I'm so glad to see The Closer and Psych back for the summer. The Closer is different. They've cut out a lot of that private life stuff about Brenda and Fritz and have more of the case and the sqaud. I like that because the guys who make up Brenda's squad are really great. Seeing the same guys back kind of makes you feel safe and cozy but it's not very realistic. They seem to have more actions scenes and that's more fun for everybody. I'm just sorry we don't get to see Joel since they made us fall in love with that kitten last year. I'm wondering when they'll bring Brenda's parents back.
Psych is also different. The writers forgot these guys are supposed to be immature, wild and crazy. You also had the sense that no matter how dumb and goofy Shawn and Gus were to each other, they would always be best friends. This season has lost some of that. Are they trying to mature Shawn? What fun is that? I have a feeling contract talks resulted in more of Shawn's Dad and the Captain having more scenes but truth be told, they're kind of boring when they aren't with Shawn. I always thought Shawn's Dad was just grumpy with Shawn because he drove him a little nuts; hence the baldness. But now we see, he's just a grumpy old man. Too bad because Corbin Bernsen is so much better than that. Let's hope the show lightens up again and to all those people who say the show is unrealistic? Well, yeah. All of TV is unrealistic. You want realistic? Visit your own police station for a day.
True Beauty was down to the final four. The contestants had to be blackjack dealers. Nobody expected them to be great at it but they did expect them to suck up their mistakes, own them and get over it. Amy was nice enough to people during the teaching but did not hold it together during the actual playing and dealing. I thought I was the only oriental who couldn't do math. She sucks more than I do but at the same time, is very self conscious about it and wouldn't let it go that she sucked at dealing blackjack. She and Craig were put up for elimination. I couldn't believe she didn't pass the final hidden challenge which was to help a lady struggling with her luggage. I realized, Amy's not heartless, just kind of clueless. She didn't ignore the lady struggling with the luggage, she was just oblivious to it. In the end, Amy was given the boot. I guess witless isn't beautiful. I still have yet to see any of the contestants recognize Vanessa Minillo. Get over yourself girl. Nobody noticed you on Nick Lachey's arm.
I used to call America's Got Talent, America's Got Bad Taste. I have to rescind that. 12 acts showed their stuff in L.A. and I think America really did make the right choices. That black light defying gravity act is incredible and mindblowing, Future Funk is cute and fun, the singing sisters are really good and the 4th act...well I can't remember but I they were deserving as well. All I know is, the airband and hand whistler are out and that shows America's not accepting dreck and stupid. I can't wait to see what's next.
So You Think You Can Dance had yet another injured dancer. What's going on? In the first place, the competition is really tight since half of the dancers are the fan favorites from past seasons chosen to stay on the show. People can't afford to be hurt for even one week. Billy Bell landed on the bottom again. One think I've noticed, people like to see women dance with grace and the men dance with strength. Bell needs to pump some iron or something. In the end, the injured dancer, Ashley, was eliminated which is only fair.
Top Chef had the chefs cook with Maryland blue crabs. That was interesting. People had a lot of complaints of animal cruelty on the blog comments. I wanna say, "Get over it." Crabs are big water spiders. I don't see people killing spiders in a humane way. I kind of enjoyed seeing the different ways the chefs dispatched the creepy critters. In the end, the top 3 dishes had an Asian flavor. Ed won and got immunity. For the elimination challenge, the chefs had to go to a farm and use fresh ingredients and serve dishes family style. There was a lot of arguing over how to split the teams and dishes. The men shouted and postured while the women sat and rolled their eyes. For a show trying to emphasize politics, there was absolutely no democracy there. In the end, they decided to pair up the same way they had in the previous elimination challenge. I thought that was kind of dumb but okay. So 6 teams of 2 doing one dish each? The dishes should've been spectacular. In the end, Kenny finally won for his sweet and sour curried eggplant. Really? I thought it kind of looked like something in a baby's diaper. Tim was sent home for not having a clear vision in his dish. He started out to make a puree of vegetable and somehow backed out of it fearing the dish would get cold. It's easier to keep a puree warm than chopped up roasted vegetables. Whatever. His palate was always questionable anyway. Hopcraft better pull his finger out if he wants to stay in the competition. I love Eric Ripert as a judge. He's authoritative without sounding snooty and he's really sexy too.
Hell's Kitchen wasn't shown this week in order for some sports thing. Don't we have enough sports channels for that stuff? Whatever.
Finally, on The Next Food Network Star, the contestants had to first do an on camera presentation of an appetizer for a party. They each were given a certain theme and 3 mandatory ingredients. The guy with the cap finally pulled his finger out and showed a little personality. Others showed they had a bad day. It seems Aria has used up all her material. I'm wondering if the people are suffering from lack of sleep. I find in most reality shows, this is the case. For the elimination challenge, the chefs had to do an upscale version of an old dish. Aria somehow thought deepfried battered shrimp were like pigs in a blanket. Okay. Artie is my favorite but she completely lost part of her brain and had a bad week. I have never thought Brianna was very strong and she was sent home. I think Herb may be next. We'll see. Fogelsong is driving me crazy as a judge. She gives dumb critiques and for some odd reason, I don't think she has any credibility. Maybe she should straighten her hair and wear less makeup once. She seems floozyish. Tuschman is just too nice and he comes across as a nerdy wimp. I think they should utilize Giada DeLaurentis more. She's likeable and smart and makes everyone around her seem that way too.
It seems Project Runway is returning next week. Can't wait! See you next week.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Really, People? Really?
On Hell's Kitchen, it was time for the chefs to prove they have a palate and can cook fine dining stuff. This was hardly a surprise. First Chef Ramsay did his thing by cooking something packaged and disguised. It gives the ass-kissers a chance to stick out. So most everyone oohed and ahed over the microwaved frozen dinner. I loved the backpedaling after the truth of the food was revealed. Isn't it nice that Chef Ramsay calls their palates donkeys' backsides instead of asses? I still don't understand why we can't say ass on tv. God we live in an uptight society. Anyway, I digress. Fran bragged about having a good palate and proved otherwise. Personally, I've never tasted fresh coconut that tasted like potato. The blue haired guy won the challenge for his team. I'm not sure what the prize was but whatever. The teams then had to come up with their own menu for dinner service, but first let Chef Ramsay taste them. He's no dummy. The red team's dishes didn't taste good except for the desserts that Holly made alone and the blue teams dishes were deemed pedestrian. Dinner service was impressive because Susan Fenniger and Mary Sue Millikin showed up. The blue team must've beefed up their dishes because they had more customers than the other team. Even so, the red team still couldn't keep up due to Fran and her ineptness. In the end, it was evident. Fran was put up for elimination and Ramsay finally gave her the much deserved boot. Autumn was switched back to the red team. In the 2nd half, the teams were given a 10 pound lobster to make gourmet dishes for the luxury challenge. I have to say, a 10 pound lobster doesn't have as much meat as you'd think. Most of the weight is the shell and the front half of the lobster that only the orientals seem to eat. Poor Nilka was totally out her element and it showed. I was surprised to see nobody made a thermidor but they did poach it in butter. This time, Holly won the challenge for the red team and they won a huge shopping spree which is great for the women. Poor Ben probably got stuck holding the purses. I think Chef Ramsay does this reward just to watch the ladies change clothes. Whatever. Meanwhile the 3 remaining men of the blue team had to clean the dorm and then prep both kitchens. They started to panic when time was nearly up and they hadn't even begun to prep their own kitchen. I thought it was admirable that they prepped the red kitchen so well. I probably would've said, "Oops, I forgot." about a lot of things, slap dashed the first kitchen and made sure mine was in order. Luckily, Ramsay combined both teams into one. I'm convinced the meat station is probably the hardest thing to work because if the chefs are off at all, they really suck at that one and it's sunk many a chef. This time Nilka was so frustratingly bad, Chef Ramsay threw her out of the kitchen and the show. She really fought the ousting and Ramsay took the time to say goodbye in person before she got into the car. For a little more drama, the teams still had to put up 2 people for elimination but nobody else was eliminated. It did, however, reveal who had the least respect of the chefs.
America's Got Talent was in Vegas this week. Okay, we're at the point that the judges need to consider, would people pay money to see these acts? Poor Piers. He seems to be the only one with the good taste. I'm not sure what Howie and Sharon have been drinking but some of the acts put through were surprising. The people were split into 3 groups. Group A were the acts who had to do their thing again and prove their greatness probably because there were so many of their kind e.g. male singers, magic acts, dancers. Group B were the runner-ups. After Group A acts were weeded out, any open spots could be taken by Group B acts. Group C was small and were the acts that didn't have to audition again. I was disappointed because I would've loved to see that human light show thing again. It was so totally cool. I was really disappointed that Prince Poppycock wasn't in Group C. He was the best entertaining show singer I've ever seen since Nathan Lane. I want to ask, how the hell did Sally the scary looking singer make it into Group A? In the first place, she can't sing. In the 2nd place, she's freaky scary looking. She looks like one of those puppets that ventriloquists used to use in the old days. The only thing that made them not too scary was the fact that we knew they were being held onto by the human. Sally's just scary and she they let her go on wayyyyyy too long. Who were the hicks in the audience square dancing to her music? Poor Piers looked tortured the whole time and Nick Cannon finally had to pull her off stage 9 minutes too late. Later in the show, they told a person they could've been disqualified for going over his time by 15 seconds. Good Lord! Why wasn't Sally DQ'd? Other acts who I didn't like at all were Roland the terrible impressionist, the hand whistler and the air guitar band but were also put through to L.A. Really? I'm thinking, they've picked acts that America will vote off first to give the mediocre acts time to warm up to America. Okay. To those who messed up that this stage, get your shit together before you go on national tv you idiots.
Top Chef finally didn't mention politics. The quickfire challenge was to make babyfood. I was afraid Chef Colicchio and Padma were going to drag out their bambinos but, whew, we were spared that. The chefs also had to make an adult version of the dish too. It was suprising to see, chefs aren't nutritionists. Don't they take a class like that in culinary school? I expected dishes with ginger and mint since they're very good for baby digestion but nope and the dishes seemed a little rich with heavy meats, fats and spices. Why are people afraid to put eggs and honey in food for babies? In the old days, that's all a lot of people had and people lived. Jeez. No wonder all our kids are a bunch of pansies. No wonder we also have a ton of girly boys running around. I think Kenny won. Then they had an interesting elimination challenge cooking for an international hotel chain. All the teams of 2 cooked a breakfast dish, then 2 teams were chosen to be the best and didn't have to cook anymore. The remaining teams had to cook lunch. 2 teams were chosen best and didn't have to cook dinner. From the last 3 teams came the winner team and the team eliminated. In the end, braised short ribs were the winners and the undercooked squid ink pasta chefs packed their knives. The gay Filipino guy and the old Home Ec teacher were booted. I find it very interesting that people who are the bosses of their own kitchens or classes can not cook. I guess it's true. Those who can, do and those who can't, teach. Bye!
