Entries tagged with "tv"
Do they have TV in intravenous form yet? Why not? Discuss.
posted by srah on May 1, 2008 12:46 PM
Tags: tv
Internet, I know you come here for the disgusting horrible metaphors, so let me give you one here: You know how in order to make delicious delicious pâté, the nasty mean delicious-delicious-pâté-makers hook the poor delicious delicious geese up to a big pipe and shoot feed down their throats, force-feeding them until their delicious delicious livers are all huge and swollen and distended?¹ That is going to be me tonight, only replace "throats" with "eyes" and replace "feed-pipe" with "television." ABC and NBC have decided to cooperate and arrange all of my favorite shows on one night, in a big...
American Idol hears my cry!
posted by srah on April 23, 2008 12:29 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 7, neil diamond, tv
Once again, furiously blogging furiously has paid off, several years late. Important Decision Makers Of The World obviously read my blog, but are waaaaaay backed up on their feed-readers. The DREAM OF MY LIFE is about to come true, you guys, and I notice that none of my little bloggy friends have seen fit to notify me. Fortunately I have other spies who could feed me the information that TEH NEIL IS GUEST-JUDGING ON AMERICAN IDOL NEXT WEEK. Years and years of begging and pleading (passively, in blog-form) for American Idol to institute a Neil Diamond Week, and it's finally...
Signs that I am probably going to get murdered one of these days
posted by srah on March 13, 2008 12:42 PM
Tags: boys, lost, movies, norman bates, steve buscemi, tv
my love for Garland Greene in Con Air my love for Norman Bates in Psycho my love for Benjamin Linus from Lost...
Barouches of Fire
posted by srah on January 18, 2008 12:29 PM
Tags: jane austen, movies, persuasion, reviews, tv
I guess I should finally finish writing this post, before it's Sunday again and time for more Jane Austenpalooza (I've never seen a film adaptation of Northanger Abbey so I'm looking forward to that one, but I think I'm going to have to tape it). Things I liked about Persuasion (2007) It was produced by Clerkenwell Films. Rupert Penry-Jones is ridiculously handsome and smoldering. I felt like Mary Elliot Musgrove was a more complex character in this adaptation than in Persuasion 1995. In 1995, her hypochondriac tendencies seemed more like annoying attention-seeking personal traits, whereas in this version it was...
I'm out of it for a little while, and everybody gets delusions of grandeur.
posted by srah on January 17, 2008 5:09 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 7, nerdiness, tv, writers' strike
Fox was apparently surprised and dismayed to find that the viewership numbers for American Idol are down this year. Fox had assumed that the writers' strike would mean that more people would turn to reality television, but from everything I've seen and heard anecdotally, it sounds like more people are turning to Netflix and to Doing Other Stuff. I have turned to the Internet, to my local library's DVD/video collections and to Not Procrastinating. It might help if Fox's advertising approach were something other than "It's the only thing on!" I watched part of Tuesday's episode and decided that was...
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other
posted by srah on January 10, 2008 9:53 PM
Tags: daniel radcliffe, emma, jane austen, mansfield park, movies, northanger abbey, persuasion, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility, tv, writers' strike
This SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY, coming to a TV near me (and maybe you, if you're lucky!) is the three-month Jane Austenpalooza on Masterpiece Theatre. In case this is the first you're hearing of the loveliness that PBS is providing in our hour of television need, here's the program: January 13: PersuasionThe Amanda Root-Ciaran Hinds version is probably my favorite film version of a Jane Austen novel, so I'm a bit hesitant about this one. Can it be anywhere near as good? January 20: Northanger AbbeyI've never seen a film version of Northanger Abbey, but it's the novel that I've read...
Crimpity crimpity now now, crimpity crimpity ask me how
posted by srah on January 8, 2008 12:00 AM
Tags: american idol, american idol 7, open letters, tv
Dear American Idol, If it is not too late to suggest this (which it probably is, but you can use my ideas next year), I humbly suggest the following themes for the eleven "Top 12" weeks of American Idol: Queen Neil Diamond Musicals #1 song from the day you were born The Cure Wizard Rock Gilbert and Sullivan Famous commercial jingles Crimp Night srah's choice Live Crocodile Night (no singing involved)...
I'm a nerd, okay? Leave me be.
posted by srah on December 18, 2007 12:13 PM
Tags: boys, corner gas, garth marenghi's darkplace, never mind the buzzcocks, noel fielding, richard ayoade, the big fat quiz of the year, the it crowd, the mighty boosh, tv, writers' strike
So much for my Writers' Strike plans. Instead of the Quantumleapapalooza I predicted, all of my television needs have been fulfilled by outsourcing. Corner GasThis Canadian series is running on Superstation WGN at bizarre hours like 11:30pm on Sunday night and 8pm on Wednesday. This is why I have only seen two episodes of Pushing Daisies, folks. It is not that I dislike Pushing Daisies, but something about Pushing Daisies makes my heart ache a little bit, and Corner Gas just makes me laugh. Be gone with you, angst! Instead we shall drive around in little cars. Never Mind the...
I'm just a girl who cain't say no
posted by srah on November 17, 2007 4:14 PM
Tags: charles dickens, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, quantum leap, readers' choice, tv, writers' strike
One really exciting thing about the writers' strike is that I will be freed from my enslavement to the TV. Once they run out of new episodes, I won't have to worry about what to watch and what to tape and what to watch or not watch online. I started to think, at first, that this would be a really exciting time for me, so that instead of this¹: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8 Shouty Man Shouting Into a Megaphone Shoutily (ABC) The Barney and Marshall Show, Also With Other Characters (CBS) A Very Special "Social...
