So Long Lost

I have tossed in the towel on Lost.
There are just too many un-answered questions.
For every season of Lost, few, if any, questions get answered.
Still more questions are asked. I have come to the point
Where I just don’t care anymore.

I cheer when people die.
I find myself hoping that someone uses the island for
Atomic warhead testing. I want Bob from Twin Peeks to
Show-up and kill the entire cast and start Twin Peeks, part II.

I’d rather comb nits out of the neighbor’s sheepdog for the hour
Lost is showing. I’ll devote this time to talking about Heroes or the Toyota
Ads showing street signs.

The entire fall season sucks.
I only watch two new shows.
Heroes and Jericho.
I like Jericho because it reminds me of a book I read
Titled Alas, Babylon, by Pat Frank.
The trouble with both of these shows is I can’t see the story lines
Continuing for very long.

I have got to get me a job at a network.
I could fart in a bowl and come up with a better program schedule
Than any of the 3 broadcast networks did.
I could ask a class of 5th graders for TV shows and find better ideas.

I think the networks have lost touch with viewers.
Just about every other show is a reality show.
Now, don’t get me wrong, some of these shows I actually watch
Others, I try not to even watch the promos for them.
Like the show featuring Flavor Flav. The only thing about this show
That I like is wondering what any of those women see in Flav.
But that’s just me... and not comparing apples to apples either.
Flavor of Love is on VH1 not a broadcast network.

I know TV has changed since the early 1960’s when I used to have to
Put aluminum foil on the rabbit ears to watch Batman. Cable has provided
Many of us many more channels to choose the many nothing programs from.
Computers allow us to watch episodes whenever we want.
Tivo’s , DVR’s, and entire season’s of episodes available on DVD allow us
To watch anything, anytime.
I just wish network TV would air something I want to spend the time watching.
So, if you know of anyone looking for a program director, development agent,
VP in charge of Programming, or a Creative director give me a call.
I have no training in any of these areas and I bet I’m still better than half the
People out there doing those jobs.

You will however be looking at programs that are aimed at people that think,
Not part of the demographic, and remember what TV used to be. So, I guess
I don’t fit into any networks programming and I won’t be waiting by the phone
For the job offers

I can dream, can’t I?

WEIRD_1

April 18, 2006

24 Again
Monday
Fox

The action on this show never stops.
Tonight Audrey gets some backbone.
There she stands, dripping blood all over the hanger floor and she tells Jack to
Let her die.

I have another message for Jack..
.
LET HER DIE !!!
Like all the other targets in suits on this show, Audrey is expendable.
God oh God, please let her be expendable.

We have learned that President Limp-lip is behind the whole VX Nerve gas plot.
I don’t know how he plans to keep this thing under control with members of his
staff dropping like flies.

I’m hoping that the First lady kills him in his sleep.
With my luck, Logan will pull a Hitler move and kill his wife and himself.
That could be fun. Jack would miss out on all the fun of “Questioning the President”.
The Vice-President needs to take over soon or the Chinese and the Russians will be at war with everyone in the United States.

Chloe is a cross between Wonder Woman, the Bionic Woman, Honey West, and my annoying sister. Chloe is a strong woman, I like strong women, but she lacks interpersonal skills. She don’t talk to people, she snaps at them. How is it that she didn’t get fired years ago? Chloe it seems will break every rule in the book to help Jack.
I think Chloe wants Jack.. a lot, and often.

It will be fun to see who makes is out alive this year.
Will Chloe get some from Jack before the Chinese find him?
Will Jack choose Audrey?
Will Audrey please die?

Tony is dead.
Edgar is dead.
Michelle is still dead.

I' ll start to look for them on the "Lost" island
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Survivor Exile Island

Friday, February 03, 2006
Thursday
CBS

Right from the start I like season 12 of Survivor. I have people to hate like Cirie and people I think will win like Tina, Dan and Terry. I have cute women to enjoy like Danielle and Melinda. Survivor brings some big changes of its own this season.

First there is Exile Island, a small spot of land away from the rest of the Survivor team where one person a episode will be stranded alone to fend for themselves. What will they miss as the remaining team members plot, plan, and outplay the loner left in this place? Jeff Probst does provide a silver lining to being alone on Hell’s Island. Someplace on this small bit of Real Estate is an idol that will guarantee immunity to the person that finds it right up to the final 4. The idol can be held until after the vote at tribal council so this would make the second vote getter put out a torch.

