NTO is taking a holiday vacay! Between the devastating celebrity deaths, stale sugar cookies, and Beal’s constant inebriation, we are just EXHAUSTED. I, for one, will be gorging myself on episodes of No Reservation, old Mad About You reruns and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (ugh, don’t tell Tony about that last one), too busy with [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Holiday Break
Posted in Etc., Miscellaneous Rantings on 12/28/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brittany Murphy
Posted in Etc., tagged Brittany Murphy on 12/21/2009 | 1 Comment »
There have been a lot of half-hearted tributes to Brittany Murphy, who died yesterday at 32 of cardiac arrest (apparently, natural causes which makes me want to go out and buy a treadmill, stat), and it’s time to get something out there once and for all. Everyone seems to be under the impression that Murphy [...]
Six Degrees Challenge: To Judi
Posted in Scrubs, Six Degrees, The Drew Carey Show, Three's Company on 12/21/2009 | 2 Comments »
Six Degrees NTO Style Craig Ferguson to Joyce DeWitt The Challenge: I made the connection from CRAIG FERGUSON to JOYCE DEWITT in three TV degrees. If Judi can do equal or better, she wins 10 points + 5 bonus points IF she can avoid the use of anyone who has patronized the Regal Beagal. If [...]
Top Five Fridays: Holiday SPECIALS
Posted in - Features, Top Five Friday's, tagged Christmas, Christmas specials, TV on 12/18/2009 | 1 Comment »
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) I wonder how many times I’ve seen this. My guess is somewhere around 486 times, despite not having watched it a single time in the past decade, yet, somehow, I’m pretty sure I still know every word. That Dr. Suess! He was a clever one! And those pour [...]
Do You Miss Us?
Posted in Etc., Glee, Miscellaneous Rantings, The Sing-Off, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Top Chef on 12/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry about the silence around here. I’m battling a deadly disease (sounds better than “the sniffles”) and Beal’s life, it sounds like from Twitter, is basically unraveling at the seams. Anyway, here’s a quick Round Up of the TV I’ve caught over the last two weeks and my thoughts because, oh, you are DYING to [...]
Six Degrees Challenge: To Beal
Posted in Six Degrees, tagged Six Degrees game on 12/14/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Six Degrees Challenge: I’m not going to lie. I am out for BLOOD. And I need to even the scorecard here. If Beal can get from Jack McBrayer to David Boreanaz in 2 TV degrees or less, she will be awarded 10 points. And if she can make the 2 degrees WITHOUT using McBrayer’s current [...]
Top Five Fridays: Christmas Episodes (Continued)
Posted in Bones, The OC, The Office, The Simpsons, West Wing, tagged best christmas episodes, bones santa in the slush, chrismukkah, the oc chrismukkah, the office christmas party, west wing noel on 12/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
That’s right- “Christmas.” Not “season”, not “holiday.” “CHRISTMAS.” We’re such bad-asses. 5. The OC- “The Best Chrismukkah Ever” (2003) I was completely, wholeheartedly into the first season of The OC (did that show last more than a year? No? Didn’t think so). I’m pretty sure that, had you asked me to in 2003, I wouldn’t [...]
Top Five Friday: Christmas Episodes
Posted in Full House, Golden Girls, My So-Called Life, Saved By The Bell, The Brady Bunch, Top Five Friday's on 12/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ohhh The CHRISTMAS episode. Will it be heartwarming? Will it remind me of how important family and friends are? Will I learn that expensive presents and lavish parties should take a back seat to helping mankind? Or for once, will I be glad I’m not a fiasco/tragedy/calamity prone TV family whose belief in the spirit [...]
Great Moments #16: Lucy Does the Tango
Posted in Great Moments, I Love Lucy on 12/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Show: I Love Lucy Moment: Lucy’s hiding three dozen egg under her shirt. This is a very inopportune time for Ricky to want to practice the tango. On the moment of impact, enjoy one of the longest recorded laughs in TV history.
TVolution: DANNY DEVITO
Posted in TVolution, tagged Danny DeVito on 12/09/2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re trying out a new feature here at NTO, called TVolution (like “evolution” but with TV, get it?), which will feature legends (a term we use quite loosely) of the small screen from their earliest role to their latest, and hopefully, we’ll have some fun along the way. . . The TVolution of Danny DeVito [...]
