I think for half-hour sitcoms, I may just write down quotes instead of trying to blog, since a lot of times there isn't a linear story to follow.
Randy: It's an ice cream cake. That's your favorite kind of cake because it's got ice cream in the middle. Just like your favorite kind of truck does. You know, an ice cream truck.
Earl (Narration): A few years ago I was into some show where guys acted like jackasses. I think it was called "Dumbass."
Earl: Hey, Nescobar A-loplop, how's the English comin'?
Nescobar: I speak better than you, bitch!
Earl (interrupting Crabman): Yeah, yeah. I know, I've done some bad things, I'm aware of that. I've written them down. But I've done some good things too - I raised your son for five years, let's not forget about that!
Donny Jones: I listened to a whole Phish album! And it sucked!
Neighbor: He saw Jill doin' it with Doug, He saw Karen doin' it with clamps on her nubbies.
Karen: Hey!
Neighbor: It's ok, he saw me doin' it with clamps on my nubbies too! Thanks for lettin me borrow your nubbie clamps.
Joy (yelling out the window): We're gonna do stuff from the Kama Sutra, where i sit cross-legged and wiggle while you hold it for two hours like Sting does!
Joy (yelling out the window): It's time for spankings! But not for our kids, we're good parents. We use timeouts. It's time for momma spanking, cause I've been a bad girl!
Earl: How many G's in pregnant?
Joy: What do I look like, a professor of spellin'? Just put it on there, and do it soon.
Earl: You got great boobs, Peggy.
Deedee: My name's Deedee.
Earl: You got great boobs, Deedee.
Deedee (sincerely): Your momma sure raised a sweet talker.
[Earl finds Deedee's wooden leg in the bed]
Earl (jumping up frantically): Oh my God, oh my god!
Deedee (offscreen): You want me to whip up some eggs?
Earl (shouting): Shut up, I'm thinking! I mean, sure.
Deedee (offscreen): Earl, can you come in here and give me a hand?
Earl (to himself): A hand? there's a hand?
Randy: We thought tricking you would be funny. Like when you tied that rope to my foot? But instead of rope, it was mean words about things you've done that made you wanna hate yourself!
Crabman: Hey Earl, can I give you your cake now? The wind from the bullet hole in the wall keeps blowing out the candle.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Thursday... Smallville... Ep. 6-16... "Freak"
Bare with me, I'm blogging this as I watch it, instead of trying to remember details.
How big is Smallville exactly? I thought it was just farm land, but now they even have a bowling alley. I'm actually surprised it's not in the Luthor mansion. I guess it can't be though, as some new dude with the ability to see meteor affected people shows up. He spots one and gets picked up by some thugs. Which of course will lead Chloe to call for Clark.
Hmm, he doesn't remember anything. And Lex is behind the mission to seek out the meteor "freaks." Some guy, whose wife was murdered, seems to care about this blind meteor-seer.
Clark and Chloe visit him, his sunglasses fall off and it doesn't show what he sees, but he looks shocked. And by the trailer we know that Chloe gets abducted. He uses superhearing to find out that he "found another one." Clark and Chloe were so close to him that he may have only saw one blur, and assumed it was Chloe. I guess I'll find out soon.
Lana seems very interested to find out more about Tobias (the blind kid). I wonder if she knows something about the blind kid that Lex is trying "to help," but obviously Chloe would be filling her in on details Lex would not. She's also hinting that she knows some meteor infectees could be helping people. Maybe she's finally zoned in on Clark.
Hahaha Clark took the good doctor's computer from right under his nose using super speed and stands there like "what? me?" Excellent.
So, I was right and Chloe was mistakenly identified. I was kinda hoping that she was infected in some way. But wouldn't the Dr. have assumed it was Clark? I mean, Clark acted dumb about the computer being taken, but Dr. Bethany (?) knows people have abilities and could easily assume that Clark used his to take the computer. So, maybe he IS just trying to lure Clark in, while Tobias thinks she is infected.
Woohoo, naked Chloe! Damn, I'm surprised they got the giant needle into her belly before Clark found her. DNA extraction, sounds fun.
I'm shocked at how direct Lana is being with Lex. Of course he plays smug and dumb, but I thought Lana would have tip-toes around it a little. I guess she's getting to the point where if something is going on, she needs to know now before the wedding/baby.
Chloe is back, safe and somewhat sound. She experienced the same type of memory loss that the Asian kid did, but she has to remember something because she said "Why would they take me?" Perhaps she was infected, they took it from her, and we'll never know... (Man, this is unraveling like Heroes. Let's take all the powers! Lex = 33.1 = Sylar!)
Oooh. Dr. Bethany tells Lex his laptop was stolen and there might be a mention of Luthercorp in there. This makes Lex very angry! He wants Tobias brought to him unharmed, but Lana gets to him first.
WOAH! So Lana DOES suspect, nay, KNOW Clark is infected. Or heavily assumes it, thinking Tobias will just crack and tell her everything if she pretends to already know. But he says Clark is "the most normal guy" he's ever met. Lana seems shocked. "Wrong? Me? Never!" I'm starting to think Lana isn't planning to even marry Lex, and is trying to find out everything she can from him. But she seemed pretty happy at the bowling alley "bachelorette party," so I can't be sure.