Work of Art people had to do a schill piece this week. First they drove or rode in a certain brand car to the show room. The stupid car is so unimpressive, I can't even remember it. I think it was Audi becaused one artist used that word a lot in her art piece. I'm sure Audi execs were hoping she'd win. Whatever. I was glad to see the other artists weren't that commercial and didn't use the logo or name. I was wrong last week. The Christian illustrator artists wasn't booted and the weird lady was. This week, the Christian illustrator lady was booted. Jackie is so narcissistic. Her art piece was pictures of men looking at her. She won and I didn't understand it. I really like Abdi's work and hope he wins since he never seems to whine about anything like the other artists. As long as Sarah Jessica doesn't show up, it's a good show.
So You Think You Can Dance was disappointing. Alex tore his achilles tendon and couldn't dance and it was his kiss of death. It's only fair. In a show about dancing; you have to dance. Sorry to see you go Alex. They still had to have a show so they went through the stupid motions and just panicked the other 2 who landed in the bottom. I'm wondering why they always dress Billy Bell in a skirt in the group dances. Does he volunteer for that? I notice, America likes to see strength in male dancers and grace in female dancers. Bell may have amazing dance skills but dances like a girl. I don't see him going too far in this small group.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent had it's season finale and it was brilliant. The perp was a multiple personality and an unknown actor. He must've killed the audition because not only was it a brilliantly written show, but it was also a chance to act with F. Murray Abraham and Jeff Goldblum. OMG and Wow! I'll miss the show and I hope it doesn't stay away too long.
I have to mention Danielle Fishel and her show The Dish. This tongue in cheek clip show just cracks me up all of the time. Yes, it's a clone of The Soup, but something about Danielle's sarcastic delivery of her critiques is just too funny and they also throw in a few more mini skits that make fun of the shows. Keep it up girl. It's too much fun.
Well that's all for now. See you next week people.
America's Got Talent was in Vegas this week. Okay, we're at the point that the judges need to consider, would people pay money to see these acts? Poor Piers. He seems to be the only one with the good taste. I'm not sure what Howie and Sharon have been drinking but some of the acts put through were surprising. The people were split into 3 groups. Group A were the acts who had to do their thing again and prove their greatness probably because there were so many of their kind e.g. male singers, magic acts, dancers. Group B were the runner-ups. After Group A acts were weeded out, any open spots could be taken by Group B acts. Group C was small and were the acts that didn't have to audition again. I was disappointed because I would've loved to see that human light show thing again. It was so totally cool. I was really disappointed that Prince Poppycock wasn't in Group C. He was the best entertaining show singer I've ever seen since Nathan Lane. I want to ask, how the hell did Sally the scary looking singer make it into Group A? In the first place, she can't sing. In the 2nd place, she's freaky scary looking. She looks like one of those puppets that ventriloquists used to use in the old days. The only thing that made them not too scary was the fact that we knew they were being held onto by the human. Sally's just scary and she they let her go on wayyyyyy too long. Who were the hicks in the audience square dancing to her music? Poor Piers looked tortured the whole time and Nick Cannon finally had to pull her off stage 9 minutes too late. Later in the show, they told a person they could've been disqualified for going over his time by 15 seconds. Good Lord! Why wasn't Sally DQ'd? Other acts who I didn't like at all were Roland the terrible impressionist, the hand whistler and the air guitar band but were also put through to L.A. Really? I'm thinking, they've picked acts that America will vote off first to give the mediocre acts time to warm up to America. Okay. To those who messed up that this stage, get your shit together before you go on national tv you idiots.
Top Chef finally didn't mention politics. The quickfire challenge was to make babyfood. I was afraid Chef Colicchio and Padma were going to drag out their bambinos but, whew, we were spared that. The chefs also had to make an adult version of the dish too. It was suprising to see, chefs aren't nutritionists. Don't they take a class like that in culinary school? I expected dishes with ginger and mint since they're very good for baby digestion but nope and the dishes seemed a little rich with heavy meats, fats and spices. Why are people afraid to put eggs and honey in food for babies? In the old days, that's all a lot of people had and people lived. Jeez. No wonder all our kids are a bunch of pansies. No wonder we also have a ton of girly boys running around. I think Kenny won. Then they had an interesting elimination challenge cooking for an international hotel chain. All the teams of 2 cooked a breakfast dish, then 2 teams were chosen to be the best and didn't have to cook anymore. The remaining teams had to cook lunch. 2 teams were chosen best and didn't have to cook dinner. From the last 3 teams came the winner team and the team eliminated. In the end, braised short ribs were the winners and the undercooked squid ink pasta chefs packed their knives. The gay Filipino guy and the old Home Ec teacher were booted. I find it very interesting that people who are the bosses of their own kitchens or classes can not cook. I guess it's true. Those who can, do and those who can't, teach. Bye!
Work of Art people had to do a schill piece this week. First they drove or rode in a certain brand car to the show room. The stupid car is so unimpressive, I can't even remember it. I think it was Audi becaused one artist used that word a lot in her art piece. I'm sure Audi execs were hoping she'd win. Whatever. I was glad to see the other artists weren't that commercial and didn't use the logo or name. I was wrong last week. The Christian illustrator artists wasn't booted and the weird lady was. This week, the Christian illustrator lady was booted. Jackie is so narcissistic. Her art piece was pictures of men looking at her. She won and I didn't understand it. I really like Abdi's work and hope he wins since he never seems to whine about anything like the other artists. As long as Sarah Jessica doesn't show up, it's a good show.
So You Think You Can Dance was disappointing. Alex tore his achilles tendon and couldn't dance and it was his kiss of death. It's only fair. In a show about dancing; you have to dance. Sorry to see you go Alex. They still had to have a show so they went through the stupid motions and just panicked the other 2 who landed in the bottom. I'm wondering why they always dress Billy Bell in a skirt in the group dances. Does he volunteer for that? I notice, America likes to see strength in male dancers and grace in female dancers. Bell may have amazing dance skills but dances like a girl. I don't see him going too far in this small group.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent had it's season finale and it was brilliant. The perp was a multiple personality and an unknown actor. He must've killed the audition because not only was it a brilliantly written show, but it was also a chance to act with F. Murray Abraham and Jeff Goldblum. OMG and Wow! I'll miss the show and I hope it doesn't stay away too long.
I have to mention Danielle Fishel and her show The Dish. This tongue in cheek clip show just cracks me up all of the time. Yes, it's a clone of The Soup, but something about Danielle's sarcastic delivery of her critiques is just too funny and they also throw in a few more mini skits that make fun of the shows. Keep it up girl. It's too much fun.
Well that's all for now. See you next week people.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Oh Those Summer Shows
Hells Kitchen is having a good season. It seems most of the chefs can actually cook and the ones who can't really stick out like sore thumbs. This week Benjamin's working with the women and seems to be leading them well. That's because he can actually do what he asks people to do. It was a double episode again. The first one the chefs were going to cook for an old couple's anniversary celebration so they had to make dishes for them first, for the reward challenge. I'm thinking, throw everything into the blender so the old couple won't think anything's tough. The teams had to do versions of the couple's dishes from their wedding. OMG, talk about the most white bread dishes: chicken kiev, steak diane, trout almondine. In the end, the women won. What did they win? Lunch at a 50's diner. Oh boy! That was pretty freakin' lame. I would've probably opted to get more sleep. At dinner service, it didn't go too bad. The red team were determined to be the losers but the real loser was the little Italian chef because even though his team won, he was booted anyway. I think Chef Ramsay really lost respect for him when he found out he didn't go to school. It's free in the USA, why wouldn't you go to school? For the 2nd episode's reward challenge, the chefs had to make signature sandwiches. Siobhan proved she's not only homely as a cement wall, but she's pretty stupid too. Benjamin had no respect for her and when they had to have someone sit out the judging, he voted her sandwich out after just looking at it and of course the whole team went with it. Fran had a soggy sandwich and the women lost. What did the men win? They took a private jet to a winery and had a bit too much vino during the tasting, while the women prepped both kitchens. There must be someone watching over everything because wouldn't that be a good time to sabotage the blue team's ingredients? The blue team came home half drunk and then finished themselves off by drinking more. Ed bared all in the hot tub. Darn that fuzzing out censoring. Anyway, the dinner service was so bad, Ramsay threw everybody out of the kitchen. One dumbass diner brought his undercooked steak up to the pass himself to complain and said, "I could've been poisoned." Ramsay pointed out that some people actually eat steak raw. Way to show your stupidity on national tv you ignorant putz. The blue team sunk themselves by being hungover. It's interesting to watch hungover chefs cook. It explains a lot of things that happen in restaurants. Ed, Fran and Siobhan were put up for the boot. Finally, Siobhan was booted. It's about time cuz she's been the albatross of the team since the beginning.
America's Got Talent has had an interesting season. I don't agree with the judges letting old people go on to Vegas just because they have spunk. I don't care to watch the gimpy old lady whistling through her hands again even though she did it pretty well. I also think that singing old lady was truly horrible and her story was just pathetic. So people are able to make it through with a pathetic story? Whatever. I don't give a rat's ass about their pathetic lives and Piers should never back down just because he feels sorry for them. So this week, we should be in Vegas and maybe the judges will face reality and boot some of the dumb stuff they let go through. What are they going to say? We let you get this far but you truly don't have talent. We just felt sorry for you and thought you should see Vegas before you die; so bye now. Uh huh.
So You Think You Can Dance is going to have a very short season. The dancers all did really well but the people who haven't trained in everything really stick out. That tap dancer girl did her ballroom dance so flatfooted and wooden, it looked like Pasha was carrying a mannequin around the stage. She was terribly out of rhythm too which is very strange since tap dancing is all about being on the count precisely. I'm thinking, she's not had official tap dancing classes and just learned from watching Shirley Temple movies. In any case, America was right in not giving her the votes and she was booted. The problem is, these dancers are quite uninteresting and we don't really care who goes.
