Hello folks. I seem to be in an every other week pattern here. Sorry about that.
Hell's Kitchen missed a week so we're off the hook there.
On the Apprentice, the schlub who said he could handle the wild guy found he couldn't. Actually, the wild guy wasn't the problem. The teams had to do fashion shows for shoes. Wow! It was a total plug show where they not only said the name of the shoes for the whole show but showed every style they had. I'm not going to say what they are cuz I'm not getting paid ha ha ha. I did notice the biggest star to attend the fashion shows was Ivanka Trump. What? No Andre Leon Talley? Anyway, it was literally a shoe-in when the women won this task. Duh. In the end, the most boring guy on the men's team was made the MC and he sucked so hard, he was gladly fired by Trump and then to put the icing on the cake, the project manager was fired too. Hee hee hee! (giddy laughter). The next week, the teams had to sell pedi-cab rides. The women made a bad choice to try to sell them to locals. Okay, in the first place, New Yorkers aren't taking slow pedi cabs cuz they have a real life and not all day to get things done. In the 2nd place, New Yorkers don't need to have the fun of seeing the city. They see it everyday and it's not that much of a novelty and it's not like there's not a thousand and one pedi cabs every day of the year. So the men won this task and there was much finger pointing. Just like on Survivor, all of a sudden there's people I never noticed before. In the end, that girl who didn't seem to be on the show before, was fired for being...not there. Hmmm...
On Dancing With the non-Stars, the Situation from Jersey Shore was sent back to Jersey. Yeah, dude, we're sick and tired of your face on our TV screens. Oh, and he couldn't dance. On the 2nd week, the producers are scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas and dug up a used one. The dancers did a TV theme. Florence Henderson used the Brady Bunch theme and it didn't go over too well w/ the judges. Bristol Palin used a Monkees theme and just looked dumb. In the end, the whole world was surprised when Flo Henderson got the boot. The judges are still raving about Jennifer Grey and Carrie Ann Inaba finally said what we were all thinking from the beginning, "This is your show, girl." Uh huh.
I wanna comment on Chuck. It's become another Remington Steele. Chuck's hiding who he is from the real world but has become cool with a sleek haircut, a hot girlfriend and better clothes. Somehow, they've fallen in the pit of mundane-ness. Casey has now become the cool part of the show. Too bad. All of us geeks lived vicariously through Chuck but now he's out of our league.
I finally saw the ending of Money Hungry on-line and it wasn't a surprise at all. Mission Slimpossible won and not much weight was lost. There wasn't any amazing body transformations like you see on Biggest Loser, so when they showed before ande after pictures, it was hard to tell. They needed to consult Celebrity Fit Club producers. The families were brought in and there seemed to be fake crying. Really stupid.
Survivor mixed up the teams. I kind of saw this coming. Nyonka is separated from her buddies and the young people have the majority on the tribes. The young people proved they don't like bossy older people and voted off the black guy who had the brains in the tribe and he was the most fit of the older people. The second week, they had double elimination with each team voting someone out. The challenge involved digging up a ring and getting it into a butt basket. I loved that older women from each tribe won because they got individual immunity. Then they tossed the rings to determine who would get the luxury prize of a feast. La Flor won that one. So the older people are trying to scramble and connive to stay alive but aren't very good at it. Marty stupidly told everyone he has the HII so the tribe is trying to flush it out. On the former older tribe, Eve was the odd girl out and was voted out. That was dumb since she was the youngest of the older tribe and more fit than everybody else. On La Flor, Marty convinced Fabio he was a chessmaster. Har har. So Fabio wants to align with someone to make up for his lack of a brain. The vote was split and Kelly B. (the amputee) was blind sided and on the chopping block. There has been no pity or love for the amputee girl from tribemates or the producers. After the re-vote, Kelly B. was voted out and boy did she give her teammates a dirty look. Meanwhile, the other team was eating their feast. Whatever. It was beef and chicken kabobs and the highlight seemed to be the ice cubes in the iced tea.
On Top Chef: Just Desserts, the chefs have split into one cool group and outsiders. It's so weird that the best looking guy on the show is an outsider. Anyway, the teams had to make a dessert/food dress. 2 girls landed in the bottom because they made their dresses out of vegetables. Hello, remember the name of the show? They used mannequins so I wondered why they didn't just use fondant and icing and pipe the darn things on. Morgan, the straight guy, won with a chocolate dress that was really cute and he made a purse to go with it too. Anyway, Heather's return didn't last and she was booted again. Last week, the chefs had to make black and white desserts to go with a newspaper theme. I've made black food but not intentionally and it was never edible cuz it was burnt. The chefs had a hard time finding black foods and did a lot of chocolate. The skinny outsider girl made some weak petitfors but they must've been good. The black girl made an ice cream that was neither white nor delicious and was given the boot. This time, Zack won and he didn't even use disco dust.
The Next Iron Chef had the chefs making dishes out of their catch of the day. It was cool to see the women were better at fishing than the men. The men didn't look happy about it either. I'm thinking Ming Tsai must go to the end because they hardly show him at all. There were a lot of scorpion fish caught. Chef Forgione won the quick challenge and took Tio's snapper. I saw that one coming. In the end, he won the elimination challenge too and... I can't remember who was told to go. Last week, the chefs had to transform dishes. The chefs are too critical of Chef Tsai which makes me think they really think he's the one to beat. They didn't think making a sauce into meat wasn't transforming? Then Chef Tio was deemed the winner of the quick challenge by her fellow chefs. The chefs went to the fair to transform fair food into cuisine. In the end, Chef Tio won again, although I thought Chef Tsai's food looked and sounded amazing. Chef Estes made caramel apples badly and was told to go. Donatella Arpaia confirmed what I always thought. She's not too smart and ate the peel on Chef Tsai's banana in his dessert. Duh! BTW, that small amount won't kill her so NBD. We also found the judges don't like being served something they've already had before.