Maybe Chloe was infected by something that helps her crack all this computer stuff, because they're in. It's a map of Smallville! (thanks Clark.) and they're tracking and killing meteor freaks. I wish Chloe would stop using that word. She knows better than anyone that some of them are nice. DAYUMN! Chloe tells Clark to X-ray her, then BURN her! I don't get why he doesn't like, numb her with the cold breath first. Although I guess that could cause frostbite or something. And actually, he may not have figured that one out yet. I can't recall. Jimmy Olsen gets rather upset that Clark used a "pocketknife" to get the tracker out. Heh Heh.
Lana appears to have talked Tobias into going with her somewhere safe. The Dr. comes in and is all like, we're gonna get you your eyes! So Toby turns off the power and grabs a gun. Chaos ensues, Toby shoots Dr once, Dr. tackles Toby, Clark shows up just as Lana is shooting Dr. and Dr. is shooting Toby. Clark deflects both shots, then Lana finds the bullet hole, and the bullet with a big imprint in it.
Wow. Insane ending. Toby tells Clark Lana thinks he is infected. Lana confronts Clark and he says he's not infected. (Lana is very ballsy tonight!) And she's still skeptical. Lana says that if Clark WAS infected, it wouldn't matter. Don't know why Clark wouldn't just tell come clean then. Probably to protect her. She's also very hesitant to believe anything Lex says. He swears on the soul of his unborn child that he wasn't involved with Dr. in any plot to kill anyone. So, maybe this mystery baby has no soul? Oooh, vampire?!
So, Chloe IS infected. It makes sense now. Clark isn't infected by Kryptonite, it hurts him. He's the only one from Krypton itself, so Tobias really didn't suspect him at all. She's scared poopless. She probably has to die eventually. Lex tells someone off-screen to keep an eye on Chloe. Then he looks into the camera. Oooooh.
How big is Smallville exactly? I thought it was just farm land, but now they even have a bowling alley. I'm actually surprised it's not in the Luthor mansion. I guess it can't be though, as some new dude with the ability to see meteor affected people shows up. He spots one and gets picked up by some thugs. Which of course will lead Chloe to call for Clark.
Hmm, he doesn't remember anything. And Lex is behind the mission to seek out the meteor "freaks." Some guy, whose wife was murdered, seems to care about this blind meteor-seer.
Clark and Chloe visit him, his sunglasses fall off and it doesn't show what he sees, but he looks shocked. And by the trailer we know that Chloe gets abducted. He uses superhearing to find out that he "found another one." Clark and Chloe were so close to him that he may have only saw one blur, and assumed it was Chloe. I guess I'll find out soon.
Lana seems very interested to find out more about Tobias (the blind kid). I wonder if she knows something about the blind kid that Lex is trying "to help," but obviously Chloe would be filling her in on details Lex would not. She's also hinting that she knows some meteor infectees could be helping people. Maybe she's finally zoned in on Clark.
Hahaha Clark took the good doctor's computer from right under his nose using super speed and stands there like "what? me?" Excellent.
So, I was right and Chloe was mistakenly identified. I was kinda hoping that she was infected in some way. But wouldn't the Dr. have assumed it was Clark? I mean, Clark acted dumb about the computer being taken, but Dr. Bethany (?) knows people have abilities and could easily assume that Clark used his to take the computer. So, maybe he IS just trying to lure Clark in, while Tobias thinks she is infected.
Woohoo, naked Chloe! Damn, I'm surprised they got the giant needle into her belly before Clark found her. DNA extraction, sounds fun.
I'm shocked at how direct Lana is being with Lex. Of course he plays smug and dumb, but I thought Lana would have tip-toes around it a little. I guess she's getting to the point where if something is going on, she needs to know now before the wedding/baby.
Chloe is back, safe and somewhat sound. She experienced the same type of memory loss that the Asian kid did, but she has to remember something because she said "Why would they take me?" Perhaps she was infected, they took it from her, and we'll never know... (Man, this is unraveling like Heroes. Let's take all the powers! Lex = 33.1 = Sylar!)
Oooh. Dr. Bethany tells Lex his laptop was stolen and there might be a mention of Luthercorp in there. This makes Lex very angry! He wants Tobias brought to him unharmed, but Lana gets to him first.
WOAH! So Lana DOES suspect, nay, KNOW Clark is infected. Or heavily assumes it, thinking Tobias will just crack and tell her everything if she pretends to already know. But he says Clark is "the most normal guy" he's ever met. Lana seems shocked. "Wrong? Me? Never!" I'm starting to think Lana isn't planning to even marry Lex, and is trying to find out everything she can from him. But she seemed pretty happy at the bowling alley "bachelorette party," so I can't be sure.
Maybe Chloe was infected by something that helps her crack all this computer stuff, because they're in. It's a map of Smallville! (thanks Clark.) and they're tracking and killing meteor freaks. I wish Chloe would stop using that word. She knows better than anyone that some of them are nice. DAYUMN! Chloe tells Clark to X-ray her, then BURN her! I don't get why he doesn't like, numb her with the cold breath first. Although I guess that could cause frostbite or something. And actually, he may not have figured that one out yet. I can't recall. Jimmy Olsen gets rather upset that Clark used a "pocketknife" to get the tracker out. Heh Heh.