What's it gonna take to stop the scabbers?
posted by srah on November 8, 2007 7:31 PM
Tags: cavemen, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, tv, writers' strike
'Tis Thursday and I am therefore struck with the weekly conundrum: do I watch 30 Rock tonight and watch Ugly Betty online this weekend or do I watch Ugly Betty tonight and watch 30 Rock online this weekend? But now there is the added complication of the writers' strike. In the interest of supporting the writers, shouldn't I make a statement to the network by avoiding the online content for which they don't get paid? Geez, I think I'm actually going to have to find a blank tape and use my VCR like some kind of caveman. What have you...
The CIA is gonna need Dwight down at their headquarters in Langley for training and an ice cream social
posted by srah on September 27, 2007 8:00 PM
Tags: ice cream, the office, tv
In preparation for the season premiere of The Office, I went to the grocery to buy Office-appropriate foodstuffs. I settled on a container of ice cream, which is nice for four reasons: Mint chocolate chip is the best flavor of ice cream cake for the birthday of a lactose-intolerant person.One time, I said I was Bridget Jones and I talked like this for the whole conversation! "I like ice cream! I need a boyfriend!"It's green and I think green is kind of whoreish.Turkey Hill ice cream is apparently supposed to be "Philadelphia Style" (whatever that means), so it looks like...
Mystery Library Theatre 2007
posted by srah on August 31, 2007 7:55 PM
Tags: csi, dvd, jason segel, library, tv
I frequently get to play a game called "Now Why Did I Rent This Again?" This happens because I am too cheap frugal to get a Netflix account or go to my local video rental store, so I use the library for all of my video rental needs. The library system around here has a pretty awesome selection, which is nice, but they don't have many copies of anything. This means that I tend to request something in, say, June and I am put on the reserves list but it doesn't get to me until August, because everyone on the...
Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
posted by srah on August 1, 2007 4:46 PM
Tags: beverly hills 90210, dentist, saved by the bell, srahtown, tv
On the subject of visits to medical professionals, I recently went to the dentist. I have seen a lot of my dentist in the last year or so, what with the fact that I kind of sort of put off going to the dentist for almost two years when I moved here. In the almost two years between cleanings, I developed cavities in all four quadrants of my mouth, so I've had four appointments for fillings in the last six months. And now cleaning time has rolled around again and she found a few more cavities to fill. I think...
Blah blah blah Flight of the Conchords blah
posted by srah on July 24, 2007 11:15 PM
Tags: flight of the conchords, tv, video
(My titles are very creative lately.) I put a wig on you when you were sleeping... put a wig on you, ooh ooh ooh, and I just laid there and spooned you......
A sign that you are not me
posted by srah on July 6, 2007 12:51 PM
Tags: road to avonlea, tv
You hear the name "Felicity" and think of Keri Russell rather than Gema Zamprogna....
Jason Segel has the CRAZY EYES
posted by srah on June 27, 2007 12:52 PM
Tags: freaks and geeks, how i met your mother, jason segel, knocked up, martin starr, movies, tv, undeclared
In all of my Apatow-fest viewings, I have taken a shining to two of his fetish-actors (Do we use that phrase in English? Where did I get that phrase from???). The first is Martin Starr, whose comic timing and delivery is HUGE and SPECTACULAR in a very understated way as Bill Haverchuck in Freaks and Geeks (but he's also very good at the sad, hurt parts as well). He also appears as Martin (the guy with the beard) in Knocked Up and as a visiting high school friend of Steven's in Undeclared. These clips are both from Freaks and Geeks:...
I'm not a little girl, I'm a bionic woman.
posted by srah on June 27, 2007 12:08 PM
Tags: freaks and geeks, judd apatow, knocked up, movies, the 40 year old virgin, tv, undeclared
I am having a Judd Apatow-fest of late. I recently checked Freaks and Geeks out of the library and watched it for the first time. Well, sort of. I watched the final episode back when it was on TV and went "Oh, this is pretty funny. But now it's cancelled. I guess I should have started watching earlier." Then the voices of thousands of Freaks and Geeks fans cried out and were suddenly silenced. I feel bad for them, because I felt the same way after Arrested Development was cancelled and people kept telling me they'd seen it on DVD...
Legend- wait for it -ARY!
posted by srah on June 13, 2007 7:09 AM
Tags: how i met your mother, imagination, tv
It's time for a game I like to call Haaaaaave You Met Ted? Conversations with an Imaginary Colocuter. I tend to prepare myself in my head for conversations that never happen. Today, the topic of conversation is the TV show that I illegally superlegally downloaded from the Internet to watch on my trip. Imaginary Colocuter: Say, what's that you're watching there? me: It's a TV show called How I Met Your Mother. It's really good! It's about this guy in the future telling his kids the story of how he met their mother. Except it's been going on for two...
I love bug-eyed clay animals!
posted by srah on June 4, 2007 6:29 PM
Tags: creature comforts, tv
Creature Comforts is coming to America tonight at 8pm on CBS, further proving that CBS might as well go off the air from 8:30 on Monday to the following Monday at 8, because they only have good shows on during that one half-hour slot. [via ghetto of our mind]...