On the Amazing Race, the teams first helped build the school in Ghana. I tell ya, those African people can't seem to do anything for themselves. The teams finally got out of the heat and went to Iceland. It was summer so the snow was sparse. The Glee team thought they were athletic and couldn't get down the sledding track w/out half killing themselves. The teams had to drive themselves a lot and it seems the ER docs had luck, athletic skills and good navigation cuz they came in first. The Glee team came in last and took it well. Last week, the teams went to Norway and I have to say, the Norwegians don't look like they love Americans. The ER docs decided to do the fast forward. How is it that the vegetarian people always seem to end up eating huge amounts of meat? So they had to eat a sheep's head. Ew! I about barfed when the one girl ate the eyeball and deemed it crunchy. Meanwhile, her vegetarian friend is gagging the whole time, but they did it and I loved the comments when the Norwegian guy wouldn't even crack a smile at them, "You're very inspirational." If that's a treat at Christmas, I don't even wanna know what they eat the rest of the year. The other teams had to do that ascender thing. I was very surprised that the women did it so well, especially that goth chick. The Korean team is doing well due to the fact that the son is very considerate of what his father can and cannot do. I have to say, the challenges aren't exactly tourist traps. So the ER docs came in first, one team got to the fastforward and didn't understand what the "taken" sign meant and the volleyball team was so behind, they had no hope of catching up. You can tell it's not even close when the shadows of the day aren't the same, but the producers like to make it seem like it's close. I like the women's teams this year. They're admirable and not bitchy to each other or other teams.
Okay, so I'll close with a real show. $#!& My Dad Says is good but not for the right reason. I was all geared up to enjoy a salty old veteran who doesn't give a crap what other people think. The problem is, there's absolutely no chemistry that says these people are related. Shatner just seems like that quiet guy next door. He's not quick or loud enough and his face doesn't show his crotchety-ness like it should. The son is a wuss bag that we all want to beat up. The show's really funny part is Sullivan and Sasso. These 2 were on Mad TV together and have not only great chemistry but comedy chops to go with it. They way overshadow everyone else and are the really funny part of the show. I think it would be better if the crotchety old father lived with them and they played off of each other more. Just because you base a show on a real life concept, doesn't mean you have to stick to it. It's all about what the audience likes.
Well, that's all for now. See you next time.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
What's happenin' TV world?
I've watched a few new TV shows.
The Event is very confusing. It was unclear what they were calling the event. Was it saving the drowning guy? Was it the wife disappearing? Was it the airplane hijacking by John Ritter's son? Not only that, they kept jumping around in time and by the end of the episode, I was totally confused and wondered where I was in my own world. Nobody likes to think too hard when watching tv. At least not for a whole hour.
The Defenders has 2 really cute things going for it: Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell. The 2 guys together are fun and the show has that Boston Legal pace. The scenes with Belushi's character's little boy are real snorers but maybe the producers will learn to cut the sap out. As you would expect in a city like Las Vegas, the cases are a bit outrageous but if you've ever experienced Vegas society, you wouldn't be surprised.
Raising Hope is the cutest sitcom to come along in a long time. It's kind of like My Name is Earl on a more domestic level. Who knew Martha Plimpton had comedy chops? They need to include Cloris Leachman more because at her age, she still lights up the screen and she's always hilarious even when she doesn't say anything.
Okay, so I'm still not watching Dancing w/ the non Stars but I guess Sarah Palin made a showing. OMG, I thought Obama was a media hog. I'm hoping it'll at least keep her from making her home in the white house. As I expected, Jennifer Grey is running away with the show. I'm done.
On Top Chef: Just Desserts, the chefs were introduced to the sundae making quickfire. Seth flipped his lid and ended up looking like an immature dumbass and riding off the show in an ambulance with padded walls. Yeah, I think he's way beyond Prozac. Anyway, Morgan won both the quickfire and the elimination and his head has swelled. The chefs had to work in teams of 3 for the elimination. Heather with the forehead wound was brought back to annoy us with her mopey self, Malika fell on her sword and asked to go home. Poor Johnny Uzzini can't believe his show is crumbling around him and you can hear Colicchio laughing in the wings. Pastry chefs are really bizarre.
On Survivor the older tribe is looking for a leader and nobody really wants to step up. Aren't those guys old enough to take care of themselves? In a game where you can be voted off for not being liked, nobody really likes to be the bossy one. On the younger tribe, it's really split. Nyonka and her friend finally figured out the hidden immunity idol clue and found it lying right on top of the ground. I think the producers thought they were going to be too stupid to find it by digging. The next day, everybody else started looking for the hidden immunity idol. Really? What the heck else do you have to do? Why aren't there divets all over that freakin' island? So Nyonka's friend spilled the beans to her friend that the HII had already been found. I'm guessing that's not going to be good for someone. The challenge was the old yell at blindfolded tied together teammates to find stuff. The younger tribe decided to use the medallion of power due to their inability to get along in close proximity of each other. They won by a lot w/ the older tribe swearing they only lost by a small margin. Whatever! The younger tribe got the prizes and the immunity idol and Sears got a big ad spot. So we go by the rule of, the most annoying person gets booted out and that was Jimmy T. It was probably that hugging thing he tried w/ people after the last tribal council. Bye Mr. fisherman who never caught a fish.