Way cool.
Enough set up now the juicy parts. Even before Cirie got off the boat I didn’t like her. Maybe it was her attitude, the way she moved or the way she let everyone else go first to the place mats on Exile Island. Cirie made every mistake a Survivor could make, she told the rest of the Older Women Tribe that she was scared of leaves and the things that may live under them. Later at Tribal Council Cirie told the rest of her tribe that see don’t like nature much and made a plea for the “Couch Potato’s” to stay home. She made a great move and made the rest of the Older Women vote off Tina, the lumberJill from Wisconsin. Tina started fire, found water, and found a fish. Maybe the old formula to win this game is broken.

That means that the person I hate is still on the island (and with my luck will win the million) and one of the people I like is gone. God, I love this game.

Misty was the first person to spend the night on Exile Island. Jeff Probst was a cross between the Riddler and the Joker from the old Batman TV series and told Missy “as for your clue, I already gave it to you.” WHAT THE HECK? I have no idea what he was trying to tell her, but I’m sure it had nothing to do with digging in the dirt behind them.
My first though was that it had something to do with the “Smashing Skulls” challenge that Missy’s team lost. Were all the skulls smashed? Was the idol hidden in one of them? Does the idol stay in the same place or is it someplace new for every Survivor?

All I know is the lame attempt at trying to convince the rest of the cast that she found the idol shouldn’t stop anyone from looking. Misty makes Judd look like a great liar.

I hope at some point Survivor does a special like with the Super Stars only with the people that were the first or second to get voted off. I think Tina could be the female Rudy if given half a chance.

A special note about Richard Hatch:
I am sad but not surprised that Richard was found guilty on Tax charges.
Richard was stubborn and full of bravado.
These skills were what helped him win the first Survivor, making him the Survivor we love to hate.
It was these same skills that lead to his troubles with the IRS.
It is sad that something couldn’t have been worked out.

The game of Survivor will not be the same without Richard

Now if we could get Survivor for Children
Gary Coleman could host
Or hire me... I’d love to be even a small part of this show.

Snuff my torch

WEIRD_1

24

Monday Night
Fox Network

Welcome to another action packed season of the hit drama 24.

When last we saw Jack he had faked his own death in order to save the United States from lots of issues with the Government of China. What else can Jack endure? In the past Jack has been tortured, been a drug addict, and really died only to be recovered at the last second. His wife was raped and killed.

It’s not good to be friends with Jack either. Tony’s wife Michelle is killed and Tony is in the ICU. Former President Palmer is killed and Jack is framed for the shooting. So where has Jack been hiding since last we saw him? He has been shacking up with Diane at her place and working on oil rigs. Jack is one tough fella. Diane has a nosy, moody son named Derek. Derek follows Jack because he thinks Jack is lying to his mother. Derek is rewarded by being held hostage by terrorists at the airport. This is how day 5 starts for Jack.

Over the next few hours we discover that the Russian Terrorists are really after some Nerve Gas. I think this is just a diversion designed to take up CTU’s time while working on something else. Why? Because they found out about it to fast. It was too easy.

One thing that I find is getting old is using a mole inside either CTU or the White House.
This season we find a mole inside both places, and you know what, I knew it the first time I saw them. I knew the oily man Spenser Wolff that Chloe woke up with was a bad man as soon as I saw him. The same is true of Walt Cummings the Chief of Staff for limp lipped President Logan who is the reason Jack had to fake his own death in the first place.

I never liked Audrey, she wants Jack to conform. Audrey is uncomfortable with Jack doing the things Jack needs to do to get things done. True, Jack did order doctors to stop trying to save her ex-husband Paul in order to save a terrorist to get information that lead to the final resolution of Day 4, but Paul was a creep that needed killing anyway. Today, Audrey feels the need to call Jack while he is out trying to track down Nerve Gas to ask Jack if it is true that he still loves hes..

Jack listen up....
Ditch Audrey and go home with Diane. Diane can accept the man you are, and what you need to do. Audrey never will understand. Besides, Diane is a lot hotter.

So what will happen this season?
Who the hell knows, but that’s the fun with 24.
Is the Nerve Gas a diversion?
Could the Nerve Gas end up at the White House and kill President Logan... I’d like to see that.
When will Chloe shoot Edgar?
When will CTU start to do better background checks on agents?
Is the person behind chair his daughter Kim?
These and thousands of more questions will be asked and in true 24 style, only about half will get answered.