So few demands on my time!
posted by srah on June 4, 2007 6:14 PM
Tags: flight of the conchords, robot chicken, tv
June 17 will be a very exciting day for me, where I will not have to choose between not watching Flight of the Conchords debut on the HBO that I don't have: and not watching Robot Chicken: Star Wars on the Comedy Central that I don't have. I leave the choice to you folks. I'm actually going to be out of the country, anyway....
How do we know if she is a Cylon? ... Build a bridge out of her?
posted by srah on June 4, 2007 6:03 PM
Tags: battlestar galactica, tv
I finally finished watching Battlestar Galactica Season 2 (which is evilly packaged as Season 2.0 and Season 2.5 just in order to stretch out the time it takes me to reserve and receive the DVDs at the library). I have to say, I was not thrilled. I think Season 1 was a lot better. It's sort of like Harry Potter, where book 1 was great because it set up this new imaginary world for us to explore, then in book 2 we didn't have that exciting sense of exploration and novelty anymore. I'm hoping that Season 3, whenever I get...
It's time to get Lost, yo!
posted by srah on May 23, 2007 9:00 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 6, lost, tv
If my sister can liveblog American Idol, I can do it for the Lost season finale! Also, this will keep me from falling asleep like usual....
TV's grip on my soul is nearly at an end (for this season)
posted by srah on May 18, 2007 11:30 AM
Tags: the office, tv
But what will I blog about when there's nothing on TV???? Anyway, the best part of The Office last night (thanks to OfficeQuotes.us, which already has the transcript up!):...
Her art... was the prettiest art... of all the art
posted by srah on May 17, 2007 12:50 PM
Tags: the office, tv
This blog would like to take a moment to announce, before tonight's season finale of The Office, that it supports Pammy Pam "Fancy New" Beesly (Miss Beesly if you're nasty) in all her future endeavours. This blog is firmly Team Pam, rather than Jam, so this blog would be totally cool with it if, say, Jim made a move in tonight's episode and Pam refused him. This blog would think that was awesome, because Fancy New Beesly has made a lot of progress and personal growth this season, what with her courage and honesty and fire-walking and tire-changing and art-showing...
When do we get a show about the Aflac duck?
posted by srah on May 17, 2007 6:48 AM
Tags: cavemen, flight of the conchords, tv
Hey readers, I think you're totally awesome so here's a link to a preview of the best new show of the fall! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Made you click! Okay, that was mean. I hope you survived the badness. In fact, that looks like the worst new show of the fall. Part of me can't believe they would put something on TV that a) sounds like such a bad idea and b) isn't even executed well. Then I remember that TV executives are pretty much idiots. To make up for my tomfoolery and all the...
Made of real gorilla chest?
posted by srah on May 9, 2007 9:31 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 6, blake lewis, boys, fashion, tv
Blake is doomed. He is doomed and he is going to meet his doom in grubby pants and a tuxedo t-shirt. Blake Blake Blake. However, I'm almost prepared to forgive him this horrifying fashion blunder because of the Hard Day's Night-inspired video for their weekly stupid American Idol Ford commercial, wherein Blake wears a vest. Almost. Vests impress me a lot, but not quite enough to make up for a tuxedo t-shirt. (Oh look! Another video!)...
This is no time for joking, Gigantic Turkey Sub!
posted by srah on May 9, 2007 5:51 PM
Tags: saturday night live, tv
I don't seem to be able to go a week without posting videos on here. It's a sickness. At least I'm mostly limiting myself to once-a-week rather than giving up altogether on posting original content. Saturday Night Live gets a lot of flak for not being funny anymore, but I'd be willing to wager that Saturday Night Live now is just as good as Saturday Night Live in the 70s or 80s. It's just more recent and fresh in people's minds. There were probably episodes of SNL that tanked back then and don't show up in reruns. There were lots...
Who's your daddy?
posted by srah on May 2, 2007 12:23 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 6, blake lewis, boys, tv, video
This season of American Idol has been very disappointing. I probably say this every year, but this year it seems like I hate more people than I like. With any luck, Whiny Chris and Alien Phil will leave this week and we will be left with only talented people. Out of the other four (Blake, Lakisha, Jordin and Melinda) I don't really care who wins, because Blake is so much better than everyone else that he has already transcended American Idol and doesn't really need to win. It's not that he's a better singer than the other three (he's usually...
Wednesday Night: Must Not See TV
posted by srah on April 12, 2007 12:56 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 6, lost, tv
Herein lie spoilers for American Idol and Lost. Advance at your own risk!...
SABOTEUR!
posted by srah on April 5, 2007 12:48 PM
Tags: the office, tv
It's Thursday and The Office is back after a looooong hiatus! O happy day! Let us rejoice! This evening we shall finally discover how Roy follows up on his vow to kill Jim Halpert. First, let's enjoy Jim as we once knew him... That last part makes me laugh out loud every time I see it, and sometimes when I just think about it, too. And now let's watch Dwight's courageous investigation of Jim's theoretical murder:...
Polar bears and blah blah blah
posted by srah on April 5, 2007 7:02 AM
Dear ABC, You need to move Lost back to the 9:00 hour, because I fall asleep during the show almost every week. Kthxbye. I have no idea what happened after Kate tried to beat up Juliet, which - as I remember - happened quite early in last night's show. As the episode started, it occurred to me that I don't really like Kate. This is a problem I've been having with Lost lately. I'll find out it's a Locke-centric episode and say "Oh no. Not Locke. I don't like Locke." "Not Charlie. Ugh. I don't like him." "Jack? Jack is...
