New Era-- Trash Talking & One Hitter

Two commercials for the price of one:

That's why you never let your kids smoke

In Soviet Russia, real men don't land on their feet...

Dogstep

Premieres and Notables: June 6-19, 2011

Monday, 6/6

Baggage; GSN. 6:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Masterchef; Fox. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

My Yard Goes Disney; HGTV. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Switched At Birth; ABC Family. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two teens find out they were switched at birth in this new drama.

HGTV'd; HGTV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The ballsy network has now verbed it's own name...

Behind Mansion Walls; ID. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Tuesday, 6/7

White Collar; USA. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Covert Affairs; USA. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Hook, Line & Dinner; Cooking Channel.  9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ben Sargent travels the country, looking for the best seafood.

Sports Show With Norm MacDonald (Comedy Central; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Wednesday, 6/8

Operation Repo; TruTV. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

South Park (Comedy Central; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Locked Up Abroad; National Geographic. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Through the Wormhole; Science Channel. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Workaholics (Comedy Central; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Friday, 6/10

CMT's Next Superstar (CMT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Saturday, 6/11

Oddities (Science Channel; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Sunday, 6/12

The Glee Project; Oxygen. 8 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Twelve singers compete for a seven-episode stint on Glee next season.

The Protector; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ally Walker stars as a homicide detective.

Why Not? With Shania Twain (OWN; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Pole Vault Across River

Not...

What Can Happen When Your Plane is Delayed

Cheerleader Death Metal Mosh Pit

Disneyland Star Wars Academy

This youngling is facing Darth Vader.




Awesome.

Premieres and Notables: May 30-June 5, 2011

Monday, 5/30

American Chopper (Discovery; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Gettysburg; History. 8 pm CST. Special.
Ridley and Tony Scott team-up to bring us the story the turning-point of the Civil War for the beginning of History's version of Shark Week.  Civil War programming abounds on the network this week.

Breakout Kings (A&E; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
I know I said the finale was last week. I don't know what changed, but it's listed this week too.

Platinum Hit; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The search for the next American songwriter begins here.
I'm sure the home of The Real Housewives of... will make it a classy affair.

Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition; ABC. 9:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Camera crews followed people for a year on their weight loss journeys, and we get to see the ups and downs-- and the results.


Tuesday, 5/31

America's Got Talent; NBC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Traffic Light (Fox; 8:31 pm CST). Series Finale.
Too bad, too, as this show was finding its groove the back-half of the season...

Million Dollar Decorators; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Because what the world needs now is a reality show that follows high-end interior decorators.

Love Handles: Couples in Crisis; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Overweight couples bicker for our amusement.
Really? We have to have a TV show about couples with issues-- but they've got to be fat...?


Wednesday, 6/4

Destroy Build Destroy; Cartoon Network. 7:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Franklin & Bash; TNT. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer star as attorneys who take some liberties with the law to help their clients.

Man v. Food Nation; Travel Channel. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
This time, host Adam Richman lets locals do the crazy food pig-outs.

Love in the Wild; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Twenty singles are stranded in a Costa Rican jungle... and expected to find love while "surviving"?  I don't know...

The World According to Paris; Oxygen. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Viewers will see a different side to Paris Hilton (no duh!-- she's an exec producer; bet she gets some editing control) as she tries to figure out how to leave partying behind and grow up.

Men of a Certain Age; TNT. 9:01 pm CST.  Mid-season return.
If you haven't been watching, this show turned a nice corner in the first part of the second season.  Less whining and more living.


Thursday, 6/2

Love Bites; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I'm not entirely clear on what this is, but I think it's an anthology-type show starring Becki Newton, Greg Grunberg, and Constance Zimmer among a constantly rotating guest-star list in this comedy about love.

The First 48: Missing Persons; A&E. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality show that features the Chicago Police Dept.'s efforts to find missing persons.

NY Ink; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Miami Ink's Ami James moves to NYC to ply his craft.

Children's Hospital; [adult swim]/(Cartoon Network). 11 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Great show (that, admittedly, isn't for everyone). Check it out.


