Saturday, April 11, 2009
Premieres and Notables; April 13-19, 2009
Monday, 4/13
Closet Cases; FLN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Oprah-approved stylist Lloyd Boston visits people and gives them inexpensive makeovers.
Saving Grace (TNT; 9 pm). Season Finale.
Tuesday, 4/14
Deadliest Catch; Discovery. 8 pm. Season Premiere.
Wednesday, 4/15
The Cougar; TV Land. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
A forty-year-old woman tries to land a younger man in this reality-love competition.
Pitchmen; Discovery. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan mentor inventors with wacky products to sell.
Thursday, 4/16
Sorry I didn't mention Southland (NBC; 9 pm) premiered last week. I blame TV Guide for not putting the news on anything I'd look at (they only have two spots in their weekly mag that has notable episodes).
Friday, 4/17
Johnny Depp voices surfing guru, Jack Kahuna Luna, on Spongebob Squarepants (Nickelodeon; 7 pm).
Prison Break; FOX. 8 pm. Series Return.
The show is back for its final six episodes of the series.
A friend sent me the news that the show will end, and then the series will be wrapped up in a direct-to-DVD movie this summer. Ugh...
The news may not be completely bad, as another website I checked said it wasn't yet confirmed the movie would not air.
Here's the only video clip I could find for the final episodes:
Stranger Among Bears; Animal Planet. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
I have no idea...
Saturday, 4/18
Grey Gardens; HBO. 7 pm. Special.
Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore star in this made-for-TV movie, which has gotten some pretty reviews.
Sunday, 4/19
Sit Down, Shut Up; FOX. 7:30 pm. Series Premiere.
A new animated series set in a Florida High School by Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of Arrested Development. Some of the featured voices are by Will Arnet, Jason Bateman, and Henry Winkler-- who all worked together on that series, in case you've forgotten.
HEY! Maria Bamford is on the show, too. We went to the same high school. I'm not claiming to have known her (I was 4-5 grades younger than her), but I'm mentioning it because I think it's cool-- and I always make sure to check out her work (sometimes she's on Comedy Central specials).
Closet Cases; FLN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Oprah-approved stylist Lloyd Boston visits people and gives them inexpensive makeovers.
Saving Grace (TNT; 9 pm). Season Finale.
Tuesday, 4/14
Deadliest Catch; Discovery. 8 pm. Season Premiere.
Wednesday, 4/15
The Cougar; TV Land. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
A forty-year-old woman tries to land a younger man in this reality-love competition.
Pitchmen; Discovery. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan mentor inventors with wacky products to sell.
Thursday, 4/16
Sorry I didn't mention Southland (NBC; 9 pm) premiered last week. I blame TV Guide for not putting the news on anything I'd look at (they only have two spots in their weekly mag that has notable episodes).
Friday, 4/17
Johnny Depp voices surfing guru, Jack Kahuna Luna, on Spongebob Squarepants (Nickelodeon; 7 pm).
Prison Break; FOX. 8 pm. Series Return.
The show is back for its final six episodes of the series.
A friend sent me the news that the show will end, and then the series will be wrapped up in a direct-to-DVD movie this summer. Ugh...
The news may not be completely bad, as another website I checked said it wasn't yet confirmed the movie would not air.
Here's the only video clip I could find for the final episodes:
Stranger Among Bears; Animal Planet. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
I have no idea...
Saturday, 4/18
Grey Gardens; HBO. 7 pm. Special.
Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore star in this made-for-TV movie, which has gotten some pretty reviews.
Sunday, 4/19
Sit Down, Shut Up; FOX. 7:30 pm. Series Premiere.
A new animated series set in a Florida High School by Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of Arrested Development. Some of the featured voices are by Will Arnet, Jason Bateman, and Henry Winkler-- who all worked together on that series, in case you've forgotten.
HEY! Maria Bamford is on the show, too. We went to the same high school. I'm not claiming to have known her (I was 4-5 grades younger than her), but I'm mentioning it because I think it's cool-- and I always make sure to check out her work (sometimes she's on Comedy Central specials).
