Thursday, June 11, 2009
"I'm a Celebrity" continues to be pointless
Why am I even watching? Because I'm bored, totally lazy and there isn't a whole lot on TV right now. Anyway, Heidi and Spencer are finally gone for good (in their words: "Praise Jesus"); Heidi's sister, Holly, has joined the cast on tonight's show and already won a challenge; the ladies also won another challenges, with four granola bars as part of their prize, and Janice Dickinson grabbed one before anyone else saw them, scarfed it down, tossed the wrapper into the jungle weeds and then acted like it never happened, and asked for a some of the three remaining granola bars. OMG, I need a job.
"Daily Show" D-Bag Visits New York Times
"What is black, white and read all over?" Jason Jones of "The Daily Show" asked editor Bill Keller. "A newspaper?" Keller asked. Jones replied, "No, your balance sheet. Ha-ha!" Keller wasn't exactly laughing.
Jones found it funny, though -- as I've noticed many blogs doing lately -- to mercilessly mock the decline of newspapers. He giggled as he picked up an actual telephone -- a landline! -- like it was a novelty and snickered about his perceived lack of worth of news printed on actual paper. Thanks, asshole! I just got a degree in journalism. Not only do I want to drive over his face with a riding lawnmower but after watching movies like "Meet John Doe" and "His Girl Friday," I want to equip my Saturn with a flux capacitor, step on the gas and find a way to prevent the advent of the Internet. Yes, I realize that I am writing on the Internet now, but a world without newspapers seems so bleak and horrible. It's like imagining consuming all of our food in pill form. Ugghhhh.
When it comes to pay, however, not all that much has changed. I did find it quaint when, in "Meet John Doe," Barbara Stanwyck's columnist gets paid $30 a week. I make $25 for my column.
Jones found it funny, though -- as I've noticed many blogs doing lately -- to mercilessly mock the decline of newspapers. He giggled as he picked up an actual telephone -- a landline! -- like it was a novelty and snickered about his perceived lack of worth of news printed on actual paper. Thanks, asshole! I just got a degree in journalism. Not only do I want to drive over his face with a riding lawnmower but after watching movies like "Meet John Doe" and "His Girl Friday," I want to equip my Saturn with a flux capacitor, step on the gas and find a way to prevent the advent of the Internet. Yes, I realize that I am writing on the Internet now, but a world without newspapers seems so bleak and horrible. It's like imagining consuming all of our food in pill form. Ugghhhh.
When it comes to pay, however, not all that much has changed. I did find it quaint when, in "Meet John Doe," Barbara Stanwyck's columnist gets paid $30 a week. I make $25 for my column.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
TV dish
Summer TV is rotting my brain but I can't help myself.
"Hitched or Ditched" on the CW (Tuesdays at 9 p.m.) isn't as entertaining as I thought it would be. The couples haven't been all that exciting to watch. So far, there's been one ditch and one hitch. Last week, everyone the couple knew was against their marriage and the guy gave his lady the heave-ho at the altar, much to her dismay (they're broken up now). Tonight, they got married -- she was 22 and he was 30 (but still trying to relive his 20s... and teens). The only parts of this show that you need to watch are the first 5 minutes and the last 10. Or not at all.
Heidi and Spencer quit "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" Upon his departure, Spencer said he was too rich and too famous to be on that show. No comment. Their cast mates seemed relieved. It has been rumored that Heidi's sister Holly (also on "The Hills") may join the cast or that Heidi and Spencer are going to try and come back. Sanjaya is doing a lot better than I thought he would!
Conan's big debut last night had its high and low points. Let me break it down:
Yes!
"Hitched or Ditched" on the CW (Tuesdays at 9 p.m.) isn't as entertaining as I thought it would be. The couples haven't been all that exciting to watch. So far, there's been one ditch and one hitch. Last week, everyone the couple knew was against their marriage and the guy gave his lady the heave-ho at the altar, much to her dismay (they're broken up now). Tonight, they got married -- she was 22 and he was 30 (but still trying to relive his 20s... and teens). The only parts of this show that you need to watch are the first 5 minutes and the last 10. Or not at all.
Heidi and Spencer quit "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" Upon his departure, Spencer said he was too rich and too famous to be on that show. No comment. Their cast mates seemed relieved. It has been rumored that Heidi's sister Holly (also on "The Hills") may join the cast or that Heidi and Spencer are going to try and come back. Sanjaya is doing a lot better than I thought he would!
Conan's big debut last night had its high and low points. Let me break it down:
Yes!
- The remote at Universal Studios where Conan lead a tour was hilarious -- those have always been my favorite Conan features.
- He kept his theme song!
- The new studio is fabulous.
- Conan broke out the string dance (although, an abbreviated version)
No!
- Andy Richter kept talking and laughing loudly in the background. It really grated on the nerves... either get rid of him or turn off his mic after he's done announcing. Let Max talk instead.
- Where was the sketch about the focus group? I was looking forward to that!
- Conan still needs to develop his new signature bits for his "Tonight Show."
Many critics were hating on last night's show but they were being way too nitpicky. I've never seen any episode of Letterman, Leno, etc. that was funny from start to finish, where every joke was a knee-slapper, every interview was enthralling and every sketch was perfection. Why would anyone expect that?
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