3.13.2004
This is apparently an ad on British TV which features television stars -- British and American -- saying their favorite swear words. Go to hear Bradley Whitford. Stay to hear Richard Schiff, who swears like he means it. Swoon over Peter Krause and John Spencer and Adam Brody and the entire cast of Scrubs.
I have to figure out a way to work "motherfucking tit fuck bitch face!" in to my conversations.
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# Posted by Rachel on 9:48 AM
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3.12.2004
I find it ironic that in this article about Britney developing her own makeup and fragrance line, she looks like ass.
Now me, I owned the Debbie Gibson Electric Youth perfume as a kid. It was hot pink and came in a bottle with a neon green slinky in the middle. That's how you market to children of the 80's.
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# Posted by Rachel on 7:48 PM
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3.11.2004
Heh. Starsky and Hutch is the only movie in the top 5 over at Rotten Tomatoes with a majority of positive reviews. That's hilarious.
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# Posted by Rachel on 9:18 AM
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3.10.2004
I barely -- barely -- got through "Meet The Parents." That kind of comedy makes my stomach actually physically hurt. I can't watch Ben Stiller get humiliated and torn down for two hours. The only parts of that movie I enjoyed featured Owen Wilson talking about Jesus and chupas. Hee hee hee. I'm giggling just remembering that. Hee hee. Seriously, giggling out loud. "Or, as your people would say, a chhhhhupa."
They're making a sequel; Nicole is planning to go see it, since she can't get enough of the Stiller/Wilson thing. I am not, because I will cry if I have to see Ben Stiller in a speedo again, even if Owen has a cameo -- and he likely will, since it was Ben who shoehorned him in to the first one.
But Ben's father? Is being played by Dustin Hoffman. Dustin, you were in Tootsie! You know from good comedy! You weren't the kind of tomato who sat down, because it doesn't make sense for a tomato to sit down! I have to go watch that movie and weep.
Incidentally -- Owen stole Meet the Parents precisely the same way Bill Murray stole every fucking scene in Tootsie. Interesting.
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# Posted by Rachel on 8:51 PM
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Okay, I adore Christian Bale, even though the thought of the upcoming Batman movie makes me shudder. But this makes me giggle anyway.
Also, the answer to the quiz, as Nic called, was Newton Minnow, head of the FCC in 1961. As for TV's revenge, the producer of Gilligan's Island, knowing it easily one of the stupidest shows ever created and thus proved the "vast wasteland" comment to be pretty much true, named Gilligan's boat for him to tie Minnow to stupid television forever.
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# Posted by Becky on 6:28 PM
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Stop it! Stop it!! Stop it!!!!
PS. -- Don't think I haven't noticd that "Game Over" is just a warmed over retread of "ReBoot." Because I have. And I'm not ashamed of that knowledge.
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# Posted by Rachel on 8:43 AM
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Generally, I think people in America get up in arms over nothing. (See also: Jackson, Janet) I rolled my eyes at all the protests over The Passion Of The Christ, and felt sort of embarassed that Jewish leaders-- allegedly people representing me, kind of-- were so worked up over some dumb movie about Jesus. I, personally, enjoy blasting the soundtrck to JC Superstar over and over and over, and while it's possibly caused some deafness, it hasn't caused any kind of spiritual crisis.
Here's the thing, though; I'm an adult. Well, okay, I'm 24, and that counts as an 'adult,' whether or not I spend a lot of time here blogging about Justin Timberlake and Owen Wilson. I'm in no danger of being subverted by Mel Gibson, and his movie, and his wacko dad, and his crazy, crazy eyes.
The Passion is still number one at the box office this week, and you know who's going to see it? My students. The same bunch of sweet little 11 year old Boston Public School kids who told me overwhelmingly that "love is love," so gay marriage was fine with them, were demanding to know whether or not I felt bad that I'd killed god's only son. Seriously. I was surrounded and mobbed by kids yesterday who were all "Listen; we saw the movie, and it was totally a big crowd of Jews. What's the deal? Don't you feel bad? Don't you feel responsible? I was so angry! At you!"
I'm a 1st Amendment liberal all the way; I would very nearly never suggest we censor or ban anything. But have we learned nothing from the brilliant South Park movie? If you're sending your kids to see The Passion Of The Christ, for God's sake, talk to them about it afterwards.
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# Posted by Rachel on 8:21 AM
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3.8.2004
In the last post, Rachel referenced TV as a wasteland. Who coined the phrase "Television is vast wasteland," and how did TV get its revenge?
Oh, I love being an American Studies major. Yay useless trivia!
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# Posted by Becky on 4:10 PM
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3.7.2004
Wow, this is depressing and scary. A list of pilots for next season. And not a single one of them looks decent. I'm sorry, they just don't. I mean, Charlies' Angels is coming back. A show about John Stamos going on a first date -- which lasts the entire season. An updated version of Mr. Ed. Untitled projects for Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt. A coming-of-age story about a Yankee bat boy -- starring Dean Cain. Oh oh oh -- how about an untitled sitcom about "a blended family whose parents have very different perspectives on how to raise kids." An update of Lost In Space. A Burnett production called "Commando Nanny." I mean... my god. TV really is a wasteland.
Speaking of updated versions of old shows... Damn, but Starsky and Hutch is a funny movie. It, much like Pirates of the Caribbean, has no right to be funny at all, but it actually really was. Ben Stiller managed to hit funny without overshooting and hitting "deranged everyman in pain" (cf There's Something About Mary, Meet the Parents) or "really fucking irritating character with an annoying voice" (cf Zoolander). Owen does basically nothing but react to him, but damn he's funny doing it. The 70's are featured -- but do not star -- in the movie, which is nice. And it features one of my favorite kinds of jokes; the random information dump. You know this gag; in the midst of a tense situation, one or more background characters whom the audience had assumed to be idiots suddenly start providing us with detailed information. The most famous example is probably Quentin Tarentino's "What do they call a quarter pounder in France?" scene, although that version of it isn't really funny. In this movie, it's a gun-wielding thug talking about the socio-political history of Luxembourg. Brilliant.
Becky already stole the only tag line possible after talking about the movie: "Go see Starsky and Hutch. Do it. Do it. Do it."
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# Posted by Rachel on 4:09 PM
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I know this is where I should post a long, thought out movie review; but frankly it's late at night and I'm on my way to bed. So instead, a quick note that Rachel and I both adored Starsky & Hutch, far more than expected.
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# Posted by Becky on 2:02 AM
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