who you don't want to win. The teams ended up in Las Vegas and I have to say, the challenges were a little dull. First a faceforward rappel down the side of a casino, a bungee jump up and then counting chips? What happened to the recapping of the season challenge where they have to remember all the stops and challenges. Maybe the producers knew these teams were a little short of brain power. I was really hoping Brian and Erica would win but at least the gay brothers didn't so I'm okay with the ending. I loved Brian's mock shock reaction when Phil stated the obvious, "You are the 3rd team to arrive." No kidding. The other 2 teams were standing right there. Erica was competitive to the end and mad that she didn't win. I loved that too.
Michael Voltaggio won Top Chef. It was an interesting finale. They really changed things up. They brought back all of the past contestants and had the chefs draw knives to see the 2 they'd get. Yep, they didn't get to choose. Fate chose for them and poor Kevin got stuck with the heads of lettuce: Ash the non culinary school trained and Preeti the slow as molasses, unoriginal and unfamiliar with clams. It just proves, sometimes it's all about luck too. Meanwhile, Bryan Voltaggio got Jen and Ashley and Michael got Eli and Jesse. Wow! Did Jesse gain weight? Her hair turned brassy yellow too. I didn't recognize her until they said her name and she stepped forward. At least the Voltaggio brothers got one Sous Chef with a good palate. Kevin's sous chefs proved they didn't have good palates. So first they find they get a mystery box with pre-chosen ingredients and they have to make dessert. Come on guys. Have you never watched the show before? During the break, you'd think they'd memorize the recipe for at least one dessert. For god's sake, poach a stupid pear in strawberry soda if you have to. So they start cooking and they're all in the same kitchen. Wasn't that nice of the producers to make everyone and their sous chefs cram into one kitchen at the same time? Yeesh. Preeti proved she does know something about shellfish because she's slow as a snail when it comes to food prep. It's all Kevin can do to keep from cracking a whip and yelling, "yee-aw, mule!" You can see the frantic tension in his face. I kept saying, "Who's that fat blonde chick?" before realizing Jesse was on Michael's team. Eli wasn't his little troll self and was actually showing some real hustle. Then that expected twist was thrown in. The chef's mothers showed up. They saved money by having one mother for the Voltaggio brothers; those lucky producers. Padma and Tom showed up to announce the chefs had to make an appetizer that reflected their childhood food memory. I would suggest the chefs make something really good and lie until their pants burn off. The tasting panel turns out to be restauranteurs. Oh whatever. In other words, they have the money but think they know food. Most restauranteurs can't cook. Once again, I have to see Donatella Arpaia on tv again. I'm so sick to death of seeing her on tv; she of the bucktoothed trout pout. Anyway, all the dishes are served head to head and the comments are made. Sorry, but I fastforwarded through the comments made by the restauranteurs. What do they know? Give them enough wine and elephant poop would be a tasty dish as long as it's nicely served and has a good profit margin. Thank god Padma's preggers because there wasn't a bit of crudo, ceviche, raw eggs or tartar in sight. In the end, Kevin's team proved they were no help and Kevin came in 3rd after leading all season. Bryan proved his delicate palate and everyone deemed his food underseasoned. You'd think, if they've been saying that all season, he'd throw a handful of salt in the pot for once. Michael prevailed with innovative and tasty dishes and a great kitchen staff who helped him bang out his dishes. The judges pulled a Heidi Klum on Kevin with Padma saying, "Kevin...you are...not top chef." That was a little mean. It was great that Michael's real reason for wanting to win was just so his brother wouldn't. The really good ending was when the Voltaggio brother's mother came in. She had to congratulate one son and console the other. Big tears all around. It was such a great awwwww moment. Brian and Michael were both gracious. A great season came to an end. There were some really quality chefs and some duds who were brought on for their ethnic and sexual orientation diversity. All it did was make the minorities and gays look like really lame chefs. Heightening diversity isn't always a good thing. I'm looking forward to the next season already. Never can seem to get enough of this show.
RW/RR Challenge: The Ruins ended with the usual last final challenge. I don't know what happened. At first the 2 girls were far ahead of the Champs. I loved seeing the guys with the weak stomachs at the eating part. They truly had horrible stuff to eat but those 2 challenger girls were great and mowed right through it. Then they took forever in the mud crawl. I don't know why. It seems these girls have spent plenty of time down on their knees. The champs caught up and passed them on the balance and relay part which I found really quite shocking. What happened? Where the champs really shined were the puzzles which just goes to show; 5 heads are better than 2. I think all the blood rushing to her head while she was being carried fireman style helped Susie figure out the puzzles. So the champs won about $80,000 at the most. Big whoop in this economy. You know that by the time Uncle Sam takes his bite, there won't be that much left and those kids look like they've rang up their credit cards already. I have to say, a couple of the guys look like real schlubs who would probably be living with their parents anyway. Oh well, on to the next season. Hopefully they'll have the teams more even and they'll figure out a way to not have one team handicapped by the other all of the time.
A new show is Launch My Line. I love this show. They take professionals who think they might know something about fashion, pair them with a designer (taylor or seamstress) and put them through challenges similar to Project Runway. The pros are diverse and interesting from dj's to architects. You can almost get a hint of their fashion sense by what they're wearing. Some of the clothes the pros are wearing are too scary to be out in the daylight. Oh well. It's obvious these designers are Project Runway rejects. They're either way over the top dramatic, stupid or duller than dishwater. I'll be surprised if that Greek guy doesn't get stabbed by a pair of fabric shears before the season is done. Dan and Dean (of D Squared) are the hosts and one of those twins looks like he's way underfed. Last week, Dan Garaty the choreographer was booted. If you're going to use tails, they can't be at the waist. Then it just looks like you outgrew your jacket and split it. This week the architect made the ugliest bathing suit since the 1920's and was booted.
On Chef Academy, the contestants made bread. So far, nobody has been eliminated but chef Frenchie let then know they had to have 3 strikes. Being the 3rd challenge, I was hoping to see someone go. This week, they made bread. Tracey had to quit smoking and she was grumpy about it so she made her bread phallic shaped just to watch the chef put it in his mouth. How hilarious is that? Since the French are quite familiar with phallic shapes, he recognized it right away and had his assistant taste it. The really funny part was, Tracey made one bread in the shape of cigarettes and the chef did put one of those in his mouth. Joke was on him. I didn't say the French were smart. Tracy's Croque en Bouche cake was gooey, sugary and messy. We all know that's the best way to have it and of course, she won. I love it when a normal person wins over those snooty culinary trained people. Thank the gods Suzanne got another strike. Maybe they'll boot her middleage trophy wife bleached blonde liposucked ass off the show. Ugh, so tired of her. Gotta love the bro love between Kyle and Kup. Go Tracey, see you next week.
On Survivor, they had 2 immunity challenges. You know what that means; 2 eliminations. OMG, these survivors are sooooo stupid. Russel is playing them all like violins. The Galus are resigned to being kicked off. Dave did look surprised but when the 2nd time his name showed up, you could tell he knew his time was up. Monica stirred up the pot by letting all the dirty laundry air before she was voted out. Brett figured out, in order to get any tv attention, he had to win a challenge. They showed a lot of footage of Russel looking nervous, but it was all a bunch of hooey. Those Foa Foa are tight and they're using Shambo brilliantly. I notice we don't see a lot of working around the camp. Everyone seems equally lazy lay-abouts this season but I'm thinking, it's just the editing. The producers have proved, this show has nothing to do with physical survival and everything to do with social survival. Personally, I'm sick to death of all the yackity yack. This season has had so many contestants we couldn't keep anyone straight until we got down to the last 8 and it made the season so long, it's gotten tedious. I really do wish they'd kill the person voted out but then, they wouldn't have a jury. Oh well. How about a really good twist like the person voted out gets their head totally shaved? I keep wondering what kind of vermin might be living in Dave's beard.
I have to comment on the series finale of Monk. It's so sad to see this fantastic show go. They really wrapped it up nicely with Adrian recovering from the poison, solving Trudy's murder and finding her daughter that she didn't know was alive. They also wrapped up the lives of the other characters too. It was wonderfully done and maybe we won't miss it so much. At least we can still enjoy it in re-runs.
Well, see you next week all. Until then, keep enjoying the shows.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Some Reality and holiday season
Survivor had a clip and deleted scenes show. I found Russel hasn't changed at all. I was glad to see he was sabotaging the Galus too. Now I'm thinking, Shambo's not as dumb as she looks. The show was good enough to make me want to watch the show even more. Good job producers.
Top Chef is down to 4 chefs. This week was the return after the break. Michael Volt was even snarkier. If guys could have a period, I'd say he's on his. Kevin grew his hair out and looks even more like a hippy. Note to all people, hippies always look like they need to be deloused and bathed. Jennifer proved she didn't practice her cooking techniqes. The problem is, everybody is so good at this point, you have to be really really good not to be sent home. I was glad to see Michael Chiarello. This time, the cheftestants had to make a vegetarian dish and actually came up with real food. Why didn't they make ravioli's, mousses and great salads for the vegetarian episode? Brian Volt won the elimination challenge. Because of slight oversalting, Jennifer was sent home. Too bad, but it guarantees the next top chef will be a guy. I'm still betting on Kevin. I see Donatella Arpaia will be a judge on the final episode. When did she become a go to expert on food? She seems to be everywhere judging people's food. I'm sick to death of her and her drab earthtone clothes. Maybe it's because she always looks like she's got grease on her lips. Whatever.