Friday, 6/3

Whale Wars; Animal Planet.  8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.


Sunday, 6/5

Finding Big Foot; Animal Planet. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
This six-part series tries to uncover the reality of big foot.

Food Network Star; Food Network. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Glades; A&E. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Real L Word; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.
An almost entirely new cast lets us peek into their lives as "L Words".
Psst-- that's "lesbian".

Teen Wolf; MTV. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
It shares the name of the '80s movie, but the sensibilities of this season are closer to modern takes on the supernatural.  Sexier and scarier, with the "needed" mythology for these genre shows may be worth checking it out.
Moves to its normal timeslot of Mondays at 9 pm CST on June 6.

Combat Coffee

Some Candadian soldiers tell us how they make coffee in Afghanistan.

Don't worry, his face cushioned the fall

Elephant Don't Play Dat

Dirt Bike Rider's Bad Luck

He hit the highway...

Someone's got better things to do than look at babies

Did you catch it?
If not, watch it again and pay attention to the dog in the background.

ALLEGEDLY Drunk

Suspected Drunk Driver is Definitely Drunk - watch more funny videos

Conan Shows Thor Trailer

By the way: I saw the real deal a few weekends ago.
It wasn't a masterpiece, but it was a lot of fun. Check it out.
Hemsworth was fantastic.

Here's another parody:

Failed backflip

Finales and Notables: May 23-29, 2011

Monday, 5/23

House (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Bachelorette; ABC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Chicago Code (Fox; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

The Event (NBC; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

American Experience; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). 21st Season Premiere.

Make It or Break It (ABC Family; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.



Tuesday, 5/24

Dancing With the Stars (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Biggest Loser (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Glee (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hardcore Pawn (truTV; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Pregnant in Heels (Bravo; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 5/25

The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated; check local listings).  Series Finale.
I've heard that under each seat will be a vial of kool-ade that audience members can use to participate in a mass suicide to make sure the show goes out with a bang.

The Middle (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

American Idol (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Modern Family (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Cougar Town (ABC; 8:31 pm CST). Season Finale.

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Happy Endings (ABC; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.
And it got picked up for next year, so the rare freshman season finale...


Thursday, 5/26

So You Think You Can Dance; Fox. 7 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

If you were afraid Nikita (The CW; 8 pm CST) wouldn't be back (or were just too crammed with other shows to watch), it's repeating Thursday nights throughout the summer, so you can catch up before the second season this Fall.

4th and Forever; Current TV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality show about Long Beach Polytechnic, the high school that saw Snoop Dogg, Cameron Diaz and some NFL players attending classes back in the day.

Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime; 9:30 pm CST). Series Finale.


Saturday, 5/28

My Favorite Place; HGTV. 5 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Here's what we have to look forward to this summer: shows like this, where "famous designers and celebrity trendsetters" show off their homes.  People like Kathy Griffin...

Revolver Golden Gods Awards; VH1 Classic. 9 pm CST. Special.
Fozzy frontman (and former WWE headliner) Chris Jericho hosts this metal awards special.  Alice Cooper, Sebastian Bach, and Duff McKagen's Loaded perform tunes.


Sunday, 5/29

Best in Smoke (Food Network; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

From Spain With Love; Cooking. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Host Annie Sibonney travels through Spain, checking out the local cuisine.

Breakout Kings (A&E; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Melinda Gates Tells Her Truth

Bill Gate's wife Melinda has a dirty little secret - watch more funny videos

Punch the Bag Fail

Crashing Cats

Cats Crashing - watch more funny videos

Sexy Sax Man

I think the prank may have gone a little far at times-- but I admit to laughing at each new venue.

Bangarang!!!

I don't know what the title means, but I found this clip pretty funny.

The Man Who Shot Bin Laden

The Navy Seal Who Killed Osama Bin Laden from Rob Riggle

Premieres and Notables: May 16-22, 2011

Monday, 5/16

How I Met Your Mother (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Barney and Robin team-up to prevent Ted from making a big mistake-- and wonder what it would be like if they were back together.

