So this post is a bit of a change from the last few politics-related ones, but every once in a while I feel the need to revert to my chauvinistic alter-ego and vent over how hot a certain someone is. I mean, look at her:
I mean that is two-syllable-damn worthy. And it's not just the looks. I'm not claiming to know her on a personal level, but based on her appearance on SNL tonight, her humour is almost Tina Fey-esque. She seems smart, funny, and she's also really good-looking. So I guess all that makes her overtake Erin the Cheerleader as the blog's (and by definition, my,) new celebrity crush.
On a semi-related note, SNL was actually pretty funny tonight. (Yes I stayed home tonight, excuse me for having to wake up in seven hours.) It seems that the show has taken a turn for the better since the abysmal Michael Phelps premiere. James Franco's episode was amazing, clips from the Anna Farris episode seemed promising, and tonight's episode was great as well.
Of course, one of the main reasons for SNL's recently-rejuvenated success is the semi-return of Tina Fey, who plays her clone, Sarah Palin. Every skit she's in is extremely well written, such as tonight's where they made fun of the vice-presidential debate. They even made fun of Joe Biden, which was a first.
Anyways, I'm not going to analyze or review the whole episode, because I'm way too lazy, but I just wanted to get a few things out there. Good night.
Before I start this post allow me to have a disclaimer:
NBC is probably my favorite network. It airs Heroes, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and 30 Rock, my four favorite on-air shows. It also airs my two favorite late night shows, Late Night With Conan O'Brien and Saturday Night Live. A couple years back it even showed some of my all-time favourites (Seinfeld, Friends, Las Vegas.) So why all this hatred?
After I discovered I could actually put videos into my blog, instead of just linking to them, I was very happy. Immediately I put in Tina Fey's impression of Sarah Palin on Saturday's episode of SNL in the post where i reviewed that episode. Then watched it. Four times. God bless YouTube.
But then, a couple hours later when i tired to watch it, i remembered: NBC sucks. The video, and all other videos on YouTube that showed the whole sketch,had been removed due to copyright infringement.
Excuse me NBC, but have you seen YouTube? Almost every single video there violates copyright law, despite the warning YouTube gives when you upload a video. YouTube became so popular that many television networks, including NBC, got their own "channels." Both John McCain and Barack Obama are using YouTube to post speeches and ads, in an effort to reach the viral community.
So where did NBC go?
A couple of months, actually closer to a year, NBC shut down their YouTube channel, taking viral mega-hits "Lazy Sunday" and "Dick In A Box," with it. Why? In anticipation of the launch of Hulu, their own version of YouTube.
Because of those assholes over at NBC, viewers outside the U.S. no longer have access to any NBC-related clips. They've essentially monopolized something they have the right to monopolize, but shouldn't have. If you have the right to change your name to We Suck A Lot Corporation, do you? No. Thanks NBC, you guys suck.
PS. You may suck, but please keep Heroes, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and 30 Rock on the air as long as possible. Thanks.
Oh, haha. Jamie made a play on words. Anyways, I was at a friends house yesterday and we decided to watch SNL, which hasn't been that great lately, except for the occasional episode when they have a great host (Lebron, Peyton Manning, Seth Rogen, etc.) And then the show goes and does two things, each with a completely different level of awesomeness.
1) They get Tina Fey to come back (maybe more than a one-time fling?) to portray Sarah Palin, who looks almost identical (in her "Tina Fey glasses" as Amy Poehler, playing Hillary Clinton, says,) like the actress.
2) Then they go and do something stupid: get Michael Phelps to host.
Now being the host of SNL is kind of a big thing, at least in regards to the show. You have the first sketch after the opening one (the monologue,) and you're in a large number of the skits. So why did Lorne Michaels choose Phelps? Because of America's utter infatuation with the swimming phenom, something I , as a Canadian, can not understand. Now I understand he shattered records in Beijing on his way to a record 8 gold medals, but as anyone who saw his interviews during the games can attest to, he's no comedian. He even had trouble answering simple questions during the interviews, acting like an awkward teenager, which at 23, he still kind of is.
America's infatuation with Phelps extends so far that some people (like Nina Mandell, in an SI.com article here,) actually think the performance was GOOD. Maybe they're swimmers themselves, and have inhaled too much chlorine, because his performance was atrocious. Worse than Vinny Chase in Medellin. Anyways, Skit-by-skit, SNL tried to hard to turn Phelps into something he's not, a funny person.
To get him comfortable, two separate characters were used in HIS opening monologue. They also tried to recreate the originally hilarious skit starring Seth Rogen (who was the host) and Kristen Wiig as the extremely ugly children of Bill Hader and Amy Poehler, who are having a sort of party with a few friends, who keep getting interrupted by these grotesque children.It was funny with Rogen, where his size and too-small shirt made it even funnier. Switch Rogen's character with a 6''4' behemoth, and its not so funny.
The one bright point of Phelph's night was the final skit, which made fun of his now infamous 12,000-calorie diet. Check it out on YouTube if you can find it.
There were a few other funny moments, including Weekend Update correspondents Nicholas Fehn, the headline guy, and the new, hilarious "Alaska Pete." The best moment of the night however, was the opening sketch, featuring Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler reprising her role of Hillary Clinton.