Top Chef had it's chefs make pies for the quickfire. First we had to listen to almost all of them declare they weren't pastry chefs. Does this mean they don't make any pot pies or anything in a crust? When they're in culinary school, they learn a little of everything. So...whatever. I loved the judge telling them, "My grandmother isn't a pastry chef either but she can make a pie." That shut them up. The thing about pie dough is, you can really make it from how it feels and it doesn't require complicated ingredients. It was surprising how ugly some of the pies turned out. Kenny won this one. I was surprised nobody made any deep fried pies since the ovens were really being over worked. Usually, I don't like fruit pies but the deep fried ones they make in the South are really good. For the elimination challenge, the chefs had to grill outside for interns. These chefs are really quite lame and can't seem to work with common cooking things like grinders and grills. This season should be called Excuses, Excuses. What a bunch of freakin' whiners. Hello chefs. Your job is to make it work, so shut up and do it. You can see deep disappointment on Chef Colicchio's face during the show. I'm getting tired of the government angle on this season. How about the fact that they're in Maryland? Why don't they make them make signature crabcakes? Whatever.
Work of Art had a really creepy episode. The artists first toured an art gallery showing an artist's work. His thing? His art is shocking and thought provoking. When I found out the crucifix was photographed in a tank of urine, I was grossed out. So the artists had to do shocking and thought provoking art. Most of them thought this meant something sexual. I'm thinking there was a lot of molestation in their childhoods, cuz...eeek. From the crazy guy with dirty hair who did an self crossdressed S&M picture to the guy who painted a guy blowing himself to the girl who photographed herself naked again to Myles ejaculating on his drawing. Double ick! I was glad to see Abdi won cuz his art had nothing to do with sex but was really good and thought provoking indeed. She wasn't an artist; she was just weird. It was a double elimination and the sweet Christian mid-western looking lady was booted. I thought her rendition of a messed up bunch of people grouped to look like the Last Supper was quite good. I guess that proves I don't know art. The guy who won last week and did the painting of the guy blowing himself was booted too. Maybe I do know a little art. I wish that fat lady who put herself in her art would've been booted. Her thing was gross and stupid. She had a homeless cardboard box shelter, sat in front of it wrapped in plastic and looked like she was spreading her poo on her belly. Triple ick!!! She's not an artist. She's just icky weird.
I watched a little Design Star and it seems to be a run of the mill elimination competition show. I don't understand good design so I think it's very subjective. It seems the kiss of death is not finishing your project.
Okay, so that's about it for now. I see The Closer is returning and I can't wait. I just hope they do more than 4 shows for the season.
Bye for now!
America's Got Talent has had an interesting season. I don't agree with the judges letting old people go on to Vegas just because they have spunk. I don't care to watch the gimpy old lady whistling through her hands again even though she did it pretty well. I also think that singing old lady was truly horrible and her story was just pathetic. So people are able to make it through with a pathetic story? Whatever. I don't give a rat's ass about their pathetic lives and Piers should never back down just because he feels sorry for them. So this week, we should be in Vegas and maybe the judges will face reality and boot some of the dumb stuff they let go through. What are they going to say? We let you get this far but you truly don't have talent. We just felt sorry for you and thought you should see Vegas before you die; so bye now. Uh huh.
So You Think You Can Dance is going to have a very short season. The dancers all did really well but the people who haven't trained in everything really stick out. That tap dancer girl did her ballroom dance so flatfooted and wooden, it looked like Pasha was carrying a mannequin around the stage. She was terribly out of rhythm too which is very strange since tap dancing is all about being on the count precisely. I'm thinking, she's not had official tap dancing classes and just learned from watching Shirley Temple movies. In any case, America was right in not giving her the votes and she was booted. The problem is, these dancers are quite uninteresting and we don't really care who goes.
Top Chef had it's chefs make pies for the quickfire. First we had to listen to almost all of them declare they weren't pastry chefs. Does this mean they don't make any pot pies or anything in a crust? When they're in culinary school, they learn a little of everything. So...whatever. I loved the judge telling them, "My grandmother isn't a pastry chef either but she can make a pie." That shut them up. The thing about pie dough is, you can really make it from how it feels and it doesn't require complicated ingredients. It was surprising how ugly some of the pies turned out. Kenny won this one. I was surprised nobody made any deep fried pies since the ovens were really being over worked. Usually, I don't like fruit pies but the deep fried ones they make in the South are really good. For the elimination challenge, the chefs had to grill outside for interns. These chefs are really quite lame and can't seem to work with common cooking things like grinders and grills. This season should be called Excuses, Excuses. What a bunch of freakin' whiners. Hello chefs. Your job is to make it work, so shut up and do it. You can see deep disappointment on Chef Colicchio's face during the show. I'm getting tired of the government angle on this season. How about the fact that they're in Maryland? Why don't they make them make signature crabcakes? Whatever.
Work of Art had a really creepy episode. The artists first toured an art gallery showing an artist's work. His thing? His art is shocking and thought provoking. When I found out the crucifix was photographed in a tank of urine, I was grossed out. So the artists had to do shocking and thought provoking art. Most of them thought this meant something sexual. I'm thinking there was a lot of molestation in their childhoods, cuz...eeek. From the crazy guy with dirty hair who did an self crossdressed S&M picture to the guy who painted a guy blowing himself to the girl who photographed herself naked again to Myles ejaculating on his drawing. Double ick! I was glad to see Abdi won cuz his art had nothing to do with sex but was really good and thought provoking indeed. She wasn't an artist; she was just weird. It was a double elimination and the sweet Christian mid-western looking lady was booted. I thought her rendition of a messed up bunch of people grouped to look like the Last Supper was quite good. I guess that proves I don't know art. The guy who won last week and did the painting of the guy blowing himself was booted too. Maybe I do know a little art. I wish that fat lady who put herself in her art would've been booted. Her thing was gross and stupid. She had a homeless cardboard box shelter, sat in front of it wrapped in plastic and looked like she was spreading her poo on her belly. Triple ick!!! She's not an artist. She's just icky weird.
I watched a little Design Star and it seems to be a run of the mill elimination competition show. I don't understand good design so I think it's very subjective. It seems the kiss of death is not finishing your project.
Okay, so that's about it for now. I see The Closer is returning and I can't wait. I just hope they do more than 4 shows for the season.
Bye for now!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Summer Fun
It's the lazy days of summer. The long running reality shows are getting musty and the young guns come out to play. There are some old ones in the summer too but they just seem more fun.
So You Think You Can Dance has new people paired up with veterans from past seasons. This makes for a very tight elimination because they're not kicking off one of the veterans. I noticed, the veterans weren't even in the running. So they're just kicking off one person a week. Thank the gods it's going to make for a very short season. I'm so very tired of this show. I just thought the reason I was tired of it last time was because they did back to back seasons but now that I've had a long rest, I still don't like it anymore. The dances just become weirder because everything has been done. The dancers all seem to look like people from the past and now we don't give a crap who's best. Because there's only 10 new people, there's a lot more blathering from the judges, choreographers and Kat Deeley. I'm sick to death of stupid sob stories. The show should be called, Shut Up and Dance.
America's Got Talent has a new judge. Howie Mandel doesn't seem elitist and likes some of the corny stuff. Guess what, if the performer has some personality, we like it. Americans love corny stuff. Piers is very quick on the buzzer but rightly so, most of the time. I like the buzzer. The judges can tell the performer they suck without having to go into long explanation. Now if only they'd have that cane that pulls people off of the stage. One great act was this bunch of college geeks who did a black light thing that made them look like they were floating. It made you wonder if your eyes were working. I'm not too crazy about those hyped up circus acts. Really? Sword swallowing and fire eating? I think I saw one of the worst magic acts ever which was bad because they gave the secret of the trick away accidentally. Morons! One thing I really hate is when they let an old lady go through, who's terrible, just because they feel sorry for her. Oops, they did it again. I hope they boot her quick.
True Beauty has been back for a few episodes. This show is full of contestants with egos the size of the universe. The funny thing is, they're all unappealing as human beings. The guys look like white trash meathead rednecks, there's a stupid Asian girl with attention seeking low self esteem, a gorilla faced loud mouthed black girl who can't hold her liquor, a couple of really ditzy stupid blonde bimbos and a brunette with the worst skin on TV I've seen in a long time. The show has disguised themselves as a contest for "The Face of Vegas" thinking that everyone knows about this show. Vanessa Minillo has some dumb idea that everyone knows her and knows she hosts this show. What really makes me laugh is when a person is eliminated and Vanessa reveals herself to them, they are totally blank and you can tell they have no idea who she is. Hey Vanessa! How about working on your own True Beauty and reduce your overblown ego. Anyway, so far, the men have been whittled down and one blonde ditz was DQ'd for using her cell phone. I say, chuck the whole group and start over. The producers made the mistake of wanting more drama on the show. Hello, mean girls and dumb guys aren't pretty to watch.
Last Comic Standing has really become boring. We know that these are not rookie comics. All of them have agents and have been in comedy clubs for 20 yrs. So far, the taste level is nil. Really? All that body function and sexual dysfunction stuff is funny? I question the taste of the judges. I think the judges are sleep deprived and full of alcohol.
One show I won't watch is Jersey Couture. Really? When I heard that, I thought it was an oxymoron. Since when has Jersey been known for grace, elegance, style and taste? When you show me one girl from Jersey with a sleek look and bun on her head that looks elegant, maybe I'll believe couture and Jersey can be in the same sentence. Meanwhile, even the commercials for the show are making my skin crawl.
I'm totally loving all the housewives shows showing the people going through the economic crisis? One by one, they're eating each other and going bankrupt. I love the fact that they can't seem to understand that just because they don't have any money coming in, they can't spend on high ticket items. The decadence of the 80's and 90's has caught up to all these shallow people. Hee hee hee My schaudenfreude is working overtime.
Top Chef is back and filmed in Washington D.C. If I wasn't sick to death of hearing Obama's name before, I sure am now. The first episode was only 1 hour long and man, the producers had to cram a lot in that hour. The result? The show was frenetic, choppy, hard to keep up with and didn't show everyone's food. Angelo seems to be the chef to beat so far. He won both the quickfire and the elimination. The white guy with the ugly teeth, ugly glasses and ugly dreadlocks to match was booted for his bad dessert. He only had 3 main ingredients. He bought his puff pastry and didn't bake it well, burned his macadamia nuts and the judges couldn't taste the maple syrup. Hell, I can do that and I'm not even a good cook. Note to all. When auditioning for a cooking competition, make sure you can cook first. Yeesh!
Work of Art is really quite fun. This week the artists had to make a 3 dimensional piece of art out of old appliances. I always say, when a person is truly an artist, they can make art out of anything because that's just how they perceive the world. Miles won for his insomniac inspired art which he was also a part of. I thought the guy who did the human figure with the TV head should've won but I don't know art. Tron or whatever that Asian/oriental guy's name is was booted for having a piece that kind of went over everyone's head. It's like college lectures. When the professor is way too smart, he's really boring unless you understand what he's thinking. Bye, maybe that fat egotistic goth woman will be booted next week. I can only wish.