Highest Possible Recommendation
So I just finished the fifth and final season of The Wire and I feel compelled to write something.
It's late, I've had a long week, and I am fried, but this show has grabbed me the past two months, and this final season I spent the past few nights watching has actually messed up my sleep (I go to bed and lay there for hours because this show and its characters have hooked me unlike almost anything else I've ever encountered).
I've talked up the show a bit lately, but I'm going to do it again because it's worth it.
Season Three was brilliant. I would say (and have said) it's one of the best seasons of TV I've ever seen, and anyone who's read this blog or knows me knows I watch a shitload of TV, so I know what I'm talking about.
Season Four-- amazingly-- was even better. It not only told a typically wonderful story, but it also laid a very emotional tie to some of the characters.
Season Five took a gigantic chance that paid off. It may not have been as sexy as the previous two seasons, but it wound stories around lies that snowballed until they became avalanches. By the end of the penultimate episode, my jaw was on the floor, and I thought "There is no way this season can end in just a single episode."
But it did. Masterfully. But that wasn't good enough; the finale also ended the series perfectly.
I always have a qualm or three about a series finale. Either the finale has a plot or character that comes out of left field to tie things up with a bow, or the show decides to do its own thing and bites off more than it can chew, or it just decides it really could never deliver what the show or fans would be satisfied with, so it does whatever the Hell it wants.
Not The Wire. It ended its fifth season just as it did the previous four: with a real ending that fit the season. And then it pushed the characters into the next phases of their lives. Some ended up happier, some a little sadder, and one blew my mind as he took on a role I never could have expected and took on the mantle held by another who was killed.
Some finales satisfy me emotionally. Some satisfy me as a fan. Others satisfy me because they remain true to the show. The finale of The Wire satisfied me on all levels.
McNulty, Avon, Stringer, Ronnie, Bunk, Freamon, Prez, Mike, Dukie, Bodie, Marlo, Slim, Cheese, Cutty, Snoop, Chris, Randy, Naymond, WeeBey, D', Carcetti, Daniels, Narese, Bubbles, Herc, Carv, Beadie, Sydnor, Prop Joe, Deacon, Sharron, Johnny, Rawls, Burrell, Clay, Kima, Levy, Bunny, Poot, Bug, Templeton, Valchek, Gus, Omar...
Fuckin' Omar...
Forty-four names I pulled out of my head just now. I didn't need to check imdb.com for a cast list. They are right there; in my head-- in my heart. Some are good guys, some are bad guys, and most of them are a mix of both. Good people who make bad mistakes. Bad people who do the right thing once in a while. Forty-four characters I can just name without reference. And the thing is, there are at least a half-dozen whose faces I see in my head but whose names I can't remember (this show wasn't one for name-checking every character every episode). And because I watched the first two seasons last summer before I really "got" the show, there's probably two dozen more names I can't even remember from those episodes.
Listen, I've written it before, and I'm going to again-- and I probably will at some point even later than now as well-- this is television of the highest quality. This is the type of show that can change your entire perception of what television can be. The DVD sets are priced per standard HBO rates (too high), so borrow them from the library or a rich friend or watch them as they air on HBO OnDemand (you still might catch Season Two). Or put them in your NetFlix queue. Or save your pennies up like I'm going to and try to catch every sale you can until you own them all.
If you like television and look for the best possible shows, you owe it to yourself to watch this series.
Trust me. You will not be disappointed.
It's late, I've had a long week, and I am fried, but this show has grabbed me the past two months, and this final season I spent the past few nights watching has actually messed up my sleep (I go to bed and lay there for hours because this show and its characters have hooked me unlike almost anything else I've ever encountered).
I've talked up the show a bit lately, but I'm going to do it again because it's worth it.
Season Three was brilliant. I would say (and have said) it's one of the best seasons of TV I've ever seen, and anyone who's read this blog or knows me knows I watch a shitload of TV, so I know what I'm talking about.
Season Four-- amazingly-- was even better. It not only told a typically wonderful story, but it also laid a very emotional tie to some of the characters.