Chuck (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
And it got a 13 episode pick-up for next year to wrap up the series...

90210 (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Mad Love (CBS; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Gossip Girl (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Off Limits; Travel Channel. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Don Wildman travels to some of America's most restricted sites.

Mike & Molly (CBS; 8:31 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hawaii Five-O (CBS; 9 pm CST.  Season Finale.
Someone "big" is supposed to die tonight. I'm guessing Grace Park's character. It's tough to have a meaningful role on Battlestar Galactica and then get stuck playing the "damsel in distress" on this show...

Castle (ABC; 9:01m pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 5/17

NCIS (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Raising Hope (Fox; 8:31 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Good Wife (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tosh.0; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST.  Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 5/18

Criminal Minds (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

America's Next Top Model (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Law & Order: SVU (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
Someone "familiar" gets body-bagged in this one.


Thursday, 5/19

Wipeout (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Big Bang Theory (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Grey's Anatomy (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Bones (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale

The Office (NBC; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.
Supposedly, we're supposed to learn who will be the new office manager.

The Mentalist (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Parks and Recreation (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Private Practice (ABC; 9:01 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/20

Supernatural (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Saturday, 5/21

Chase (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
TV Guide lists this as a "season finale"; I'm going to say "series finale".

Saturday Night Live (NBC; 10:30 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 5/22

America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC; 6 pm CST). Season Finale.

Family Guy (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Airing the direct-to-DVD Return of the Jedi spoof "It's a Trap".

The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Borgias (Showtime; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Teasing the Dog

This is awesome!

Muppet Faces of Death

Gymnast Just Can't Stop

Shopping Cart Race Fail

Old Spice Danger Zone

Kills me that it's not Isaiah Mustafa-- or Terry Crews-- but it's still damn funny.

Star Wars: Return of the P*rn

A little obvious in places, but amusing enough.

George W. Bush Announces the Death of a Terrorist

President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden's Death with Will Ferrell from Will Ferrell

Premieres and Notables: May 9-15, 2011

Monday, 5/9

The Amazing World of Gumball; Cartoon Network. 6:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Follows the animated adventures of a 12-year old cat.

Quints by Surprise; TLC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 5/11

Better With You (ABC; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 5/12

Community (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Part 2 of the season-finale finds the crew fighting against a corporation who doesn't want any of the students to win the paintball competition.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Nikita (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/13

Shark Tank (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Smallville (The CW; 7 pm CST). Series Finale.
After ten years, the Smallville boy becomes the Metropolis man-- and Lex is there is see him off.

CSI: NY (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Blue Bloods (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

VH1 Storytellers; VH1. 10 pm CST. 15th Season Premiere.
With Kings of Leon.


Sunday, 5/15

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Survivor: Redemption Island (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Desperate Housewives (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Cleveland Show (Fox; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

How to Get a Guy to Notice You

Jizz In My Pants

Juvenile-- but I laughed at every reaction when they jizzed in their pants.

Catchy tune, too...

Drunk Parking-- and Walking-- Fail

Six Million Dollar Jedi

Tune For Two

The Part of the Royal Wedding We Didn't See

Tom Hanks Toddlers & Tiaras

It's great to see people band together to halp another

To Catch a Predator: Ghost Hunter Edition

Premieres and Notables: May 2-8, 2011

Monday, 5/2

Paranormal State (A&E; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 5/3

The Looney Tunes Show; Cartoon Network. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bugs and Daffy are roommates in this new series.

How the States Got Their Shapes; History.  9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Cool-- a show that fits into "history".
I watched the 2-hr special of the same name last year (or the year before; I forget), and it was pretty fun and interesting.  Worth a try.


Wednesday, 5/4

Justified (FX; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Spouse vs. House; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Couples are given $25,000 to renovate their houses-- but the wife has to leave and the husband has to make the decisions alone.


Thursday, 5/5

The first episode of the two-part Community season finale features another paintball match (as did last season's stellar finale)-- and a mysterious participant, played by Josh Holloway.