Project Runway is coming down to the final designers. So what do they do? They bring back old booted out bitter designers. Oooh, so much fun to see Ivy's sour face again. Not! The designers are supposed to use Heidi Klum's material to make a look for Heidi, to be sold on-line blah blah blah. While on their own, the designers are visited by not only Tim Gunn, but by Heidi too and she's very critical which makes for a lot of eyerolling. Mondo and Gretch the wretch are over her, Christopher is peeing in his pants and Michael C is still starstruck. So after that, they're told they have to do 2 more looks with help from past designers as their worker bees. Oh boy! Ivy and Christopher are paired together and Mondo gets Valerie. Ivy is her sweet self and accuses Michael C. of sticky taping his clothes onto his model. Tim Gunn calls them all together to poo poo the accusation and basically says, "Shut up and get back to work!" I'm not sure what activity these designers were thinking people were going to be doing in their looks but it didn't look like activewear to me. Since when are flowy clothes made for being active? You don't see many people riding bikes or playing golf in flowy loose clothes or triple layers. In the end, Mondo won again and Ivy proved she really does suck because Christopher was booted and she did his sewing. Schwing!
Hell's Kitchen had it's switcheroo. Melissa was sent to the men's team and Trevor was sent to the women's team. First, Sabrina's still being lazy and then playing the victim. This time the teams had to cook for the Beverly Hills High prom w/ the prom committee choosing among their dishes. The women won a day at the fair and the men had to decorate. The prom went on and in the end, the men really sucked and the camp cook went home (I think). Then the teams had the switcheroo. The theme was ravioli and the chefs had to have their dishes judged. I learned Ramsay doesn't like ravioli that have busted open. The men won this one and went to play golf and have lunch while the women cleaned up and prepped. That night, TV stars were the guests allowed to sit in the kitchen at the chef's tables. Melissa couldn't cook a scallop to save her life and the chef on the women's team doing the meat station put all the steaks at once in the oven overcooking every one of them. There was a whole heckuva lot of yelling from Ramsay. In the end, the women won and Melissa was booted from the show. Bye!
The Apprentice is much better with real working schlubs fighting tooth and nail for the job. This week the teams had to do a viral video for a popcorn company. Masa or whatever that fighting chiuaua's name is, was the project manager for the women's team and boy was she bossy. Everything had to be her way. I kind of saw that coming. I also saw people on the show I never noticed before. I kept saying, "Who the heck is that?" Whenever they showed one of the team members. The men's team was headed by the big midwest guy. The women made a video of people working out and eating the popcorn. It was quite boring except one rude moment with a guy doing a see food thing to another lady working out in the gym. The men made an event with a lot of popcorn throwing and smacking of the bag. I thought it was really fun but they left out one of the best parts with one guy doing snow angels in the popcorn on the ground. In the end, the men won. Masa was a bear, tiger and shark rolled into one in front of Trump and her BFF from 2 shows ago was fired.
The Amazing Race went to Ghana. The teams ran into taxi problems but the challenges weren't that hard with the women and geeks doing really well. The Americans showed how ignorant they were by not knowing where Ghana was on a map in front of school children. Then nobody could find the puzzle key which was only covering one whole end of a building. The glee guys came in first and the oriental guy and his Dad came in last but it was a non-elimination leg. All I can say is, it must've been really hot for some but not for others which makes me wonder, how much of a time lag there was between the teams. I loved the Dad/daughter team. He's very practical and cool headed and she just goes with the flow. They came in second and he also knew where Ghana was on the map.
The Next Iron Chef has a lot of unknown chefs and then there's Ming Tsai and Pagan. First they had to make breakfast out of coffee and donuts. What? No bread pudding? The first challenge is always the chefs judging each other and it seems they always give it to someone who's not a threat because giving them an advantage doesn't really matter. Okay then. The elimination challenge was to take a well known comfort food like meatloaf or chicken pot pie and redo it. Chef Chauhan won the first challenge and then got to pick which dish each chef had to remake. Ming Tsai and Pagan landed in the bottom and Pagan was sent home. I have to say, the judges this year are really annoyingly pretentious. I can never stand looking at Arpaia's big buck teeth that long anyway. Meanwhile Alton Brown acts like he needs to have a really good poop. Geez!
I Love Money is back and it's full of the same kind of camera hogging drama people. They're recycling the challenges from past shows. This year, they're assigning the captain of the teams for the week which is really good because it keeps one person from each team running things all of the time and other people from just hiding behind others the whole time. Some people are back again. I never care who gets booted but they've been making it surprising every week. These people aren't likeable enough to want to keep around anyway. I'm always glad they're on the other side of the screen. There's a real Eww factor with these people.
Well, that's about all for this week. See ya!
The Event is very confusing. It was unclear what they were calling the event. Was it saving the drowning guy? Was it the wife disappearing? Was it the airplane hijacking by John Ritter's son? Not only that, they kept jumping around in time and by the end of the episode, I was totally confused and wondered where I was in my own world. Nobody likes to think too hard when watching tv. At least not for a whole hour.
