Hayek produced Ugly Betty is my new Desperate Housewivian guilty pleasure. America Ferrera (aka Betty) is a real surprise. Half Telenovela, half American soap opera parody. Dig it.
It's a shame you can't see the first five episodes, as they have already aired (he says with a wink).
As you might have seen from the countdown timer on the right (which is now counting up), The IT Crowd start date for Season 2 has come and gone with no IT Crowd. Boo.
It's a shame you can't watch season one, as it has already aired (he says with a wink).
P.S. - NBC bought the rights for a US IT Crowd next season. The Office turned out great, but Coupling did not, so I'm not holding my breath just yet. Plus I'm not looking forward to the inevitable "geek chic" mainstream magazine covers that are sure to follow.
So it looks like another of my favorite shows is going to cancellation hell. Veronica Mars' time slot is being taken by Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll, then the show will return later this year with 5 stand-alone episodes, down from nine, with no news of a fourth season.
Here's what I picture in my head, when I think about TV production:
TV Producer/Bigwig 1: Hey, that Veronica Mars show is getting fantastic critical reviews.
TV Producer/Bigwig 2: Yeah, and the ratings, while not stellar, have been going up.
TV Producer/Bigwig 1: [snorting a massive line of coke] Yeah, so let's cancel it.
TV Producer/Bigwig 2: [snorting a massive line of coke] Right. How about eight episodes of vapid whore wannabes with big tits?
TV Producer/Bigwig 1: [grabbing the ass of the 19 year old 'actress' who has learned not to talk during 'meetings'] Now you're thinking!
TV Producer/Bigwig 2: Snort! Smallville!
TV Producer/Bigwig 1: Snort! [fondle] Gilmore Girls!
TV Producer/Bigwig 2: Snort! [fondle] Beauty and the Geek!
TV Producer/Bigwig 1 and 2: SNORRRRRRT!!
...or something like that.
I blogged the Bugatti Veyron segment of Top Gear before, and it got me watching the show. And thank God for that. This is the most fun you can have with a car show. Funny as hell, and lots of cool cars to ogle. Even if you're not a car person, you can still dig this show.
(I said car and show a lot in that paragraph. Car. Show. Car car.)
Warning: If you're not fully aware of how poorly the United States is being looked upon by Europeans, this show might piss you off. If you can look past that, move forward.
It's a shame you can't watch this show, as it is on British TV (he says with a wink).
Life on Mars is easily one of the coolest shows I've ever watched. If there's ever a US version made, I may die from joy (the UK one is great, but I know I'm missing a lot of the references).
It's a shame you can't watch this show, as it is on British TV (he says with a wink).
I have this rule. If I'm at a cocktail party, and I ask a guy what he does for a living, and he says "I'm a spammer," that I'm allowed to kill him with a shrimp fork for the benefit of society. I just added the guy that killed VM to that list. So look out, VM cancelling guy. Shrimp fork.
The woman in this video is Jacqueline Patterson, and she's one of the features subjects in a new Showtime documentary, In Pot We Trust.
Before I watched this documentary, I often spoke of my astonishment that weed is illegal. It's the only illegal drug that you can't overdose on, and that alone made up my mind, in terms of casual conversation. In Pot We Trust discusses medical marijuana in particular. The story of Jacqueline Patterson alone has firmly convinced me that medical marijuana should be legal. It's an astounding documentary, and I highly recommend it.
Note: I currently do not smoke pot, and I'm pretty confident I won't smoke it in the future. I'm not plugging this film in the hopes that I'll be able to get sweet kush delivered with my pizza. I still think everyone should be able to smoke it if they wish.
He thinks I'm his way into the music biz. Forget it, music's full.
Jeremy
Pure Schadenfreude in sitcom form, Peep Show features the two worst best friends in history. The magic of the show comes from the fact that everyone is so shallow and lame, that you want them to suffer. Gold.
My girlfriend stopped watching them with me. I can live with that.
Interesting side note: The stars of Peep Show are the UK "Mac vs PC" guys.
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
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