So nice they named it twice! The other name is Manhattan.
posted by srah on March 29, 2007 7:15 PM
Tags: books, new york city, stamford, the baby-sitters' club, the office, travel, tv
At the end of April, I will spend a weekend visiting one of our study abroad providers in Stamford, Connecticut. Yes, that Stamford, would-be home of Dunder-Mifflin Northeast and the next major town to Stoneybrook. Wow. I am so awesome. Why don't I have any friends around here, again? In addition to visiting super-dibble Stamford, there will also be a "social outing" to New York City. It will be so special I might even call it... Super Special! Then I will glue glitter and feathers on my Kid-Kit and-- wait, what was I talking about? New York intimidates me more...
Here are some words that rhyme with Sanjaya: pariah, papaya...
posted by srah on March 27, 2007 7:37 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 6, boys, lisa simpson, non-threatening boys, sanjaya, the simpsons, tv
My answer to The Great Sanjaya Mystery (namely, "Why is he still on American Idol?") lies with Lisa Simpson. Lisa's favorite periodical is Non-Threatening Boys Magazine. And what could be less threatening to a naive, nervous prepubescent girl than a boy who will not show any interest in you at all? He is like a stepping stone for little girls: a boy who sort of looks like a girl and will never do anything gross like kiss them, but is sort of nice to look at. And he might let you braid his hair. I think this affinity for Non-Threatening...
But what of Shy Violet?
posted by srah on February 22, 2007 1:04 PM
Regarding this week's episode of Lost.......
Beware of Greeks bearing Wookiees
posted by srah on February 8, 2007 12:47 PM
Tags: lost, star wars, star wars: return of the jedi, tv
Lost spoiler (though it isn't much of a spoiler and won't ruin the whole episode for you if you read on):...
The innocent shall suffer... big time
posted by srah on February 1, 2007 11:42 AM
Tags: aqua teen hunger force, boston bomb scare, terrorism, tv
Yesterday's All Things Considered stories seemed more amusing than usual, and the commentators even occasionally seemed snarky. I found myself laughing out loud several times, and it wasn't just caused by insanity this time. But the best story of all was about how yesterday's bomb scare turned out to be because of a marketing campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I suppose if there are any cartoon characters out there that I would suspect of being terrorists, it would probably be Marvin the Martian, and then the Mooninites¹. But that doesn't mean that if I saw Marvin the Martian or...
'Me lobe you, Long Tim'
posted by srah on January 12, 2007 12:06 PM
Tags: beauty and the geek, house, reviews, the office, tv
These are my thoughts on TV this week, which were all too short and pointless to have their own posts, but which I feel are justifiable when you chuck them all together into one post. Caution: Spoilers ahoy for all y'all who Tivoed House, Beauty and the Geek or The Office....
What's up, m'nerds?
posted by srah on January 4, 2007 6:01 PM
Tags: beauty and the geek, tv
Last night around 7:30, I checked the TVGuide.com listings to find out which channel the season premiere of Beauty and the Geek¹ was on. And I couldn't find it anywhere! That's okay, the TVGuide.com listings are sometimes weird and sometimes they are a day off and it takes some fiddling to get them to catch up. So I checked out Yahoo! TV, my back-up² source for TV listings when TVGuide is being a spaz. It wasn't on there either! I resigned myself to the fate of having to illegally super-legally download episodes from the Internet and started watching a DVD,...
Unsolicited romantic advice
posted by srah on December 5, 2006 7:54 PM
Tags: comics, for better or for worse, tv, ugly betty
I feel as though I have been plagued for weeks by Young Ladies Who Don't Know What's Best For Them, But I Do. The problem with these young ladies is that they are fictional, so it is hard for me to communicate with them. I can yell into my television and my computer screen all that I want, but they just don't seem to listen and don't seem to understand that they are making ALL THE WRONG CHOICES in their love triangles. Betty Suarez, you must choose Adorable Henry the Accountant over Horrible Walter the... Horrible Walter. Walter cheated on...
The terrorists have won
posted by srah on November 28, 2006 12:16 PM
Tags: bengals, comics, for better or for worse, tv
Things that I am way more upset about than I probably rationally ought to be but they're so frustrating they make me want to gouge my other people's eyes out: Today's For Better or For Worse and the boring wimpy stupid whiny character of Anthony (but I'm not the only one)WLWT pre-empting the entire brand-new NBC Thursday-night lineup for a stupid BENGALS game...
Put your tape decks on record, y'all
posted by srah on November 20, 2006 1:07 PM
Tags: quote, saturday night live, tv
Ludacris hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend and surprised me by not taking himself seriously and actually being funny. This is not something I really expect from rappers, who seem way too concerned with getting other people to take them seriously. Now I think that Ludacris is awesome. Yay Ludacris. There were many funny parts to the episode, but one really stood out, in that it has been in my head CONSTANTLY FOR ABOUT 36 HOURS. Fortunately, NBC has put the whole Blizzard Man sketch online so that you too can enjoy these miraculous lyrics (and the dances that go...