Unfortunately, because of NBC's decision to remove all NBC videos from YouTube and switch them over to Hulu, (which is unavailable in Canada,) the video cannot be found by Canadian residents online. To my knowledge, please comment here if you find a way.
Check out my new post regarding my displeasure towards NBC for leaving YouTube by clicking here.
I know she wasn't in the first episode, but when I think "Entourage," I think Emannuelle Chriqui. Excuse me for being a man. Anyways, after my Texans post I started writing a couple words on tonight's episode, but that ended being over 200 words, so I gave it it's own post. Here it is:
Entourage, the TV show, is back after it's almost year and a half oasis.
For those of you who haven’t seen the series premiere yet, sucks, because I’m about to spoil the ending for you.
A couple of questions I have for those of you who watched it…
Did turtle really not notice that Drama was carrying a fish with him the entire carried? And surely Richard Roeper, probably one of most famous critics out there, would have better security that isn’t as penetrable as Turtle and Drama made it out to be.
On another thing, what’s the deal with Turtle and Vince’s hangout in Mexico? Are there only girls allowed or something? Is Vince Chase really a big enough player to be able to pull about 20 girls away to a resort? No. And regarding the whole arrangement Turtle and Vince have with their girls, who planned this? Vinnie gets two and Turtle gets one? Did all the girls have a meeting or something and agree on this?
I was actually very disappointed with the episode as a whole, even though I do like Bow Wow’s character as one of E’s clients. Give E a hot assistant and his character could really take off this season. “Look for Bow Wow’s character to blow up and end up being a big star,” says my friend Josh. Could happen, and would suck for Vince when his best friend’s attention turns to his new client.
Anyways, regardless of how bad the plot or ending might be, if Entourage continues its steady stream of hot female stars and one-liners from Ari and everyone else, I’ll be fine.
Remember when I said I'd write every day? So do I, and I'm sorry to say that I've made that promise many times before, each time eventually failing to keep the blog going after a couple of posts.
A week alter, I've realized that to accomplish my goal, I must keep writing, regardless of my mood. I just finished watching my 34th episode of Heroes in the past two weeks or so. I bought the second season on DVD yesterday, and just finished it tonight. I guess that's what happens when you lack the kind of social life that involves you having plans in the middle of the week. What can I say, I was bored, and watching an episode of Heroes is like eating a Baked Lay. Betcha' can't watch just one.
Through the show's critically acclaimed two seasons, (it's already won 15 awards,) a group of ordinary people with extraordinary abilities (one of the tag lines,) have come to find each other. Many are related, many are good looking, and some are even evil. I'm not going to get into too much plot details just yet because I don't want to spoil it for newcomers, but if you have never watched the show, you must start now.
There are 23 first season episodes, and 11 from the second season. Season three starts Monday, September 22nd, so that gives you about 26 days to watch 34 episodes. There is nothing more excited than theorizing about people and events form this show, but ti's hard to say too much without giving anything away.
Anyways, I strongly encourage you to get into the show if you haven't already, because you're missing out. One warning though; after a couple of episodes, this show will consume your soul and not let you off until you've seen it all.
I had to finally tell someone that I am in love with the show Las Vegas, and who better but my loyal readers? Anyways, I know the show got canceled a few weeks ago, but when I discovered every episode was being shown in syndication (every day at 6 on Mystery TV,) I decided I HAD to start TIVOing it. So I did, and about 11 episodes in I was hooked. I'm not gonna explain the show for you newbies, you can check out the show's wikipedia entry for that. For those of you who do watch the show, there's a few things I'd like to say, (keep in mind I've only seen the first 11 episodes, plus a few random ones.)
For one thing how can a show like this get away with such a ridiculously good-looking cast? It's not even fair! All kidding aside, I haven't seen a cast this good since The O.C. went off the air. Now I know the chauvinistic side of me is showing, but you have to admit a good-looking cast (being comfortable with my sexuality I can say the men are fairly decent looking as well,) can really keep you into a show.
That's not all that's kept me into the show by the way. The chemistry between the cast is amazing, especially between Danny (Josh Duhamel,) and Ed (James Caan). Danny plays Ed’s protégé, and they both work together in security at the fictional Montecito Resort and Casino. The interaction between the cast, the changing plots of every episode, and the allure of Las Vegas, should keep all viewers very satisfied.
That’s enough praise for my favorite syndicated show. (Can Heroes and The Office come back already please?) Onto the Album of the day, On & On, by Jack Johnson. The Hawaiian-born singer’s soft rock is very pleasing on the ears, and always puts you in a great mood. On & On is no exception.
By the way, I apologize for the fact this blog sounds more like me talking then writing, but my head is killing me and this is the best I could muster. Hope you enjoyed it anyways.
Anyways that’s all for today, and don’t forget to check back tomorrow.
I mean that is two-syllable-damn worthy. And it's not just the looks. I'm not claiming to know her on a personal level, but based on her appearance on SNL tonight, her humour is almost Tina Fey-esque. She seems smart, funny, and she's also really good-looking. So I guess all that makes her overtake Erin the Cheerleader as the blog's (and by definition, my,) new celebrity crush.
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