25 March, 2009
It’s Not Just For Fonzi Anymore
For those that don’t know, “Jumping the Shark” is a reference to a late episode of the 70’s show “Happy Days” in which Fonzi jumps over a shark pen on water skis. It’s come to mean those turning points in a show where viewership is down, writers are out of [...]
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25 February, 2009
I’ll Tell You Why
For those not watching, Norman Gentle is the Liberace-without-a-piano alter-ego of one of the season eight contestants on American Idol. His real name is Nick something or other. Nick never stood a chance on American Idol; Norman deserves to advance.
Because Idol has never been about real depth of talent. It’s been about [...]
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2 December, 2008
Paris Hilton’s BFF on MTV
Paris Hilton has a TV show on MTV. It’s called “Paris Hilton’s My BFF” or some horseshit along those lines. It’s yet another “reality” show, though this one has the hated “BFF” (best friends forever) acronym in the title, so it automatically sucks. I assume, based on the name, that this [...]
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11 November, 2008
You must be kidding.
I like monsters. I do. And I love music. But I’m not so sure the two of them do a chocolate-in-my-peanut butter, peanut-butter-on-my-chocolate kind of a thing if you catch my drift. Case in point? Lordi, the Finish “heavy metal” (you’ll understand the quotes in a minute) band I saw on Conan [...]
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15 September, 2008
They ain’t Lehman Brothers, and the show sucks too.
Being the reality show douche bag that I have apparently become (to my everlasting embarrasment,) I’m watching America’s Toughest Jobs tonight. For those that don’t know, ATJ is the series poduced for NBC by Thom Beers, the cable television uber-producer that can’t seem to make a show [...]
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1 September, 2008
Hurricane Season Brings More Than Rain
It’s hurricane season again (has been if Florida for a while now) which means three things:
Every television station in the south runs scaaaaarrrryyy promos about the latest burp in the weather off the coast of Africa so that you’ll “Tune In At ELEVEN!”
People suffering from the whole a-little-knowledge-can-be-a-bad-thing syndrome will [...]
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28 August, 2008
Still Horrible. Still Watching.
I’ve posted about this abomination of a broadcast before, but I’m watching it as I post this, and can’t believe what I’m seeing. I also can’t believe I’m watching it. I further can’t believe I’m admitting watching it. It’s the kind of show that you want to sit in judgment of; talk [...]
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1 August, 2008
Making “reality” feel like a crappy movie.
I like MMA. I like Muy Thai. I love the UFC/Spike series “Ultimate Fighter”. So you’d think I’d like the new version of “The Contender,” (called “The Contender Asia”) which features Muy Thai fighters instead of traditional boxers like the original, horrible Sylvester Stallone produced and hosted version of [...]
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