Hooray for ABC's free online replays!
posted by srah on October 28, 2006 1:50 PM
Tags: tv, ugly betty
Dear Ugly Betty, Walter traps you under a net and won't let you go until you say you'll miss him, even if you won't. Henry is dressed like Superman (or Superaccountant) under his clothes. I think the choice is clear. Don't be Stupid Betty!...
I'm... just looking
posted by srah on October 6, 2006 10:00 PM
Tags: the office, tv
I wish people at work watched The Office, because all day today I wanted to demand a Fashion show! Fashion show! Fashion show at lunch!...
Srahrles in Charge
posted by srah on October 2, 2006 7:21 PM
Tags: saved by the bell, the cosby show, tv
If I were in charge of the world, there would be a TV station that played episodes of The Cosby Show twenty-three and a half hours a day. At midnight, there would be an episode of Saved by the Bell to ensure that I would eventually turn off the TV and go to bed....
Hey, Big Tuna
posted by srah on September 22, 2006 12:44 PM
Tags: predictions, the office, tv
My predictions for a new character, just barely introduced last night, are hidden below. I have spoiler-cut them for anyone who taped last night's episode and hasn't yet seen the part where Pam is having Creed's baby and then an alien pops out of her chest and eats Jim's face off (oops)....
Ryan is... dead
posted by srah on September 21, 2006 12:03 PM
Tags: the office, tv
Do you know what today is? It's The Office premiere day, that's what! If I had a Chili's in town, I would be there tonight, ordering an Awesome Blossom, Extra Awesome. Instead I will have to sit at home and cook bacon on my George Foreman grill. Wait, I don't have a George Foreman grill. So much for that plan. I guess it's the same old ham and cheese, then. And perhaps some GRAAAAAAAAAAAAPE soda. And now another of my favorite moments from one of my favorite episodes: (Michael, after cooking his foot, falls in the bathroom and no one...
On my local UPN station right now:
posted by srah on August 12, 2006 11:10 AM
King of Cornhole 11:00am WBQC 2 A weekly singles tournament in Cincinnati....
Dream
posted by srah on July 23, 2006 9:33 PM
Tags: dream, saturday night live, tv
My dreams last night were NBC-licious! I dreamt that I was at NBC's headquarters, where they were making decisions about next fall's lineup. I showed up in the office and told them my ultra-secret method for getting more people to watch NBC: start every single show with a sex scene. "That will really catch people's attention," I explained. Next I was at the place where they film Saturday Night Live and I found out that starting this season, they were going to take me out of the credits at the beginning where they introduce each cast member. I had been...
Srah's week in The Office
posted by srah on June 27, 2006 8:00 PM
Tags: the office, tv, work
I am giving presentations every afternoon this week. Once that microphone is clipped onto my sweater, I turn into a character in a television documentary. Once I get up in front of people I have an urge to shout GOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING VIETNAM!, or possibly quote Benito Mussolini and bang on a podium for a while. Coincidentally, I also have a candy dish on my desk in order to lure young persons in my direction. All I need is a beet farm and a poster of freaky saxophone-babies and I will be complete!...
They must be saving TEH NEIL!!!!1 for later
posted by srah on May 4, 2006 5:53 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 5, elvis presley, music, tv
Acceptable song choices for next week's Elvis-themed American Idol: Always On My MindKentucky RainSuspicious Minds Unacceptable song choices for next week's Elvis-themed American Idol: Everything else Overplayed song that I am almost positive will be sung by someone next week: A Little Less Conversation Horrifying spectre that dost float in my mind's eye when picturing next week's episode: Taylor Hicks gyrating and announcing that he is "itching like a man on a fuzzy tree"Taylor Hicks gyrating and announcing that he is "a hunk o' hunk o' burnin' love" My overall reaction to the thought of next week's episode: Nausea...
American Idol never listens to my genius suggestions!
posted by srah on May 2, 2006 6:48 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 5, music, tv
Because I am sick and should be sleeping, instead I have discovered all of the #1 songs on the dates of birth of the remaining American Idol contestants. Tonight's theme is "Music from the year you were born," I am told, so I thought I would use the ol' This Day in Music machine to pick songs for the would-be Idols: Paris Bennett (September 23, 1988) - "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin Katharine McPhee (March 25, 1984) - "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins Chris Daughtry (December 26, 1979) - "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes Elliott Yamin...
Dream
posted by srah on April 26, 2006 6:25 AM
Tags: alfie, american idol, american idol 5, dream, tv
I dreamt last night that my sister and I were in the top 12 on American Idol. They had flown the top 12 to the Globe Theatre in London for a Very Special Top 12 Episode or something. We were all sitting around in the audience seats (which doesn't make any sense because the Globe doesn't have theatre seating) and waiting for things to get started. Sway and Gedeon were there too, but I don't remember seeing Taylor anywhere. We had to organize ourselves into pairs or groups of three (I don't think this was for singing purposes, as the...
U Can't Watch This
posted by srah on April 25, 2006 5:14 PM
Tags: activity, lost, tv, tv turnoff week, weird al yankovic
Stop! Cable Time! HBO and Playboy, Showtime and MTV I might like 'em more after my lobotomy Now why did I ever pay for this junk? I hooked up eighty channels and each one stunk Just brainless blood and guts, and mindless T & A It's awful, it's putrid, it's crummy, it's stupid, gonna throw my set away - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "I Can't Watch This" Ah, there's a Weird Al song for every situation, isn't there? How poetic. Or something. I am lame. Someone stupidly scheduled TV Turnoff Week for this week, when there are new episodes of American...