Lana appears to have talked Tobias into going with her somewhere safe. The Dr. comes in and is all like, we're gonna get you your eyes! So Toby turns off the power and grabs a gun. Chaos ensues, Toby shoots Dr once, Dr. tackles Toby, Clark shows up just as Lana is shooting Dr. and Dr. is shooting Toby. Clark deflects both shots, then Lana finds the bullet hole, and the bullet with a big imprint in it.
Wow. Insane ending. Toby tells Clark Lana thinks he is infected. Lana confronts Clark and he says he's not infected. (Lana is very ballsy tonight!) And she's still skeptical. Lana says that if Clark WAS infected, it wouldn't matter. Don't know why Clark wouldn't just tell come clean then. Probably to protect her. She's also very hesitant to believe anything Lex says. He swears on the soul of his unborn child that he wasn't involved with Dr. in any plot to kill anyone. So, maybe this mystery baby has no soul? Oooh, vampire?!
So, Chloe IS infected. It makes sense now. Clark isn't infected by Kryptonite, it hurts him. He's the only one from Krypton itself, so Tobias really didn't suspect him at all. She's scared poopless. She probably has to die eventually. Lex tells someone off-screen to keep an eye on Chloe. Then he looks into the camera. Oooooh.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Monday... Studio 60... Ep. 1-15... "The Friday Night Slaughter"
I'm very iffy on flashback episodes on TV shows. Sometimes it works (Buffy/Angel, How I Met Your Mother) and sometimes it doesn't (this). Apparently Matt is on some kind of drugs now while Danny is a recovering cocaine addict. Or maybe he just got caught the one time, I can't remember. (This is why I started this thing. I can never remember anything!) While this might create some tension, I like Matt as just the stressed out sarcastic Chandler-like character. Especially with his new assistant, who plays dry comedy brilliantly. See a couple episodes ago, and the whole "$501? and $502 to the sex people?" banter.
Still, I wasn't thrilled with the flashbacks, even if it did explain his drug problem and introduce whats his name - the guy Harriet's doing (a movie with). I wanna say Scott but I don't think that's right. Maybe that's his last name. Luke Scott? And the writer who may or may not have really been Matt, or his subconscious, or whatever. I read a lot about Matthew Perry doing a good job, and I always think he does. But the episode, it was too drama for me. I realize it IS a drama, but they've been able to put some good humor in.
i miss Cal and the snake/ferret/coyote.
The flashbacks were just too dumbed down. And by that, I mean they did not want to take the risk of making anyone possibly think that this could be happening in the present. So they give Matt a backwards baseball cap (because no one does that anymore - remember when Chandler flashbacks used to have him in a baseball cap too? Weird.) and they play every single song that was popular in 1999 like "All-Star" by Smashmouth. Add to that numerous mentions of "Y2K," just in case anyone nodded off. It was a little insulting, honestly. The shaky handheld camera is good enough to tell me we're not in Kansas anymore, ok? I get it. Harriet has straight hair and there's 55 people in the writers room. Those're all the visual clues I need.
Danny and Jordan seem cozy now, except for the fact that she won't let him kiss her in public. I wasn't a big Amanda Peet fan, but she's getting some good lines. She suggests the only place to hide is under the desk, but she doesn't think they'll both fit. Danny had a good response that of course, I forgot.
Tom and Dylan were ok, my initial thought was that it was a filler C-plot, but since the episode surrounded the cutting of sketches, and T&D were wanting their sketch to make it just like Matt when he was writing, I guess it worked. Especially the subtle overacting of "BIG SKETCH!"
I guess none of this will matter if the show gets canceled, and I've read that more than once. Maybe Cal can get a spin off. Anyway, let's all cheer the lack of Steven Weber in this episode!
Still, I wasn't thrilled with the flashbacks, even if it did explain his drug problem and introduce whats his name - the guy Harriet's doing (a movie with). I wanna say Scott but I don't think that's right. Maybe that's his last name. Luke Scott? And the writer who may or may not have really been Matt, or his subconscious, or whatever. I read a lot about Matthew Perry doing a good job, and I always think he does. But the episode, it was too drama for me. I realize it IS a drama, but they've been able to put some good humor in.
i miss Cal and the snake/ferret/coyote.
The flashbacks were just too dumbed down. And by that, I mean they did not want to take the risk of making anyone possibly think that this could be happening in the present. So they give Matt a backwards baseball cap (because no one does that anymore - remember when Chandler flashbacks used to have him in a baseball cap too? Weird.) and they play every single song that was popular in 1999 like "All-Star" by Smashmouth. Add to that numerous mentions of "Y2K," just in case anyone nodded off. It was a little insulting, honestly. The shaky handheld camera is good enough to tell me we're not in Kansas anymore, ok? I get it. Harriet has straight hair and there's 55 people in the writers room. Those're all the visual clues I need.
Danny and Jordan seem cozy now, except for the fact that she won't let him kiss her in public. I wasn't a big Amanda Peet fan, but she's getting some good lines. She suggests the only place to hide is under the desk, but she doesn't think they'll both fit. Danny had a good response that of course, I forgot.
Tom and Dylan were ok, my initial thought was that it was a filler C-plot, but since the episode surrounded the cutting of sketches, and T&D were wanting their sketch to make it just like Matt when he was writing, I guess it worked. Especially the subtle overacting of "BIG SKETCH!"
I guess none of this will matter if the show gets canceled, and I've read that more than once. Maybe Cal can get a spin off. Anyway, let's all cheer the lack of Steven Weber in this episode!