The Defenders has 2 really cute things going for it: Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell. The 2 guys together are fun and the show has that Boston Legal pace. The scenes with Belushi's character's little boy are real snorers but maybe the producers will learn to cut the sap out. As you would expect in a city like Las Vegas, the cases are a bit outrageous but if you've ever experienced Vegas society, you wouldn't be surprised.
Raising Hope is the cutest sitcom to come along in a long time. It's kind of like My Name is Earl on a more domestic level. Who knew Martha Plimpton had comedy chops? They need to include Cloris Leachman more because at her age, she still lights up the screen and she's always hilarious even when she doesn't say anything.
Okay, so I'm still not watching Dancing w/ the non Stars but I guess Sarah Palin made a showing. OMG, I thought Obama was a media hog. I'm hoping it'll at least keep her from making her home in the white house. As I expected, Jennifer Grey is running away with the show. I'm done.
On Top Chef: Just Desserts, the chefs were introduced to the sundae making quickfire. Seth flipped his lid and ended up looking like an immature dumbass and riding off the show in an ambulance with padded walls. Yeah, I think he's way beyond Prozac. Anyway, Morgan won both the quickfire and the elimination and his head has swelled. The chefs had to work in teams of 3 for the elimination. Heather with the forehead wound was brought back to annoy us with her mopey self, Malika fell on her sword and asked to go home. Poor Johnny Uzzini can't believe his show is crumbling around him and you can hear Colicchio laughing in the wings. Pastry chefs are really bizarre.
On Survivor the older tribe is looking for a leader and nobody really wants to step up. Aren't those guys old enough to take care of themselves? In a game where you can be voted off for not being liked, nobody really likes to be the bossy one. On the younger tribe, it's really split. Nyonka and her friend finally figured out the hidden immunity idol clue and found it lying right on top of the ground. I think the producers thought they were going to be too stupid to find it by digging. The next day, everybody else started looking for the hidden immunity idol. Really? What the heck else do you have to do? Why aren't there divets all over that freakin' island? So Nyonka's friend spilled the beans to her friend that the HII had already been found. I'm guessing that's not going to be good for someone. The challenge was the old yell at blindfolded tied together teammates to find stuff. The younger tribe decided to use the medallion of power due to their inability to get along in close proximity of each other. They won by a lot w/ the older tribe swearing they only lost by a small margin. Whatever! The younger tribe got the prizes and the immunity idol and Sears got a big ad spot. So we go by the rule of, the most annoying person gets booted out and that was Jimmy T. It was probably that hugging thing he tried w/ people after the last tribal council. Bye Mr. fisherman who never caught a fish.
Project Runway is coming down to the final designers. So what do they do? They bring back old booted out bitter designers. Oooh, so much fun to see Ivy's sour face again. Not! The designers are supposed to use Heidi Klum's material to make a look for Heidi, to be sold on-line blah blah blah. While on their own, the designers are visited by not only Tim Gunn, but by Heidi too and she's very critical which makes for a lot of eyerolling. Mondo and Gretch the wretch are over her, Christopher is peeing in his pants and Michael C is still starstruck. So after that, they're told they have to do 2 more looks with help from past designers as their worker bees. Oh boy! Ivy and Christopher are paired together and Mondo gets Valerie. Ivy is her sweet self and accuses Michael C. of sticky taping his clothes onto his model. Tim Gunn calls them all together to poo poo the accusation and basically says, "Shut up and get back to work!" I'm not sure what activity these designers were thinking people were going to be doing in their looks but it didn't look like activewear to me. Since when are flowy clothes made for being active? You don't see many people riding bikes or playing golf in flowy loose clothes or triple layers. In the end, Mondo won again and Ivy proved she really does suck because Christopher was booted and she did his sewing. Schwing!
Hell's Kitchen had it's switcheroo. Melissa was sent to the men's team and Trevor was sent to the women's team. First, Sabrina's still being lazy and then playing the victim. This time the teams had to cook for the Beverly Hills High prom w/ the prom committee choosing among their dishes. The women won a day at the fair and the men had to decorate. The prom went on and in the end, the men really sucked and the camp cook went home (I think). Then the teams had the switcheroo. The theme was ravioli and the chefs had to have their dishes judged. I learned Ramsay doesn't like ravioli that have busted open. The men won this one and went to play golf and have lunch while the women cleaned up and prepped. That night, TV stars were the guests allowed to sit in the kitchen at the chef's tables. Melissa couldn't cook a scallop to save her life and the chef on the women's team doing the meat station put all the steaks at once in the oven overcooking every one of them. There was a whole heckuva lot of yelling from Ramsay. In the end, the women won and Melissa was booted from the show. Bye!
The Apprentice is much better with real working schlubs fighting tooth and nail for the job. This week the teams had to do a viral video for a popcorn company. Masa or whatever that fighting chiuaua's name is, was the project manager for the women's team and boy was she bossy. Everything had to be her way. I kind of saw that coming. I also saw people on the show I never noticed before. I kept saying, "Who the heck is that?" Whenever they showed one of the team members. The men's team was headed by the big midwest guy. The women made a video of people working out and eating the popcorn. It was quite boring except one rude moment with a guy doing a see food thing to another lady working out in the gym. The men made an event with a lot of popcorn throwing and smacking of the bag. I thought it was really fun but they left out one of the best parts with one guy doing snow angels in the popcorn on the ground. In the end, the men won. Masa was a bear, tiger and shark rolled into one in front of Trump and her BFF from 2 shows ago was fired.
