Crap

A few days ago the wee one had trouble going to sleep. By the time I did the soothing mother thing and headed downstairs, it was past my bed time. Since I wanted little Miss to fall asleep, I stayed downstairs and turned on the t.v. Not interested in the news, I surfed and came across Freaky Friday (the new one with Lindsay Lohan) on ABC Family.

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The movie was o.k. but the crap that passes for original programming on ABC Family is appalling. The commercials for ABC Family shows like Pretty Little Liars and Switched at Birth made me think, “This passes for family entertainment in 2011?” For instance, the four main characters on “Pretty Little Liars” look like high class call girls. All these shows and the product commercials are geared toward teenagers.

And please don’t tell me I’m am old fuddy. I call ‘em like I see ‘em. This stuff is crap.

p.s. A few years back I wrote a small rant on the worst show on t.v. Even with one of the main stars gone, it’s still dragging on.

Celebrate!

On this May 26, 2011, let us celebrate the birthday of John Wayne (1907) and the end of the Oprah Winfrey show. 

Such polar opposites.

The diametric difference between these two folks is nicely explained in this scene from Boondock Saints II (WARNING: Lots of Explicit Language):

Oh, Jon

Last night Jon Stewart was on Bill O’Reilly’s show to debate the Common/White House invite controversy. The two main points Stewart expressed were  the “Right’s” hypocrisy in it’s condemnation and that Common was not advocating cop killing but thought that the supposed killers were falsely accused.

Click here to watch the interview.

I thought it was an interesting back and forth. Stewart believed it was fine for Common to be invited and vigorously defended that Common’s poetry in question wasn’t about cop killing but whether justice was served.

In the end I couldn’t help but think that Jon Stewart was the same man who defended his invite to Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, to sing Peace Train at his Rally to Stop the Insanity in Washington D.C.  last year.

Salman Rushdie was not amused.

For more about that, click here.

Fail

NPR fired Juan Williams?

Really? For admitting feelings. Not actions. Not words. FEELINGS.

That will teach him and others like him to never go on non-Upper-West-Side-Inside-The-Beltway-Approved news shows AGAIN.

Want to bet that the only group to defend Williams will be Fox News?

Remember, NPR is the same organization that aired a “Learn to Speak Teabag” video. Nothing offensive to see here, folks. Move along…

Flashback

My favorite cartoon in 5th grade was Star Blazers. I watched it every weekday afternoon on Channel 56. It never seemed strange to me that the rough and tumble non-Asian crew (do you remember the sea-salty, caucasian captain?) traveled through space in a JAPANESE battleship. Enjoy the theme song:

On this bleak midwinter…

…a little Shatner and Palin for your viewing pleasure.

Sorry…can’t embed it…but it’s only 4 minutes long and worth seeing the look on Shatner’s face.

Yawn

Did anyone else think the Ghost Hunters Halloween Countdown was lame? Let’s show reruns and highlight a new GH show starring Steve and Tango getting butch with a bunch of  college students. LAME!

This is me watching GH's Halloween Special

The Ghost Adventures live show was much better even though the threesome couldn’t keep quiet to save their lives (or hear the dead).

Too Much Time On Their Hands…

…but the results are funny. For your entertainment: Star Trek Meets Monty Python

I love this commercial

Everytime this Ally Bank commercial is on I chuckle because of two reasons. One: I think the boy is adorable in a chunky sort of way. I love how he pushes down on the truck with all his might that one of his legs kicks back to give him more power. Just a kid unabashedly enjoying himself. Two: When the adult takes away his toy, the boy says under his breath, “I want the red truck.” Such a cool little act of defiance that I always say it outloud along with the boy.

Parody Break

Hello All! I’ve been in Upstate NY for some birthday revelry. I’ll blog about that trip soon. In the meantime, take a look at this parody of the Snuggie commercial. WARNING: There is some objectionable language.

H/T: Augusta Brother