Dream
posted by srah on April 16, 2006 10:10 PM
Tags: american idol, dream, simon cowell, tv
I had a dream that I was on a bus tour, maybe in Israel again, and Simon Cowell and the Queen of England were on the tour with me. Simon kept bitching about how much he hated Ryan Seacrest and was trying to tell America that he was gay in order to ruin his life, and how it was top secret and I couldn't tell anyone, but he was going to leave the show next year. Since it was a dream, I think it's okay that I've been telling everyone I know....
American Idol: Poetry in Motion
posted by srah on March 23, 2006 6:48 AM
Tags: american idol, american idol 5, bucky, haiku, poetry, tv
Dammit! They sent Schmeedle home? I checked in partway through the show and saw that it was going to be either him or Bucky, so I thought I had it in the bag. Looks like I'll be able to reuse my haiku next week: Howling and off-key The reign of Bucky must end My ears are bleeding...
D.H.A.R.M.A. may cause dry mouth, hair loss, an overly alert feeling, and in some cases may diminish your sex drive.
posted by srah on February 23, 2006 10:35 PM
Spoilerfix.com has a few pretty stupid notes on next week's Lost. But one of them intrigues me... (rather vague and strange spoiler after the jump)...
This week's theme: Everybody likes little boys
posted by srah on February 22, 2006 9:51 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 5, tv
Uh... American Idol. As a group, the girls are more talented than the guys, but they also have less personality and are less interesting. I know that you are all clamoring for my thoughts on this evening's episode, so I will just cut and paste an email that I sent to my AI-watching friends this evening, because I am lazy. Suck it!...
Sarah's television recaps/predictions/woes in one handy package
posted by srah on February 9, 2006 12:03 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 5, arrested development, beauty and the geek, lost, the simpsons, tv
There may be spoilers mixed in here, so if you have not yet watched all the shows you ought to, then you'd better cover your eyes as you scroll down the page and have a trusted friend tell you when to open them. This is the extent of my non-spoiling efforts. So there. FIRST OF ALL, please have it be known that I saw The Last Temptation of Homer on TV Tuesday night and later read this thread on Fark and as a result, the name "Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo" has been echoing in my brain for hours now. Whenever...
Set a course for adventures... in doctoring!
posted by srah on December 16, 2005 10:14 PM
During the credits for House, the background picture changes for every cast member's name. Every time I watch the credits, I wonder if they mean something. I'm probably looking too deep into this, but I have the same thought every time I see them. Let's review: House: Picture of a brain. He's the brains of the operation Cuddy: Blood vessels. She's the... life blood or something. Foreman: Lungs. He, uh, breathes new life into the team. Wilson: Another brain. He's... um, another brain. Cameron: Boats. Oooooh, BOATS!!! Look at the pitty boats! Chase: Spine. Because... he has a spine or...
Sarah's latest wacky Lost theory
posted by srah on November 17, 2005 7:33 PM
Who would have an interest in forming their own band and remaining hidden from other people? Who would grab a bunch of kids and have no interest in taking adults? PETER PAN, THAT'S WHO. The Lostaways have crash-landed in Never Never Land, but a horrifying Never Never Land with a ruthless, murdering Peter Pan. Walt is now a Lost Boy. Just you wait! I'll turn out to be right, I know it! I just haven't figured out where the polar bear fits in yet. Update: Polar bears. A fondness for children. A list of Who's Naughty and Nice. IT'S SANTA...
Hail to the cranky victors!
posted by srah on September 27, 2005 9:22 PM
Tags: house, tv, university of michigan
Revealed this evening on House, M.D.: House went to the University of Michigan. The other thing that we have in common is our extraordinary good looks!...
He felt the need... for speed?
posted by srah on May 26, 2005 5:36 PM
Tags: tom cruise, tv
I've heard quite a bit lately about Tom Cruise's appearance on Oprah earlier this week. Most of the comments have been about Tom jumping on the furniture and basically looking like he was on drugs, but for me the most disturbing point was when he said, "What I love most about Katie is her gen--" There was an awkward pause between the first syllable of the word and those that followed and it allowed my brain to fill it in with the first thing that came to mind. That's sick, Tom. I know you're trying to show America that you...
Or care!
posted by srah on May 26, 2005 9:22 AM
Tags: american idol, american idol 4, tv
It's 9:22 am and I still don't know who my American Idol is!!!!!1 Update: Bleaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhh......
One man's crushing blow to Cleveland's tourism industry
posted by srah on April 26, 2005 8:57 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 4, cleveland, scott savol, tv
"If you go to Cleveland, you'd probably see a million of me walking around." - Scott Savol, American Idol I have a new least favorite mental image. I may have nightmares tonight. (P.S. Constantine, we are not having fun yet. Nor were we at any point during that song you sang.)...
Note to archivists: HCI pwned j00!
posted by srah on April 20, 2005 1:28 PM
Tags: hci, information architecture, school of information, tv, wheel of fortune
Tuesday is my big day for watching TV, by which I mean I actually watch TV. The only times I do this with anything approaching regularity are Sunday night's Adult Swim lineup and Tuesday (basically 7-10 because... hell, it's already on...). Usually before our big American Idol get-together, we turn on the TV for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. Last night, one of the contestants on Wheel of Fortune introduced herself as an "interface architect." Pat Sajak was obviously confused by this job title but she said something along the lines of, "You know interfaces? I architect them." Hooray for...