Monday... Heroes... Ep. 1-15... "Run!"
First of all, if you're going to Google "Heroes," watch your typos.
I like Matt episodes, but they spent too much time on Claire. I'm all about Hayden Pattycakeiere getting screen time. She's not a bad lil actress. But now that I know who her father is, I don't really care. I mean, what exactly has Nathan done yet? Not much. We know he can fly but he's only done it once to get out of trouble. We know he's Peter's brother, which right now is the most exciting thing that can be said about him. And he slept with Nikki/Jessica. Way to hit that! Even if it was blackmail. Meanwhile Claire visits her mom, finds out her father is going to show up, and sneaks around to listen in on them. She has a little bit of hope when she overhears him talking about her, but gets sad again when Nathan tells her mother that she did the right thing, sending her away. Wow, I jumped far far away from Matt. More on him in a bit.
Speaking of Matt, does anyone else think his wife looks like she could be Jennifer Garner's chunky sister? (Which is also weird because the guy who plays Matt [Greg Grunberg] was on Alias with the actual Jennifer Garner.)
It's about time Suresh actually did something besides walk around his apartment talking to himself and going on and on about his father and looking at maps. It should be very interesting to see what happens with him and Sylar. I don't understand this new power of melting things and why Sylar seemed so interested in showing Suresh after he stole it. And sure, I can go along with him following Suresh to find all these other people, but how is he going to kill them/acquire their ability without seeming suspicious? "Oh look another one died, aw. On to the next one!" Although, I guess if he just finds the list of people and where they are, he could kill Suresh, but I doubt it will come to that.
I'm trying to remember who Linderman is and what role he plays, besides linking a few of the characters. (I bet I forgot a lot of important details while the show was on hiatus.) But apparently Jessica knows him, because he hires her to kill the guy Matt is supposed to protect. Matt could hear Nikki and Jessica since they share one mind, so Jessica is able to kill the guy while Matt looks for Nikki. Luckily Matt heard the guy think about where he hid the diamonds, and he keeps them to himself. I wonder if he'll really keep them. Chunky Garner might object. I kid, she's a sweet gal.
Missi Pyle is still weird looking, and it's a shame that Ando is so horny that he'll go after anyone with boobs. Hiro is stuck in a closet until it's opened by Dauber, who is Missy Pyle's gigantic and sometimes half-naked boyfriend.
I may be wrong here, but I think something else is going on with Meredith (Claire's real mother). Nathan offered her 100,000. Then I thought I heard Meredith say that he was going to give them $25,000, which Claire was going to get half of. Or maybe it was half of $50,000 and thats why I'm thinking 25. Anyway, she gets mad at the end after Nathan tells Meredith she did the right thing. and throws a rock at his limo. I thought for a second she was going to at least get a license plate, but it doesn't appear she did. she just hid and ran away. But Jessica now has instructions to kill Nathan (go Jessie!), so we'll see what happens there.
I heard there were going to be deaths in the show, and I just read this about next week: After someone Hiro knows dies, he makes a tough choice about his mission. I guess it could be Ando. He's kinda boring anyway. But come on now, don't let it be at the hands of Missi Pyle!
(For the record, NBC.com's player sucks. Watch the latest episode my ass. It took 5 minutes to play a :30 movie trailer. Then it froze my computer. Why can't we just download a good copy of the episode if they're going to offer it for free anyway?)
I like Matt episodes, but they spent too much time on Claire. I'm all about Hayden Pattycakeiere getting screen time. She's not a bad lil actress. But now that I know who her father is, I don't really care. I mean, what exactly has Nathan done yet? Not much. We know he can fly but he's only done it once to get out of trouble. We know he's Peter's brother, which right now is the most exciting thing that can be said about him. And he slept with Nikki/Jessica. Way to hit that! Even if it was blackmail. Meanwhile Claire visits her mom, finds out her father is going to show up, and sneaks around to listen in on them. She has a little bit of hope when she overhears him talking about her, but gets sad again when Nathan tells her mother that she did the right thing, sending her away. Wow, I jumped far far away from Matt. More on him in a bit.
Speaking of Matt, does anyone else think his wife looks like she could be Jennifer Garner's chunky sister? (Which is also weird because the guy who plays Matt [Greg Grunberg] was on Alias with the actual Jennifer Garner.)
It's about time Suresh actually did something besides walk around his apartment talking to himself and going on and on about his father and looking at maps. It should be very interesting to see what happens with him and Sylar. I don't understand this new power of melting things and why Sylar seemed so interested in showing Suresh after he stole it. And sure, I can go along with him following Suresh to find all these other people, but how is he going to kill them/acquire their ability without seeming suspicious? "Oh look another one died, aw. On to the next one!" Although, I guess if he just finds the list of people and where they are, he could kill Suresh, but I doubt it will come to that.
I'm trying to remember who Linderman is and what role he plays, besides linking a few of the characters. (I bet I forgot a lot of important details while the show was on hiatus.) But apparently Jessica knows him, because he hires her to kill the guy Matt is supposed to protect. Matt could hear Nikki and Jessica since they share one mind, so Jessica is able to kill the guy while Matt looks for Nikki. Luckily Matt heard the guy think about where he hid the diamonds, and he keeps them to himself. I wonder if he'll really keep them. Chunky Garner might object. I kid, she's a sweet gal.