30 Rock (NBC; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.
Okay, people, take this time between your early finale and next season to actually write some funny stuff.  Michael Keaton's appearance two weeks ago was the only reason I kept watching-- and he was wedged in one of the unfunniest episodes of the year (and that's saying something)...


Friday, 5/6

Flashpoint; CBS. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Fringe (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 5/8

The Amazing Race (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

CSI: Miami (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Brothers and Sisters (ABC; 9:01 pm CST). Season Finale.

Why Not? With Shania Twain; OWN. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Shania reassembles her life after her divorce...

Embedded Video Oops

Hey-- Sorry most of the video clips didn't show up the past few weeks.  Apparently YouTube made some changes that affected the codes I used to embed here.  I went back about a month and fixed the ones I could-- and deleted the ones I couldn't find.

Sorry if the page loads take a bit longer. I decided to show a few weeks of posts at a time to let you catch up.  If I remember, I'll go back to 7 days or so like I had been.

Conan the Barbarian Commentary Greatest Hits

Darth Vader Takes a Picture of Himself Every Day

The Sith Lord has joined the craze.

Solider Loses His Lid

Premieres and Notables: April 26-May 1, 2011

Tuesday, 4/26

The Voice; NBC. 7 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton judge the talent in this new singing competition before they see what the singers look like.

Repo Games; Spike. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Repo men ask delinquent-payment people five questions. If they get three correct, they get to keep their car. Three wrong, and they better hope to have decent shoes.

Top Shot (History; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 4/27

South Park; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. 15th Season Premiere.
Fingers crossed it'll actually be funny this season...

Thursday, 4/28

Steve Carell's final episode as Michael Scott on The Office (NBC; 8 pm CST).


Saturday, 4/30

Kick Buttowski; Disney XD. 8:30 am CST.  2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 5/1

Undercover Boss (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent; USA. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

In Plain Sight; USA. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Doctor Who Stands Up to the Atraxi

One of my favorite scenes of this show.  Matt Smith knocks this out of the park in his first episode and proves he can hang with any other former Who actors.

And when the Atraxi probe runs through the previous ten Doctor Whos-- and The Eleventh walks through it.  Cool as Hell.



Check out the Series Six premiere tonight on BBC America.

Doctor Who All-Star (Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors)

One more day.

Flight of the Bumblebees on Bottles

Car Gives Ultimate Wedgie

Well, at least he pulled himself out of the gene pool...

Ain't Nothin' But a Glee Thang

Worth it just to listen to Sophia Vergara say "dog shit."

Nuthin' But A Glee Thang with Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison & Sofia Vergara from Heather Morris

One Thing You Never Put in a Trap...

One of the Eleventh Doctor's bad-ass lines..



One week until the Sixth Series premiere...

Premieres and Notables: April 18-24, 2011

Monday, 4/18

Cougartown returns from its hiatus tonight (ABC; 8:31 pm CST) before settling back in its usual Wed @8:30 timeslot.


Tuesday, 4/19

Parenthood (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Dresscue Me; Planet Green. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A designer takes her clients vintage-clothes shopping.


Thursday, 4/21

Community (NBC; 7 pm CST) has a clip show.  Except the clips are not from old episodes.
Don't think too hard about it. This show has proven it take take an unlikely subject/style and knock it out of the park.  Just enjoy the ride.

Archer (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
This season was too short.


Friday, 4/22

Ice Pilots; National Geographic. 9 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
A family of pilots transport people and things to remote areas of Canada.


Saturday, 4/23

Doctor Who; BBC America.  8 pm CST. 6th Series Premiere.
I enjoy this show, but I'm a bit surprised by just how excited I am for this new season.

I really dig Matt Smith's turn as The Doctor.  Goofy, funny, but with an attitude that I would normally consider "bad ass" if he wasn't so likable.  One of my favorite examples of this is when he simply said to a young boy who asked if he was afraid of monsters: "No. They're afraid of me."

Series Six ("Season Six" for us Americans) opens with an ambitious 2-parter not only set in America, but (for the first time for the series) filmed in America as he travels to 1969 to help Nixon turn back aliens who are hypnotizing the world's populace. 