The Amazing Race went to Ghana. The teams ran into taxi problems but the challenges weren't that hard with the women and geeks doing really well. The Americans showed how ignorant they were by not knowing where Ghana was on a map in front of school children. Then nobody could find the puzzle key which was only covering one whole end of a building. The glee guys came in first and the oriental guy and his Dad came in last but it was a non-elimination leg. All I can say is, it must've been really hot for some but not for others which makes me wonder, how much of a time lag there was between the teams. I loved the Dad/daughter team. He's very practical and cool headed and she just goes with the flow. They came in second and he also knew where Ghana was on the map.
The Next Iron Chef has a lot of unknown chefs and then there's Ming Tsai and Pagan. First they had to make breakfast out of coffee and donuts. What? No bread pudding? The first challenge is always the chefs judging each other and it seems they always give it to someone who's not a threat because giving them an advantage doesn't really matter. Okay then. The elimination challenge was to take a well known comfort food like meatloaf or chicken pot pie and redo it. Chef Chauhan won the first challenge and then got to pick which dish each chef had to remake. Ming Tsai and Pagan landed in the bottom and Pagan was sent home. I have to say, the judges this year are really annoyingly pretentious. I can never stand looking at Arpaia's big buck teeth that long anyway. Meanwhile Alton Brown acts like he needs to have a really good poop. Geez!
I Love Money is back and it's full of the same kind of camera hogging drama people. They're recycling the challenges from past shows. This year, they're assigning the captain of the teams for the week which is really good because it keeps one person from each team running things all of the time and other people from just hiding behind others the whole time. Some people are back again. I never care who gets booted but they've been making it surprising every week. These people aren't likeable enough to want to keep around anyway. I'm always glad they're on the other side of the screen. There's a real Eww factor with these people.
Well, that's about all for this week. See ya!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Wow! Cool and oh no!
The shows are really running hot.
On Survivor, the older tribe members have been deferring to the wisdom of Jimmy Johnson. The soccer coach seems to have found her missing brain cell and the youngest member of the tribe seems to be hiding behind everybody's skirts. Other people may call it laying low. Okay. The younger tribe continues to think they're in Jr. High school. Nyonka or Nokia or whatever her name is, has crossed over from just being ballsy to being that mean girl. She hates everybody who doesn't meet up to her mean girl criteria. The guy they call Fabio is proving he's a true blonde and the other half of the tribe is sitting around deciding who's going to be the lead dog. I have a feeling there's been a lot of editing because Nyonka's BFF doesn't seem as bitchy as usual. So on to the reward/immunity challenge. I still hate that they don't have 2 but I think they're running out of ideas and also, they don't want to completely kill off the older tribe by having 2 challenges in one week. For the challenge, they had to get big barrels to certain spots and then they'd take turns throwing little sandbags onto the barrels. It really came down to the sandbag toss. Jimmy Johnson made the fatal error a lot of coaches make; letting a player having a run of bad luck stay in the game too long. The older tribe was ahead and then lost the game. The younger tribe also won a crate of fresh fruit. Nyonka and the amputee girl saw a note in the midst of the fruit and as soon as they put the crate down back at camp, there was a tussle and Nyonka was triumphant. I don't understand why they waited. It's not like the older tribe can steal their fruit. Somehow they've decided not to show the dissension in the tribe to the older tribe. So needless to say, the older tribe blamed the coach for the loss and he was booted out. After all, Jimmy did say he didn't really want to win.
Money Hungry had it's last episode before the finale. So far, I can't see a huge weight loss in anybody. I loved the phone call from the Flabulous guy and the guys hanging up on him. They did show the people working out but the level of activity shouldn't have made them sweat that much. Really? Walking made them sweat? Then for the challenge, they had to move huge tires while going through cars. This proved they weren't small people cuz half of them couldn't fit through the car doors hee hee hee. The Grading Curves team won with their better teamwork. So after a lot of plotting and planning, it came down to the black fugly team against the orange fuglier team. Yay! The orange ugly girl team went home. I wasn't surprised to see all the teams of 2, still weigh over 500 pounds. Geez.
For the new season of Two and a Half Men, they're focusing more on Alan. I have to say, it's lost some of it's edge. I know the show is trying to prove to Charlie Sheen, they don't need him that much; but they do. Charlie with his half drunken womanizing and no holds barred attitude, gives the show an edge that keeps it from being too stupid or too sweet. Having the mother on more does help but they haven't utilized her that much and when women are like Charlie, they just seem slutty and bitchy. In order to give Jake an edge, they've made him into a play-a but that doesn't really look too good on a young teenager and it's more uncomfortable than funny. Sorry people. Charlie is worth every penny you're paying him. Unfortunately, Sheen looks like he drinks a lot off the set. He's puffy and worn in the face and moving in a haze.
I'm loving the show Mike and Molly. The lead characters are innocent, upstanding and shy. Oh come on; he's a cop and she's an elementary school teacher. You can't get more upstanding than that. They also have great chemistry and Molly's sister and mother are too funny for words. Those two women are the My Name is Earl in the midst of the Leave It to Beaver show and it's a good balance to keep the show from being too sickly sweet. In fact, both main characters are surrounded by edgy and funny characters. My favorite line so far? When they're looking at a suit for Mike and his friend tells him he'll be a new man in it. The owner/cousin of the friend says, "It's only clothes." I'd like to thank the director for not actually showing Molly throwing up. We don't need that much real-ness on TV.