Missi Pyle is still weird looking, and it's a shame that Ando is so horny that he'll go after anyone with boobs. Hiro is stuck in a closet until it's opened by Dauber, who is Missy Pyle's gigantic and sometimes half-naked boyfriend.
I may be wrong here, but I think something else is going on with Meredith (Claire's real mother). Nathan offered her 100,000. Then I thought I heard Meredith say that he was going to give them $25,000, which Claire was going to get half of. Or maybe it was half of $50,000 and thats why I'm thinking 25. Anyway, she gets mad at the end after Nathan tells Meredith she did the right thing. and throws a rock at his limo. I thought for a second she was going to at least get a license plate, but it doesn't appear she did. she just hid and ran away. But Jessica now has instructions to kill Nathan (go Jessie!), so we'll see what happens there.
I heard there were going to be deaths in the show, and I just read this about next week: After someone Hiro knows dies, he makes a tough choice about his mission. I guess it could be Ando. He's kinda boring anyway. But come on now, don't let it be at the hands of Missi Pyle!
(For the record, NBC.com's player sucks. Watch the latest episode my ass. It took 5 minutes to play a :30 movie trailer. Then it froze my computer. Why can't we just download a good copy of the episode if they're going to offer it for free anyway?)
Tuesday/Wednesday... American Idol... Season 6 Hollywood Week
I didn't get to see Tuesday's performances. So, I can't pick a favorite yet. But I need to do it early because every time I claim to like one of the finalists, people think I'm going with the flavor of the week or something. I was rooting for Kelly Clarkson and Christina Christian (despite her scary midget belly) early on in season 1.
I don't see anyone that jumps out at me as someone I want to root for. Right now there's 12 girls, 11 guys, and Sanjaya. I think he was lumped in with the boys.
I'm noticing funny names more than the talent so far. Aside from Sanjaya, we have Lakisha, Doolittle, Tranquillo, Glocksen, Krebs, Sundance Head, and of course, well-known porn star Jordin Sparks. Ok, she's not really a porn star, she's only 17. But isn't it the perfect name?
It says on the website that Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey are 29. I'm assuming they were 28 when they auditioned, kinda like Taylor Hicks last season. Even though he looked 50.
So far, three out of the first five girls I've looked at picked Mariah Carey as one of their favorite female artists (Final count: 5/12). Jordin Sparks? She likes Christina Timberlake. I really want to know if she said that, or the author of her profile. She also would like to "play piano by ear," which is a funny image if you take it literally. Stephanie Edwards apparently likes the duo of "Beyonce, Knowles." Boy, they need some editing done on these bios.
Back to favorites, here are the leaders:
The Girls like Justin Timberlake (4 votes), Stevie Wonder (4), Michael Jackson (3), Mariah (5), Christina Aguilera (3). Some got 2 votes and 1 which I'm too lazy to list.
The boys like Stevie Wonder (8!!), J-T (3), M-J (4), Beyonce (3), Mariah (3), Sade (3). There was one vote for Lauryn Hill as a favorite, but Nicholas Pedro just enjoys her music. The guys even more 1-votes because of indecisive Blake Lewis, who has a short list of:
Robbin Thicke, Jamaroqui, Maroon 5, Jason Mraz, U2, Gnarls Barkley, Half Past Forever, Michael Jackson, Prince, Sting, Eric Benet, Martin Sexton, Duncan Sheik, M-Pact, Bjork, Fiona Apple, Imogen Heap, Estmerd, Jill Scott, Tori Amos, Ella Fitzgerald and Sade.
Phil Stacey has quite the list too, which includes judge Paul Abdul. Way to hit that, Phil! And I know one of them (Paul Kim?) was going to sing barefoot all the time, but I hope Phil doesn't wear that stupid beanie anymore. We already had a guy who couldn't let go of a hat. Ace Young, I'm talkin to you.
I'm liking Chris Sligh. He put Blake Lewis and Gina Glocksen on his list. Talk about buttering up the competition! (Bad mental image of Chris eating lots of butter...) He's also a self-proclaimed great kisser and he pees before going on stage. Don't we all?
Ok, this is long enough. Maybe next week I'll have a favorite. I'll probably just add my predictions in with my blogs in weeks to come.
I don't see anyone that jumps out at me as someone I want to root for. Right now there's 12 girls, 11 guys, and Sanjaya. I think he was lumped in with the boys.
I'm noticing funny names more than the talent so far. Aside from Sanjaya, we have Lakisha, Doolittle, Tranquillo, Glocksen, Krebs, Sundance Head, and of course, well-known porn star Jordin Sparks. Ok, she's not really a porn star, she's only 17. But isn't it the perfect name?
It says on the website that Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey are 29. I'm assuming they were 28 when they auditioned, kinda like Taylor Hicks last season. Even though he looked 50.
So far, three out of the first five girls I've looked at picked Mariah Carey as one of their favorite female artists (Final count: 5/12). Jordin Sparks? She likes Christina Timberlake. I really want to know if she said that, or the author of her profile. She also would like to "play piano by ear," which is a funny image if you take it literally. Stephanie Edwards apparently likes the duo of "Beyonce, Knowles." Boy, they need some editing done on these bios.
Back to favorites, here are the leaders:
The Girls like Justin Timberlake (4 votes), Stevie Wonder (4), Michael Jackson (3), Mariah (5), Christina Aguilera (3). Some got 2 votes and 1 which I'm too lazy to list.