RR/RW the Ruins had it's last challenge. Susie looks like she weighs 20 pounds soaking wet, but she was able to win her individual challenges. The challengers finally unloaded Casey, but they're down to 2 team members and both girls. The evil triumvirate of Kenny, Johnny and Evan are still in it. I can't believe Johnny actually won his individual challenge. The final challenge ought to be interesting. If those 2 girls win, I'll LOL for sure. Good luck Sara and Kelly Ann.
The Amazing Race saved a little money by having this whole episode in the Czhech Republic where the racers started for the day. How is it possible a guy can't unscramble 5 letters? Big Easy from the Globetrotters team couldn't do it, gave up and took the 4 hour penalty. The gay bros showed what snakes they were and can now expect to be officially snubbed by all the other teams. Brian and Erica, the Miss America and Hubby team are still in it and I'm really rooting for them. How hilarious was it to see them try to drink that hard liquor? The look on her face was classic. The blonde couple may be in front, but they're so uninteresting, I always forget their names and have no desire to know who they are. They look like Ken and Barbie but, whatever.
I'm slightly disappointed to see the show's have a lack of holiday awareness. Hank and The Middle seems like they were the only ones that noticed it was Thanksgiving. Hank did their episode in October before it was cancelled and The Middle did their's a week after Thanksgiving. Good going people. Scrubs is back, but it's a little dull without Carla and the Janitor. For some odd reason, the shows are doing re-runs for the holidays. That's kind of crappy. What's the matter head honchos, couldn't dream up holiday shows? You guys kind of suck. Bring back Silverman and whoever else ran the networks back in the 80's. Boy do we miss Aaron Spelling. At least Lifetime is running holiday shows. ABC Family is running those classic Xmas cartoons we all grew up with.
Ahhh... tis the season for romantic holiday movies about Santa falling in love or a crabby person learning the true meaning of Christmas. If only life were so merry. Thank the gods for the reality shows ha ha ha.
Top Chef is down to 4 chefs. This week was the return after the break. Michael Volt was even snarkier. If guys could have a period, I'd say he's on his. Kevin grew his hair out and looks even more like a hippy. Note to all people, hippies always look like they need to be deloused and bathed. Jennifer proved she didn't practice her cooking techniqes. The problem is, everybody is so good at this point, you have to be really really good not to be sent home. I was glad to see Michael Chiarello. This time, the cheftestants had to make a vegetarian dish and actually came up with real food. Why didn't they make ravioli's, mousses and great salads for the vegetarian episode? Brian Volt won the elimination challenge. Because of slight oversalting, Jennifer was sent home. Too bad, but it guarantees the next top chef will be a guy. I'm still betting on Kevin. I see Donatella Arpaia will be a judge on the final episode. When did she become a go to expert on food? She seems to be everywhere judging people's food. I'm sick to death of her and her drab earthtone clothes. Maybe it's because she always looks like she's got grease on her lips. Whatever.
RR/RW the Ruins had it's last challenge. Susie looks like she weighs 20 pounds soaking wet, but she was able to win her individual challenges. The challengers finally unloaded Casey, but they're down to 2 team members and both girls. The evil triumvirate of Kenny, Johnny and Evan are still in it. I can't believe Johnny actually won his individual challenge. The final challenge ought to be interesting. If those 2 girls win, I'll LOL for sure. Good luck Sara and Kelly Ann.
The Amazing Race saved a little money by having this whole episode in the Czhech Republic where the racers started for the day. How is it possible a guy can't unscramble 5 letters? Big Easy from the Globetrotters team couldn't do it, gave up and took the 4 hour penalty. The gay bros showed what snakes they were and can now expect to be officially snubbed by all the other teams. Brian and Erica, the Miss America and Hubby team are still in it and I'm really rooting for them. How hilarious was it to see them try to drink that hard liquor? The look on her face was classic. The blonde couple may be in front, but they're so uninteresting, I always forget their names and have no desire to know who they are. They look like Ken and Barbie but, whatever.
I'm slightly disappointed to see the show's have a lack of holiday awareness. Hank and The Middle seems like they were the only ones that noticed it was Thanksgiving. Hank did their episode in October before it was cancelled and The Middle did their's a week after Thanksgiving. Good going people. Scrubs is back, but it's a little dull without Carla and the Janitor. For some odd reason, the shows are doing re-runs for the holidays. That's kind of crappy. What's the matter head honchos, couldn't dream up holiday shows? You guys kind of suck. Bring back Silverman and whoever else ran the networks back in the 80's. Boy do we miss Aaron Spelling. At least Lifetime is running holiday shows. ABC Family is running those classic Xmas cartoons we all grew up with.
Ahhh... tis the season for romantic holiday movies about Santa falling in love or a crabby person learning the true meaning of Christmas. If only life were so merry. Thank the gods for the reality shows ha ha ha.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
End of the road for some...
Some reality shows have wrapped up their seasons and some are at least getting there.
Project Runway named it's winner: Irina Shabayeva. Too bad for Caroll Hannah who had to gut out a stomach flu. Interesting enough, the 13th look that Christopher helped her with, was judged to be the best and it was really pretty. Caroll Hannah said her main thing is dresses. No kidding. Her pants looked like leggings and she really had nothing else but dresses. At least her collection had some pretty colors. Althea's collection was supposed to be futuristic and sci/fi. Whatever. I don't know who's future she was thinking of, but good thing, not mine. Irina's collection looked like she copied her looks from the season. There was a lot of black and drab but what can you expect from a Cruella DeVille type? One reason I'm glad this installment of the show is over; I'm sick to death of seeing their stupid families. Who cares? Sew some damn clothes already.
Models of the Runway wasn't as interesting as I thought it could be. I thought they might show Kaelyn's photo shoot but noooo... I was glad to see Jaslene from ANTM in Althea's runway collection. She does have that great fierce walk. It's too bad they didn't interview some of those models. I'm hoping that next season, they'll make the designers switch models more. I couldn't believe some of the models who were chosen. Was it just me or did Tara look like Althea's little sister? The only difference was, Althea actually looked alive. Someone needs to teach the models to model when they're with their designer in front of the judges. Yeesh! Sometimes they just stood there like they were waiting for a bus. I shouted at the screen, "Stop slouching!" a lot. Koji was really good at modeling the ugly designs like she loved the clothes.
Iron Chef America chose it's new Iron Chef. Congrats to Chef Garces. I hope he makes some really good latin dishes for the competitions. Flay thinks his stuff is latin. Whatever. Flay makes Tex/Mex and that's dull as dishwater. Chef Mehta had no chance to win cuz 2 bites of food on a plate isn't really a dish, no matter how cute you dress it.
On to shows that haven't wrapped.
Top Chef finally got rid of it's last piece of chaff. Eli, the litte troll, got his come-uppance and packed his knives. The chefs were supposed to cook dishes in the style of the Bocuse D'Or. Well, they really didn't. I've seen that competition. Those chefs make meticulous art with their food by weaving strips of vegetables, making molded purees and rice dishes, etc. At the same time, the food is really good and well balanced. The dishes lacked artistry and color. Jennifer had the most colorful using greens but still, it was just greens and white. Kevin had some red with his beet. Eli had that pool of green on his meat but the judges said it didn't taste good. Hmmm... I guess you have to have both; looks good and tastes good. Well, duh! Chef Kayson pointed that out before they even started. I'm thinking, the Top Cheftastants weren't really listening. Since no-one had any real beauty to their food, the playing field was evened out and Kevin won on pure cooking skill. He'd learned from his restaurant war debacle, not to undercook the lamb. That MIT degree comes in handy ha ha ha. Jennifer finally woke up and didn't land in the bottom this time. So that's the end of the early pre-taped stuff. I love seeing the chefs come back for the end. They always look well rested and happy. Maybe Michael Volt will be less snarky. Maybe Brian Volt will be less dull and tell his brother to stuff it, once. Maybe Jennifer will pull a rabbit out of the hat and be the 2nd woman to win this thing. Unless Kevin's had a serious stroke, I'm thinking he's probably going to run away with this. Hopefully they've worked on a dessert for the finale.
