Last night's How I Met Your Mother was a particularly heartbreaking one. It was also very Lost-esq with it's odd countdown that I didn't really notice through my tears.
Thank goodness for other awesome TV bloggers, eh?
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Bad, But So Good: 'Celebrity Rehab'
Dr. Drew has an entirely new crew of drug addicts on VH1, and if you can pull yourself away from Teen Mom or The Real Housewives, I highly recommend getting addicted to this season's group of washed up stars.
First of all, Leif Garrett is still alive! Who knew? He's trying to get off heroine and looking like an extra for The Walking Dead. But he's one of the more quiet contestants on this sobriety game show. The loud mouth, as always is Janice Dickinson. Kudos to her for getting better, especially after that Finland incident...
The true star though, has to be Jason London... or is it Jeremy? Darn twins...
It's the one who said he was kidnapped and forced to do drugs.
Um, hello, Six Feet Under did it years ago!
If nothing else, tune in for his tale of that wild ride. It's really amusing to watch 'actors' try and believe his crazy tales.
*UPDATE*
(OK, I really only like adding that because it makes me think of Unsolved Mysteries.)
The most recent episode where they're all really into withdrawal stages was when it stopped being fake, and started to get real. (Why, yes... I am too lazy to look it up that exact episode right now and decided to go with the cheap video clip joke.)
Best of luck to all of them on their road to sobriety.
First of all, Leif Garrett is still alive! Who knew? He's trying to get off heroine and looking like an extra for The Walking Dead. But he's one of the more quiet contestants on this sobriety game show. The loud mouth, as always is Janice Dickinson. Kudos to her for getting better, especially after that Finland incident...
The true star though, has to be Jason London... or is it Jeremy? Darn twins...
It's the one who said he was kidnapped and forced to do drugs.
Um, hello, Six Feet Under did it years ago!
If nothing else, tune in for his tale of that wild ride. It's really amusing to watch 'actors' try and believe his crazy tales.
*UPDATE*
(OK, I really only like adding that because it makes me think of Unsolved Mysteries.)
The most recent episode where they're all really into withdrawal stages was when it stopped being fake, and started to get real. (Why, yes... I am too lazy to look it up that exact episode right now and decided to go with the cheap video clip joke.)
Best of luck to all of them on their road to sobriety.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Importance of The Daily Show
This could also be titled: Why I Went to The Rally to Restore Sanity
Each generation has their news man. (It's usually a man, sorry ladies.) A man that we trust to tell us the news in a fair and balanced manner. There was Cronkite, Rather, Brokaw... the Gumbels.
My generation has too many channels for there to be anyone to trust. It started with CNN, and that was a good idea. Sure, it helped keep us informed during the first Gulf War, 24/7...but then there came a giant flood of news stations. News stations have news stations. It's ridiculous, it's biased, it's sensationalized, it's hard to believe. But from this darkness a bright light shined, and it was hilarious.
A comedy program stepped up and became a news leader of the generation. Now, I'm not talking about The Craig Kilborn Daily Show - a lot of people don't even remember that. I'm talking about The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
It's purely satirical. It's an unbiased look at the news, because no one is spared being made fun of. Best of all, it brings important news stories to the forefront in a manner that isn't meant to cause panic, but informed action.
I'm absolutely not the first to realize the phenomenon that this show has become. But, I do feel it's important to call out that perhaps this show has become the Nightly News of my generation because the way we've been reporting news is so ridiculous. There was a reason it was called "The News Hour". Perhaps we don't need continuous reports every minute. If you wanna go 24/7 report local stories, not embellished stories full of fear and clashing opinions. It's frightening that 20% of Americans actually believe we'd elect a president that wasn't an American - and the story is being perpetuated by someone who isn't even American!
To stop insanity like this, and have my opinions be heard in a reasonable manner, I went along with some friends to The Rally to Restore Sanity. It was a long trip, full of hours of waiting, epic lines, and exhaustive walking to not even get near the stage. But it was fullfilling to see that there are a lot of people looking for calm discourse. For change without screaming, for news programs to return to news programs so comedy can just be funny again.