Sunday, 4/24

Treme; HBO. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
I'm embarrassed to say I haven't watched the first season yet, but I've heard very good things.

After Lately (E!; 10:30 pm CST).  Season Finale.
The first season goes out with a bang with Tori Spelling, Dr. Drew, and Justin Beiber (who has had some great interviews with Chelsea) all showing up.

Friday (Brock's dub)

I'm not really about trying to further humiliate this poor girl.  I mean, I haven't even seen the original (other than a couple seconds-worth of snippets on shows like The Soup).

But I thought this was pretty funny.

Tolerance for our times

Smut Cave used its 40th episode "anniversary" to give us a song about acceptance.

Take it to heart as ebony and ivory can mean sexual synchronicity.

Doctor Who Series 6 Trailer

Oh... Hell... Yes...

Ten more days...

Luke spazzes with his lightsaber

Star Trek Acid Drive

I don't know what to say. Weird and... slightly cool.

Premieres and Notables; April 11-17, 2011

Monday, 4/11

Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza; GSN. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Paranormal State; A&E. 9:00 & 9:30 pm CST.  Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 4/12

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Deadliest Catch; Discovery. 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Braxton Family Values; WE TV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Follows singer Toni Braxton and her relationships with her younger sisters and mother.

Sinbad: It's Just Family; WE TV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
If you ever wondered what the real Sinbad is like, here's your chance to find out.

Sports Show With Norm McDonald; Comedy Central.  9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 4/13

Happy Endings; ABC. 8:31 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
A man is left at the alter, and the mutual friends of him and his former fiance try to remain friends with both.


Thursday, 4/14

The Paul Reiser Show; NBC.  7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Paul Reiser plays "himself" in this series that hasn't gotten much good press...

Will Ferrell starts his four episode stint on The Office (NBC; 8 pm CST) as Michael's replacement.  And Dwight's not happy about it...


Friday, 4/15

Friday Night Lights; NBC. 7 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere (non-DirecTV)
Now those with us who don't have DirecTV can see how it all ends.

American Restoration; History. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Rick Dale and his crew at Rick's Restoration restore old treasures to their original states.

The Whitest Kids U' Know; IFC. 9:30 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.
The final season begins here.


Sunday, 4/17

Game of Thrones; HBO. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
George R. R. Martin's books get the HBO treatment.  I can't say I really understand what it's all about (power struggles, kingdoms, castles, epic battles), but there's big-time excitement for this out there. Worth checking out.

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe; USA. 8 pm CST. Special.
A prequel movie that shows how Bruce Campbell's character got to be where he was in life when the series started.

Bulldogs NCAA Champs!

Wanted to be one of the first to congratulate the University of Minnesota- Duluth Bulldogs Men's Ice Hockey team for bringing the NCAA Division I Championship to Duluth-- finally.

First-ever such championship for this team.  My longest-loved team finally reached the top!

I may live in Wisconsin now-- but I'm proud to say I'm still a Duluth boy at heart.

Harry Baals Causing Controversy

Spider-Man Smacka Smacka Smacka

Try hearing this tune without thinking of this ever again:

Rebel General John Madden

Premieres and Notables; April 4-10, 2011

Monday, 4/4

Take a Seat: Sharing a Ride Across America; Universal Sports. 7 & 7:30 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Filmmaker Dominic Gill rides a tandem bike across the country with people with physical disabilities.

Kidnapped by the Kids; OWN. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Parents who work too much spend time with their families.

Relapse; A&E. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I guess we can see what happens to some people after Intervention (made by the same producers).

Harry's Law (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tough Enough; USA. 10:05 pm CST. Season Premiere.
After a few year (a decade?) hiatus, the WWE brings back its reality competition.
This time, they're trained by Stone Cold Steve Austin.


Tuesday, 4/5

Lights Out (FX; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.
Yep: series finale...

Addicted to Food; OWN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The title should clue you in...