On Survivor, the producers finally went back to 2 challenges. I love the way Russell keeps finding the immunity idols and the Galu members never think he has it. Intelligence certainly isn't a requirement for this show. I'm wondering why people think they have any influence on other people? First the Foa Foa guys think they can talk Monica into voting their way. Then Monica thinks she can get the Foa Foas to vote her way. The stupidity of these people makes me wonder how much they're suffering from malnutrition. Not only is Shambo not playing the game very well, but I'm not sure she's playing at all. If anything she's the one being played. When the numbers get low enough, the Foa Foas will dump her like last week's rotten garbage. The really good part of tribal council was, they had to edit out a lot of the idiotic chit chat which is usually led by the head idiot; Jeff Probst. There were 2 rounds of voting. Laura was surprised to see she wasn't as popular as she thought and was booted after the 2nd round. Shambo couldn't hide her glee. Eric made the most comments without ever saying anything. Members of the jury can't say anything but they can use sign and body language and Eric's very good at telecasting his feelings.
On Dancing With the Stars, we're down to the finals and Yay! Joanna Krupa, the non-star and her dancing samoyed sidekick, Derek Hough, were ousted. Do I care she's from Poland? No. Do I care she's a swimsuit model? No. Does anybody know who the heck she is? No. She wasn't that good a dancer either. Derek Hough is just really good at making the dances showcase the best the partner can do and hiding the stuff they can't. According to Jimmy Kimmel, Krupa was on his The Man Show about 6 years ago. Do the producers really have to go to the bottom of the barrel to cast this show? I hate to say it, but I'm not too interested in Mya either but Wow! Dimitri is just too freakin' hot. I'm glad to see none of the past winning pros are in the final. I have loved Louie VanAmstel from the very first season. I'm glad to see him go to the end. Poor thing had to put up with that stupid bachelorette in his first season. For some odd reason, I can't get enough of Kelly's cursing. It just cracks me up too much. Donny Osmond has made it to the end too, despite his fatigue.
On RW/RR challenge The Ruins; the teams are getting very sparse. This usually signals we're getting near the end. Brad went berserk and had a knock down drag out fight with his friend Darrell and they were both booted from the show with Darrell's money going into the general bank. Susie is the lone female on the Champ's team and managed to win her individual challenge. I don't understand why she's playing along with the guys who don't really give a rat's butt what happens to her. Maybe she's just got a really good work ethic. Then again, maybe she wants to keep Casey on the challenger's team to weaken them. Casey is the albatross to end all albatrosses. Every week, we learn something else about Casey and it's never a good thing. I thought the air in her head would, at least, help her swim. She's no good at climbing though. I hope the end challenge is something like carrying one person over the whole course. At least Casey is lightweight. Maybe the challengers would have a chance.
The Amazing Race is finally getting more fierce. I love it when the teams aren't so nice to each other and get really competitive and cunning. Team Miss America and hubby got their taxi stolen by the gay brothers team. Those guys have really burned their bridges with everybody. The girl of the blonde couple team was trying to be nice. When you're in a race; shut up and race. The lesson learned this week is, don't take a bus instead of a taxi when you're trying to get somewhere fast. Duh! Luckily, this was a non-elimination leg and Brian and Erica are still in it. If he can lose his good guy easy going attitude and get some of Erica's competitive fire, they can really win this thing. So far, there hasn't been an eating challenge and I'm hoping there will be one cuz the people who are left don't look like good eaters. It would be soooo good.
There's a new show called, World's Strictest Parents. Bratty kids have grown to be bratty teens. Of course, it's not because their parents are too lenient or stupid or anything. So they're sent off to live with parents who have good kids and rule with iron fists. Okay, what I see is, the parents of the teens have let the kids run roughshod over them so much, the teens have no respect for them. Well, if you're going to be a wussbag, teens will treat you like a wussbag. Most of the time, the strict people aren't that strict. They just have a household with organization and structure. They also know how to follow through on discipline. The teens usually just need parenting period. Toward the end of the their stay with the strict parents, the teens get a letter from home that usually brings them to tears. The producers must think this is the money shot because I've never seen so many close-ups of people crying. That camera must be shoved right in their faces; nice. I'd like to know, how come the strict parents are almost always religious? The praying is so sappy and preachy, it's vomit inducing.
America's Next Top Model named it's winner; Nicole. At least the girls were able to wear high heels to the final judging. Nicole had the weirdest runway walk that looked like she was part of the WWE and I'm not talking about the women of the WWE either. I thought Laura was much better at the commercial and runway but I'm thinking Nicole was chosen from the beginning. She has always looked more couture throughout the season. Too bad she has the personality of a wet sponge. Oh well, Cover Girl never uses Tyra's commercial anyway so we won't have to hear Nicole talk ever again ha ha ha.
Bravo has a new show called; Chef Academy. Take one hoity toity French Chef, his busty girlfriend, his judgy sidekick and a bunch of dimwitted wanna be chefs and you've got one lukewarm show. None of them could cook an egg in 10 minutes and are they all sharing one brain? So far, I'm not impressed by the French Chef's cooking and I'm hoping he takes a shower before the next episode. Actually, this week was the 2nd episode, but the first one wasn't that exciting and I fast-forwarded through a lot of the guy's personal bragging. Whatever. You're French, you cook, you're engaged, expecting a baby and opening a cooking school. We got it; Next! In the 2nd episode, the french student turned out to be a porn star. This is the 2000s. We're not prudish and don't care. If you're going to make a big deal of it, at least show us his backside. I love his propensity for tardiness and how much it ticks off the teacher. In this episode, the head guy made a chocolate Pot De Creme. He made it look difficult. I wasn't impressed because Ina Garten makes it look easy. The students had to recreate it and most failed. How dumb are they? The guy gave you the recipe. Top Chef, this show isn't.
Well, that's all for now. C-ya next week.
Project Runway named it's winner: Irina Shabayeva. Too bad for Caroll Hannah who had to gut out a stomach flu. Interesting enough, the 13th look that Christopher helped her with, was judged to be the best and it was really pretty. Caroll Hannah said her main thing is dresses. No kidding. Her pants looked like leggings and she really had nothing else but dresses. At least her collection had some pretty colors. Althea's collection was supposed to be futuristic and sci/fi. Whatever. I don't know who's future she was thinking of, but good thing, not mine. Irina's collection looked like she copied her looks from the season. There was a lot of black and drab but what can you expect from a Cruella DeVille type? One reason I'm glad this installment of the show is over; I'm sick to death of seeing their stupid families. Who cares? Sew some damn clothes already.
Models of the Runway wasn't as interesting as I thought it could be. I thought they might show Kaelyn's photo shoot but noooo... I was glad to see Jaslene from ANTM in Althea's runway collection. She does have that great fierce walk. It's too bad they didn't interview some of those models. I'm hoping that next season, they'll make the designers switch models more. I couldn't believe some of the models who were chosen. Was it just me or did Tara look like Althea's little sister? The only difference was, Althea actually looked alive. Someone needs to teach the models to model when they're with their designer in front of the judges. Yeesh! Sometimes they just stood there like they were waiting for a bus. I shouted at the screen, "Stop slouching!" a lot. Koji was really good at modeling the ugly designs like she loved the clothes.
Iron Chef America chose it's new Iron Chef. Congrats to Chef Garces. I hope he makes some really good latin dishes for the competitions. Flay thinks his stuff is latin. Whatever. Flay makes Tex/Mex and that's dull as dishwater. Chef Mehta had no chance to win cuz 2 bites of food on a plate isn't really a dish, no matter how cute you dress it.
On to shows that haven't wrapped.
Top Chef finally got rid of it's last piece of chaff. Eli, the litte troll, got his come-uppance and packed his knives. The chefs were supposed to cook dishes in the style of the Bocuse D'Or. Well, they really didn't. I've seen that competition. Those chefs make meticulous art with their food by weaving strips of vegetables, making molded purees and rice dishes, etc. At the same time, the food is really good and well balanced. The dishes lacked artistry and color. Jennifer had the most colorful using greens but still, it was just greens and white. Kevin had some red with his beet. Eli had that pool of green on his meat but the judges said it didn't taste good. Hmmm... I guess you have to have both; looks good and tastes good. Well, duh! Chef Kayson pointed that out before they even started. I'm thinking, the Top Cheftastants weren't really listening. Since no-one had any real beauty to their food, the playing field was evened out and Kevin won on pure cooking skill. He'd learned from his restaurant war debacle, not to undercook the lamb. That MIT degree comes in handy ha ha ha. Jennifer finally woke up and didn't land in the bottom this time. So that's the end of the early pre-taped stuff. I love seeing the chefs come back for the end. They always look well rested and happy. Maybe Michael Volt will be less snarky. Maybe Brian Volt will be less dull and tell his brother to stuff it, once. Maybe Jennifer will pull a rabbit out of the hat and be the 2nd woman to win this thing. Unless Kevin's had a serious stroke, I'm thinking he's probably going to run away with this. Hopefully they've worked on a dessert for the finale.