Hell's Kitchen is showing double episodes and I'm not sure why. Maybe Fox is trying to get this show over before they start airing Gordon Ramsey's other show. Anyway, I love it. In the first hour, the chefs had to catch pigs that had collars with foods written on them. Each team had to work with 3 pork products and 3 sides. The pig catching was totally hilarious cuz it was in the mud. The red team now has Scott on the team since he and Autumn weren't eliminated but made to switch teams last week. Scott suggested using the blood sausage with the prunes. Okay, ick. Ramsay thought so too. Nilka has developed a sour attitude which I think is a result of stress and sleep deprivation. Anyway, the blue team won. Autumn seems to be fitting in with the guys on the blue team and she has become their eye candy. Their prize was going to a spa and it's always funny to see guys at a spa. At dinner service, the teams each had their own 2 hours to cook while the other team was serving in the dining room. Autumn had the brilliant idea of encouraging people to send back their food cuz it really ticked off Ramsay. Fran finally pulled her finger out and proved she could cook and Scott was just a lot of hot air. If I have to hear him say, "I work in fine dining." again, I'll puke. What does he do in fine dining, peel the potatoes? So the blue team won that service. Maria was a ditzy mess in both cooking and serving and was sent home. One thing I noticed, man, does she look way better with makeup. Okay so for the next hour, the chefs had a challenge with 5 mother sauces and 20 required ingredients. I didn't know tomato and hollandaise were mother sauces, but I guess Ramsay didn't have time to quibble. Nilka grabbed all the ingredients she wanted to use and made the best dish on her team. The Italian guy couldn't even cook his pasta right and half the women on the red team couldn't even identify their protein. The blue team won again and were treated to a visit to a British pub. I thought, BFD (big freakin deal) until they all got their high end pots and pans. That was really a nice prize for chefs. Then again, I think the best prize was not having to do the punishment since the red team had to clean the ovens, stoves and everything in the kitchen. For dinner service, it was family night with kids. Oh brother. Not only do I hate kids, but I really loathe them in restaurants. These kids actually had some manners so they weren't the typical brats I usually see in restaurants. The red team fell apart and wasn't even allowed to finish dinner service. I don't understand why Siobhan is still there. She's been terrible from the beginning and dumber than a box of rocks. She's also homely enough to scare the skin off of the chicken so maybe that's her advantage. Needless to say, the blue team won. Scott was booted, finally. He reminded me of Matt; just not psycho. He also had a weird palate and thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Benjamin was put on the red team to pull them together. We'll see if he can do it.
The Next Food Network Star does an on camera mini challenge every week. That's smart since that's the main part of the job. I am totally in love with Aarti. She just seems so cool and fun and her food looks good too. With my luck, she won't win. I swear, there are people who have been on tv already as contestants. Zinta or whatever her stupid name is, is really annoying. Her voice, looks, food and the way she interacts with people is terrible. She reminds me of that weird girl in school who always wanted to sit by me. I avoided her like the plague so I wouldn't have to hurt her feelings by telling her to get away from me. Anyway, I digress. The chefs had to pair up. Each had an ingredient. They had to do one dish with it on their own and then they had to do a dish that paired up the ingredients. The food was interesting. The one guy complained that he was working with a home cook. If her food's good, what the heck's the difference? I noticed, in this season, they seem to focus on the kitchen accidents: cut finger, burned hand, stepped on foot, dropped food, etc. Whatever. My wish came true and Zinta was sent home. I was so afraid she was going to win cuz they always seem to pick the person I really can't stand, to win i.e. Melissa and that brunette housewife/mother. We'll see what happens.
Okay, well, that's enough for now. I'll see you next week!
So You Think You Can Dance has new people paired up with veterans from past seasons. This makes for a very tight elimination because they're not kicking off one of the veterans. I noticed, the veterans weren't even in the running. So they're just kicking off one person a week. Thank the gods it's going to make for a very short season. I'm so very tired of this show. I just thought the reason I was tired of it last time was because they did back to back seasons but now that I've had a long rest, I still don't like it anymore. The dances just become weirder because everything has been done. The dancers all seem to look like people from the past and now we don't give a crap who's best. Because there's only 10 new people, there's a lot more blathering from the judges, choreographers and Kat Deeley. I'm sick to death of stupid sob stories. The show should be called, Shut Up and Dance.
America's Got Talent has a new judge. Howie Mandel doesn't seem elitist and likes some of the corny stuff. Guess what, if the performer has some personality, we like it. Americans love corny stuff. Piers is very quick on the buzzer but rightly so, most of the time. I like the buzzer. The judges can tell the performer they suck without having to go into long explanation. Now if only they'd have that cane that pulls people off of the stage. One great act was this bunch of college geeks who did a black light thing that made them look like they were floating. It made you wonder if your eyes were working. I'm not too crazy about those hyped up circus acts. Really? Sword swallowing and fire eating? I think I saw one of the worst magic acts ever which was bad because they gave the secret of the trick away accidentally. Morons! One thing I really hate is when they let an old lady go through, who's terrible, just because they feel sorry for her. Oops, they did it again. I hope they boot her quick.
True Beauty has been back for a few episodes. This show is full of contestants with egos the size of the universe. The funny thing is, they're all unappealing as human beings. The guys look like white trash meathead rednecks, there's a stupid Asian girl with attention seeking low self esteem, a gorilla faced loud mouthed black girl who can't hold her liquor, a couple of really ditzy stupid blonde bimbos and a brunette with the worst skin on TV I've seen in a long time. The show has disguised themselves as a contest for "The Face of Vegas" thinking that everyone knows about this show. Vanessa Minillo has some dumb idea that everyone knows her and knows she hosts this show. What really makes me laugh is when a person is eliminated and Vanessa reveals herself to them, they are totally blank and you can tell they have no idea who she is. Hey Vanessa! How about working on your own True Beauty and reduce your overblown ego. Anyway, so far, the men have been whittled down and one blonde ditz was DQ'd for using her cell phone. I say, chuck the whole group and start over. The producers made the mistake of wanting more drama on the show. Hello, mean girls and dumb guys aren't pretty to watch.
Last Comic Standing has really become boring. We know that these are not rookie comics. All of them have agents and have been in comedy clubs for 20 yrs. So far, the taste level is nil. Really? All that body function and sexual dysfunction stuff is funny? I question the taste of the judges. I think the judges are sleep deprived and full of alcohol.
One show I won't watch is Jersey Couture. Really? When I heard that, I thought it was an oxymoron. Since when has Jersey been known for grace, elegance, style and taste? When you show me one girl from Jersey with a sleek look and bun on her head that looks elegant, maybe I'll believe couture and Jersey can be in the same sentence. Meanwhile, even the commercials for the show are making my skin crawl.
I'm totally loving all the housewives shows showing the people going through the economic crisis? One by one, they're eating each other and going bankrupt. I love the fact that they can't seem to understand that just because they don't have any money coming in, they can't spend on high ticket items. The decadence of the 80's and 90's has caught up to all these shallow people. Hee hee hee My schaudenfreude is working overtime.
Top Chef is back and filmed in Washington D.C. If I wasn't sick to death of hearing Obama's name before, I sure am now. The first episode was only 1 hour long and man, the producers had to cram a lot in that hour. The result? The show was frenetic, choppy, hard to keep up with and didn't show everyone's food. Angelo seems to be the chef to beat so far. He won both the quickfire and the elimination. The white guy with the ugly teeth, ugly glasses and ugly dreadlocks to match was booted for his bad dessert. He only had 3 main ingredients. He bought his puff pastry and didn't bake it well, burned his macadamia nuts and the judges couldn't taste the maple syrup. Hell, I can do that and I'm not even a good cook. Note to all. When auditioning for a cooking competition, make sure you can cook first. Yeesh!
Work of Art is really quite fun. This week the artists had to make a 3 dimensional piece of art out of old appliances. I always say, when a person is truly an artist, they can make art out of anything because that's just how they perceive the world. Miles won for his insomniac inspired art which he was also a part of. I thought the guy who did the human figure with the TV head should've won but I don't know art. Tron or whatever that Asian/oriental guy's name is was booted for having a piece that kind of went over everyone's head. It's like college lectures. When the professor is way too smart, he's really boring unless you understand what he's thinking. Bye, maybe that fat egotistic goth woman will be booted next week. I can only wish.
Hell's Kitchen is showing double episodes and I'm not sure why. Maybe Fox is trying to get this show over before they start airing Gordon Ramsey's other show. Anyway, I love it. In the first hour, the chefs had to catch pigs that had collars with foods written on them. Each team had to work with 3 pork products and 3 sides. The pig catching was totally hilarious cuz it was in the mud. The red team now has Scott on the team since he and Autumn weren't eliminated but made to switch teams last week. Scott suggested using the blood sausage with the prunes. Okay, ick. Ramsay thought so too. Nilka has developed a sour attitude which I think is a result of stress and sleep deprivation. Anyway, the blue team won. Autumn seems to be fitting in with the guys on the blue team and she has become their eye candy. Their prize was going to a spa and it's always funny to see guys at a spa. At dinner service, the teams each had their own 2 hours to cook while the other team was serving in the dining room. Autumn had the brilliant idea of encouraging people to send back their food cuz it really ticked off Ramsay. Fran finally pulled her finger out and proved she could cook and Scott was just a lot of hot air. If I have to hear him say, "I work in fine dining." again, I'll puke. What does he do in fine dining, peel the potatoes? So the blue team won that service. Maria was a ditzy mess in both cooking and serving and was sent home. One thing I noticed, man, does she look way better with makeup. Okay so for the next hour, the chefs had a challenge with 5 mother sauces and 20 required ingredients. I didn't know tomato and hollandaise were mother sauces, but I guess Ramsay didn't have time to quibble. Nilka grabbed all the ingredients she wanted to use and made the best dish on her team. The Italian guy couldn't even cook his pasta right and half the women on the red team couldn't even identify their protein. The blue team won again and were treated to a visit to a British pub. I thought, BFD (big freakin deal) until they all got their high end pots and pans. That was really a nice prize for chefs. Then again, I think the best prize was not having to do the punishment since the red team had to clean the ovens, stoves and everything in the kitchen. For dinner service, it was family night with kids. Oh brother. Not only do I hate kids, but I really loathe them in restaurants. These kids actually had some manners so they weren't the typical brats I usually see in restaurants. The red team fell apart and wasn't even allowed to finish dinner service. I don't understand why Siobhan is still there. She's been terrible from the beginning and dumber than a box of rocks. She's also homely enough to scare the skin off of the chicken so maybe that's her advantage. Needless to say, the blue team won. Scott was booted, finally. He reminded me of Matt; just not psycho. He also had a weird palate and thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Benjamin was put on the red team to pull them together. We'll see if he can do it.
