Chuck will be back, opposite Gossip Girl on The CW. Slade, which will you choose?
Lots of exploration into the college and high school years of the main characters means crazy casting. They’ve got lined up Michael Clarke Duncan, John Larroquette, Melinda Clarke, Jordana Brewster, and Nicole Richie. Richie plays a supervillain who goes to a high school reunion with the CIA woman. Richie’s date is Ben Savage.
Yeah. Wow.
Here’s a section of the manual from my brother’s and my hope for a decent multiplayer shooter on the Wii.
I count five uses of the word “conduit” in the manual so far.
On the topic of “Fringe” – If we’re all a part of some crazy conspiracy, and there’s all these secret organizations out there…Who’s left to play the part of Townsperson #2?
I just hope J.J. Abrams doesn’t mess up Lost like he did while working on MI3. And what’s with the dreadfully mysterious photos? Can he recapture the Cloverfield buzz? Sadly, he’ll probably succeed. Will I follow it? Meh for now.
By the way, Fox. Promising that you have Kurtzman and Orci from Transformers is not a good hook.
“Put the cube in my chest.”
“No, Optimus!”
“My bad.”
Have you seen Hulu? Pretty cool online viewing of movies and TV shows, and it’s pushed by NBC. Semi-legit, eh? I remember when it was just Lost, Desperate Housewives, and Alias on ABC.com. Now THIS is cool.
Picture a barbarian in the seats at a Mets game:
“Digital TV, you stink!”
Check out one of my favorites: Titan A.E. (Yep, the URL is sweet. I like the lack of ?=w798qwe-ness.) Okay, so no one told me I can watch Battlestar Galactica for free. And The Office in one location.
Also in the Cool Stuff category: GOMoBo. My friend Jason updated Twitter automatically with where he was eating and when. Not much help from me because I wouldn’t be able to meet him at 2 at Subway…in New Jersey. But what’s really cool about GOMoBo is that you can place a food order by SMS and then you will get a text back when it is ready.
“Waiting in line, you stink!”
This is a couple of weeks old, but have you seen the mummified dinosaur skin?
“Smithsonian re-recreations, you stink!”
Only four specimens ever have been found like this.
Make your own joke.
The Haiku
I am so excited
that there’s all this new stuff but
what of Hot Pockets?
With it being confirmed that The Office will have more episodes (woot x mucho) this season, I was thinking…
The Office is one of the most Un-Singable theme songs (reminded while I did dishes tonight), which is weird for a sitcom. I believe that that fact helps maintain its mockumentary status (which, Devin, I purchased World War Z for the library)(I couldn’t wait to read it).
I provide to you the Top 7 Singable Sitcom Theme Songs
7. The Simpsons – MASH just got kicked off – Yes, it’s singable, but please don’t sing the lyrics. The “doo doo doo”s do just fine.
6. Full House – We all know about “the milkman, the paperboy, and evening TV”. But what DID happen to predictability? (The big question is can you make it past “Everywhere you look…” and not mumble a lyric?)
5. The Garry Shandling Show – Probably the easiest to remember, it has the added benefit of the Toy Story guy (except when the Turtles covered it) telling us exactly what he’s doing. “This is the part where I start to whistle. [whistling]”
4. Saved by the Bell – This show raised me. At today’s faculty meeting the teachers were wondering why I was talking past them to my own audience. It was awkward, so I called Time Out to freeze the teachers and avoid any other rude comments. I wanted to be Zach, but judging from the tag cloud you can see my Dustin Diamond-ness.
3. Cheers - This almost got second, but as the general TV audience is shifting in demographic, this slightly nostalgic song got bumped down a notch. Is it just me, or is the song kinda depressing, too? (I get stressed about mortgages and the declining state of health care in the US.) If you listen to the second verse that is not featured in the credits you will be utterly disturbed by the narrator’s poor turn of events.
2. Friends – In the same style as the ‘your life really does stink’ genre made popular by Cheers, this song reminds you that even if “your job’s a joke, you’re broke” and “your love life’s DOA”, drinking some coffee with a bunch of self-absorbed twenty-somethings will get you out of second gear. Even if it hasn’t been your day, your month…
1. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air – I used to play a TV theme CD in the classroom while students wrote. This song was the most recognized, and most sung-alonged, even though the show was done before they were born. (Scary to think of, huh?) White suburbanites are instantly from West Philadelphia, “born and raised”. Just like when we read The Outsiders, they don’t get that they’re more Carlton and less Will.
I can’t imagine The Office being sung: “And here is Jim, he is smarmy/and poor Dwight, misunderstood – ’cause it’s the Office/la la we all want to stay late at/ The Office”
Song that I sing but no one else probably does: Seinfeld.
Ones that didn’t fit the sitcom genre: Star Trek, Twilight Zone, and the “dah du dah dah (dunh duh dunh)” A-Team.
Ones that my brother wishes were on the list: “There’s a time for love and a time for hate (I guess it really says “there’s a path we take and a path not take”…just like my “make you feel like corn flakes” Gettin’ Jiggy lyrics)/ the choice is up to you, my friend” and “what’ll we do, baby, with our love? Sha la la la la”
The Haiku
Have our non-vocal
theme songs signaled the crux of
our cynicism?
In other news:
The Jordan 23s are crazy.
The 6′8″ high school girls basketball star is awesome.
And Uno may make my dog, Indiana, popular. We shall see.
If you have any information regarding the appearance of a plane underwater, please call 1-888-548-0034. Seeking Ghostbusters and Ben Linus and the Oceanic 6.
I find it interesting that my previous article was about the division of East/West Germany and now it’s spiraled to Hot or Not. Well, this Heroes obsession is funny since last week I had no idea that a baby was on the way (okay, so I had some clue). I am intrigued to see what Master Predictor thinks will happen this Monday.
Tell me – Who is Hot or Not?
Who is hotter, West (Claire’s Flying Boy) or Peter (Irish girl’s future protector)
A battle between brothers. Who is hotter, Peter Petrelli (nurse) or Nathan Petrelli (senator)?
Who is hotter, washed-up Nathan or jacked-up Nathan?
Who is blech-ier, Nightmareman Parkman or Heebyjeebyman Sylar?
Who is pluckier, Hiro, Ando, or the Archaeologist?
Who creates more Olsen-esque “You got it, dude!” vibe, Baby Parkman, Molly, or Micah?
Who is a more complex anti-hero, Bob or Adam Monroe (Drunk Kensei)?
Ultimate Showdown
Who is the hottest guy on Heroes, Suresh, Peter, or Alejandro’s Warden?
Yes, Alison, I write this to entertain you.
The Haiku
No, I am not so
obsessed with the whole Hot/Not;
I laugh at myself.