On Survivor, the producers finally went back to 2 challenges. I love the way Russell keeps finding the immunity idols and the Galu members never think he has it. Intelligence certainly isn't a requirement for this show. I'm wondering why people think they have any influence on other people? First the Foa Foa guys think they can talk Monica into voting their way. Then Monica thinks she can get the Foa Foas to vote her way. The stupidity of these people makes me wonder how much they're suffering from malnutrition. Not only is Shambo not playing the game very well, but I'm not sure she's playing at all. If anything she's the one being played. When the numbers get low enough, the Foa Foas will dump her like last week's rotten garbage. The really good part of tribal council was, they had to edit out a lot of the idiotic chit chat which is usually led by the head idiot; Jeff Probst. There were 2 rounds of voting. Laura was surprised to see she wasn't as popular as she thought and was booted after the 2nd round. Shambo couldn't hide her glee. Eric made the most comments without ever saying anything. Members of the jury can't say anything but they can use sign and body language and Eric's very good at telecasting his feelings.
On Dancing With the Stars, we're down to the finals and Yay! Joanna Krupa, the non-star and her dancing samoyed sidekick, Derek Hough, were ousted. Do I care she's from Poland? No. Do I care she's a swimsuit model? No. Does anybody know who the heck she is? No. She wasn't that good a dancer either. Derek Hough is just really good at making the dances showcase the best the partner can do and hiding the stuff they can't. According to Jimmy Kimmel, Krupa was on his The Man Show about 6 years ago. Do the producers really have to go to the bottom of the barrel to cast this show? I hate to say it, but I'm not too interested in Mya either but Wow! Dimitri is just too freakin' hot. I'm glad to see none of the past winning pros are in the final. I have loved Louie VanAmstel from the very first season. I'm glad to see him go to the end. Poor thing had to put up with that stupid bachelorette in his first season. For some odd reason, I can't get enough of Kelly's cursing. It just cracks me up too much. Donny Osmond has made it to the end too, despite his fatigue.
On RW/RR challenge The Ruins; the teams are getting very sparse. This usually signals we're getting near the end. Brad went berserk and had a knock down drag out fight with his friend Darrell and they were both booted from the show with Darrell's money going into the general bank. Susie is the lone female on the Champ's team and managed to win her individual challenge. I don't understand why she's playing along with the guys who don't really give a rat's butt what happens to her. Maybe she's just got a really good work ethic. Then again, maybe she wants to keep Casey on the challenger's team to weaken them. Casey is the albatross to end all albatrosses. Every week, we learn something else about Casey and it's never a good thing. I thought the air in her head would, at least, help her swim. She's no good at climbing though. I hope the end challenge is something like carrying one person over the whole course. At least Casey is lightweight. Maybe the challengers would have a chance.
The Amazing Race is finally getting more fierce. I love it when the teams aren't so nice to each other and get really competitive and cunning. Team Miss America and hubby got their taxi stolen by the gay brothers team. Those guys have really burned their bridges with everybody. The girl of the blonde couple team was trying to be nice. When you're in a race; shut up and race. The lesson learned this week is, don't take a bus instead of a taxi when you're trying to get somewhere fast. Duh! Luckily, this was a non-elimination leg and Brian and Erica are still in it. If he can lose his good guy easy going attitude and get some of Erica's competitive fire, they can really win this thing. So far, there hasn't been an eating challenge and I'm hoping there will be one cuz the people who are left don't look like good eaters. It would be soooo good.
There's a new show called, World's Strictest Parents. Bratty kids have grown to be bratty teens. Of course, it's not because their parents are too lenient or stupid or anything. So they're sent off to live with parents who have good kids and rule with iron fists. Okay, what I see is, the parents of the teens have let the kids run roughshod over them so much, the teens have no respect for them. Well, if you're going to be a wussbag, teens will treat you like a wussbag. Most of the time, the strict people aren't that strict. They just have a household with organization and structure. They also know how to follow through on discipline. The teens usually just need parenting period. Toward the end of the their stay with the strict parents, the teens get a letter from home that usually brings them to tears. The producers must think this is the money shot because I've never seen so many close-ups of people crying. That camera must be shoved right in their faces; nice. I'd like to know, how come the strict parents are almost always religious? The praying is so sappy and preachy, it's vomit inducing.
America's Next Top Model named it's winner; Nicole. At least the girls were able to wear high heels to the final judging. Nicole had the weirdest runway walk that looked like she was part of the WWE and I'm not talking about the women of the WWE either. I thought Laura was much better at the commercial and runway but I'm thinking Nicole was chosen from the beginning. She has always looked more couture throughout the season. Too bad she has the personality of a wet sponge. Oh well, Cover Girl never uses Tyra's commercial anyway so we won't have to hear Nicole talk ever again ha ha ha.
Bravo has a new show called; Chef Academy. Take one hoity toity French Chef, his busty girlfriend, his judgy sidekick and a bunch of dimwitted wanna be chefs and you've got one lukewarm show. None of them could cook an egg in 10 minutes and are they all sharing one brain? So far, I'm not impressed by the French Chef's cooking and I'm hoping he takes a shower before the next episode. Actually, this week was the 2nd episode, but the first one wasn't that exciting and I fast-forwarded through a lot of the guy's personal bragging. Whatever. You're French, you cook, you're engaged, expecting a baby and opening a cooking school. We got it; Next! In the 2nd episode, the french student turned out to be a porn star. This is the 2000s. We're not prudish and don't care. If you're going to make a big deal of it, at least show us his backside. I love his propensity for tardiness and how much it ticks off the teacher. In this episode, the head guy made a chocolate Pot De Creme. He made it look difficult. I wasn't impressed because Ina Garten makes it look easy. The students had to recreate it and most failed. How dumb are they? The guy gave you the recipe. Top Chef, this show isn't.
Well, that's all for now. C-ya next week.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wrap up time for reality...
Most of the reality shows are wrapping up their seasons.
On Survivor, we're far from done. I'm getting more and more impressed by evil Russel's ability to find those hidden immunity idols while still not able to earn one. I thought Foa Foa was weak as a tribe but as individuals, they're proving to be weak at challenges too. Maybe it was all about luck. I love the way they edit these shows to make characters sympathetic or evil. Now Laura seems mean and Russel cool and picked on. I had to rewatch the first episode to realize I've been stupidly manipulated by the editors this whole time. The blind side was more blind to the contestants than the viewers and it seemed Kelly came from nowhere. Everybody was asking, "Who's Kelly?" It was too bad she was so immemorable. This time evil Russel used his idol perfectly. He may save his tribe after all.
On the Amazing Race, there were 6 teams left. Pinky and the Dad team were even more stupid on this leg and totally wasted the non-elimination leg. I think the poker girls could've made it through. Pinky's ear guages were totally grossing me out. I thought the Globetrotters could probably shoot hoops through those earholes of his. I love the perseverance of Brian and Erica, the Miss America and hubby team. He still looks like a skinny Brian Cranston to me. Brian is too nice and is nicely balanced by his very competitive wife. Those beauty queens can be wickedly competitive. I think she's totally the type to trip a girl in a pageant to win it. The gay brothers are showing their whiny ugly sides. We're liking the Globetrotters even more ha ha ha. Talk about a good trip. The Flighttime did a great take-down of the gay brother and the editors of the show were nice enough to replay it about 3 or 4 times. It was funnier each time. So to sum up, Pinky and the Dad came in last and the blonde athletic couple came in first. For some reason, it's not as much fun to see that couple come in first. It's like watching the golden child succeed *yawn*.
On Project Runway, they've split the finale into 2 episodes. Poor Carrol Hannah has the stomach flu but is gutting it out. It seems most of the clothes are black and Irina has the most boring black line of fashions I've seen in a long time. I can't wait to see what Chris has to say about it on his blog. In my opinion, the most uninteresting part of the finales is when Tim Gunn meets the families. Maybe it's because I don't give a rat's ass but it seems my friends like this part so I guess it goes over well with everyone else. Whatever. It was pretty fun to see Tim Gunn in the apron. Kudos to Mr. Gunn. He does anything in his suits: walk on the beach, make biscuits, or dig through trash. Once again, they're making the designers make an extra piece at the last moment. Was this a surprise? I would think those designers would know the show well enough by now that they would've had a half finished one stuffed in the corner of their luggage this time. I was disappointed that they only brought back the last 3 eliminated contestants to choose from. I was glad to see Carrol Hannah in the next episode preview. It seems she does make it to fashion week.
On Models of the Runway, it was pretty funny to see the models have to choose a model. Now they know what they need to do on a go see. I loved Tanisha's reaction to a model with a pendulum arm during her walk. It was pretty bad. I'm hoping to see the photo shoot in the last episode. We'll see.
On Top Chef, the chefs first made breakfast in bed for Padma and Nigella Lawson. One good thing about Nigella, she'll eat anything and she can eat a lot. Eli finally made something a little sophisticated and won the quickfire. I was happy to see Jennifer didn't land on the bottom this time. Then they had to make a dish inspired by a casino. Oh boy, talk about promoting Vegas. For some odd reason, I was thinking someone would make silver dollar pancakes but noooo.... Eli got the least inspiration and Robin got the dumbest. There are a lot of ways to mimic colored blown glass but she decided to try food she didn't know how to make. Hey Robin, you're in a competition. Now is not the time to try new dishes. Jennifer was inspired to make the sword in the stone from her tour of The Excaliber. Her meat was quite stoney, according to Nigella. Eli had a bad attitude about Circus Circus and didn't make fun food like he should've. I'm thinking, he was one of those geeky kids who was a real party pooper. His dish reflected his attitude and Nigella and Toby declared it inedible. Once again, Kevin and the Volt brothers were top 3 with Michael wowing the judges with his innovative take on buffalo wings. Robin finally wore the judges out and packed her knives. I can't believe she survived that spoiled shrimp dish a month ago. People are questioning how much the producers influence the decisions. Hmmm...