The Next Food Network Star does an on camera mini challenge every week. That's smart since that's the main part of the job. I am totally in love with Aarti. She just seems so cool and fun and her food looks good too. With my luck, she won't win. I swear, there are people who have been on tv already as contestants. Zinta or whatever her stupid name is, is really annoying. Her voice, looks, food and the way she interacts with people is terrible. She reminds me of that weird girl in school who always wanted to sit by me. I avoided her like the plague so I wouldn't have to hurt her feelings by telling her to get away from me. Anyway, I digress. The chefs had to pair up. Each had an ingredient. They had to do one dish with it on their own and then they had to do a dish that paired up the ingredients. The food was interesting. The one guy complained that he was working with a home cook. If her food's good, what the heck's the difference? I noticed, in this season, they seem to focus on the kitchen accidents: cut finger, burned hand, stepped on foot, dropped food, etc. Whatever. My wish came true and Zinta was sent home. I was so afraid she was going to win cuz they always seem to pick the person I really can't stand, to win i.e. Melissa and that brunette housewife/mother. We'll see what happens.
Okay, well, that's enough for now. I'll see you next week!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Summer's seasons
Well, we had a couple of wrap ups but as we all know, the tv universe never stops and new shows come in when old ones go out.
The Challenge: Fresh Meat had it's last challenge. First they showed the outcome of the last exile challenge. Jenn and Noor won that one over Ryan. Bye Ryan. Maybe you'll learn to get rid of the strong people when you have a chance instead of hiding behind them. The last challenge was a long one with the teams trekking all over half of British Columbia. Landon and Carley eventually won the whole thing with Landon pulling, shoving and prodding Carley all of the way.
Top Chef Masters had it's final challenge too. The food was so good and beautiful, the judges had a hard time finding things to pick on. Moonen showed he's a hypocrite by making venison shipped all the way from New Zealand for his last dish. Not only was it not fish, but it wasn't a local sustainable product either. WTF? We have all kinds of venison running all over the USA. Susar Lee made cool looking food but maybe too cool for the fuddy duddy judges. In the end, Marcus Samuelsson won which was good since he wasn't thought to be the strongest. In the end, it comes down to how good you are that day and Samuelsson blew the judges out of their seats.
So You Think You Can Dance is back. Unfortunately, only 10 new dancers were accepted which made the competition really tight. I'm not sure how they're going to do the eliminations because 10 past contestant favorites are back. Are they going to eliminate a whole couple each week? Mia Micheals is replacing Mary Murphy which is too bad because Mia has that bitchy butch thing going on that is so abrasive but then when she likes something, it's like a crocodile smile. It seems she'll like a person and smile and coo but something about her says she can't wait to tear them apart next week. Nigel Lithgow is back with his big teeth and hair like he's trying to pretend he's as young as the dancers. Whatever. We'll see how things work out this season.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is a new eliminations show for artists. We all know true artists are kind of those weirdos in school who lived in a world of their own. Well these people are all like that. There are a couple of people who seem normal and then they do one thing and we see the weirdness. I don't begin to understand art so the elimination was odd to me. The artists were supposed to do portraits of another artist. 2 women did art that didn't even look like a portrait. I believe in artistic license but a bunch of dots and lines isn't even art to me. The other lady did a watercolorish looking landscape from Strawberry Shortcake's mind but at least it was pretty and had color and maybe eluded to feeling. The watercolor artist was booted but the other stupid lady was bitchy and better drama for the show. I really hate when they do that. Personally, the ugliest thing to show up on the show was Sarah Jessica Parker herself. What a horseface.
America's Got Talent is back for the Summer. We're in the city auditions stage. I wish the show would show the really bad ones. They're showing some but not a lot. The only standout I've seen is Sir Poppycock who did a number from The Barber of Seville and not only sang really well, but had great stage presence too. I hate those acts that you know can only go over once but are impressive that first time. OMG, we have to sit through that again? Nick Cannon needs to be shot out of a cannon. He's somehow frenetic and boring at the same time. Howie Mandel has better taste than I thought he would and thank the gods Sharon is there to boot those people who can't stay on tune. I usually call this show America Has No Taste but we'll see what comes out of it this season.
Hell's Kitchen is back and really good. This season, they actually got people who could cook. Amazingly enough, they finished their first service. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Ramsey started out the show with the chefs cooking signature dishes and had a gross make-out scene with his wife in disguise. Ick. So far, one chef walked out after harsh verbal treatment from Ramsey and the tatooed punk looking chef on the men's team was booted for just not knowing how to cook. There it is.
Thank the gods Wipeout is back. This show is full of physical comedy and with snarky commentating on the side, it's even better. Good thing it's only an hour long cuz by the end, I've peed my pants and hurt all of my ribs from laughing so hard. Can we say Big Red Balls?
Okay, well that's enough. I know there are a lot of other shows on for the summer but I have to end this blog somewhere. See you next week. Top Chef is starting and I can't wait.
The Challenge: Fresh Meat had it's last challenge. First they showed the outcome of the last exile challenge. Jenn and Noor won that one over Ryan. Bye Ryan. Maybe you'll learn to get rid of the strong people when you have a chance instead of hiding behind them. The last challenge was a long one with the teams trekking all over half of British Columbia. Landon and Carley eventually won the whole thing with Landon pulling, shoving and prodding Carley all of the way.
Top Chef Masters had it's final challenge too. The food was so good and beautiful, the judges had a hard time finding things to pick on. Moonen showed he's a hypocrite by making venison shipped all the way from New Zealand for his last dish. Not only was it not fish, but it wasn't a local sustainable product either. WTF? We have all kinds of venison running all over the USA. Susar Lee made cool looking food but maybe too cool for the fuddy duddy judges. In the end, Marcus Samuelsson won which was good since he wasn't thought to be the strongest. In the end, it comes down to how good you are that day and Samuelsson blew the judges out of their seats.
So You Think You Can Dance is back. Unfortunately, only 10 new dancers were accepted which made the competition really tight. I'm not sure how they're going to do the eliminations because 10 past contestant favorites are back. Are they going to eliminate a whole couple each week? Mia Micheals is replacing Mary Murphy which is too bad because Mia has that bitchy butch thing going on that is so abrasive but then when she likes something, it's like a crocodile smile. It seems she'll like a person and smile and coo but something about her says she can't wait to tear them apart next week. Nigel Lithgow is back with his big teeth and hair like he's trying to pretend he's as young as the dancers. Whatever. We'll see how things work out this season.
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is a new eliminations show for artists. We all know true artists are kind of those weirdos in school who lived in a world of their own. Well these people are all like that. There are a couple of people who seem normal and then they do one thing and we see the weirdness. I don't begin to understand art so the elimination was odd to me. The artists were supposed to do portraits of another artist. 2 women did art that didn't even look like a portrait. I believe in artistic license but a bunch of dots and lines isn't even art to me. The other lady did a watercolorish looking landscape from Strawberry Shortcake's mind but at least it was pretty and had color and maybe eluded to feeling. The watercolor artist was booted but the other stupid lady was bitchy and better drama for the show. I really hate when they do that. Personally, the ugliest thing to show up on the show was Sarah Jessica Parker herself. What a horseface.
America's Got Talent is back for the Summer. We're in the city auditions stage. I wish the show would show the really bad ones. They're showing some but not a lot. The only standout I've seen is Sir Poppycock who did a number from The Barber of Seville and not only sang really well, but had great stage presence too. I hate those acts that you know can only go over once but are impressive that first time. OMG, we have to sit through that again? Nick Cannon needs to be shot out of a cannon. He's somehow frenetic and boring at the same time. Howie Mandel has better taste than I thought he would and thank the gods Sharon is there to boot those people who can't stay on tune. I usually call this show America Has No Taste but we'll see what comes out of it this season.
Hell's Kitchen is back and really good. This season, they actually got people who could cook. Amazingly enough, they finished their first service. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Ramsey started out the show with the chefs cooking signature dishes and had a gross make-out scene with his wife in disguise. Ick. So far, one chef walked out after harsh verbal treatment from Ramsey and the tatooed punk looking chef on the men's team was booted for just not knowing how to cook. There it is.
Thank the gods Wipeout is back. This show is full of physical comedy and with snarky commentating on the side, it's even better. Good thing it's only an hour long cuz by the end, I've peed my pants and hurt all of my ribs from laughing so hard. Can we say Big Red Balls?
Okay, well that's enough. I know there are a lot of other shows on for the summer but I have to end this blog somewhere. See you next week. Top Chef is starting and I can't wait.
Monday, May 24, 2010
End of Seasons
Well, it's the time of year when series shows and reality shows are winding up for the year. Luckily, TV never quits so some reality shows are still going for a few weeks and some will be starting new seasons soon.
I want to commend The Big Bang Theory for keeping it funny. This show is a stand out for being different, quirky, and real at the same time. The ensemble of 5 is outstanding and now that Leonard and Penny are broken up again, it can focus on the funny. The audience doesn't feel like voyeurs. The guest appearances are amazing which shows how much respect this show has. Do you have to be brilliant to understand the humor? No, but it helps.
The Biggest Loser had it's last episode before the live season finale. The final four contestants go home for a month and then we see how they do. Why is Koli in Vegas especially to train? Is he going to live that way all his life? Of course not. They had to show Bob and Jillian meeting up with each contestant at their locations. Why? On to the challenge. The grueling marathon. I really felt sorry for Michael because even though he may be less fat and more fit, he's still obese. 26 miles of running can't be fun on the joints and feet. During the marathon, they brought out past contestants. I'm wondering why past winners Michelle and Danny didn't show up? It makes you wonder if Michelle gained her weight back and they don't want to show her. Oh well. Darius showed how strong he was by winning the marathon in the best time ever. Then they all came together to weigh in. This time, there wasn't an elimination cuz America gets to vote who stays in the top 3 for the finale. I never think this is very fair cuz it's most likely that 4th person is going to win the at home weight loss prize since they thought they might be in the final 3. But I digress. The weigh in was shocking with Darius gaining 2 pounds but looking great. He gave a lame excuse of training for the marathon. Oh hello. You're supposed to carbo load the day before the marathon not everyday of the month before. Bob and Jillian didn't buy it. I like it that Jillian tells people right out what a bunch of bullshit they're giving. Once again, I have to say, these people need to remember to poop before the weigh in. Oh well, on to the finale next week. I'm expecting to see some really amazing results.
