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Brothers & Sisters: “Light The Lights”
September 3, 2007 – 3:29 PM | 2 Comments

Or, as I like to call it, “Shite The Shites”:

As we fade up on the Whedon household, whimsical flutes and sleigh bells on the soundtrack signal us that it’s The Christma-sode. Not sure you get …

“I ate all my caps.” [pop!] “Ohhhh.”
August 30, 2007 – 11:52 PM | 10 Comments

Courtesy of H. Rock: “The Best of Ralph Wiggum” and “The Best of Ralph Wiggum II.”
Also, check out the guy who sings — and acts out — movie theme songs. Jaws is probably my favorite, …

Celebrity Bull-Riding: The No-Seriously-ening
August 21, 2007 – 3:03 PM | 10 Comments

Okay, so the link was sort of a joke, at first, kind of, but I did DVR it. Did…anyone else? DVR it? C’maaaaahhhhn, admit it. Lord knows I’m not going to judge you; I’m still …

Last Ralph Standing
August 17, 2007 – 5:01 PM | 8 Comments

…Boo. I was thinking to myself after the last ep that I was surprised Debra went home last week, because she’s the kind of comedian that I don’t really care for but that LCS audiences …

Day of the dead
August 16, 2007 – 9:30 PM | 10 Comments

I more or less spent the day with Elvis today — blogging three of his movies and watching the E! True Hollywood Story about his last days in between.I don’t really like his music, so …

Brothers & Sisters: “Mistakes Were Made, Pt. 2”
August 16, 2007 – 1:05 AM | 2 Comments

“Discovery Phase”:

More seriously, he proposes that if she skips asking him about his private, painful divorce, which he’s having to undergo in public, he’ll take her out for an espresso. “An espresso?” she half-smirks, but …

Who’s that double-chinned dude wearing my shirt?
August 10, 2007 – 3:04 AM | 25 Comments

Oh, wait. That’s actually me wearing my shirt as I win the Bryant Park Project’s TV-theme-song game (on a My So-Called Life cue, no less!) Now that I’m up on the podium I’d like to …

A pitch meeting I wish I’d attended
August 9, 2007 – 3:35 PM | 23 Comments

I just saw an ad for Celebrity Bull-Riding on CMT.Why, Lord?

Maxed Elvis Standing!
August 6, 2007 – 10:28 PM | 13 Comments

It’s a meetings-and-deadlines shit show at work for the next few days, so it’s bite-sized content until I can get my breath, but until then…
 
Maxed Out doesn’t break much ground as far as the documentary …

Still somewhat vacated
July 31, 2007 – 9:09 AM | 16 Comments

I would have updated more extensively yesterday, but Wing and I finally got a TV in our office and the time I’d planned to spend on an entry was devoted instead to staring at a …