Auction Hunter; Spike. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 4/6

Extreme Couponing; TLC.  8 & 8:30 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
I'd watch this because I've saved shitloads of money on DVDs using coupons, but because they didn't call it "X-Treme", I just don't think the show is extreme enough...

Lizzy Caplan guest stars on Mr. Sunshine (ABC; 8:31 pm), so I guess I'll give the show yet one more week before I delete it from the season pass on the DVR...

Breaking In; Fox. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Slater goes the comedy route since his last two dramas bombed.  I've been reading that it's actually a great fit.
And the show also stars Bret Harrison (Grounded For Life, The Loop, and Reaper), so I'm in.

Off The Map (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings; Oxygen. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I don't know what's worse: Spelling as an actress-- or Spelling as a constant reality "star" who writes on the side--- and has to work the "Tori" into any freakin' word that it almost works in.
(If you didn't understand the last part: check the title of this show again; I didn't mistype.)

Workaholics; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Top Chef Masters; Bravo. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 4/7

Secret Diary of a Call Girl; Showtime. 9:30 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.
The final season begins here...

Gigalos; Showtime. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 4/8

Who Do You think You Are? (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Singing Bee; CMT. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

CMT's Next Superstar; CMT.  8 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 4/9

Oddities; Science Channel. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 4/10

The Judds; OWN. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Yet one more reality show...

River Monsters; Animal Planet. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Pillory Malfunction Faceplant

Oscar Talk with Mike Tyson & Leonard Maltin

Top Notch Insurance w/Ed Helms

You're So Hot with Chris Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco

One of the sickest, most vulgar things I've ever watched.

And I couldn't stop laughing.

If you have the stomach, give it a try. It's well beyond R-rated, though. Just a warning.

Cats With Thumbs

The President's Speech

Old Man Takes It to Bully

In Soviet Union, old man beats up bully.

New Show Trailers

Body of Proof:



CHAOS:



Camelot:



The Kennedy's:



The Killing:



The Borgias:

Premieres and notables: March 28- April 3

Monday, 3/28

The Secret Life of the American Teenager; ABC Family. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Nurse Jackie; Showtime. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

United States of Tara; Showtime. 9:30 pm CST. 3rd Series Premiere.


Tuesday, 3/29

Million Dollar Listing (Bravo; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

What the Sell?! TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Just what the world needed: another antique store series-- and another series with a "clever" title.

Body of Proof; ABC. 9:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Dana Delany stars in this show about a brilliant neurosurgeon who gets into an accident and loses it all until she redefines herself and becomes the Sorcerer Supreme; protecting the universe from magical threats.
Oh wait, that's the Dr. Strange origin story...
Delany plays Megan Hunt, a neurosurgeon who gets into an accident which reduces her ability to perform brain surgery, so she moves into performing autopsies.


Wednesday, 3/30

Web Soup; G4. 7 pm CST. Third Season Premiere.
Man, I've missed this show.  It's no The Soup, but Chris Hardwick has really grown into this hosting gig.

Coal; Spike. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The guys who brought us Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers gives us a show about coal mining.


Thursday, 3/31

Swamp People; History. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 4/1

CHAOS; CBS. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A new comedy-drama about a wacked-out CIA team.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Chewbacca makes his first appearance on the show when he is captured by Trandoshan slavers, who are also enjoying picking-off Jedi padawans like Ahsoka.
Cool note: the show brought in Peter Mayhew (the guy who wore the Chewbacca costume in all four movie appearances) to help the animators get Chewie right, with mannerisms, movements, and expressions-- as well as recording Chewie's voice.

Say Yes to the dress: Randy Knows Best; TLC. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Camelot; Starz. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sex, drugs, and rock & roll come to the King Arthur story.
Okay, can't guarantee the drugs and Rock & roll, but it'll have sex (which producers insist is story-driven).
I'm in.

The Soup Awards special airs in the regular show's regular timeslot (E!; 9 pm CST).


Saturday, 4/2

How Do I look?; Style. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 4/3

The Kennedys; Reelzchannel. 7 & 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
History (Channel) produced this mini-series and then pussed-out and decided not to air it.  So Reelz stepped in...