Dancing with the (non)Stars was the same old stuff. I only watch the results show now and only because I can't write this without knowing who gets booted. The results show was boring and old. They did have the college teams compete and that Utah University team was so much better than the other team, the other team seemed downright geriatric. It seemed quite unfair when you consider the first team was a brand new team and the Utah team was full of people who were majoring in ball room dance. When the Utah team won, it was a real Duh moment. So, in the end, Chad Ochocinco was eliminated along with his partner Cheryl. I thought they were supposed to be on Jimmy Kimmel, but they never showed up and there was no mention of them on his show. Very curious. Oh well. If Nicole Scherzinger doesn't win this competition, I'll know America really does have an influence. She has 3 big advantages in the finale with her free dance. Her partner is a great choreographer, she has the experience and talent to do that complicated choreography and they don't have to do the dance in hold. So big yawn for the upcoming finale. I do want to say, Brooke had the ugliest dress I've ever seen on the show. It literally looked like a potato sack prom dress with potatoes in it.
Top Chef Masters is still going great. It's because they have a good formula and stick with it. This season, there's not as much friendly camaraderie as last year. The quickfire had the chefs making a dish for an olympic swimming champ and Judge Raynor, out of legs of animals (crab, chicken, frog, octopus). I found out through his blog, he was a last minute fill in for a no show who I'm guessing was probably also an athlete. Jay Raynor was very grumpy and had nothing really good to say about any of the dishes. Susan Fenniger won with her chicken dish. I'm thinking she's probably the chef to beat in this competition. She cooks her style and knows what people like to eat. The elimination challenge was a tailgating party. I also found from the blog, it wasn't real but set up solely for this show. Whatever. The only advantage Susan got was a USC cap and apron. Really? Poor Susar Lee; he keeps getting caught in challenges that are really Americana culture and unknown to him. I like his style. He sees what he has to work with and just dives in and makes great food. The judges hated his European semolina dumpling but loved his Korean Beef. Watch out with fusing cuisines. Some really don't work well together. Marcus Samuelsson saved himself with sliders. Chef Mantiano made pizzas on the grill. The judges knocked him for having too crisp crust. Huh? That's what you want in a pizza and the grill does it really great. In the end, Mantiano was sent home but it's the part in the competition where everybody's great and it's not who made the worst dish but who made the least great dish who gets booted. Chef Waxman is looking tired and over the whole competition. I'm thinking he's going to go soon too. Susan Fenniger won this elimination too making her the highest money earner in the competition.
The Challenge: Fresh Meat is really heating up. Wes's alliance has fallen apart from too much betrayal and manipulation. It doesn't matter how friendly you are to people, if you bite them in the butt, they won't ever trust you again and tend to resent it too. Kenny has taken advantage of this situation by picking up the loose pieces and actually being nice to people. The challenge was more fair. The teams had to swim out to a picture of a puzzle, swim to shore and then put huge pieces in place to match the picture. The other people couldn't see the picture or the people working on it so it was totally no advantage to go last. Also, it was a contest to see who could think straight after all that swimming. I love Landon. He's totally cute and smart too. He and Carly won. She's proving to be smarter than she looks. Landon proved his smarts too by going against Wes who betrayed him. Wes and his partner and Evelyn and her partner were sent to the Exile challenge. This time Wes was the block of cement with his partner shouting at him to keep going. In the end, Wes and his partner lost and were sent home. Now it's just Evelyn who should learn her lesson about being bitchy and controlling to people.
I was right about America's Next Top Model. The final 2 girls had to do a commercial, beauty shot photo shoot, magazine cover photo shoot and a runway show which seemed all in one day. My model friend says this is typical except she'd probably have a couple of fittings and go sees thrown in too. Tyra had to prove she's not just a model and did the photography for family photo shots with the 2 finalists. Where was Raina's mother? The runway show was for Anna Sui and had other girls from the season walking in it too. I have to say, this was the ugliest collection of clothes I've ever seen from this designer. It looked like Pippi Longstocking on crack in muted colors. Next time Ms. Sui, wear your glasses when you design clothes. Luckily, these models can make a pile of shit look good. Even though Christa's Cover Girl shot was terrible, she still won. Yeah, in her photo, she looked bored, half asleep and old. It was interesting to note that when they showed her as the winner, her Cover Girl photo wasn't used. I'm thinking, they're probably going to reshoot it. Raina took the loss really well and I was glad to see she finally learned to do a good walk.
Finally, The Celebrity Apprentice had it's finale. I was wondering if Brett Michaels would actually appear and how he'd look if he did. I have to say, the producers did a good job on this finale. They jumped from short scenes with Donald asking dumb questions to showing the ongoing final project to introducing the past contestants enough that it wasn't too stupid. The only things I objected to were letting Blagojevich talk cuz he's an idiot and letting Cyndi Lauper sing. I know it sounds crazy, but I hate watching people sing. It reminds me of those boring recitals I had to attend in school. I have to ask, who did Cyndi Lauper's hair? It looked like they styled her hair with a mixer. The end of the project culminated in the final 2 people having to present their product, ad and commercial to a roomful of execs and people. Holly Robinson Peete was so businesslike it was boring. I found, when Brett Michaels works without a script, he does much better cuz he can be himself. He also showed he really knows what works in advertizing: humor, splashy ads, and celebrity. Finally, we got to see the 2 finalists. Michaels did look like he'd been through the wringer. He was a little gaunt, pale and tired looking but kudos to him for even being there. I'm also thinking he probably had some pain narcotics on board to help him even stand up. The ending was really abrupt. Donald Trump proclaimed, "Brett, you're hired." and then the credits started to roll. Geez. Well at least we did see 1 minute of Brett being congratulated by the other contestants and I think everybody and their dog was happy with the ending. Personally, I think there would've been a riot in the streets if Brett Michaels hadn't won. WTG dude! Now go home and get well.
That's all for this week. See ya round folks!
I want to commend The Big Bang Theory for keeping it funny. This show is a stand out for being different, quirky, and real at the same time. The ensemble of 5 is outstanding and now that Leonard and Penny are broken up again, it can focus on the funny. The audience doesn't feel like voyeurs. The guest appearances are amazing which shows how much respect this show has. Do you have to be brilliant to understand the humor? No, but it helps.
The Biggest Loser had it's last episode before the live season finale. The final four contestants go home for a month and then we see how they do. Why is Koli in Vegas especially to train? Is he going to live that way all his life? Of course not. They had to show Bob and Jillian meeting up with each contestant at their locations. Why? On to the challenge. The grueling marathon. I really felt sorry for Michael because even though he may be less fat and more fit, he's still obese. 26 miles of running can't be fun on the joints and feet. During the marathon, they brought out past contestants. I'm wondering why past winners Michelle and Danny didn't show up? It makes you wonder if Michelle gained her weight back and they don't want to show her. Oh well. Darius showed how strong he was by winning the marathon in the best time ever. Then they all came together to weigh in. This time, there wasn't an elimination cuz America gets to vote who stays in the top 3 for the finale. I never think this is very fair cuz it's most likely that 4th person is going to win the at home weight loss prize since they thought they might be in the final 3. But I digress. The weigh in was shocking with Darius gaining 2 pounds but looking great. He gave a lame excuse of training for the marathon. Oh hello. You're supposed to carbo load the day before the marathon not everyday of the month before. Bob and Jillian didn't buy it. I like it that Jillian tells people right out what a bunch of bullshit they're giving. Once again, I have to say, these people need to remember to poop before the weigh in. Oh well, on to the finale next week. I'm expecting to see some really amazing results.
Dancing with the (non)Stars was the same old stuff. I only watch the results show now and only because I can't write this without knowing who gets booted. The results show was boring and old. They did have the college teams compete and that Utah University team was so much better than the other team, the other team seemed downright geriatric. It seemed quite unfair when you consider the first team was a brand new team and the Utah team was full of people who were majoring in ball room dance. When the Utah team won, it was a real Duh moment. So, in the end, Chad Ochocinco was eliminated along with his partner Cheryl. I thought they were supposed to be on Jimmy Kimmel, but they never showed up and there was no mention of them on his show. Very curious. Oh well. If Nicole Scherzinger doesn't win this competition, I'll know America really does have an influence. She has 3 big advantages in the finale with her free dance. Her partner is a great choreographer, she has the experience and talent to do that complicated choreography and they don't have to do the dance in hold. So big yawn for the upcoming finale. I do want to say, Brooke had the ugliest dress I've ever seen on the show. It literally looked like a potato sack prom dress with potatoes in it.
Top Chef Masters is still going great. It's because they have a good formula and stick with it. This season, there's not as much friendly camaraderie as last year. The quickfire had the chefs making a dish for an olympic swimming champ and Judge Raynor, out of legs of animals (crab, chicken, frog, octopus). I found out through his blog, he was a last minute fill in for a no show who I'm guessing was probably also an athlete. Jay Raynor was very grumpy and had nothing really good to say about any of the dishes. Susan Fenniger won with her chicken dish. I'm thinking she's probably the chef to beat in this competition. She cooks her style and knows what people like to eat. The elimination challenge was a tailgating party. I also found from the blog, it wasn't real but set up solely for this show. Whatever. The only advantage Susan got was a USC cap and apron. Really? Poor Susar Lee; he keeps getting caught in challenges that are really Americana culture and unknown to him. I like his style. He sees what he has to work with and just dives in and makes great food. The judges hated his European semolina dumpling but loved his Korean Beef. Watch out with fusing cuisines. Some really don't work well together. Marcus Samuelsson saved himself with sliders. Chef Mantiano made pizzas on the grill. The judges knocked him for having too crisp crust. Huh? That's what you want in a pizza and the grill does it really great. In the end, Mantiano was sent home but it's the part in the competition where everybody's great and it's not who made the worst dish but who made the least great dish who gets booted. Chef Waxman is looking tired and over the whole competition. I'm thinking he's going to go soon too. Susan Fenniger won this elimination too making her the highest money earner in the competition.
The Challenge: Fresh Meat is really heating up. Wes's alliance has fallen apart from too much betrayal and manipulation. It doesn't matter how friendly you are to people, if you bite them in the butt, they won't ever trust you again and tend to resent it too. Kenny has taken advantage of this situation by picking up the loose pieces and actually being nice to people. The challenge was more fair. The teams had to swim out to a picture of a puzzle, swim to shore and then put huge pieces in place to match the picture. The other people couldn't see the picture or the people working on it so it was totally no advantage to go last. Also, it was a contest to see who could think straight after all that swimming. I love Landon. He's totally cute and smart too. He and Carly won. She's proving to be smarter than she looks. Landon proved his smarts too by going against Wes who betrayed him. Wes and his partner and Evelyn and her partner were sent to the Exile challenge. This time Wes was the block of cement with his partner shouting at him to keep going. In the end, Wes and his partner lost and were sent home. Now it's just Evelyn who should learn her lesson about being bitchy and controlling to people.
