Thursday, October 30, 2008

New Sammy Goes Old

If you haven't seen it yet, here is Sammy Hagar's new video of the song "Cosmic Universal Fashion" (from the album Cosmic Universal Fashion; dropping Nov 18) that may look familiar.





And here's the original the "Cosmic" pays homage to:


Chelsea and Chuy Make a Video

I'm a fairly new fan of Chelsea Handler's Chelsea Lately (weeknights on E!; 10:30 pm CST), but she sold me with this video.

First, the background: Chelsea is a TV host and author (and I will guess a comedian as well), and Chuy (who she lovingly calls her "Little Nugget") is her assistant and sidekick.

They made a video about California's Proposition 8 that is both funny and informative:



And now that you've seen it, let me rant: Proposition 8 sucks ass. Blame the f-bombing Republican assholes who have used the anger Americans have for losing their money and jobs the past 10 years and turning it so they have anger against abortions and gays.

Everyone deserves the opportunity to marry the one they love (within reason: they should be consenting people at least 18 years of age and not blood relations, as well as human-- for obvious reasons), so just get over it and let people marry who they want. I'm married, and the fact that "Sulu" and his long-time boyfriend got married does not diminish my marriage an iota.

I always thought people who vote Republican over one issue (most notably abortion) were short-sighted (as if there aren't other important things going on in the country that should be included in the decision of who to vote for), but I have jumped on the one-issue bandwagon.

I will NEVER vote for a Republican as long as they maintain their hatred and prejudice against gays and lesbians. That's not to say I'll automatically vote Democrat (although it's more likely), but the Republicans will NEVER get my vote. No chance in Hell. You can put a Republican against The Anti-Christ in a Presidential election, and I will not vote for the Republican.

No, I'll vote for Superman.

It's legal. I can write him in.

And before you think I'm protecting someone close to me, I'm not. I don't have any contact with anyone I know is gay. I've met three people who were gay (and only one was "out" at the time) in my life. I'm saying this because it's the right thing to do: let people be in love with who they're in love with.

Californians, do the right thing, vote "no" on Prop 8, and tell the supporters of it to sit down, shut up, and stop being haters. It's time to stop discriminating, and come together as a country instead of splitting over the stupid shit that the Reps and Dems want us to fight about instead of waking up and seeing what the Two-Party system and their lobbyist masters have done to screw the country up.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

TV News Odds and Ends

FOX and NBC took chances by giving low-rated series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Chuck full-season pick-ups. The CW also ordered more scripts for Privileged.

Starting November 5, Life moves to Wednesdays at 8 pm CST. That's not to say NBC has tons of hope for the show, but they wanted to make a "crime block" on Wednesdays (and maybe to boot Lipstick Jungle to Friday Night Hell).

Gary Cole, who has been everywhere lately (Desperate Housewives last season, and a stint on Chuck next month) will get a few episodes of Entourage later next month before he becomes a regular cast member next season. Cole's TV work doesn't scream "funny" to me, but then he was Lumberg on Office Space. Ah-- that doesn't matter, I've been a big Cole fan since American Gothic. And I won't spoil the potential plot development with Cole's part; but it could mean big things for the gang if mean what I think it means.

Premieres and Notables; October 27- November 2, 2008

Monday, 10/27

Lisa Williams: Voices From the Other Side; Lifetime. 10 am. Mini-series premiere.
All this week, Williams "talks" to the dead to help them communicate with the living.


Tuesday, 10/28

Greek (ABC Family; 8 pm CST). Mid-season finale.

Coolio's Rules; Oxygen. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Coolio tries to start a catering business while being a husband and father in this reality show.


Wednesday, 10/29

Shaken, Not Stirred; MyNetworkTV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A new celebrity "roast" show starring D.L. Hughley, Paul Rodriguez, and Anthony Anderson. Tonight, they give it to Al Sharpton.

Redemption Song; Fuse. 10 pm. Series Premiere.
Eleven women with really troubled pasts (one strips to get bail money for her boyfriend, and another ran an escort service where she'd get clients wasted and then steal their wallets) compete for a record deal. Fun!

UFO Hunters; History. 9 pm. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 10/30

30 Rock; NBC. 8:30. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 11/1

Gladiators; BBC America. 3 pm. Series Premiere.
American Gladiators with the "American".

Primeval (BBC America; 8 pm). Season Finale.


Sunday, 11/2

Brotherhood; Showtime. 7 pm. 3rd Season Premiere.

The Simpsons (FOX; 7 pm) give us Treehouse of Horror XIX.

Army Wives (Lifetime; 9 pm). Season Finale.