On America's Next Top Model, they had a double elimination. Erin finally got booted after dodging the bullet for the last 3 weeks. The oriental girl was booted too. I was disappointed 3 models wouldn't get to try the commercial but I guess it's just going to be the final 2. Hawaii must be way more expensive than foreign countries because the producers are wrapping up the show quickly. I'm still wondering when Tyra's going to let these poor short models wear high heels at judging. Maybe at the final judging. Let's hope so. During the photo shoot, I kept thinking Laura looked like Rachel Hunter and Tyra said so too. I can't wait to hear her during her commercial with that thick southern accent. It should be good.
The Real World, Road Rules Challenge is getting down to the wire. Everyone is showing their greedy teeth and poor Cohutta's luck ran out. The champions don't seem to care that they're down to one girl. Meanwhile, the challengers are still stuck with Casey who's best efforts are too pathetic for words. The team challenge was so funny with everyone rolling downhill in a huge tire and squealing when they hit the bumps. It was fun for all hee hee hee.
My recent favorite reality show is Bank of Mom and Dad. It's hilarious how these pampered women have been so spoiled. They're all in huge debt and the funniest part is, the parents don't realize they've kind of been enablers in the whole thing. Now they're sick of bailing out the girl and have decided a reality show to shame the daughter might do the trick. I think the cooperation we see is all for the cameras and the pampered girls will probably go back to their evil ways. It's hilarious to see their faces when the credit cards are run through the debtonator (shredder). I don't know why the girls are so sad or shocked. The credit card companies have already cut them off anyway. The best part of the show is the daughter having to live with her parents again. If you notice, I've said women and daughters. So far, all the episodes have shown only women as the people in debt. There have to be total loser guys out there too. I guess Soapnet doesn't find it's contestants at the same place as VH1 ha ha ha.
Is it just me or are the Duggars the hot reality family of the year? I love 18 Kids and Counting. I wonder if they'll change the name of the show again when she has her baby. I admire this family. They haven't changed their ways or style. Did I mention Michelle (the mother) didn't have most of her kids all at once like other large families on tv? That's admirable too and you know there are no nannies in sight.
So anyway, the finales are coming and it'll be interesting to see what shows take their place. I can't wait to see who wins in each show.
On Survivor, we're far from done. I'm getting more and more impressed by evil Russel's ability to find those hidden immunity idols while still not able to earn one. I thought Foa Foa was weak as a tribe but as individuals, they're proving to be weak at challenges too. Maybe it was all about luck. I love the way they edit these shows to make characters sympathetic or evil. Now Laura seems mean and Russel cool and picked on. I had to rewatch the first episode to realize I've been stupidly manipulated by the editors this whole time. The blind side was more blind to the contestants than the viewers and it seemed Kelly came from nowhere. Everybody was asking, "Who's Kelly?" It was too bad she was so immemorable. This time evil Russel used his idol perfectly. He may save his tribe after all.
On the Amazing Race, there were 6 teams left. Pinky and the Dad team were even more stupid on this leg and totally wasted the non-elimination leg. I think the poker girls could've made it through. Pinky's ear guages were totally grossing me out. I thought the Globetrotters could probably shoot hoops through those earholes of his. I love the perseverance of Brian and Erica, the Miss America and hubby team. He still looks like a skinny Brian Cranston to me. Brian is too nice and is nicely balanced by his very competitive wife. Those beauty queens can be wickedly competitive. I think she's totally the type to trip a girl in a pageant to win it. The gay brothers are showing their whiny ugly sides. We're liking the Globetrotters even more ha ha ha. Talk about a good trip. The Flighttime did a great take-down of the gay brother and the editors of the show were nice enough to replay it about 3 or 4 times. It was funnier each time. So to sum up, Pinky and the Dad came in last and the blonde athletic couple came in first. For some reason, it's not as much fun to see that couple come in first. It's like watching the golden child succeed *yawn*.
On Project Runway, they've split the finale into 2 episodes. Poor Carrol Hannah has the stomach flu but is gutting it out. It seems most of the clothes are black and Irina has the most boring black line of fashions I've seen in a long time. I can't wait to see what Chris has to say about it on his blog. In my opinion, the most uninteresting part of the finales is when Tim Gunn meets the families. Maybe it's because I don't give a rat's ass but it seems my friends like this part so I guess it goes over well with everyone else. Whatever. It was pretty fun to see Tim Gunn in the apron. Kudos to Mr. Gunn. He does anything in his suits: walk on the beach, make biscuits, or dig through trash. Once again, they're making the designers make an extra piece at the last moment. Was this a surprise? I would think those designers would know the show well enough by now that they would've had a half finished one stuffed in the corner of their luggage this time. I was disappointed that they only brought back the last 3 eliminated contestants to choose from. I was glad to see Carrol Hannah in the next episode preview. It seems she does make it to fashion week.
On Models of the Runway, it was pretty funny to see the models have to choose a model. Now they know what they need to do on a go see. I loved Tanisha's reaction to a model with a pendulum arm during her walk. It was pretty bad. I'm hoping to see the photo shoot in the last episode. We'll see.
On Top Chef, the chefs first made breakfast in bed for Padma and Nigella Lawson. One good thing about Nigella, she'll eat anything and she can eat a lot. Eli finally made something a little sophisticated and won the quickfire. I was happy to see Jennifer didn't land on the bottom this time. Then they had to make a dish inspired by a casino. Oh boy, talk about promoting Vegas. For some odd reason, I was thinking someone would make silver dollar pancakes but noooo.... Eli got the least inspiration and Robin got the dumbest. There are a lot of ways to mimic colored blown glass but she decided to try food she didn't know how to make. Hey Robin, you're in a competition. Now is not the time to try new dishes. Jennifer was inspired to make the sword in the stone from her tour of The Excaliber. Her meat was quite stoney, according to Nigella. Eli had a bad attitude about Circus Circus and didn't make fun food like he should've. I'm thinking, he was one of those geeky kids who was a real party pooper. His dish reflected his attitude and Nigella and Toby declared it inedible. Once again, Kevin and the Volt brothers were top 3 with Michael wowing the judges with his innovative take on buffalo wings. Robin finally wore the judges out and packed her knives. I can't believe she survived that spoiled shrimp dish a month ago. People are questioning how much the producers influence the decisions. Hmmm...
On America's Next Top Model, they had a double elimination. Erin finally got booted after dodging the bullet for the last 3 weeks. The oriental girl was booted too. I was disappointed 3 models wouldn't get to try the commercial but I guess it's just going to be the final 2. Hawaii must be way more expensive than foreign countries because the producers are wrapping up the show quickly. I'm still wondering when Tyra's going to let these poor short models wear high heels at judging. Maybe at the final judging. Let's hope so. During the photo shoot, I kept thinking Laura looked like Rachel Hunter and Tyra said so too. I can't wait to hear her during her commercial with that thick southern accent. It should be good.
The Real World, Road Rules Challenge is getting down to the wire. Everyone is showing their greedy teeth and poor Cohutta's luck ran out. The champions don't seem to care that they're down to one girl. Meanwhile, the challengers are still stuck with Casey who's best efforts are too pathetic for words. The team challenge was so funny with everyone rolling downhill in a huge tire and squealing when they hit the bumps. It was fun for all hee hee hee.
My recent favorite reality show is Bank of Mom and Dad. It's hilarious how these pampered women have been so spoiled. They're all in huge debt and the funniest part is, the parents don't realize they've kind of been enablers in the whole thing. Now they're sick of bailing out the girl and have decided a reality show to shame the daughter might do the trick. I think the cooperation we see is all for the cameras and the pampered girls will probably go back to their evil ways. It's hilarious to see their faces when the credit cards are run through the debtonator (shredder). I don't know why the girls are so sad or shocked. The credit card companies have already cut them off anyway. The best part of the show is the daughter having to live with her parents again. If you notice, I've said women and daughters. So far, all the episodes have shown only women as the people in debt. There have to be total loser guys out there too. I guess Soapnet doesn't find it's contestants at the same place as VH1 ha ha ha.
Is it just me or are the Duggars the hot reality family of the year? I love 18 Kids and Counting. I wonder if they'll change the name of the show again when she has her baby. I admire this family. They haven't changed their ways or style. Did I mention Michelle (the mother) didn't have most of her kids all at once like other large families on tv? That's admirable too and you know there are no nannies in sight.
So anyway, the finales are coming and it'll be interesting to see what shows take their place. I can't wait to see who wins in each show.