Reference few will understand:
posted by srah on February 16, 2005 2:57 PM
Tags: tv, venture brothers
This post and Doctor Orpheus and the pain in my toe keep making me think, 'I'm sorry, but this toe will have to be AMPUTATED FROM THE MATERIAL SPHERE!!!!!!'...
WORST WHEEL OF FORTUNE THEME WEEK EVER EVER EVER:
posted by srah on February 2, 2005 7:01 PM
Tags: tv, wheel of fortune
Teen Best Friends Week! "My name is Justin and I play hockey for my local high school and I ROCK! HARD CORE! This is my friend Nate. He plays bass and he ROCKS! HARD CORE!" "We're Tessa and Megan! We're cheerleaders!" *hug* "Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeam!" I want to solve the freaking puzzles - I could do without Pat Sajak and the moronic contestants. Does this show want to kill me? Is it my imagination or does each show get more painful than the one before it? Why am I still watching? I'm watching so you don't have to, folks. It's Teen Best...
Thoughts on American Idol
posted by srah on January 27, 2005 10:49 PM
Tags: american idol, tv
Can you sing? Do you know someone who can sing? I can't think of anyone I know who can sing well enough that I would encourage them to try out for American Idol on national television. Why do these people's friends and family allow them to do this? Why do all of the contestants say, "Everyone I know says I sing really well?" Does everyone they know hate them? Being rejected is like a double-whammy: You suck, and everyone you know has just set you up to make a fool of yourself....
PSA!
posted by srah on January 20, 2005 9:15 PM
Bob is a TV star! Watch!...
Whatever happened to John Stevens, anyway?
posted by srah on January 12, 2005 10:44 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 4, tv
Less than a week to the premiere of American Idol! You know what that means? Yes, that's right: Weeks and weeks of stupid pointless posts from me. There's gonna be some changes made this season: The biggest change will come midseason, beginning Feb. 21, when, instead of 32 aspirants ousted at a rate of six per week, 24 contestants -- 12 men and 12 women -- will compete. At this point, "American Idol' will air three times a week -- on Monday, female contestants will vie for votes, with men showing off their chops on Tuesday. Wednesday's episode, as always,...
Lost, in translation
posted by srah on December 23, 2004 6:35 PM
Tags: french, javier grillo-marxuach, lost, my favorite posts, translation, tv
I am an upstanding member of the community and would never do anything wrong. But if, theoretically, I had decided well into the season that I wanted to see the deserted-island drama Lost and had downloaded or was currently downloading the first eleven episodes, then what follows is what I would think of the episodes that I had seen (but of course, you understand, it's completely hypothetical because I would never ever download TV shows from the Internet): Alfie and I were watching episode 3 today and noticed that the supervising producer is Javier Grillo-Marxuach. I love it when his...
'I'll be seeing YOU at my MALL!'
posted by srah on May 27, 2004 2:47 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, fantasia barrino, kelly clarkson, tv
Yet another rollicking season of American Idol is at an end. If you don't want to know who won and have the surprise spoiled for you, then read no further and go scratch out your eyes and plug up your ears, because it's hard to miss. I think two words defined the evening: Wardrobe Malfunctions. Fantasia's first words on discovering that she'd won the competition were a teary, "I broke my shoe!" - this coming after she'd already broken her necklace. When they brought the Final 12 back together for one last hurrah, they were all in yellow and white....
Rhythm is gonna get you... to dance?
posted by srah on April 26, 2004 9:13 AM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, gloria estefan, john stevens, tv
This week's American Idol theme is the music of Gloria Estefan. John Stevens, we hardly knew ya. Oh god, this is going to be painful....
Oh, how the mighty (sucky) have fallen
posted by srah on April 16, 2004 7:18 AM
Tags: american idol, american idol 1, justin guarini, tv
Sometimes you wonder what motivates people to go on American Idol. Clearly it is the allure of singing in really large, important venues....
Jezzles says it's the best place he's ever been
posted by srah on April 6, 2004 7:34 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, elton john, john stevens, tv
Ever since I found out this week's American Idol theme is Elton John, I've been hearing Elton John songs wherever I go. So, thanks to this careful research, I am able to bring you this observation: Unacceptable songs to sing include Crocodile Rock, Benny & the Jets, Candle in the Wind and Circle of Life. If I hear any of these songs tonight, I will throw up and not vote for you! Yes, even you, John Stevens! If you forgo your birthright ("Daniel") and sing any of those rotten, overplayed songs, you are banished from my favor! AI prediction for...
Fun with nesting ordered lists
posted by srah on April 3, 2004 1:26 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, elton john, john stevens, neil diamond, tv, william hung
My latest thoughts on American Idol: I didn't realize they told us these things in advance, but according to the AI website, this week's theme is Elton John. Boooo! While I like Elton John and I think people could do interesting things with it, I have heard rumours about a Show Tune week and I am still praying for the Neil Diamond Extravaganza. If America were not smoking crack, the next people eliminated would be: Camile Velasco Jon Peter Lewis Jennifer Hudson Fantasia Barrino Diana DeGarmo John Stevens* Jasmine Trias George Huff ... leaving Latoya London as the winner. However,...