Season Five took a gigantic chance that paid off. It may not have been as sexy as the previous two seasons, but it wound stories around lies that snowballed until they became avalanches. By the end of the penultimate episode, my jaw was on the floor, and I thought "There is no way this season can end in just a single episode."
But it did. Masterfully. But that wasn't good enough; the finale also ended the series perfectly.
I always have a qualm or three about a series finale. Either the finale has a plot or character that comes out of left field to tie things up with a bow, or the show decides to do its own thing and bites off more than it can chew, or it just decides it really could never deliver what the show or fans would be satisfied with, so it does whatever the Hell it wants.
Not The Wire. It ended its fifth season just as it did the previous four: with a real ending that fit the season. And then it pushed the characters into the next phases of their lives. Some ended up happier, some a little sadder, and one blew my mind as he took on a role I never could have expected and took on the mantle held by another who was killed.
Some finales satisfy me emotionally. Some satisfy me as a fan. Others satisfy me because they remain true to the show. The finale of The Wire satisfied me on all levels.
McNulty, Avon, Stringer, Ronnie, Bunk, Freamon, Prez, Mike, Dukie, Bodie, Marlo, Slim, Cheese, Cutty, Snoop, Chris, Randy, Naymond, WeeBey, D', Carcetti, Daniels, Narese, Bubbles, Herc, Carv, Beadie, Sydnor, Prop Joe, Deacon, Sharron, Johnny, Rawls, Burrell, Clay, Kima, Levy, Bunny, Poot, Bug, Templeton, Valchek, Gus, Omar...
Fuckin' Omar...
Forty-four names I pulled out of my head just now. I didn't need to check imdb.com for a cast list. They are right there; in my head-- in my heart. Some are good guys, some are bad guys, and most of them are a mix of both. Good people who make bad mistakes. Bad people who do the right thing once in a while. Forty-four characters I can just name without reference. And the thing is, there are at least a half-dozen whose faces I see in my head but whose names I can't remember (this show wasn't one for name-checking every character every episode). And because I watched the first two seasons last summer before I really "got" the show, there's probably two dozen more names I can't even remember from those episodes.
Listen, I've written it before, and I'm going to again-- and I probably will at some point even later than now as well-- this is television of the highest quality. This is the type of show that can change your entire perception of what television can be. The DVD sets are priced per standard HBO rates (too high), so borrow them from the library or a rich friend or watch them as they air on HBO OnDemand (you still might catch Season Two). Or put them in your NetFlix queue. Or save your pennies up like I'm going to and try to catch every sale you can until you own them all.
If you like television and look for the best possible shows, you owe it to yourself to watch this series.
Trust me. You will not be disappointed.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Dear John: Steroids
I'll be posting these Dear John Witherspoon videos from the Boondocks Bootleg website the next few weeks.
Vulgar, but funny.
Vulgar, but funny.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Taco Hottie
Damn cops. Always trying to bring you down.
(I hope he made her to the alcohol test; just to make this moron even later to her important thing.)
(I hope he made her to the alcohol test; just to make this moron even later to her important thing.)
Monday, April 06, 2009
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Thank God Atheists Don't Rule the World
Yes, these actual Findamentalist quotes are taken out of context; I get that. But even in context, these still have to sound pretty bad/ignorant coming out of someone's mouth. Some of this is just patently ridiculous...
I'm not trying to start anything here; I just find it interesting. And funny; I admit: I find it kinda funny.
If you want equal-time for the other side of this argument, go find a post that makes evolutionists and atheists (who are not mutually exclusive, BTW) look like morons. I'm sure a Google search will come up with thousands of hits.
If you're a Fundamentalist and you don't want to think about what the other side believes, I recommend passing this post on and watching another.
I post lots of vids, it'll be okay if one gets missed...
I'm not trying to start anything here; I just find it interesting. And funny; I admit: I find it kinda funny.
If you want equal-time for the other side of this argument, go find a post that makes evolutionists and atheists (who are not mutually exclusive, BTW) look like morons. I'm sure a Google search will come up with thousands of hits.
If you're a Fundamentalist and you don't want to think about what the other side believes, I recommend passing this post on and watching another.
I post lots of vids, it'll be okay if one gets missed...
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