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| Wake Up, Adult SNL Hosts! |
[Nov. 9th, 2009|11:26 am] |
Ryan Reynolds, Megan Fox, Drew Barrymore, Gerard Butler:
WAKE UP
Because you just got schooled by TAYLOR SWIFT.
That was probably the best SNL of the season.
Musical Monologue:
Scared Straight:
Oh, and quite possibly the best Twilight parody yet:
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| Summer of Song |
[Aug. 17th, 2009|11:15 am] |
My birthday's in August, so I should post at least once this month, right?
This was the first weekend of no Muny tickets. Sad. This was a pretty good season, lots of classic shows produced really well (even though I wish they'd put on some shows I haven't seen SEVERAL TIMES). And even a new one: Hairspray. I was surprised how different it was from the more recent movie with Zac Efron. Gotta admit, I like the movie better, but mostly that's an issue of production value issues they aren't able to achieve on stage.
As always, I took advantage of the Muny's audience survey process to tell the muny what's what.
After confirming Bob's complaint that the Muny numbers the houses incorrectly for Meet Me In St. Louis, I provided this bit of reference material on the preliminary survey:
That's a map to Kensington Ave, where the MMISL action takes place
Why does my thumb look all weird in that picture?
Then, in the final survey, after seeing that "a new musical based on the music of Stevie Wonder" made it past the first round, I felt it was my duty to give some High Fidelity inspired advice. Trust me, when it come to original productions, the Muny needs all the help they can get. (Anybody remember that musical version of Breakfast at Tiffany's? No? Is that because you left half-way through? Because I did.)
This was a weird summer, because I only saw 3 of the 7 shows with my mom (we have the season tickets together). Normally it's at least 5; I'll take Karen to one and she'll take Wincel to one. But this year I was unavailable for the first two shows (in Pittsburgh, then at the Piemann reception), and mom was out of town for one and Karen came in for another.
But the muny is not the only reason I've been having a musical spring & summer. BBC America had me hooked on my (thankfully not recurring) new reality show obsession. Most recently they ran a series called How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, a singing competition to find the lead for an Andrew Lloyd Weber produced version of The Sound of Music. Ten girls from all over GB singing in well-produced musical numbers in front of a squad of West End well-knowns (here, not so much, with the semi-exception of John Barrowman).
Which was well and good, but I only really watched because I'd recently finished with the BBC's follow-up series (what up with the order reversal, BBCA?), Any Dream Will Do which was searching for a Joseph for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Picture it: 12 darling british boys, each with their own specific monochromatic dreamcoat, crooning for your approval. You're right in my wheelhouse there, BBCA. Plus, here's the greatest part: when one of the Josephs is eliminated, he ends the episode by singing "Close Every Door", which includes a part where they other Josephs tear off his coat and take it away from him. Sorry, kid. Dream over. That's cold, Obi-Wan.
What makes this show a little different from the standard Idol format is the sing-off. At the end of the episode the two with the lowest audience votes sing a duet and Andrew Lloyd Weber decides who will stay and who will go--he has committed to star them in a multi-million dollar production, he should at least get the opportunity to protect the people he thinks will do the best job.
The only episode of Joseph that I missed was when my favorite, Daniel Boys, got sent home. And what a terrible sing-off song to sing: Bring Him Home from Les Miserables--and entire tearful ballad about sacrificing yourself for another guy. What if he was just so convincing singing about "let me die, let him live" that they let him go? That's awful. And for scrawny little Lewis no less. Meh. Then my next favorite, Ben Ellis, went out just before the finale. The winner is now married to the female acting judge. I smell a fix. :)
But I looked up Daniel and Ben and, frankly, they both got great parts in more exciting shows. Daniel went on to play Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q (essentially the male lead) and Ben originate the part of Link Larkin in the West End production of Hairspray. Here are the best videos I could find on YouTube.
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| Vampire Marketing: You're Doing it Gross. |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|07:12 pm] |
True Blood is starting a second season on HBO, so it seemed as good a time as any to pull up a couple of things from my big folder of marketing bookmarks.
Obviously, vampires are all the rage these days, and HBO did some great work in Australia with this ad for True Blood. Simple, attention-grabbing imagery, implied (but prevented, for safety's sake) interactivity.
On the other hand, this Swiss ad for OB, while trying to be provocative and sexy, has been met by EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've shown it to with complete revulsion. NOBODY WANTS THIS OB. You nasty.
Was there even a single woman on the marketing team for this campaign? Consider your audience, dummy. |
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| OMG, You Guys! |
[Jun. 9th, 2009|09:37 am] |
This is AMAZING. Way to commit, guys. I might have to add Jimmy Fallon to the DVR.
I may have to start wearing my Zack Morris t-shirt again... |
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| CHARLIE!!! |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|04:22 pm] |
Okay, so ABC's been doing these promos where all their show characters live together. Check this out:
I'm sorry, Charlie, did you just say... WAS????
As in you are not any more???
As in you are back next season???
AND NOT JUST AS A FLASHBACK??? |
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| Sit Down, Shut Up |
[Apr. 20th, 2009|08:34 am] |
Did anybody else catch the premiere of Kristin Chenoweth's new animated series? She plays the creationist science teacher, Miracle Grohe, on Sit Down, Shut Up. I thought it was pretty good. Kinda racy, but funny. Definitely carries the sense of humor of it's Arrested Development & SNL cast (Jason Bateman & Will Arnett are basically playing animated versions of Michael & GOB Bluth). Visually, it reminds me of Mission Hill, which I think only ran for part of a season on FOX (and shows up from time to time on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network).