Speaking of funny, check out our signs...
In this photo left to right: Kambri Crews, Sharon Jamilkowski, Sue Funke, Jenn Dodd, & Will Dodd
Each generation has their news man. (It's usually a man, sorry ladies.) A man that we trust to tell us the news in a fair and balanced manner. There was Cronkite, Rather, Brokaw... the Gumbels.
My generation has too many channels for there to be anyone to trust. It started with CNN, and that was a good idea. Sure, it helped keep us informed during the first Gulf War, 24/7...but then there came a giant flood of news stations. News stations have news stations. It's ridiculous, it's biased, it's sensationalized, it's hard to believe. But from this darkness a bright light shined, and it was hilarious.
A comedy program stepped up and became a news leader of the generation. Now, I'm not talking about The Craig Kilborn Daily Show - a lot of people don't even remember that. I'm talking about The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
It's purely satirical. It's an unbiased look at the news, because no one is spared being made fun of. Best of all, it brings important news stories to the forefront in a manner that isn't meant to cause panic, but informed action.
I'm absolutely not the first to realize the phenomenon that this show has become. But, I do feel it's important to call out that perhaps this show has become the Nightly News of my generation because the way we've been reporting news is so ridiculous. There was a reason it was called "The News Hour". Perhaps we don't need continuous reports every minute. If you wanna go 24/7 report local stories, not embellished stories full of fear and clashing opinions. It's frightening that 20% of Americans actually believe we'd elect a president that wasn't an American - and the story is being perpetuated by someone who isn't even American!
To stop insanity like this, and have my opinions be heard in a reasonable manner, I went along with some friends to The Rally to Restore Sanity. It was a long trip, full of hours of waiting, epic lines, and exhaustive walking to not even get near the stage. But it was fullfilling to see that there are a lot of people looking for calm discourse. For change without screaming, for news programs to return to news programs so comedy can just be funny again.
Speaking of funny, check out our signs...
In this photo left to right: Kambri Crews, Sharon Jamilkowski, Sue Funke, Jenn Dodd, & Will Dodd
Friday, October 29, 2010
The Best of Halloween TV
This year television seemed to be more into the Halloween spirit. There were several shows that put forth Halloween themed episodes. The following are ones that if you missed, are worth going back and viewing.
1. Community - Season 1's Halloween episode was by far one of the most trippy episodes I've ever seen on network television. This year, they took it to the zombie level and created an episode that had me on the edge of my seat, and rolling off that seat laughing. While some critics complained that it was derivative, I'd argue that Community takes popular themes and twists them every week. I think the end result was an absolutely hilarious episode.
2. Chuck - Not only does our hero finally see his mother, Linda Hamilton, but there's also a Freddy Krueger cameo. Buy More gets a 'haunted' makeover. It's a great episode.
3. Modern Family - I don't think I've ever laughed so hard. Every single character in this ensemble has a moment to shine this episode.
Honorable Mentions:
1. Community - Season 1's Halloween episode was by far one of the most trippy episodes I've ever seen on network television. This year, they took it to the zombie level and created an episode that had me on the edge of my seat, and rolling off that seat laughing. While some critics complained that it was derivative, I'd argue that Community takes popular themes and twists them every week. I think the end result was an absolutely hilarious episode.
2. Chuck - Not only does our hero finally see his mother, Linda Hamilton, but there's also a Freddy Krueger cameo. Buy More gets a 'haunted' makeover. It's a great episode.
3. Modern Family - I don't think I've ever laughed so hard. Every single character in this ensemble has a moment to shine this episode.
Honorable Mentions:
- Parenthood had a really nice episode about family celebrations and the hurdles for autistic children and parents that Halloween brings.
- Cougar Town this episode, like many this season, have been surprisingly funny. If you gave up on this show because of the name, give it another try. Also, for Scrubs fans Dr. Kelso comes in for a cameo as Courtney Cox's dad.
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