So on Dancing with the used to be and wanna be Stars, Michael Bolton showed he had no rhythm and was justifiably booted from the show. The viewers are proving they're not as dumb as they used to be. I'm still not watching. None of the people are stars we give a dam about and the dances are the same. Once again, Derek Hough has a great partner and I'm betting he'll probably win again. Boooring!
I haven't watched the crying fatties because there's an awesome new show opposite it called No Ordinary Family. Take a family drama and make them superheroes. It's kind of taken the place of Heroes. Unfortunately, Heroes became too unreal with too much going on at once. You needed a flow chart to keep everything straight. When watching becomes work, viewers tend to tune out. No Ordinary Family had a great pilot and I'm hoping they don't dwell to much on the family therapy stuff (big snore) and show the family coming together out of respect for their talents. When the parents told the kids what they could do, the only response out of the kids was; oh great. What? No Wow? Have kids become so jaded that surviving a bullet to the head doesn't impress them or make them concerned? They'll need to give the kids some warmth and soul in order to make us like them. The special effects are really good and Michael Chiklis is really great. How come he's never been named the Sexiest Man Alive?
America's Next Top Model is sticking to it's high fashion thinking and Ann seems to be winning every week. I was disappointed to see the one sister go because the sisters together really made some fun scenes. Even worse, as soon as she had her makeover, they booted her. I thought it was hilarious that the 3 girls made up the fake makeover list and freaked out the other girls. If they were real models, they'd have taken it in stride. Most models are used to having 3 or 4 hairstyles in one day. It's why you can't recognize anybody in high fashion photos. I'm impressed with most of the girls. They have weird quirks like huge boobs, gapped teeth, knock knees and even kankles but don't use them as excuses. Tyra is still her whack-a-doodle self but we've learned to tune that out. That stupidness keeps the show itself, from being high fashion.
On Hell's Kitchen, the teams are showing they're not too cohesive. I don't know where they dug up Sabrina, but she's major weird. One moment she's an authority in the kitchen and the next, she's asking dumb questions. I think she's one of those people who asks so many questions so you'll just tell her to get out and take over her work. Her voice is also very annoying. Raj on the men's team is a sweatball pompous dumbass. I loved the fact that there were actually 2 women up for the elimiination and Ramsey totally surprised everybody by booting Raj. Just because you're on the winning team doesn't mean you're safe and it shows who's really running the show. In the next episode, the camp cook was booted. I'm tellin' ya, that meat station must really be hard cuz it kills a lot of cooks. I've noticed the planes, buses and helicopters the contestants have been using are not Hell's Kitchen labeled? Whats-a-matter Ramsay? The economy bit you in the butt?
Law & Order has a new show set in Los Angeles. Hence the name Law & Order: LA I miss the usual voiceover beginning of the show that used to be the signature of the franchise along with the doink doink. It lent a dark drama note to the show that said it wasn't your mom and dad's cop show. LOLA (as it's become known) is looking like your mom and dad's cop show. What happened to the witty and wry one-liners? What happened to the casual mulling over the case between the cops? What happened to the ah ha moment when the prosecuters realized who was the real culprit? I think this show won't last. Not only that. We're sick and tired of L.A. The whole state is poor and over run by illegals.
All of a sudden men kissing each other has become a usual thing on TV. Modern Family had Cam and Mitch giving each other a peck and on Project Runway, we saw Christopher give his partner a peck and not on the cheek like Europeans. It wasn't repugnant at all. Actually, I think all prolonged kisses are uncomfortable to watch no matter what the sexual orientation. Whatever happened to the camera kisses of old Hollywood? So on to the Project Runway show. It was quite revealing. The designers made their own fabric design and the loved ones came to visit for a day. According to Nick's Blog on the Runway site, it takes more than one day to crank out a custom material. I was surprised how little of their own material the designers used in their clothes. I think it sends the message that they really didn't like it. I thought Michael's dress was cute with a bit of a glamazon look. If he had put a black wig on his model, it would've looked better. Mondo won with his bright pants and cool top and then we found out the plus symbols on his material stood for his HIV positive status and his outlook on life. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. It's cool that 20 years ago, that kind of revelation would have made people horrified and now it's just heartbreakingly sad. I would think the models would be nervous. Hopefully Mondo doesn't jab a model with a pin he's been holding in his mouth. It's unlikely she'd get AIDS but it depends on how deep the pin would go. At least quick action will help these days. Valerie's luck finally ran out. Her designs were so good in the beginning. I think she was the victim of the severe fatigue the contestants get. The show is a marathon and only the people who can keep a clear head to the end come out triumpant. I liked her individual parting goodbyes to everybody; especially the apology to Michael for being mean to him. If Ivy would've done that, we probably would've liked her more. We still hate Grech the wretch. I wonder if a designer can get Valerie's model cuz that girl is absolutely gorgeous and kept Valeries designs from looking totally hideous.