I was right about America's Next Top Model. The final 2 girls had to do a commercial, beauty shot photo shoot, magazine cover photo shoot and a runway show which seemed all in one day. My model friend says this is typical except she'd probably have a couple of fittings and go sees thrown in too. Tyra had to prove she's not just a model and did the photography for family photo shots with the 2 finalists. Where was Raina's mother? The runway show was for Anna Sui and had other girls from the season walking in it too. I have to say, this was the ugliest collection of clothes I've ever seen from this designer. It looked like Pippi Longstocking on crack in muted colors. Next time Ms. Sui, wear your glasses when you design clothes. Luckily, these models can make a pile of shit look good. Even though Christa's Cover Girl shot was terrible, she still won. Yeah, in her photo, she looked bored, half asleep and old. It was interesting to note that when they showed her as the winner, her Cover Girl photo wasn't used. I'm thinking, they're probably going to reshoot it. Raina took the loss really well and I was glad to see she finally learned to do a good walk.
Finally, The Celebrity Apprentice had it's finale. I was wondering if Brett Michaels would actually appear and how he'd look if he did. I have to say, the producers did a good job on this finale. They jumped from short scenes with Donald asking dumb questions to showing the ongoing final project to introducing the past contestants enough that it wasn't too stupid. The only things I objected to were letting Blagojevich talk cuz he's an idiot and letting Cyndi Lauper sing. I know it sounds crazy, but I hate watching people sing. It reminds me of those boring recitals I had to attend in school. I have to ask, who did Cyndi Lauper's hair? It looked like they styled her hair with a mixer. The end of the project culminated in the final 2 people having to present their product, ad and commercial to a roomful of execs and people. Holly Robinson Peete was so businesslike it was boring. I found, when Brett Michaels works without a script, he does much better cuz he can be himself. He also showed he really knows what works in advertizing: humor, splashy ads, and celebrity. Finally, we got to see the 2 finalists. Michaels did look like he'd been through the wringer. He was a little gaunt, pale and tired looking but kudos to him for even being there. I'm also thinking he probably had some pain narcotics on board to help him even stand up. The ending was really abrupt. Donald Trump proclaimed, "Brett, you're hired." and then the credits started to roll. Geez. Well at least we did see 1 minute of Brett being congratulated by the other contestants and I think everybody and their dog was happy with the ending. Personally, I think there would've been a riot in the streets if Brett Michaels hadn't won. WTG dude! Now go home and get well.
That's all for this week. See ya round folks!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Woo Hoo and Wah Wah
OMG, say it ain't so. The news is out that NBC is cutting Law & Order. This series is one of the longest running series in television history and has consistently maintained it's quality while giving birth to other great spin-offs too. Everyone seems to be saying it hasn't run for more than 20 years, but I think it has. I graduated college in May of 1990 and I definitely remember watching the brand new series in the basement of my dorm during college. Anyway, I'll miss this great show but it will live on in re-runs and there are a ton of those.
Dancing With the (non)Stars finally found it's funny bone again with Kenny Main, and his sidekicks doing their schtick. It's great stuff and it was fun. Then they showcased white kids trying to dance latin. Um...I don't care that they're college dance teams. They were terrible. Len, Carrie Ann and Bruno gave very lenient scores. I guess when you throw out a lot of bones, you're going to get a lot of dogs. So in the end, America voted out the last funny lady of the show. I'll miss Niecy Nash and her way sexy partner Louis VanAmstel. I'll eat a donut in her honor. Later on Jimmy Kimmel, she had everybody in stitches including Jimmy.
The Biggest Loser is winding down. This was the last week at the ranch. First they brought back last season's winner. I can't remember her name but she's just as homely as ever. Then they brought in past winner Eric who had gained his weight back. Actually, he looked better than the last time we saw him at the Where Are They Now show. It's a good object lesson; you have to work your ass off for the rest of your life or you'll gain that amazing weight back. Okay, so then there was a lot of blah blah blah. Then they did the challenge where they started out lugging all their former weight up and down sand hills. At each hill, they could unload the weight they lost that corresponding numbered week. It was great to see them really throw that back pack over the hill at the end. Even more impressive; when the first finishers were done, they went back to help the end people. So Darius won and instead of taking the ten thousand dollars, he took the 1 pound weight advantage. Then they did a lot more blah blah blah. So much, I was sick to death of hearing everybody's voices before the show was over. I'm thinking, "Eat so you'll shut up." I do feel for Micheal. He kept asking, "Who goes through a whole season of a weight loss show and comes out fat?" Dude, you're thinner than when you started and way more fit. This time, there was only a red line and the person to fall to the bottom of the weight loss chart was instantly sent home. It happened to be Sunshine but she took it pretty well. It's great to see how nice all the remaining contestants are to each other.
Top Chef Masters had a fun quickfire challenge. They had to cook dishes for the characters of The Simpsons. The judges were Matt Greoning himself, a writer and Hank Azaria. 3 dishes were for 3 of his characters which made it really fun when he'd do the voice while tasting the dish. Even funnier was Susar Lee's saying Marg-a when he pulled out his knife and read it. Moonen cracked up and then corrected him. You mean the whole world doesn't know The Simpsons? ha ha ha Anyway, it was nice to see the chefs didn't go all fancy gourmet. Moonen won with his Sloppy D'oh. Fenniger definitely didn't know Moe cuz she could've gone totally crazy with the dish to go with that creepy whack-a-doo character. For the elimination challenge, the chefs had to work with cringe-worthy meats. They had to do surf and turf with uncommon things like kangaroo meat, monkfish liver, geoduck and sea cucumber to name a few. Susan Fenniger got to choose last but made it work so that she was in the top 3. Susar Lee made culinary art with his dish and won. His black chicken and monkfish liver weren't unfamiliar ingredients but sometimes people can take familiar stuff and really make crap so he did a good job all in all. Chef Jody was eliminated.
Survivor had a huge week. First on Thursday they had a regular episode that had the contestants meeting up with a loved one. I could've really done with less footage of Rupert snogging his wife. Then they did the old throw water from a bucket to partner's bucket and try to fill a bucket. Colby tried to blame his ineffectiveness on his brother with Jeff telling him, "He's been this way for 34 days." Jerri and her sister won. Jerri then chose Parvati and Sandra even though Russel was literally begging with his eyes. I expected a whimper to come from him and boy was he pissed when he wasn't picked to go on the reward. It looked like a fun one with geyser holes and a nice large picnic lunch. They did a lot of showing off the features of that sprint phone too. Russel then blew off steam by promising the guys he was going to get rid of the chicks but we all know that's just steam. For the immunity challenge, the contestants had to hold sticks up against a board as long as they could. Rupert really hung in there but Parvati won. That night, Colby seemed like he wasn't there at all and Rupert took the opportunity to let Parvati and Russel know neither one is really in charge. This time Sandra dug the hidden immunity idol out of her bra but didn't need to use it in the end. She always says she wants Russel out but never takes the opportunity to do it. She knows those heroes can't keep a secret at all so there's no chance of a sneaky attack with those dumbos on your side. It was inevitable; Rupert was sent to Ponderosa.
On Sunday was the finale. We started out with poor Colby dragging behind everybody like the beaten dog that he is. They had an immunity challenge that he actually put some effort into. It was the old balance and hold up dishes on the end of a stick. Colby tried and hung in there, but Parvati won again. At camp, he gave a 'well it's been nice knowing ya' speech and then gave a weak effort to try something with Russel but you know; too little too late. He was voted out but did actually talk at tribal council. He looked like he was happy to go. The next day they did the recap of the past contestants. I thought this was interesting since the remaining people were all from the Villains tribe and wouldn't know about some of the Heroes who were eliminated. The immunity challenge was a find necklaces while blindfolded challenge. I'm not exactly sure how they were supposed to use those little peg maps but in the end, Russel won by a hair. Then there was a lot of discussion of who he wanted to take to the final with him. He decided he'd get a vote for himself by voting off his most trusted confidante, Jerri. That night, Jerri was totally shocked to be voted out. The next day the last 3 had a nice basket of food and relaxed. The funniest moment was when Sandra threw Russel's nasty hat in the fire and then denied she ever saw it when he came a lookin' for it. I agree. Let the nasty little troll wear his buff on his head to cover his bald head. Without the hat, he looks like Grumpy of Snow White's 7 dwarves. At tribal council, it was the time for the jury to speak. For once, the jury members made sense. I think they've all been talking for a good long while at Ponderosa. Jerri was surprised to hear Russel thought she was a sure vote and you could see her change her mind right there. Sandra didn't throw out any bull and basically told people, the reason she wasn't loyal to them was because they weren't friends. Russel tried his old, "Vote for me, I'm the best player here, even though you might hate me." Parvati just tried to distract everyone with her huge buck teeth. Danielle wore the ugliest maxi dress I've ever seen and thought she might be smuggling a person under it. I like the transition from the island tribal council area to New York. They just had Jeff walk over a bridge. In the end, the spoilers were right and Sandra won. Once again, there was a look of shock from Russel when he found there were no votes at all for him. It really is a social game. Then there were a lot of enlightening moments in the reunion part of the show. We found out the island was boring as hell. Colby looked like he wasn't having any fun because he wasn't. The contestants weren't able to explore the jungle, swim in the ocean or do anything. No wonder we never saw any diving or under water scenes. Now that I think about it, all of the fishing was done in those tide pools. That's it for Survivor and it looks like next season will be in Nicaragua.
Top Model had a double elimination. Krista seems to win everything so we'll just skip over the first challenge. The girls had to do ugly pretty poses. You'd think Angelea would run away with this since she's got half of it covered already. Nope, Christa won again. Now the show's boring cuz it's kind of obvious that Christa doesn't have any competition and will walk away with this. Angelea and that plus sized skinny girl were sent home.
I'd like to know, what the heck have they done to the show Chuck? It used to be a funny quirky fast paced show. It was endearing when the geek kept trying to get the hot girl. Now it's some gooey couple show and the nerd isn't nerdy anymore. Ick! I wanna see the fun adventure not the snogging and moony eyes. It's not fun anymore, it's nauseating.
On the Challenge: Fresh meat they had a tough challenge of the teams pushing logs against each other. This time, Kenny let someone else win. Wes taught Landon a lesson about joining alliances and voted him and Carley into the exile challenge against Sidney and CJ. Way to treat a friend Wes. Landon and Carley got to the finish line before Sidney and his partner were done with their first puzzle. I about died laughing when they got to the finish line and couldn't figure out that they had lost. Landon and Carley had already returned to the house. Sidney and CJ really were dumb. I hope Landon joins Kenny. Kenny may be a dick, but at least he doesn't pretend to be something noble.