Here's the pilot on Hulu:
Okay, I looked it up, and one of the Mission Hill creators is an EP on SDSU. |
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| GO BLUES! |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|09:15 am] |
Went to my third Blues game of the season, officially going to three times as many Blues games in this season than the entirety of my previous life. I've also seen three wins this season. The Blues just might be unstoppable. Do you know why?
Nothing can stop the Grimace.
The night was all thanks to Jen who seems to now be on the Blues Group Sales mailing list and got us cheap tickets for "free food night". Plus, the Blues scored 5 so we got free blizzards!
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| You Twit Posted it on the Interscape. |
[Mar. 13th, 2009|09:24 am] |
Fued of the Century! Another cable news talking head gets his ass handed to him by Jon Stewart. When will people learn? Don't call out Jon Stewart; he's much smarter than you are and if you can't take a joke, he can get SUPER SERIOUS with you.
Jon Stewart goes Cross-Fire on Jim Cramer.
As it appeared on Thursday night's Daily Show -
View larger at TheDailyShow.com: clip one - clip two - clip three
Uncensored Raw Footage -
View larger at TheDailyShow.com: clip one - clip two - clip three
While I'm at it, here's the Crossfire video I mentioned:
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| Virtual LOST |
[Mar. 12th, 2009|11:34 pm] |
I think my lizard brain knows that I'm supposed to have a new episode of LOST on Wednesdays. Last night I had a LOST dream. It was Kate, Locke and some dude that I can no longer picture (I think he was invented for the dream). My brain must have remembered that last week was a Sawyer-centric episode, so there was no Sawyer this week. Also, I was watching the action from Kate's POV.
So this started out when we entered a big library, but this was clearly a Dharma library, because there was a SHIT LOAD of guns in there. We had to sit at a round table by a window and then we had these little pots that started to very quickly grown plants. The plants were the same kind of plant but grew in different colors (I'm gonna go ahead an attribute this to the few minutes of Alton Brown talking about how peppercorns left for different amounts of time make all different colors of pepper). The plants were also growing inside of a little plastic wrap bubble. Locke opened his bubble and his plant withered and died.
Apparently this disqualified him from Round 2, because next Kate & the dude were on the beach. We'd been given little plastic remotes that looked like half an egg (long-ways, not how the actual plastic eggs are split) with a tiny antenna and a light, but there were no buttons on the remote, you had to make it work with your mind (like that last episode of Fringe--I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL APRIL!!). The dude went first to try to make his remote work but he couldn't and he disappeared. Guess he was just a Paolo. And then just as I started trying to make the remote work... I woke up!
Even LOST DREAMS end in cliffhangers. It's not right. |
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| Elmo Was Trying to Swing You Back! |
[Mar. 12th, 2009|01:02 pm] |
It's Office Thursday!!
Ricky Gervais & Elmo, hilarious.
"You're not supposed to touch Elmo!"
"It's called ACTING, Mr. Gervais! ACTING!" |
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| TOP CHEF: It's all over! |
[Feb. 26th, 2009|02:36 pm] |
Oh, Carla! You were such a Cinderella story! Why did you listen to dumb-face Casey? She LOST her season!
And you obviously missed this commercial:
Hosea was the one of my three choices that I probably would have picked if I only got to pick one, so good for him for winning (even if he got a little sketchy in the middle there). |
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| UPGRADE! |
[Feb. 25th, 2009|12:05 am] |
This is not the Andy I've come to expect, but I LIKE IT!
PS: Roddick |
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| That Voice Sounds Familiar... |
[Feb. 16th, 2009|12:25 am] |
"I'm a Cylon."
"And I'm a PC."
JOHNNY HODGE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?!?!?! |
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| You Know Most People Throw That Away, Right? |
[Feb. 5th, 2009|10:35 pm] |
I just caught a few moments of the Unwrapped where they go to Papa John's: "We use 40% of the pepperoncini supply out of Greece. So, we've created a worldwide shortage on pepperoncinis." --Papa John, giggling like a moron. That's kind of awful. What a complete waste. I have never in life seen someone eat the pepper from a Papa John's pizza. Is it supposed to accomplish some not eating purpose? |
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| You Got Your Man Voice! |
[Feb. 3rd, 2009|10:54 pm] |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this guy (the intern, not the orderly):
This kid:
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| FUHBAHL!! |
[Feb. 1st, 2009|02:22 pm] |
Then The Office! It's Office Sunday!
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| If You're Wondering How He Eats and Breathes and Other Science Facts |
[Jan. 26th, 2009|11:41 pm] |
Just repeat to yourself, "it's just a show, and I should really just relax."
Charter has an On Demand interview with Joel Hodgson & Mary Jo Pehl (formerly of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and currently of Cinematic Titanic) prior to their performance at the St. Charles Family Arena back on November 1.
Boston Katie flipped out an insisted that I find a way for her to see it, so here it is taped with my digital camera. So it's a little shaky, especially when I'm trying not to laugh...
Which reminded me that I never blogged about the show!
"I love Mystery Science Theater fans, because they have an attention span. Not only are you fans of a two-hour long show, you're fans of a two-hour long show that's been off the air for 10 years." --Trace Beaulieu (Dr. Forrester)
They performed an entirely new version of "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians", one of the classic bad movies from the MST3K days. But the best thing was that they stayed around to sign things after the show. Joel even said, "Don't worry about buying anything, just come and say hi."
JOEL!
More pictures here.
AUTOGRAPHS!
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