The boys like Stevie Wonder (8!!), J-T (3), M-J (4), Beyonce (3), Mariah (3), Sade (3). There was one vote for Lauryn Hill as a favorite, but Nicholas Pedro just enjoys her music. The guys even more 1-votes because of indecisive Blake Lewis, who has a short list of:
Robbin Thicke, Jamaroqui, Maroon 5, Jason Mraz, U2, Gnarls Barkley, Half Past Forever, Michael Jackson, Prince, Sting, Eric Benet, Martin Sexton, Duncan Sheik, M-Pact, Bjork, Fiona Apple, Imogen Heap, Estmerd, Jill Scott, Tori Amos, Ella Fitzgerald and Sade.
Phil Stacey has quite the list too, which includes judge Paul Abdul. Way to hit that, Phil! And I know one of them (Paul Kim?) was going to sing barefoot all the time, but I hope Phil doesn't wear that stupid beanie anymore. We already had a guy who couldn't let go of a hat. Ace Young, I'm talkin to you.
I'm liking Chris Sligh. He put Blake Lewis and Gina Glocksen on his list. Talk about buttering up the competition! (Bad mental image of Chris eating lots of butter...) He's also a self-proclaimed great kisser and he pees before going on stage. Don't we all?
Ok, this is long enough. Maybe next week I'll have a favorite. I'll probably just add my predictions in with my blogs in weeks to come.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Monday... 24... Eps. 6-8 "1:00 PM-2:00 PM", 6-9 "2:00 PM-3:00 PM"
For two hours, not a lot happened. Well, yeah it did. But it didn't leave me feeling like the story was moving along all that quickly.
I think it's hard for them to come up with new material. Once again we had the good guy being tortured. Personally I was surprised Morris held out that long. I know he's not a traitor or anything, but his character seems like a wuss. I actually thought the chick was going to uncuff Morris and help him, but sometimes the twists are so obvious, you don't see them coming. So she kills Darren McCarthy (who I like to believe is named after Darren McCarty) so she can get the $7 million all to herself. Until she whines like a ten year old and gets killed.
Jack has to disarm one of the bombs. I wish just once he would know how to do it, and quickly. Maybe not as quickly as Chloe seemed to get those schematics though. (Come on, it took them longer to get the schematics for the hotel to find Fayed.) It's 24, the "Jack Bauer Hour of Power". It's not like we're on the edge of our seats wondering if Jack will mess up and die in an explosion. And to have him disarm it with the trigger almost touching, they might as well had put a timer on it and have it say 00:00:01. Of course, without the shaky hands, he could have made it a lot less dramatic.
John Cage - oh sorry. Tom Lennox! He wants to resign but Rob Lowe's brother talks him out of it with an idea to kill Palmer. Really? I wonder if there are this many moles and death plots surrounding real Presidents. It's too obvious. In the world of 24, we're up to like 55 Presidents already. Why not a few more? I'm surprised Sherry Palmer didn't have her shot at it. Well, I don't think it was ever 100% clear that she was really dead, so maybe one day!
In the second hour, the big thing is Jack's father telling Marilyn that he killed Graem and to lead Jack to a different location. Marilyn wants to tell Jack SO BADLY about his father, but thinks better of it so we can have more dramatic pauses. Jack and his men surround and enter the house. A bomb goes off in the house, ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE US BELIEVE JACK DIED IN AN EXPLOSION. Ok, well it's probably more to make Marilyn think that. But sheesh. Remember when Jack could barely speak? And couldn;t keep his hand steady? Now he's jumping out of exploding houses. Whatever. Milo escapes with Marilyn, hopefully to shave that goatee he's worn as every single character he's ever played.
But now we know the Russians are behind the bombs and not the Arabs. So, if Fayed is just a pawn, why is he even working with the Russians? Oh well. I probably missed something.
Jack: Are you sure this time?
Chloe: About as sure as I'm going to be before this bomb goes off.
I think it's hard for them to come up with new material. Once again we had the good guy being tortured. Personally I was surprised Morris held out that long. I know he's not a traitor or anything, but his character seems like a wuss. I actually thought the chick was going to uncuff Morris and help him, but sometimes the twists are so obvious, you don't see them coming. So she kills Darren McCarthy (who I like to believe is named after Darren McCarty) so she can get the $7 million all to herself. Until she whines like a ten year old and gets killed.
Jack has to disarm one of the bombs. I wish just once he would know how to do it, and quickly. Maybe not as quickly as Chloe seemed to get those schematics though. (Come on, it took them longer to get the schematics for the hotel to find Fayed.) It's 24, the "Jack Bauer Hour of Power". It's not like we're on the edge of our seats wondering if Jack will mess up and die in an explosion. And to have him disarm it with the trigger almost touching, they might as well had put a timer on it and have it say 00:00:01. Of course, without the shaky hands, he could have made it a lot less dramatic.
John Cage - oh sorry. Tom Lennox! He wants to resign but Rob Lowe's brother talks him out of it with an idea to kill Palmer. Really? I wonder if there are this many moles and death plots surrounding real Presidents. It's too obvious. In the world of 24, we're up to like 55 Presidents already. Why not a few more? I'm surprised Sherry Palmer didn't have her shot at it. Well, I don't think it was ever 100% clear that she was really dead, so maybe one day!