Dream
posted by srah on April 3, 2004 9:39 AM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, dream, john stevens, tv
I dreamt last night that I was in the audience for this week's American Idol. It was not on the usual stage - I think it was the stage at Pioneer High School. The judges weren't there, but I guess they were watching it on TV and would call in their comments. I was only able to see the first contestant before I woke up. John Stevens came out in a yellow bell-bottomed suit with a ruffly orange shirt and was surrounded by a pack of children who were supposed to chase him around the stage like adoring fans as...
She's always a trailer for sale or rent to me...
posted by srah on March 24, 2004 7:07 AM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, john stevens, open letters, redheads, tv
Dear John Stevens, It is sick sick sick that I can't take my eyes off of you when you're singing and I want you to be singing to me and I get your songs in my head for weeks after your performances. You are 16 years old and besides, tbone has already laid claim to you. I'm afraid it can never work between us, sweetie, so please stop giving me that entirely inappropriate 16-year-old come-hither look while you sing and making me want to jump into the TV. Sincerely, The Demon Dog (No, ha ha, just kidding) SRAH...
Ah, William Hung. You are a household name.
posted by srah on February 9, 2004 8:41 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, politics, tv, wesley clark, william hung
... in our household anyway. (During a discussion of the Democratic candidates) me: The thing about Wes Clark is, he has no political experience. Dad: Yeah, and he has no professional training of singing....
She bangs! Out some excuses!
posted by srah on February 7, 2004 2:04 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 3, tv
tbone and I have come to the following agreement: American Idol is ruining our lives. We were both unhappy this week. We have decided that this is because we wasted most of our evenings by watching American Idol. Then after wasting our evenings in pointless entertainment, we had to either feel guilty about not doing homework during that time or feel tired when we stayed up after AI, doing said homework. Wouldn't you think that would make me resolve to stop watching the show, because it's interfering with my schoolwork and my happiness? No such luck. It's bonding time with...
Thou shalt have no Idol before srah
posted by srah on January 28, 2004 8:01 PM
Tags: american idol, srah, tv
I've been watching a lot of American Idol lately. And I have come to the same conclusion that I know you all have: srah could totally be on this show. Srah would kick some ass on this show. Srah has the talent it takes to be Your Next American Idol. Srah will go up there, sing her song*, and blow you out of the park! Srah-- What's that? The point is not to suck? Then why are all of those people going on TV and doing it? Just to embarrass themselves in front of a national audience, without even getting...
'It was that or skin my chauffeurs!'
posted by srah on January 3, 2004 11:50 PM
Tags: the simpsons, tv
Song in my head: "See My Vest" from The Simpsons Mental image to accompany song: Mr Burns in grizzly bear underwear *shudder* *gag* *contemplate suicide*...
Going back to Normalville
posted by srah on November 26, 2003 2:14 PM
Tags: the real world: paris, tv
The Real World: Paris is over. Last night's season finale sucked, except for the return of Cheryl to our viewing party, which caused much sarcastic remarking and renewed accusations of sister-loving for Ace. The RealWorlders all remarked, before leaving their boring, boring lives in France to return to their boring, boring lives in the US, on how much they had grown as human beings and how they really appreciated learning about French culture. Growth? French culture? Were they living the same lives I was watching?? These people spent four months drinking Snapple in a chateau and emerging only to go...
'I'm gonna walk you! One times one!'
posted by srah on October 8, 2003 12:41 PM
Tags: the real world: paris, tv
I haven't done a Real World recap in weeks and weeks. I bet you thought you were safe. This week, we had two episodes to catch up on, because my cable TV connection was in Germany last week. The first was all about how the roommates dealt with the war in Iraq (pronounced EYE-rack). Different roommates dealt with this in different ways. Ace knelt at his Shrine to the Dubya and announced that everyone in the world should just get along and drink Kentucky bourbon together. Leah felt that we should get Saddam Hussein back for all of the people...
'Regatta' is not a kind of cheese
posted by srah on September 27, 2003 7:03 PM
Tags: school of information, tv
For our first Social Systems & Collections paper, we have to examine the social systems and collections in the TV show The Restaurant. I have discovered, from watching the provided clips over and over again, that what reality TV shows us is that everyone on Earth except me is a friggin' moron. I'm not sure I want to be a human being anymore. Do you think the bunnies will have me?...
'Hey, they got the ocean here?'
posted by srah on September 9, 2003 11:43 PM
Tags: the real world: paris, tv
I realize that I never recapped last week's Real World episode for all those of you who are interested. That's probably okay, because all of you are on vacation in Spain. So here's what happened: Leah and Simon made Mallory buy ugly, uncomfortable shoes. Fight the power, Mallory! Have a little backbone! Support your comfortably-shod sisters! Meanwhile, Adam was interested in this girl based on the very selective criteria that she had a pulse and spoke English. She wasn't interested in him, even though he was spending huge wadges of cash trying to make her love him. He also rapped....
All aboard the Ace Train
posted by srah on August 26, 2003 11:54 PM
Tags: the real world: paris, tv
The Real World was really lame this week. It's always lame, but this week it was lame in that I don't even have anything to say about it. Ace's girlfriend (or not?) came to visit and he got in a drunken fight with a taxi driver. On the bright side, next week brings about the Revival of Adam, the forgotten Worst Character Of All. He will bring home some chick no one likes, get mad when she won't kiss him, and take his sexual frustration out on the world by inflicting another of his famous raps on the viewing audience....
Stop The Real World, I want to get off
posted by srah on August 20, 2003 9:25 AM
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