Monday, November 9, 2009
and the reality tv goes on...
A lot of the reality shows are winding up in time for the oncoming Christmas holiday season. God forbid anyone should be pre-empted for those holiday re-run movies.
The Amazing Race is still going and last week, the poker women faced an impossible task. They found they couldn't ring the bell at the hammer the bell place and then they couldn't make par on the field golf. I don't understand why they couldn't have a man help them with that hammer thing. I understand there are rules to the game but maybe they should've just taken a chance at breaking the rules once and taking a penalty. They are poker players. Little did they know that not only would the Miss America and hubby team walk instead of taking a bicycle and incur a half an hour penalty for it too. *Sigh* Bye girls. This week, the pink haired guy and his Dad team had terrible luck and then the producers sent everybody to Sweden to do that haybail unrolling task. This time everybody found the flag and thank goodness it was a non-elimination leg. I found, nobody even missed those poker girls. Oh well, at least the Globetrotters are still in the game. Wasn't it nice for the producers to secure the rights to the Globetrotters theme for the show?
On RW/RR the Ruins, Veronica didn't survive the challenge. Okay, so the challengers really need to unload Casey. She's a total chicken, wuss and very weak at any task. I just thought she was physically weak. Nobody really knew she's pretty stupid as well. For the Champs, she's their ace in the hole and they know it. Evan is looking pretty slimy and Johnny Bananas better not pick on someone who is totally capable of beating him up. I ask again, when are the challengers going to pull their fingers out and win a team challenge already? There don't seem to be anymore weak players to be weeded out on the champions team.
On Survivor, the merge finally happened. Russell played a really chancey game by showing a bunch of people from the other tribe, his immunity idol. Then the guy who thought he was running the show for the Galu tribe bullied people to vote certain ways. It ticked everybody off and he was voted out with an immunity idol in his pocket. Poor Shambo, she was totally in the dark and still is. I have a feeling, she's going to be the sacrificial lamb for Galu at some point. Meanwhile, Foa Foa members are sticking together in their vote. Russell didn't trust anybody and played his immunity idol. I'm betting he just finds it again. He knows the producers will just hide them again. At least the people got fed. That makes up for nobody winning pizza 2 weeks ago. The real problem is, there are a lot of people having to live together again. We'll see who gets really testy hee hee hee.
On the crying fatties (Biggest Loser), everybody went to Washington DC. I think the tourism board sponsored this one. I'm still amazed that some people only lost 80 pounds in 8 weeks. For crying out loud, losing weight is your only job and there doesn't seem to be anything else to do on that ranch. Maybe Activia needs to sponsor this show so people empty their guts once or twice a week. Yeesh!
Dancing with the Stars was disappointing. Double eliminations didn't help to get the no-names out at all. Who's voting? I have a feeling that people actually vote for the pros now. Len must be taking Prozac or something because he's become the "nice" judge. Meanwhile, Bruno seems to OD on Redbull before the shows and has resorted to dancing on the table. I'm still rooting for Donny Osmond. I don't care how good you are. If you're not a star, you need to go. For crying out loud, it's called Dancing With the Stars. The pros aren't supposed to count as the stars.
Top Chef didn't show a Las Vegas episode. Instead, we had an reunion dinner with 2 or 3 contestants from past seasons and hosted by Fabio Viviani. I love Fabio's accent so anything that comes out of his mouth is great. There really was no competing but chefs are chefs who want to make food admired by everyone else so it was fun to see them shop and cook, then eat. Sure they dredged up bad memories of the show but hey, did you really expect them to have those people on and not bring up the, "I'm not your bitch, bitch." and the near head shaving incident? Fabio took the time to tell everyone, you agreed to play, so play (or so to speak). The food looked great and the people were cool. It was actually a fun show.
Project Runway had it's last challenge before the fashion week episode. This time, they ousted 2 contestants and really, the writing was on the wall. Jordana made the best dress but was still out. What? I guess history decides their fate cuz what a hot mess Althea made. Christopher really needs to go to design school to learn to make something else besides halter tops and poofy skirts. The real lesson? Don't make cheap looking stuff and make sure your stuff is well made. Then again, how did Althea make it through this episode? Her dress looked like paper towels on top and a winter coat attacked on the bottom. Also, why did they think Irina's dress was so good? It looked like something I could do and I can't sew. It was a bunch of fabric held up with strings. Hmmm... Well, the winner of the show will definitely be a woman this time.
Models of the Runway was predictable. The girls knew it too. Poor Katie, she was just waiting for the other shoe to drop. I guess it's in their contract that they have to stay and face the choosing part of the show. That's kind of crappy and the episode was pretty depressing. Maybe next season's models will learn to make friends with every designer and walk fiercely. I also notice, they don't model the clothes well when standing in front of the judges. They should have pageant lessons. The need to convince the judges they love the piece of crap the designer has sewn onto their bodies. So the last 3 girls are: Tanisha, Kaylin, and Lisa.
Halloween has come and gone but some of the talk shows had the most hilarious costumes this year. Kate Gosselin was a popular choice. When you become a halloween costume, maybe you're too well known and it might not be in a good way. I loved the Ewoks on the Today show. OMG, I'll never forget that Ewok humping Al's leg. Were those little people or children? Either way, it was hilarious how they kept trying to get at the alcoholic beverages.
Well, that's all for now. C U next week.
The Amazing Race is still going and last week, the poker women faced an impossible task. They found they couldn't ring the bell at the hammer the bell place and then they couldn't make par on the field golf. I don't understand why they couldn't have a man help them with that hammer thing. I understand there are rules to the game but maybe they should've just taken a chance at breaking the rules once and taking a penalty. They are poker players. Little did they know that not only would the Miss America and hubby team walk instead of taking a bicycle and incur a half an hour penalty for it too. *Sigh* Bye girls. This week, the pink haired guy and his Dad team had terrible luck and then the producers sent everybody to Sweden to do that haybail unrolling task. This time everybody found the flag and thank goodness it was a non-elimination leg. I found, nobody even missed those poker girls. Oh well, at least the Globetrotters are still in the game. Wasn't it nice for the producers to secure the rights to the Globetrotters theme for the show?
On RW/RR the Ruins, Veronica didn't survive the challenge. Okay, so the challengers really need to unload Casey. She's a total chicken, wuss and very weak at any task. I just thought she was physically weak. Nobody really knew she's pretty stupid as well. For the Champs, she's their ace in the hole and they know it. Evan is looking pretty slimy and Johnny Bananas better not pick on someone who is totally capable of beating him up. I ask again, when are the challengers going to pull their fingers out and win a team challenge already? There don't seem to be anymore weak players to be weeded out on the champions team.
On Survivor, the merge finally happened. Russell played a really chancey game by showing a bunch of people from the other tribe, his immunity idol. Then the guy who thought he was running the show for the Galu tribe bullied people to vote certain ways. It ticked everybody off and he was voted out with an immunity idol in his pocket. Poor Shambo, she was totally in the dark and still is. I have a feeling, she's going to be the sacrificial lamb for Galu at some point. Meanwhile, Foa Foa members are sticking together in their vote. Russell didn't trust anybody and played his immunity idol. I'm betting he just finds it again. He knows the producers will just hide them again. At least the people got fed. That makes up for nobody winning pizza 2 weeks ago. The real problem is, there are a lot of people having to live together again. We'll see who gets really testy hee hee hee.
On the crying fatties (Biggest Loser), everybody went to Washington DC. I think the tourism board sponsored this one. I'm still amazed that some people only lost 80 pounds in 8 weeks. For crying out loud, losing weight is your only job and there doesn't seem to be anything else to do on that ranch. Maybe Activia needs to sponsor this show so people empty their guts once or twice a week. Yeesh!
Dancing with the Stars was disappointing. Double eliminations didn't help to get the no-names out at all. Who's voting? I have a feeling that people actually vote for the pros now. Len must be taking Prozac or something because he's become the "nice" judge. Meanwhile, Bruno seems to OD on Redbull before the shows and has resorted to dancing on the table. I'm still rooting for Donny Osmond. I don't care how good you are. If you're not a star, you need to go. For crying out loud, it's called Dancing With the Stars. The pros aren't supposed to count as the stars.
Top Chef didn't show a Las Vegas episode. Instead, we had an reunion dinner with 2 or 3 contestants from past seasons and hosted by Fabio Viviani. I love Fabio's accent so anything that comes out of his mouth is great. There really was no competing but chefs are chefs who want to make food admired by everyone else so it was fun to see them shop and cook, then eat. Sure they dredged up bad memories of the show but hey, did you really expect them to have those people on and not bring up the, "I'm not your bitch, bitch." and the near head shaving incident? Fabio took the time to tell everyone, you agreed to play, so play (or so to speak). The food looked great and the people were cool. It was actually a fun show.