In the second hour, the big thing is Jack's father telling Marilyn that he killed Graem and to lead Jack to a different location. Marilyn wants to tell Jack SO BADLY about his father, but thinks better of it so we can have more dramatic pauses. Jack and his men surround and enter the house. A bomb goes off in the house, ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE US BELIEVE JACK DIED IN AN EXPLOSION. Ok, well it's probably more to make Marilyn think that. But sheesh. Remember when Jack could barely speak? And couldn;t keep his hand steady? Now he's jumping out of exploding houses. Whatever. Milo escapes with Marilyn, hopefully to shave that goatee he's worn as every single character he's ever played.
But now we know the Russians are behind the bombs and not the Arabs. So, if Fayed is just a pawn, why is he even working with the Russians? Oh well. I probably missed something.
Jack: Are you sure this time?
Chloe: About as sure as I'm going to be before this bomb goes off.
Sunday... The Simpsons... Ep. 18-12 "Little Big Girl"
I'm not sure if the episode was referring to Lisa trying to make up an Indian heritage or Bart's girlfriend being pregnant. Maybe it was both.
Anyway, not a great episode. Although I like when they re-do the opening title with some kind of twist from the plot. Bart driving a car over the residents of Springfield and finally jumping the gate to crush Homer with his car was pretty funny. The episode would have probably worked better if there was more of Homer and Bart, and less of the girlfriend. How someone, even in cartoon land, could mistake a boy of 10 years old to be old enough to marry and be a father is reaching a little too far. Natalie Portman's a smart girl, why did they make her character so dense?
Lisa's plotline was weird. I guess it's interesting to see her lie her way through a report, but I'm not sure... I knew from the beginning she would eventually feel guilty and confess. On one hand I wish I would have been wrong. But this is the Simpsons, and the characters don't really change all that much. So it wouldn't have been Lisa-like to get away with it before confessing.
So, TV.com says that in this episode, we learn that Lenny and Karl share a mother and could be half brothers. I'm not sure why that's important, but it gives all those gay couple references/assumptions in years past a confusing and possibly gross twist. Speaking of gay, I'm not sure if I liked the Burns/Smithers moment. Smithers is on fire and yells out "I'm flaming!" to which Burns puts a hand on his chin and looks into the camera. It just seemed too National Lampoonish, and I liked the idea of Mr. Burns being oblivious to Smithers and even the gay lifestlyle. I mean, you've seen the cars they have him driving. His mindset shouldn't be anywhere near the 20th century.
Anyway, not a great episode. Although I like when they re-do the opening title with some kind of twist from the plot. Bart driving a car over the residents of Springfield and finally jumping the gate to crush Homer with his car was pretty funny. The episode would have probably worked better if there was more of Homer and Bart, and less of the girlfriend. How someone, even in cartoon land, could mistake a boy of 10 years old to be old enough to marry and be a father is reaching a little too far. Natalie Portman's a smart girl, why did they make her character so dense?
Lisa's plotline was weird. I guess it's interesting to see her lie her way through a report, but I'm not sure... I knew from the beginning she would eventually feel guilty and confess. On one hand I wish I would have been wrong. But this is the Simpsons, and the characters don't really change all that much. So it wouldn't have been Lisa-like to get away with it before confessing.
So, TV.com says that in this episode, we learn that Lenny and Karl share a mother and could be half brothers. I'm not sure why that's important, but it gives all those gay couple references/assumptions in years past a confusing and possibly gross twist. Speaking of gay, I'm not sure if I liked the Burns/Smithers moment. Smithers is on fire and yells out "I'm flaming!" to which Burns puts a hand on his chin and looks into the camera. It just seemed too National Lampoonish, and I liked the idea of Mr. Burns being oblivious to Smithers and even the gay lifestlyle. I mean, you've seen the cars they have him driving. His mindset shouldn't be anywhere near the 20th century.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Friday... Psych... Ep. 1-12 "Cloudy...Chance of Murder"
Ok, how weird is it that Season 1 started in July 2006, and it's still going on? Granted it was on a 5-month hiatus, but sheesh. Another reason why USA is a weird, weird network. How does it survive on three new shows a year and 500 movies? They can't be getting good ratings. I digress.
I've never heard of James Roday before this show, and I don't think I've seen him on anything else. But he's brilliant on this show. He reminds me of Jim Carrey, but with a quicker wit.
I also love courtroom plots. I don't watch Law & Order because they spend too much time on the streets questioning people who say "I don't know. But here's someone who might." So anyway, this guy in a courtroom is gold. I was glad he actually was able to get up and play lawyer rather than just helping the actual lawyer the whole time. But that guy was pretty good, too. He reminded me of Tom Lenk. I'd love to see an entire show with this kind of character as a lawyer. I think they did make one, actually. But I don't think it was a comedy. I'll have to look into it.
I watched this on Saturday night and I'm posting this on Sunday evening. so sadly, some of my favorite lines I wanted to jot down here have escaped my memory. Although, this one is good:
Hornstock: My firm doesn't really believe in...
Shawn: Winning?
Hornstock: No.
Shawn: Mermaids?
Hornstock: No.
Shawn: The Minotaur?
Hornstock: Me.
I realize I spent more time talking about the show itself than the episode. Basically, Shawn thinks that a teacher is wrongly accused of murdering a television weatherman. And as usual, his instincts are correct. He sees her pick up a piece of trash while walking out of the courtroom, and since she didn't have to do that, something doesn't seem right about her being a killer.
