Remember that great show, Survivor- October 22, 2005 Yes, I'm still watching; no, I can't quite explain why. Habit Hope An occasional great moment Is that enough explanation I don't hate it by a long shot, I just quit looking forward to it since the ghastly All Stars debacle, found I was compelled to watch The Apprentice before it as soon as that show got started, now it's often Saturday or even Sunday before I get to it. And feel the itch to hit the FF through much of it. I haven't yet, but I'm wanting to. It doesn't help they seem to have...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/22.html#a1746 Brilliant, but . . .- October 22, 2005 Wow, what a revolting phrase to type. I kind of make myself want to vomit just for having written it. I'd like to believe I live in the world where people who say things like that ought to be metaphorically shot. But . . . But, The Colbert Report. Yes, I'm still chucking every time he pronounces it pronounced "The Col-bear Ra-poor". I'm chuckling all the way through. Chuckling constantly, laughing my ass off, in fact. It's not just funny, it's brilliantly funny. Funnier even than The Daily Show.http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/22.html#a1745 Jew Gold- October 22, 2005 So South Park finally returned this week. Kind of a disappointment. They did a Katrina episode after all. (They had told Charlie Rose they had big reservations about it in a wonderful appearance last month. (The link is to my post about them, not some dumb CR site. hahaha.) Should have stuck to their instincts. Was it just way too late or just way too lame Seemed like one kinda pointless joke milked the entire episode. Until . . . Well, their old standby, the jew joke. Somehow, they always...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/22.html#a1744 Losing steam in Rome- October 18, 2005 Those Desperate Housewives were still dull this weekend, though maybe starting to gell a bit. Maybe. Nothing like the joy of last season, though. Meanwhile, Rome was a fun guilty pleasure for the first month, but has grown kind of tiresome to sit through. The more they focus on the lives "two ordinary soldiers'" the harder it is to watch. Bad, bad idea. This is going to sound harsh, but . . . That's a technique for really talented people. Ouch. I even winced at that. But as I watch week...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/17.html#a1742 Last refuge of the modern scoundrel- October 17, 2005 If you've been watching Survivor this season, particularly this past Thursday, you probably came to the conclusion that Blake Towsley is kind of a dick. If you missed him on The Early Show the next morning, you have no idea. On Thursday, you had the footage of him babbling incessantly about his infinite superiority--about his high school state sports championship, about his girlfriend's size double-D breasts, about his wild drunken debauchery--and you had the outcome of the episode: his three...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/16.html#a1740 I'm so bored with the Desperate Housewives- October 11, 2005 Not hating it, but sure not giddily gobbling up each new episode, like last season.http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/10.html#a1724 Yes, still more on The Amazing Race--something nice, this time- October 10, 2005 the coolest thing about this edition is the striking age disparities within the teams--nearly all the teams--which has almost never been true before. on nearly every team, the oldest member(s) of assumed the leadership, and it's fascinating to watch how on some teams their age makes them much stronger--than their children--while in others, it makes them much weaker than their adult daughters or sons in law. do i feel for those people trying to lead their team, but knowing they're mainly...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/09.html#a1722 Amazing Race, the gross families- October 10, 2005 i liked episode two of the race nearly as much as the first, for mostly the same reasons. but i've got to unload about the revolting families. god. of course this show always casts several revolting teams, but rarely before have we had the chance to the horror that is one of these contestants, and the people who made them that way. that bickering family from new jersey. are there words to convey the level of my disgust most of all for the mom. she constantly whines and complains about how they..http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/09.html#a1721 Downside of The Amazing Race Family- October 10, 2005 What's with this driving tour of PA and Jew Jersey I've already driven on that expressway. And hundreds like it. What happened to taking me to places I'd never been I don't get it. And I understand most of this season is going to be that way. Ugh. The absolute nadir of this element came in ep one, when the father-in-law expressed his wonder at getting to hand a costumed guy the guy the flag, and then watching him fold it up. Folding a flag This guy needs to get out more. And...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/tv/2005/10/09.html#a1720 |