Project Runway had it's last challenge before the fashion week episode. This time, they ousted 2 contestants and really, the writing was on the wall. Jordana made the best dress but was still out. What? I guess history decides their fate cuz what a hot mess Althea made. Christopher really needs to go to design school to learn to make something else besides halter tops and poofy skirts. The real lesson? Don't make cheap looking stuff and make sure your stuff is well made. Then again, how did Althea make it through this episode? Her dress looked like paper towels on top and a winter coat attacked on the bottom. Also, why did they think Irina's dress was so good? It looked like something I could do and I can't sew. It was a bunch of fabric held up with strings. Hmmm... Well, the winner of the show will definitely be a woman this time.
Models of the Runway was predictable. The girls knew it too. Poor Katie, she was just waiting for the other shoe to drop. I guess it's in their contract that they have to stay and face the choosing part of the show. That's kind of crappy and the episode was pretty depressing. Maybe next season's models will learn to make friends with every designer and walk fiercely. I also notice, they don't model the clothes well when standing in front of the judges. They should have pageant lessons. The need to convince the judges they love the piece of crap the designer has sewn onto their bodies. So the last 3 girls are: Tanisha, Kaylin, and Lisa.
Halloween has come and gone but some of the talk shows had the most hilarious costumes this year. Kate Gosselin was a popular choice. When you become a halloween costume, maybe you're too well known and it might not be in a good way. I loved the Ewoks on the Today show. OMG, I'll never forget that Ewok humping Al's leg. Were those little people or children? Either way, it was hilarious how they kept trying to get at the alcoholic beverages.
Well, that's all for now. C U next week.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wow, the surprises keep coming.
I'm still watching the reality shows and they were surprising this week.
On Top Chef Las Vegas, the contestants were surprised when they learned they had to cook vegetarian dishes in a steakhouse. Also, the shocked looks were hilarious. Also surprising, how weird the dishes were considering people all over the world eat vegetarian. The English eat rarebit, the French soufflees, the Italians all kinds of pasta with marinara sauce and even the Germans eat speitzel in cream sauce. A pleasant surprise was seeing Mike I. packing his knives and leaving. Hee hee hee.
On Project Runway, the contestants had to make something inspired from a previous winning look. Poor Logan, he's the only one left who's never won. It actually wasn't a surprise he was booted. His track record isn't that great. Gordana reallly needs to get away from her grey color. I know growing up in Bosnia couldn't have been fun, but you're in America now. Cheer up and get some real color into your designs.
On Models of the Runway, I was finally pleasantly surprised to find the models being competitive. Sure they talked behind each other's back before but this time Katie wasn't backing down on her double stick tape accusation. They need to talk to the Runway Moms. You never heard of spraying hair spray on yourself to keep your gown from falling down? BTW, the critics hate this show too and I really like it. I wasn't surprised at who was left out of the choosing at the end. Good thing Althea had first choice. Otherwise Irina may have stolen Tanisha.
Dancing With the Stars finally started weeding people out with double eliminations. This is a little backwards. They should've started with double eliminations to get the really sorry dancers out faster and allow more time in the earlier shows. Now we have to boot people we really like. Yes, I'm talking about Melissa Joan Hart who didn't tell people she had the flu. No boo hooing from her. Meanwhile, I'd like to ask, "What the heck is going on?" Why are there people still on the show who I don't care to see? Yes, that's you Joanna who?, Karina and her skeletal partner Aaron. Who said Aaron Carter is a star? The most he's known for is having Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan fight over him. Meanwhile, Joanna Krupa's trout pout is too scary for words. I think she only made it because she scored so high. Maybe the audience will get lucky and she'll get the flu or trip on her gown. We can only hope.
RW/RR Challenge: The Ruins was really good. BTW, Joel McHale is right. The show's logo does say The Runs. As usual the team challenge was no contest. At least they evened up the teams at a good time. I don't think they should even up the teams in relays. It would make the champions want to boot people to get rid of dead weight. Anyway, I was sure Veronica was going to go to the individual challenge but because of some wishy washiness and miscommunication, she lucked out and Ibis, who has been hiding out all season, was voted in. Hee hee hee. Man, who would think that Wes would volunteer for the challenge again? Is he crazy? His luck ran out this time because this challenge was made for the quick and sprightly Cohutta. Bye Wes! Surprises all around.
The Amazing Race was really surprising. I thought for sure that girl would eventually bite the bullet and go down the waterslide when she saw the Globetrotters show up. My jaw fell to the floor when she let them have their turn and pass her up.
Survivor was really surprising. I'm surprised how stupid the contestants are. They haven't learned to get rid of the immunity idols when they can. They haven't learned you can't really trust anyone. Somehow, they haven't learned they have to keep at the task during the challenges and stop looking to see what the other team's doing. Mostly, nobody seems to recognize strategizing when it's happening right in front of their face. Hmmm... 4 guys vote for Shambo, I wonder if they're in an alliance? Watch your backs ladies. You're chaff in a pile of wheat.
So anyway, the reality shows keep it real and keep the surprises coming. I'll comment again next week.
On Top Chef Las Vegas, the contestants were surprised when they learned they had to cook vegetarian dishes in a steakhouse. Also, the shocked looks were hilarious. Also surprising, how weird the dishes were considering people all over the world eat vegetarian. The English eat rarebit, the French soufflees, the Italians all kinds of pasta with marinara sauce and even the Germans eat speitzel in cream sauce. A pleasant surprise was seeing Mike I. packing his knives and leaving. Hee hee hee.
On Project Runway, the contestants had to make something inspired from a previous winning look. Poor Logan, he's the only one left who's never won. It actually wasn't a surprise he was booted. His track record isn't that great. Gordana reallly needs to get away from her grey color. I know growing up in Bosnia couldn't have been fun, but you're in America now. Cheer up and get some real color into your designs.
On Models of the Runway, I was finally pleasantly surprised to find the models being competitive. Sure they talked behind each other's back before but this time Katie wasn't backing down on her double stick tape accusation. They need to talk to the Runway Moms. You never heard of spraying hair spray on yourself to keep your gown from falling down? BTW, the critics hate this show too and I really like it. I wasn't surprised at who was left out of the choosing at the end. Good thing Althea had first choice. Otherwise Irina may have stolen Tanisha.
Dancing With the Stars finally started weeding people out with double eliminations. This is a little backwards. They should've started with double eliminations to get the really sorry dancers out faster and allow more time in the earlier shows. Now we have to boot people we really like. Yes, I'm talking about Melissa Joan Hart who didn't tell people she had the flu. No boo hooing from her. Meanwhile, I'd like to ask, "What the heck is going on?" Why are there people still on the show who I don't care to see? Yes, that's you Joanna who?, Karina and her skeletal partner Aaron. Who said Aaron Carter is a star? The most he's known for is having Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan fight over him. Meanwhile, Joanna Krupa's trout pout is too scary for words. I think she only made it because she scored so high. Maybe the audience will get lucky and she'll get the flu or trip on her gown. We can only hope.
RW/RR Challenge: The Ruins was really good. BTW, Joel McHale is right. The show's logo does say The Runs. As usual the team challenge was no contest. At least they evened up the teams at a good time. I don't think they should even up the teams in relays. It would make the champions want to boot people to get rid of dead weight. Anyway, I was sure Veronica was going to go to the individual challenge but because of some wishy washiness and miscommunication, she lucked out and Ibis, who has been hiding out all season, was voted in. Hee hee hee. Man, who would think that Wes would volunteer for the challenge again? Is he crazy? His luck ran out this time because this challenge was made for the quick and sprightly Cohutta. Bye Wes! Surprises all around.
The Amazing Race was really surprising. I thought for sure that girl would eventually bite the bullet and go down the waterslide when she saw the Globetrotters show up. My jaw fell to the floor when she let them have their turn and pass her up.
Survivor was really surprising. I'm surprised how stupid the contestants are. They haven't learned to get rid of the immunity idols when they can. They haven't learned you can't really trust anyone. Somehow, they haven't learned they have to keep at the task during the challenges and stop looking to see what the other team's doing. Mostly, nobody seems to recognize strategizing when it's happening right in front of their face. Hmmm... 4 guys vote for Shambo, I wonder if they're in an alliance? Watch your backs ladies. You're chaff in a pile of wheat.
So anyway, the reality shows keep it real and keep the surprises coming. I'll comment again next week.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Why do the critics hate the good stuff?
I often wonder who the critics are and what makes them trustworthy? I don't think they have a good history of knowing what shows are going to pull in the audiences. Sometimes I think they love shows that are terribly boring or preachy. I really love it when shows they totally hate pull in big ratings.
Eastwick:
This show is a breath of fresh air. It's not only a show with women as the main characters but they're not suburban with high end jobs talking about their sex lives all of the time. Granted, this show needs more cool occultic things but I think it's trying to paint the background first. At least I hope it is. The women are relatable, funny and mysterious. The critics hate it.
Hank:
Kelsey Grammer has a character who's been knocked off of his high horse by reality and the economy. It's happened to a lot of people who can relate. Why is this show funny? Because it's a modern kind of Green Acres but with a couple of city raised kids too. It could be funnier if they did punch up the country hick setting. We in the audience love some stereotyping. Okay, so this show isn't super duper, but it's still good for a laugh. The critics hate it.
