Some people in college used to give me a hard time and call me “The Count” on the account of my power-brows and pointy nose. Now they’re my best friends. Figures. And so when I read this emotional Cookie Monster editorial on McSweeny’s, I couldn’t stop laughing:
How can they be so callous? Me know there something wrong with me, but who in Sesame Street doesn’t suffer from mental disease or psychological disorder? They don’t call the vampire with math fetish monster, and me pretty sure he undead and drinks blood.
I was just listening to Happy Mondays - W.F.L.
Or so we’re made to think. Admittedly, I came across this spoiler on NYMag’s Vulture blog yesterday but how could I have avoided it? It was work related!
This marks the first time I’ve watched Lost in HD at home. It’s a wonderful thing, that HD, especially when it comes to Lost which loves to employ easter eggs that can only be seen in high definition. See this screen cap.
Better yet, watch the final Lost “mobisode” titled So It Begins.
I’m so glad Lost is back on but it’s like a dating someone you know is only going to be in the country for a couple months. Only 7 more episodes for this shortened season. Damn you, AMPTP.
Speaking of the writer’s strike, Vulture did an interview with Micheal Emerson and one of the questions I submitted to our editorial team was used:
What would Ben Linus offer in terms of advice to the producers and writers with regards to manipulating the other side in negotiating the strike?
Well, Ben Linus would say, “Get to know them as well as you can. Get to know their agenda. Think like them. Find their weaknesses, and then apply pressure.”
That sounds like solid advice for so many things in life. I actually volunteered to do the Q&A myself but they correctly assumed that I would use the phrase “awesomely creepy” too many times.
I was just listening to Toots and The Maytals - If You Act This Way
I didn’t realize they changed their name from Children’s Television Workshop. In any case, Grover can tell you all about the Sesame Street embedded videos.
I was just listening to Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do?
In a word; shitty. Not withholding the reverence I have for The Wizard of Oz, but this mini-series was just bad. The dialog was in the league of George Lucas but probably worse. The CG effects looked like they were done in film school. The acting was, okay. But the story overwhelmed it’s few gems with utter failures. The wrong parts were drawn out and the right parts were cut short or skipped over. Alan Cumming looked bad even though he was good. They made the one black guy Toto. Even Zooey Deschanel was a bore.
One of the only compliments I could pay is to Kathleen Robertson who is now and may have always been the better looking Beverly Hills 90210 cast member. That said, the winged monkeys flying off her supple breasts still managed to get old after the 8th or 9th time they used this effect.
Sci-Fi might have done well by Battlestar Galatica but this kind of swill is going to take them down. And this was written before the writer’s strike.
However, I am willing to believe that the writers might have had a better story than what was actually made. That is, unless the “eclipse of doom” was just deus ex machina instead of a subtle nod to Dark Side of the Moon.
I had to stop by the Union Square Barnes & Noble on my way home from work last night to catch a discussion between Michael Ruhlman and Anthony Bourdain. I’m a long time fan of Bourdain, specifically of Kitchen Confidential, his subsequent travel shows and rants about The Food Network and their personalities. I had been reading Ruhlman’s blog every now and then to catch Bourdain’s guest appearances until I started watching The Next Iron Chef, for which Ruhlman was a judge and commentator via his blog.
The introduction was a tad heavy on the fluffing but the two authors kept it real on travel, cooking and producing good television around those topics. They also had some funny and interesting comments on the celebrity chef. BN.com will have at some point has a video of the discussion.
Bourdain: Guy Fieri, you know…20% more gel…20% more Rastafari…can we put him on a skateboard…with the glasses around his head: ratings gold.
Ruhlman: Apparently, he’s very popular. I don’t know…
Bourdain: So is chlamydia.
Ruhlman: Did you really quit smoking?
Bourdain: Yes.
Bourdain: That’s what a pair of 7 1/2 month old lungs in the house does to you.
Ruhlman: You have some redeeming characteristics after all.
Bourdain: Shut the fuck up.
The cast of Saturday Night Live will be performing the show this Saturday at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater. The cast of 30 Rock will do the same on Monday.
All proceeds will benefit the WGA Strike Fund. Break the man down.
I was just listening to Daft Punk - Rollin’ and Scratchin’