The Fox primetime cartoons are even better than usual. They've really pushed the boundaries and we're all waiting to see who's going to be slapped by the censors and the uptight Americans. So far, so good. It's hilarious and they say what we're all thinking. Peter Griffin is that kid in the story of The Emperor's New Clothes. He states the obvious thing that we all think may not be too kind to say in real life and we love it. Thank you! The Simpsons is still fresh, intelligent, fun and edgy. Ever since the Moral Majority leader kicked the bucket, we haven't heard much from them. It's so nice in a poor economy when the christians are too poor to pay attention. They're too busy begging for money. They may be moral, but they're no longer the majority ha ha ha.
The Amazing Race went to Ghana and what a difference going from England to there. The women on the show are showing they're intelligent and not wussy. The challenges are more simple but fun and prove, even the simple stuff can be hard if you have no brains. I'm still remembering the watermelon to the face that HSN girl host took. She still completed that task and that was really admirable. I learned from this episode, I don't want to go to Ghana. The people begged and reached into the cars just like Mexicans, tried to gyp the contestants, and seemed lazy and sleezy. Ick! Anyway, the HSN host women's team hit the finish mat first and the daughter/father team had some really bad taxi luck and came in last. Bye.
Well stay tuned people. TV does go on and on. See ya next time.
On Survivor, the older tribe members have been deferring to the wisdom of Jimmy Johnson. The soccer coach seems to have found her missing brain cell and the youngest member of the tribe seems to be hiding behind everybody's skirts. Other people may call it laying low. Okay. The younger tribe continues to think they're in Jr. High school. Nyonka or Nokia or whatever her name is, has crossed over from just being ballsy to being that mean girl. She hates everybody who doesn't meet up to her mean girl criteria. The guy they call Fabio is proving he's a true blonde and the other half of the tribe is sitting around deciding who's going to be the lead dog. I have a feeling there's been a lot of editing because Nyonka's BFF doesn't seem as bitchy as usual. So on to the reward/immunity challenge. I still hate that they don't have 2 but I think they're running out of ideas and also, they don't want to completely kill off the older tribe by having 2 challenges in one week. For the challenge, they had to get big barrels to certain spots and then they'd take turns throwing little sandbags onto the barrels. It really came down to the sandbag toss. Jimmy Johnson made the fatal error a lot of coaches make; letting a player having a run of bad luck stay in the game too long. The older tribe was ahead and then lost the game. The younger tribe also won a crate of fresh fruit. Nyonka and the amputee girl saw a note in the midst of the fruit and as soon as they put the crate down back at camp, there was a tussle and Nyonka was triumphant. I don't understand why they waited. It's not like the older tribe can steal their fruit. Somehow they've decided not to show the dissension in the tribe to the older tribe. So needless to say, the older tribe blamed the coach for the loss and he was booted out. After all, Jimmy did say he didn't really want to win.
Money Hungry had it's last episode before the finale. So far, I can't see a huge weight loss in anybody. I loved the phone call from the Flabulous guy and the guys hanging up on him. They did show the people working out but the level of activity shouldn't have made them sweat that much. Really? Walking made them sweat? Then for the challenge, they had to move huge tires while going through cars. This proved they weren't small people cuz half of them couldn't fit through the car doors hee hee hee. The Grading Curves team won with their better teamwork. So after a lot of plotting and planning, it came down to the black fugly team against the orange fuglier team. Yay! The orange ugly girl team went home. I wasn't surprised to see all the teams of 2, still weigh over 500 pounds. Geez.
For the new season of Two and a Half Men, they're focusing more on Alan. I have to say, it's lost some of it's edge. I know the show is trying to prove to Charlie Sheen, they don't need him that much; but they do. Charlie with his half drunken womanizing and no holds barred attitude, gives the show an edge that keeps it from being too stupid or too sweet. Having the mother on more does help but they haven't utilized her that much and when women are like Charlie, they just seem slutty and bitchy. In order to give Jake an edge, they've made him into a play-a but that doesn't really look too good on a young teenager and it's more uncomfortable than funny. Sorry people. Charlie is worth every penny you're paying him. Unfortunately, Sheen looks like he drinks a lot off the set. He's puffy and worn in the face and moving in a haze.
I'm loving the show Mike and Molly. The lead characters are innocent, upstanding and shy. Oh come on; he's a cop and she's an elementary school teacher. You can't get more upstanding than that. They also have great chemistry and Molly's sister and mother are too funny for words. Those two women are the My Name is Earl in the midst of the Leave It to Beaver show and it's a good balance to keep the show from being too sickly sweet. In fact, both main characters are surrounded by edgy and funny characters. My favorite line so far? When they're looking at a suit for Mike and his friend tells him he'll be a new man in it. The owner/cousin of the friend says, "It's only clothes." I'd like to thank the director for not actually showing Molly throwing up. We don't need that much real-ness on TV.
So on Dancing with the used to be and wanna be Stars, Michael Bolton showed he had no rhythm and was justifiably booted from the show. The viewers are proving they're not as dumb as they used to be. I'm still not watching. None of the people are stars we give a dam about and the dances are the same. Once again, Derek Hough has a great partner and I'm betting he'll probably win again. Boooring!
I haven't watched the crying fatties because there's an awesome new show opposite it called No Ordinary Family. Take a family drama and make them superheroes. It's kind of taken the place of Heroes. Unfortunately, Heroes became too unreal with too much going on at once. You needed a flow chart to keep everything straight. When watching becomes work, viewers tend to tune out. No Ordinary Family had a great pilot and I'm hoping they don't dwell to much on the family therapy stuff (big snore) and show the family coming together out of respect for their talents. When the parents told the kids what they could do, the only response out of the kids was; oh great. What? No Wow? Have kids become so jaded that surviving a bullet to the head doesn't impress them or make them concerned? They'll need to give the kids some warmth and soul in order to make us like them. The special effects are really good and Michael Chiklis is really great. How come he's never been named the Sexiest Man Alive?