I've never heard of James Roday before this show, and I don't think I've seen him on anything else. But he's brilliant on this show. He reminds me of Jim Carrey, but with a quicker wit.
I also love courtroom plots. I don't watch Law & Order because they spend too much time on the streets questioning people who say "I don't know. But here's someone who might." So anyway, this guy in a courtroom is gold. I was glad he actually was able to get up and play lawyer rather than just helping the actual lawyer the whole time. But that guy was pretty good, too. He reminded me of Tom Lenk. I'd love to see an entire show with this kind of character as a lawyer. I think they did make one, actually. But I don't think it was a comedy. I'll have to look into it.
I watched this on Saturday night and I'm posting this on Sunday evening. so sadly, some of my favorite lines I wanted to jot down here have escaped my memory. Although, this one is good:
Hornstock: My firm doesn't really believe in...
Shawn: Winning?
Hornstock: No.
Shawn: Mermaids?
Hornstock: No.
Shawn: The Minotaur?
Hornstock: Me.
I realize I spent more time talking about the show itself than the episode. Basically, Shawn thinks that a teacher is wrongly accused of murdering a television weatherman. And as usual, his instincts are correct. He sees her pick up a piece of trash while walking out of the courtroom, and since she didn't have to do that, something doesn't seem right about her being a killer.
Friday... Monk... Ep. 5-14 "Mr. Monk Visits A Farm"
I like Monk, i really do. But as they make more and more episodes it just seems all the same. I liked when he made a little progress toward something, like his wife's murder case. But now he just goes somewhere where he is uncomfortable and solves a lame case. This one was especially bad since they didn't even have many suspects. We all know who it was from the get-go. Well, that's not fair. A lot of times they will show the murder in the teaser before the credits, and it's a matter of watching Monk solve it rather than a whodunit. And sometimes I like that. Anyway, about the episode.
When I say it was bad, it wasn't so much the episode. It was fairly funny, and there was the added sympathetic Randy Disher story. Randy messes up a lot though so until he mentioned it was his uncle who died, I didn't really get why he was taking it so hard. He asks Monk to come and see if he can find out anything in case his uncle was murdered. Which of course he was. And Monk has to take "a bus? a bus? to a farm?" It's funny when Monk almost turns down cases because of his fears. Although lately they seem to be focusing more on that, rather than the subtlety of his affliction and how it affects his work. Although he was counting the chicken feed instead of just throwing handfuls in, which was funny. I always hate the part of the episode that they've shown in the commercials. especially with USA, because they over-advertise their own shows and they show the same 20 second clip about 8 times an hour. And hell, I don't even know who the hell Brooke Adams is. Why should I care she is guest starring? (Oh. Now that I look her up, she is Tony Shaloub's wife. I guess that explains it!) Which also explains the joke about him being married, and his wife being dead. to which she has mixed feelings about.
So anyway, Monk solves the case and uses Randy's sleep-hypnosis self-help tape to tell him what happened to he can solve the case and become a cop again. which gives him faux confidence that he can solve cases in his sleep. So at least we know we won't be seeing a Super-Randy case solving machine. But my question is, when messes up again, what's stopping him from quitting again? Oh well.
Monk thought he got high. I usually get really annoyed at any marijuana related jokes, since I have a strong opinion on it not being this fun thing everyone sees it as. But him handcuffing himself to a tractor and going insane about how he's getting the munchies was kind of funny. Only because of his character.
On a side note, I hate TV.com's cast list. They still list Bitty Schram, but don't list Emmy Clarke, the girl who plays Natalie's daughter. They don't seem to like updating.
When I say it was bad, it wasn't so much the episode. It was fairly funny, and there was the added sympathetic Randy Disher story. Randy messes up a lot though so until he mentioned it was his uncle who died, I didn't really get why he was taking it so hard. He asks Monk to come and see if he can find out anything in case his uncle was murdered. Which of course he was. And Monk has to take "a bus? a bus? to a farm?" It's funny when Monk almost turns down cases because of his fears. Although lately they seem to be focusing more on that, rather than the subtlety of his affliction and how it affects his work. Although he was counting the chicken feed instead of just throwing handfuls in, which was funny. I always hate the part of the episode that they've shown in the commercials. especially with USA, because they over-advertise their own shows and they show the same 20 second clip about 8 times an hour. And hell, I don't even know who the hell Brooke Adams is. Why should I care she is guest starring? (Oh. Now that I look her up, she is Tony Shaloub's wife. I guess that explains it!) Which also explains the joke about him being married, and his wife being dead. to which she has mixed feelings about.
So anyway, Monk solves the case and uses Randy's sleep-hypnosis self-help tape to tell him what happened to he can solve the case and become a cop again. which gives him faux confidence that he can solve cases in his sleep. So at least we know we won't be seeing a Super-Randy case solving machine. But my question is, when messes up again, what's stopping him from quitting again? Oh well.
Monk thought he got high. I usually get really annoyed at any marijuana related jokes, since I have a strong opinion on it not being this fun thing everyone sees it as. But him handcuffing himself to a tractor and going insane about how he's getting the munchies was kind of funny. Only because of his character.
On a side note, I hate TV.com's cast list. They still list Bitty Schram, but don't list Emmy Clarke, the girl who plays Natalie's daughter. They don't seem to like updating.
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