by Judi 5. Yes, Dear (2000-2006) I challenge you to watch more than a solid minute of this clip. IT’S NOT POSSIBLE to be more bored with a sitcom. Do you know what’s duller than watching a baby all day? Watching someone else watching a baby in the guise of entertainment. Now, I am one [...]
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Top Five Fridays: Seriously, I’d Rather Be Watching Paint Dry
Posted in Access Hollywood, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Newhart, Paris is My New BFF, Top Five Friday's, Yes, Dear, tagged Access Hollywood, Billy Bush, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Paris Hilton, Yes Dear on 09/04/2009 | 1 Comment »
On Cars and Auntie Mame but Mostly Cars
Posted in Etc., Top Gear, Variety on 08/17/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two few things you might not’ve known about me. – I have this ongoing dream (nightmare? No, dream. I think) that I wake up one morning and I’m Auntie Mame. It’s like Kafka but with a kimono and affected accent. I try to be upset about this but I can’t because HELLO? Auntie Mame is [...]
Character Spotlight: Liz Lemon
Posted in 30 Rock, Character Spotlight, Saturday Night Live on 06/30/2009 | 2 Comments »
by Judi Show: 30 Rock Character: Liz Lemon Actor: Tina Fey Basically: The intrepid Liz Lemon, introduced perkily in the 30 Rock pilot as this generation’s That Girl, is the creator and head writer of Friday night sketch show TGS with Tracy Jordan, formally The Girlie Show starring her longtime friend Jenna Maroney. As the [...]
The Philanthropist
Posted in Dramas, Lost, Party of Five, Saturday Night Live, The Philanthropist on 06/24/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Judi Thanks a lot, NBC, for providing me with a promising new show with a name that I have to spell-check twenty-seven times. I’ll confess that I’m mainly checking out this drama at 10/9C (given a surprisingly positive review from Entertainment Weekly) because Neve Campbell is in it and I have a bizarre sentimental [...]
People Seriously Need to Stop Dying
Posted in American Idol, Full House, Star Search, Variety, tagged ed mcmahon, star search on 06/23/2009 | 1 Comment »
by Judi I think one of the reasons I can’t get into American Idol is because my heart will always belong to Star Search. Way back in the day (and by day, I mean the 1980s), there wasn’t a better way to end Saturday morning’s quality programming than with a little Star Search action. Little [...]
So You Think You Can Cry
Posted in Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Movies, Reality, So You Think You Can Dance, Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood on 06/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Judi A few recent musings on summer TV offerings. I really, really hate these reality shows that force you to watch weeks of auditions and try-outs before they actually start the show. And do the episodes need to be TWO HOURS LONG? So You Think You Can Dance is a fine example as apparently [...]
When New Media ACTUALLY WORKS For TV
Posted in Michael and Michael Have Issues, Miscellaneous Rantings, The Office, Variety on 06/04/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t wait for Michael and Michael Have Issues and, finally, this new business of tying in a series with blogs, Twitter, Facebook etc. is actually working to my advantage because it’s all actually, miraculously doing its job- ie making me very excited for the show instead of wanting to blow my brains out. [...]
The Sound You Hear is Not Silence
Posted in Golden Girls, Variety on 04/29/2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is DEVASTATION. The last few days have been terrible. There is a black curtain over my television, there is a pall over my TiVo. There has been sniffling and the smell of BenGay. Someone left a casserole and a TV Guide on my doorstep. Thank you, whoever you are. Bea Arthur is dead. I’m [...]
The Intro
Posted in Beverly Hills 90210, Dallas, Family Matters, Full House, Gilligan's Island, Golden Girls, Laverne & Shirley, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Pee Wee's Playhouse, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Wonder Years, tagged theme songs on 03/01/2009 | 1 Comment »
Although it is occasionally overlooked, especially in the era of modern television where Tivo or DVR can fast forward through it, and DVD’s allow it to be clicked past with the touch of a button, the INTRODUCTION is still as crucial as it ever was in initiating the program you’re about to watch. Intro’s come [...]
Come Ride With Me!
Posted in Saturday Night Live, Variety, tagged Kristen Wiig, McGruber, Saturday Night Live, SNL on 02/25/2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh Kristen. You must be EXHAUSTED from carrying Saturday Night Live on your back these days, you and poor McGruber. Thank God for the Internet so I can watch this sketch over and over and over again. Also, sometimes I watch a random clip on Hulu and when I come back, the random clip I [...]