The Killing; AMC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
AMC brings us its version of a Danish series that looks at the days after a murder, from different viewpoints.
I've heard good things. Worth checking out.

The Borgias; Showtime. 8 pm CST. Showtime.
A new family-drama in The Sopranos or The Godfather vein, which follows Roman Catholic cardinal Rodrigo Borgia in the Italian Renaissance (circa 1492) as he climbs the ladder to become Pope Alexander VI.

Last Cake Standing; Food Network.  9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Old Spice-- Behind the Scenes

I've posted a few clips of The Old Spice Man in the past, so I thought it'd be interesting to see how they do some of the things in them. Surprise: it's not all (any?) CGI...



And here's the commercial of what you just saw above. Insane.

The OCD is strong in this one...

S*^t My Republicans Say

Robocop Speaks to Detroit

Predator: The Musical

How Star Trek Should Have Ended

Couple lame moments, but the lens flare bit was good-- and the "We are going to get so much crap for that," line was great as well.

Paula Deen Loves...

And you knew this one was coming:

The New Odd Couple

Premieres and Notables; March 21-27, 2010

Monday, 3/21

Barney finally meets his real father on How I Met Your Mother (CBS; 7 pm CST).

Dancing With the Stars; ABC.  7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 3/22

The Fabulous Beekman Boys; Planet Green. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Marcel's Quantum Kitchen; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Big Brian: The Fortune Seller; TruTV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 3/23

Hot in Cleveland (TV Land; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 3/24

Fairly Legal (USA; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

John Oliver's New York Standup Show; Comedy Central.  11 pm CST.  Season Premiere.


Friday, 3/25

Shark Tank; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Onion News Network (IFC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 3/27

Mildred Pierce; HBO. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Kate Winslet stars in this five-hour adaptation of the James M. Cain novel.

Californication (Showtime; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Alaska State Troopers (Nat Geo; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Baby trashes bar in Las Palmas

I love this clip.  1:21 of brilliance.

Truck Jump

It looked so easy on The Dukes of Hazzard...

Sad Koala

I got nothin' to say, really.
Just that music can sure set a tone...

Arcade Fire Hipster Attack

I don't know-- I just found this funny.



Now I guess I better find out who Arcade Fire is...

Manly Barfing

I did my share of puking in college, but this kid is an expert.  He lets it rip and then acts like "It ain't no thing."

Monkey Business

Even monkeys can be assholes...

Transformers Hand Trick

Free to create-- and better than the movies.

Premieres and Notables; March 14-20

Monday, 3/14

The Bachelor (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Meat & Potatoes; Food. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 3/15

V (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Maybe "series finale" as I don't believe it's been renewed.
But this ep has a guest star in the form of Marc Singer, the original V's lead actor...

Melissa & Joan: Joan Knows Best? (WeTV; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 3/17

Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force; A&E. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Friday, 3/18

Supernanny (ABC; 7 pm CST). Series Finale.

Flying Wild Alaska (Discovery; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Saturday, 3/19

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway; HBO. 9 pm CST. Special


Sunday, 3/20

Big Love (HBO; 8 pm CST).  Series Finale.
After five seasons (four good, one bad; pretty decent average), the family rides off into the sunset.

Robert Knepper takes a guest role on A&E's Breakout Kings (9 pm CST) as, get this, Theodore Bagwell.  Freakin' T-Bag is back on TV!

Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC; 9:01 pm CST). Season Finale.
I'm not going out on a limb by saying this one is probably a series finale as well.

Debo Banshee Harass

I've never played StarCraft 2 (or 1 for that matter), but I found this hilarious.

The Empire Farts Back

Normally I don't find fart humor all that funny.
In this case, it's pretty funny:

Devils and Angels-- Family Feud Style

Taygo-- "My Penis"

Just too ridiculous to not post...

Minecraft Predator

I don't understand what Minecraft is about-- but I do know Predator well enough...

Alternate RotJ Ending

Whoops...

Super Spice Bros 64

I dig Terry Crews-- and I remember the music from back in the day.