America's Next Top Model is sticking to it's high fashion thinking and Ann seems to be winning every week. I was disappointed to see the one sister go because the sisters together really made some fun scenes. Even worse, as soon as she had her makeover, they booted her. I thought it was hilarious that the 3 girls made up the fake makeover list and freaked out the other girls. If they were real models, they'd have taken it in stride. Most models are used to having 3 or 4 hairstyles in one day. It's why you can't recognize anybody in high fashion photos. I'm impressed with most of the girls. They have weird quirks like huge boobs, gapped teeth, knock knees and even kankles but don't use them as excuses. Tyra is still her whack-a-doodle self but we've learned to tune that out. That stupidness keeps the show itself, from being high fashion.
On Hell's Kitchen, the teams are showing they're not too cohesive. I don't know where they dug up Sabrina, but she's major weird. One moment she's an authority in the kitchen and the next, she's asking dumb questions. I think she's one of those people who asks so many questions so you'll just tell her to get out and take over her work. Her voice is also very annoying. Raj on the men's team is a sweatball pompous dumbass. I loved the fact that there were actually 2 women up for the elimiination and Ramsey totally surprised everybody by booting Raj. Just because you're on the winning team doesn't mean you're safe and it shows who's really running the show. In the next episode, the camp cook was booted. I'm tellin' ya, that meat station must really be hard cuz it kills a lot of cooks. I've noticed the planes, buses and helicopters the contestants have been using are not Hell's Kitchen labeled? Whats-a-matter Ramsay? The economy bit you in the butt?
Law & Order has a new show set in Los Angeles. Hence the name Law & Order: LA I miss the usual voiceover beginning of the show that used to be the signature of the franchise along with the doink doink. It lent a dark drama note to the show that said it wasn't your mom and dad's cop show. LOLA (as it's become known) is looking like your mom and dad's cop show. What happened to the witty and wry one-liners? What happened to the casual mulling over the case between the cops? What happened to the ah ha moment when the prosecuters realized who was the real culprit? I think this show won't last. Not only that. We're sick and tired of L.A. The whole state is poor and over run by illegals.
All of a sudden men kissing each other has become a usual thing on TV. Modern Family had Cam and Mitch giving each other a peck and on Project Runway, we saw Christopher give his partner a peck and not on the cheek like Europeans. It wasn't repugnant at all. Actually, I think all prolonged kisses are uncomfortable to watch no matter what the sexual orientation. Whatever happened to the camera kisses of old Hollywood? So on to the Project Runway show. It was quite revealing. The designers made their own fabric design and the loved ones came to visit for a day. According to Nick's Blog on the Runway site, it takes more than one day to crank out a custom material. I was surprised how little of their own material the designers used in their clothes. I think it sends the message that they really didn't like it. I thought Michael's dress was cute with a bit of a glamazon look. If he had put a black wig on his model, it would've looked better. Mondo won with his bright pants and cool top and then we found out the plus symbols on his material stood for his HIV positive status and his outlook on life. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. It's cool that 20 years ago, that kind of revelation would have made people horrified and now it's just heartbreakingly sad. I would think the models would be nervous. Hopefully Mondo doesn't jab a model with a pin he's been holding in his mouth. It's unlikely she'd get AIDS but it depends on how deep the pin would go. At least quick action will help these days. Valerie's luck finally ran out. Her designs were so good in the beginning. I think she was the victim of the severe fatigue the contestants get. The show is a marathon and only the people who can keep a clear head to the end come out triumpant. I liked her individual parting goodbyes to everybody; especially the apology to Michael for being mean to him. If Ivy would've done that, we probably would've liked her more. We still hate Grech the wretch. I wonder if a designer can get Valerie's model cuz that girl is absolutely gorgeous and kept Valeries designs from looking totally hideous.
The Fox primetime cartoons are even better than usual. They've really pushed the boundaries and we're all waiting to see who's going to be slapped by the censors and the uptight Americans. So far, so good. It's hilarious and they say what we're all thinking. Peter Griffin is that kid in the story of The Emperor's New Clothes. He states the obvious thing that we all think may not be too kind to say in real life and we love it. Thank you! The Simpsons is still fresh, intelligent, fun and edgy. Ever since the Moral Majority leader kicked the bucket, we haven't heard much from them. It's so nice in a poor economy when the christians are too poor to pay attention. They're too busy begging for money. They may be moral, but they're no longer the majority ha ha ha.
The Amazing Race went to Ghana and what a difference going from England to there. The women on the show are showing they're intelligent and not wussy. The challenges are more simple but fun and prove, even the simple stuff can be hard if you have no brains. I'm still remembering the watermelon to the face that HSN girl host took. She still completed that task and that was really admirable. I learned from this episode, I don't want to go to Ghana. The people begged and reached into the cars just like Mexicans, tried to gyp the contestants, and seemed lazy and sleezy. Ick! Anyway, the HSN host women's team hit the finish mat first and the daughter/father team had some really bad taxi luck and came in last. Bye.
Well stay tuned people. TV does go on and on. See ya next time.
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