The Celebrity Apprentice was a total illustration of exhaustion. The celebs had just returned to their pad and poured big drinks when they were called back into the boardroom. There was some blah blah blah and Maria Kanellis was fired. Then I swear, the remaining 4 contestants were pushed right into interviews with Joan Rivers and Bill Rancic. You could tell in their faces that the celebs were so tired and frazzled, they really were at the end of their tethers. Poor Sharon Osbourne was crying at the drop of a hat and nobody could give any intelligent answers. No kidding! I really felt sorry for those celebs. So in the end, Curtis Stone and Sharon Osbourne were also fired. The next day, Holly Robinson Peete and Brett Micheals were told their final task. They were to come up with a new Snapple flavored iced tea, make a 30 second commercial and an ad. Good lord! Will these concept challenges never end? Nope. Brett got Darryl Strawberry and Summer Sanders on his team and Holly got Curtis and Maria for her team. I see they only picked the younger people to return. I think there might be a lot of stress and running around in the final task. They had to negotiate for the flavors they wanted in their tea and Summer was right. Brett caved in to Curtis. Holly's lucky to have someone with a good palate on her team. At the same time, I think Brett's name for his drink is better. If Brett's anything; it's cool. Once again, Holly's commercial sounds like people on fast forward. We'll see who wins this one. I'm rooting for Brett.
Well, we'll see what we'll see. Bye for now people. Keep watching and reading.
Dancing With the (non)Stars finally found it's funny bone again with Kenny Main, and his sidekicks doing their schtick. It's great stuff and it was fun. Then they showcased white kids trying to dance latin. Um...I don't care that they're college dance teams. They were terrible. Len, Carrie Ann and Bruno gave very lenient scores. I guess when you throw out a lot of bones, you're going to get a lot of dogs. So in the end, America voted out the last funny lady of the show. I'll miss Niecy Nash and her way sexy partner Louis VanAmstel. I'll eat a donut in her honor. Later on Jimmy Kimmel, she had everybody in stitches including Jimmy.
The Biggest Loser is winding down. This was the last week at the ranch. First they brought back last season's winner. I can't remember her name but she's just as homely as ever. Then they brought in past winner Eric who had gained his weight back. Actually, he looked better than the last time we saw him at the Where Are They Now show. It's a good object lesson; you have to work your ass off for the rest of your life or you'll gain that amazing weight back. Okay, so then there was a lot of blah blah blah. Then they did the challenge where they started out lugging all their former weight up and down sand hills. At each hill, they could unload the weight they lost that corresponding numbered week. It was great to see them really throw that back pack over the hill at the end. Even more impressive; when the first finishers were done, they went back to help the end people. So Darius won and instead of taking the ten thousand dollars, he took the 1 pound weight advantage. Then they did a lot more blah blah blah. So much, I was sick to death of hearing everybody's voices before the show was over. I'm thinking, "Eat so you'll shut up." I do feel for Micheal. He kept asking, "Who goes through a whole season of a weight loss show and comes out fat?" Dude, you're thinner than when you started and way more fit. This time, there was only a red line and the person to fall to the bottom of the weight loss chart was instantly sent home. It happened to be Sunshine but she took it pretty well. It's great to see how nice all the remaining contestants are to each other.
Top Chef Masters had a fun quickfire challenge. They had to cook dishes for the characters of The Simpsons. The judges were Matt Greoning himself, a writer and Hank Azaria. 3 dishes were for 3 of his characters which made it really fun when he'd do the voice while tasting the dish. Even funnier was Susar Lee's saying Marg-a when he pulled out his knife and read it. Moonen cracked up and then corrected him. You mean the whole world doesn't know The Simpsons? ha ha ha Anyway, it was nice to see the chefs didn't go all fancy gourmet. Moonen won with his Sloppy D'oh. Fenniger definitely didn't know Moe cuz she could've gone totally crazy with the dish to go with that creepy whack-a-doo character. For the elimination challenge, the chefs had to work with cringe-worthy meats. They had to do surf and turf with uncommon things like kangaroo meat, monkfish liver, geoduck and sea cucumber to name a few. Susan Fenniger got to choose last but made it work so that she was in the top 3. Susar Lee made culinary art with his dish and won. His black chicken and monkfish liver weren't unfamiliar ingredients but sometimes people can take familiar stuff and really make crap so he did a good job all in all. Chef Jody was eliminated.
Survivor had a huge week. First on Thursday they had a regular episode that had the contestants meeting up with a loved one. I could've really done with less footage of Rupert snogging his wife. Then they did the old throw water from a bucket to partner's bucket and try to fill a bucket. Colby tried to blame his ineffectiveness on his brother with Jeff telling him, "He's been this way for 34 days." Jerri and her sister won. Jerri then chose Parvati and Sandra even though Russel was literally begging with his eyes. I expected a whimper to come from him and boy was he pissed when he wasn't picked to go on the reward. It looked like a fun one with geyser holes and a nice large picnic lunch. They did a lot of showing off the features of that sprint phone too. Russel then blew off steam by promising the guys he was going to get rid of the chicks but we all know that's just steam. For the immunity challenge, the contestants had to hold sticks up against a board as long as they could. Rupert really hung in there but Parvati won. That night, Colby seemed like he wasn't there at all and Rupert took the opportunity to let Parvati and Russel know neither one is really in charge. This time Sandra dug the hidden immunity idol out of her bra but didn't need to use it in the end. She always says she wants Russel out but never takes the opportunity to do it. She knows those heroes can't keep a secret at all so there's no chance of a sneaky attack with those dumbos on your side. It was inevitable; Rupert was sent to Ponderosa.
On Sunday was the finale. We started out with poor Colby dragging behind everybody like the beaten dog that he is. They had an immunity challenge that he actually put some effort into. It was the old balance and hold up dishes on the end of a stick. Colby tried and hung in there, but Parvati won again. At camp, he gave a 'well it's been nice knowing ya' speech and then gave a weak effort to try something with Russel but you know; too little too late. He was voted out but did actually talk at tribal council. He looked like he was happy to go. The next day they did the recap of the past contestants. I thought this was interesting since the remaining people were all from the Villains tribe and wouldn't know about some of the Heroes who were eliminated. The immunity challenge was a find necklaces while blindfolded challenge. I'm not exactly sure how they were supposed to use those little peg maps but in the end, Russel won by a hair. Then there was a lot of discussion of who he wanted to take to the final with him. He decided he'd get a vote for himself by voting off his most trusted confidante, Jerri. That night, Jerri was totally shocked to be voted out. The next day the last 3 had a nice basket of food and relaxed. The funniest moment was when Sandra threw Russel's nasty hat in the fire and then denied she ever saw it when he came a lookin' for it. I agree. Let the nasty little troll wear his buff on his head to cover his bald head. Without the hat, he looks like Grumpy of Snow White's 7 dwarves. At tribal council, it was the time for the jury to speak. For once, the jury members made sense. I think they've all been talking for a good long while at Ponderosa. Jerri was surprised to hear Russel thought she was a sure vote and you could see her change her mind right there. Sandra didn't throw out any bull and basically told people, the reason she wasn't loyal to them was because they weren't friends. Russel tried his old, "Vote for me, I'm the best player here, even though you might hate me." Parvati just tried to distract everyone with her huge buck teeth. Danielle wore the ugliest maxi dress I've ever seen and thought she might be smuggling a person under it. I like the transition from the island tribal council area to New York. They just had Jeff walk over a bridge. In the end, the spoilers were right and Sandra won. Once again, there was a look of shock from Russel when he found there were no votes at all for him. It really is a social game. Then there were a lot of enlightening moments in the reunion part of the show. We found out the island was boring as hell. Colby looked like he wasn't having any fun because he wasn't. The contestants weren't able to explore the jungle, swim in the ocean or do anything. No wonder we never saw any diving or under water scenes. Now that I think about it, all of the fishing was done in those tide pools. That's it for Survivor and it looks like next season will be in Nicaragua.
Top Model had a double elimination. Krista seems to win everything so we'll just skip over the first challenge. The girls had to do ugly pretty poses. You'd think Angelea would run away with this since she's got half of it covered already. Nope, Christa won again. Now the show's boring cuz it's kind of obvious that Christa doesn't have any competition and will walk away with this. Angelea and that plus sized skinny girl were sent home.
I'd like to know, what the heck have they done to the show Chuck? It used to be a funny quirky fast paced show. It was endearing when the geek kept trying to get the hot girl. Now it's some gooey couple show and the nerd isn't nerdy anymore. Ick! I wanna see the fun adventure not the snogging and moony eyes. It's not fun anymore, it's nauseating.
On the Challenge: Fresh meat they had a tough challenge of the teams pushing logs against each other. This time, Kenny let someone else win. Wes taught Landon a lesson about joining alliances and voted him and Carley into the exile challenge against Sidney and CJ. Way to treat a friend Wes. Landon and Carley got to the finish line before Sidney and his partner were done with their first puzzle. I about died laughing when they got to the finish line and couldn't figure out that they had lost. Landon and Carley had already returned to the house. Sidney and CJ really were dumb. I hope Landon joins Kenny. Kenny may be a dick, but at least he doesn't pretend to be something noble.
The Celebrity Apprentice was a total illustration of exhaustion. The celebs had just returned to their pad and poured big drinks when they were called back into the boardroom. There was some blah blah blah and Maria Kanellis was fired. Then I swear, the remaining 4 contestants were pushed right into interviews with Joan Rivers and Bill Rancic. You could tell in their faces that the celebs were so tired and frazzled, they really were at the end of their tethers. Poor Sharon Osbourne was crying at the drop of a hat and nobody could give any intelligent answers. No kidding! I really felt sorry for those celebs. So in the end, Curtis Stone and Sharon Osbourne were also fired. The next day, Holly Robinson Peete and Brett Micheals were told their final task. They were to come up with a new Snapple flavored iced tea, make a 30 second commercial and an ad. Good lord! Will these concept challenges never end? Nope. Brett got Darryl Strawberry and Summer Sanders on his team and Holly got Curtis and Maria for her team. I see they only picked the younger people to return. I think there might be a lot of stress and running around in the final task. They had to negotiate for the flavors they wanted in their tea and Summer was right. Brett caved in to Curtis. Holly's lucky to have someone with a good palate on her team. At the same time, I think Brett's name for his drink is better. If Brett's anything; it's cool. Once again, Holly's commercial sounds like people on fast forward. We'll see who wins this one. I'm rooting for Brett.
Well, we'll see what we'll see. Bye for now people. Keep watching and reading.
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