Okay, I'll tell you what shows I can't stand. Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, The Office, Private Practice, Californication, and Nip/Tuck. They're all ludicrous, redundant and have dialogue that makes me want to squirm uncomfortably. The critics love them. I watch one daytime soap opera to get my fill of ludicrous, redundant and sleazy dialogue storylines and that's enough. The 80's are over. How about characters living in the real world for once?
Eastwick:
This show is a breath of fresh air. It's not only a show with women as the main characters but they're not suburban with high end jobs talking about their sex lives all of the time. Granted, this show needs more cool occultic things but I think it's trying to paint the background first. At least I hope it is. The women are relatable, funny and mysterious. The critics hate it.
Hank:
Kelsey Grammer has a character who's been knocked off of his high horse by reality and the economy. It's happened to a lot of people who can relate. Why is this show funny? Because it's a modern kind of Green Acres but with a couple of city raised kids too. It could be funnier if they did punch up the country hick setting. We in the audience love some stereotyping. Okay, so this show isn't super duper, but it's still good for a laugh. The critics hate it.
Okay, I'll tell you what shows I can't stand. Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, The Office, Private Practice, Californication, and Nip/Tuck. They're all ludicrous, redundant and have dialogue that makes me want to squirm uncomfortably. The critics love them. I watch one daytime soap opera to get my fill of ludicrous, redundant and sleazy dialogue storylines and that's enough. The 80's are over. How about characters living in the real world for once?
Friday, October 23, 2009
Reality. Reality! Reality?
I do love my reality tv shows. It's not a universal love. I prefer the elimination kind where someone gets booted each week. At the same time, I hate lots of personal fake chat and the obvious fame hogs. You know most of those people on VH1 are there just because they want their friends and family to see them on the tv. You really think those chicks on the dating reality shows would really notice that guy? It's all about the benjamins.
Top Chef is really good this year with people who can cook and who don't make you want to punch the screen. I'm putting my $ on Kevin, the MIT grad, to win this. A guy who's way smart and can cook? Now that's sexy.
Survivor is a terrible snoozefest this season. Why aren't they doing 2 challenges? Do we really watch this show to watch people complain about the starvation, elements and having to live with annoying other people? Not really. Why aren't the contestants any smarter after what, 10 season? Jeff needs a script if he keeps stating the obvious. "You guys have been living in the rain for 5 days." "That's 1 vote coocoo and 1 vote nutsy." If my eyeballs roll anymore, I'll get ocular strain.
I can't even begin to watch the crying fatties on Biggest Loser. They need to change up the trainers because somehow, they think they're the stars. This year the contestants are really good looking in the faces so when they lose their weight, they'll be total hotties. Good thing too. I was getting sick of all the butterfaces. You know; the body's good but-her face isn't cute.
For some odd reason, the Amazing Race is losing it's amazingness. Maybe it's because they keep going to the same places every season. I'm putting my $ on the Globetrotters to win this year. Hello, they're trottin' the globe. Phil, the old pitstop placement suspenseful announcement is getting really old. What happened to the eating challenges? I loved when people had to eat a ton of food and then run to the pitstop. Now that's a race.
Project Runway is interesting this year. They have a bunch of young, hip, good looking people. Too bad it was filmed almost 2 years ago. Those fashions are now Aut. I feel the rush to get the series in the can too. What's up with giving only 1 day to make a dress? Really? How can you expect well made clothes that wow you. They barely have time to thread needles. I'm still rooting for Christopher on this one but he's fallen short ever since he teamed up with Epperson on one challenge.
Why is everybody dissing Models of the Runway. It's clever and the choosing of the models doesn't take away time from the original show. I really like seeing what the models eat. Not much ha ha ha.
Speaking of models, I do love this season of America's Next Top Model. It's the petite season. I still don't understand why they don't wear high heels at judging. No short person in fashion walks around in flats out of the house. I'm rooting for the Southern girl, Laura, whose grandmother makes her clothes. If you can pull that off, you are a model.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins is really good. The poor blue team is getting decimated and need to stop the bleeding. Finally, someone gave a big slap across the face to Veronica. If only Kenny could fall off of a cliff. Even though he's underhanded and devious, I like Evan the Canuck.
I'm loving the pageant shows. We know those contestants are all snarky starting with the toddlers to the married women.
I hate the makeover shows. I find the designers's taste subjective. Really? Huge polka dots with animal prints are cool? When did you have time to smoke weed?
I hate the fakey dating shows. Wait, I can't pretend to want to kiss you until they point the camera my way. Ick. You know those people don't act like that in real life.
The stand out show this year is Reality Hell. It's totally hilarious because not only does it spoof the reality show but it pulls a great prank on the person just looking for 15 minutes of fame. OMG, I loved The Widow episode. Also, it's nice they give real actors some work on a reality show.
Okay, lastly, the dancing shows. Dancing With the Stars is good but OMG, they started out with too many people. They should've done double eliminations for about 4 weeks. I'm putting my $ on Donny Osmond this year. Did you see that Argentine Tango? I would also like to see a pro win, who isn't too young to drink. So You Think You Can Dance needed to take a longer hiatus. I'm kind of sick of it and I think America may have the same feeling. Yeah, you're young, graceful and bendy. I also can't take Mary Murphy's primal scream again for a loooooong time.
Okay, I know there's a lot more reality tv out there, but I do need to end this blog. I'll blog on more tv genres cuz I just can't get enough tv. See you next blog.
Top Chef is really good this year with people who can cook and who don't make you want to punch the screen. I'm putting my $ on Kevin, the MIT grad, to win this. A guy who's way smart and can cook? Now that's sexy.
Survivor is a terrible snoozefest this season. Why aren't they doing 2 challenges? Do we really watch this show to watch people complain about the starvation, elements and having to live with annoying other people? Not really. Why aren't the contestants any smarter after what, 10 season? Jeff needs a script if he keeps stating the obvious. "You guys have been living in the rain for 5 days." "That's 1 vote coocoo and 1 vote nutsy." If my eyeballs roll anymore, I'll get ocular strain.
I can't even begin to watch the crying fatties on Biggest Loser. They need to change up the trainers because somehow, they think they're the stars. This year the contestants are really good looking in the faces so when they lose their weight, they'll be total hotties. Good thing too. I was getting sick of all the butterfaces. You know; the body's good but-her face isn't cute.
For some odd reason, the Amazing Race is losing it's amazingness. Maybe it's because they keep going to the same places every season. I'm putting my $ on the Globetrotters to win this year. Hello, they're trottin' the globe. Phil, the old pitstop placement suspenseful announcement is getting really old. What happened to the eating challenges? I loved when people had to eat a ton of food and then run to the pitstop. Now that's a race.
Project Runway is interesting this year. They have a bunch of young, hip, good looking people. Too bad it was filmed almost 2 years ago. Those fashions are now Aut. I feel the rush to get the series in the can too. What's up with giving only 1 day to make a dress? Really? How can you expect well made clothes that wow you. They barely have time to thread needles. I'm still rooting for Christopher on this one but he's fallen short ever since he teamed up with Epperson on one challenge.
Why is everybody dissing Models of the Runway. It's clever and the choosing of the models doesn't take away time from the original show. I really like seeing what the models eat. Not much ha ha ha.
Speaking of models, I do love this season of America's Next Top Model. It's the petite season. I still don't understand why they don't wear high heels at judging. No short person in fashion walks around in flats out of the house. I'm rooting for the Southern girl, Laura, whose grandmother makes her clothes. If you can pull that off, you are a model.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins is really good. The poor blue team is getting decimated and need to stop the bleeding. Finally, someone gave a big slap across the face to Veronica. If only Kenny could fall off of a cliff. Even though he's underhanded and devious, I like Evan the Canuck.
I'm loving the pageant shows. We know those contestants are all snarky starting with the toddlers to the married women.
I hate the makeover shows. I find the designers's taste subjective. Really? Huge polka dots with animal prints are cool? When did you have time to smoke weed?
I hate the fakey dating shows. Wait, I can't pretend to want to kiss you until they point the camera my way. Ick. You know those people don't act like that in real life.
The stand out show this year is Reality Hell. It's totally hilarious because not only does it spoof the reality show but it pulls a great prank on the person just looking for 15 minutes of fame. OMG, I loved The Widow episode. Also, it's nice they give real actors some work on a reality show.
Okay, lastly, the dancing shows. Dancing With the Stars is good but OMG, they started out with too many people. They should've done double eliminations for about 4 weeks. I'm putting my $ on Donny Osmond this year. Did you see that Argentine Tango? I would also like to see a pro win, who isn't too young to drink. So You Think You Can Dance needed to take a longer hiatus. I'm kind of sick of it and I think America may have the same feeling. Yeah, you're young, graceful and bendy. I also can't take Mary Murphy's primal scream again for a loooooong time.
Okay, I know there's a lot more reality tv out there, but I do need to end this blog. I'll blog on more tv genres cuz I just can't get enough tv. See you next blog.
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