I will be there for every blasted second because unlike some other shows, I care what happens to Jack. The rest of the cast is cannon fodder.

And what about Scarecrow’s brain?

WEIRD_1

Tuesday January 31 2

Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Super Bowl XL
Sun., Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. ET on ABC
Pregame show started Last November

Time to learn a little about my history.
I lived in Green Bay for 25 years.
I was living in Green Bay when Reggie White, Brett Favre, and the rest of the Packers
Won Super Bowl XXXI.
I didn’t give a hoot then, and I don’t give a hoot now, who wins the Super Bowl.
I want for the advertisements.
I think football needs some change to make me interested in the game.
Here is how I would change football.

If I was in charge of a network, (my dream job) I would assign one announcer to live in the home town of every NFL team. Let’s say for the sake of this talk we choose Green Bay and Chicago. Now when Green Bay played Chicago the announcer would travel with the team. What this should do is end the endless times announcers kill the way a name is said. Also, the announcer would have an insite on what was going on off the field in any given city. This should add lots of local color to every game.

Next, I would put a ref in the Play-by-Play booth. Give this ref the ability to make a call, just like any other ref but with veto power over calls made on the field. This could make games a little more fair... or so I hope.

Then I would let whatever team that won the Super Bowl host the game 2 years later. I use 2 years to allow for any building of hotels, restaurants, and entertainment facilities needed to make room for all the guests headed to that town. Under my plan, Green Bay would have hosted Super Bowl XXXIII. I would pay the money to see that game.

I hate that Super Bowl tickets cost so much, Joe 6-pack, the average fan that pays for the season tickets can’t afford tickets to the big game. I say have a raffle among fans from the two teams in the Super Bowl. This year those teams would be Seattle and Steelers. Send free tickets to fans from those teams. The NFL makes tons of money from everything else it does, I say give the fans a free game.

Have a game show to give away tickets.
Hell I can think of a boat load of ways to find great fans to fill the stands.

Would all this make me watch the game.
Yes, but I don’t know for how long.
We still need to change sudden death overtime.

And what about John Madden?

Are you ready for some football?

WEIRD_1

January 30 2006

LazyTown
Nickelodeon
Check Local Listings

I fell in love with this kids show, not for the healthy message it sends out to the millions of children or the easy to sing-a-long with tunes. Why then would an adult of my age want to watch this sugar covered, color over-dose of a show you may ask. I like the show because to me it is just a little creepy.

Julianna Rose Mauriello plays Stephanie, a sweet, trusting, 14 year old, pink covered, and over friendly girl new to LazyTown. Most of the cast is puppets, expect for two male members of the cast. Magnús Scheving is Sportscus, a gymnastic wonder that can’t go anyplace without doing many flips, turns, and jumps. He has much too much energy for anyone over the age of 20, and always seems far too happy to see Stephanie. Stefán Karl Stefánsson is the villain, Robbie Rotten, he never wants to do much other than to make LazyTown... lazy.

Now, to me this show is creepy. Why? It seems to me that the two male leads are out to do adult things with the underage Stephanie. This show is filmed in Iceland and maybe they have a different idea about these things, but if this show wanted to, it could turn into a porno movie in seconds. I guess that would make it a porno puppet show.

You know what?
I will even watch a porno puppet show, but not this one.
Sure this show is rated G and I would recommend it to any parent as a good show for children to watch. Maybe I just can’t stop looking at Stephanie’s pink hair, dress, shoes, and bag and not think of the Aerosmith song “Pink”.

Go ahead and call me a pervert, you won’t be the first one to call me that, and on some level, I like it. In my dirty little mind this show is creepy.

I like creepy, so I’ll keep watching just to see if Stephanie has a baby.... and who’s baby will it be.

Lyrics to Pink by Aerosmith:

Pink it´s my new obsession
Pink it´s not even a question
Pink on the lips of your lover, ´cause
Pink is the love you discover
Pink as the bing on your cherry
Pink ´cause you are so very
Pink it´s the color of passion `
Cause today it just goes with the fashion
Pink it was love at first sight, yea
Pink when I turn out the light, and
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
You could be my flamingo
´Coz pink is the new kinda lingo
Pink like a deco umbrella It´s kink - but you don´t ever tell her
Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight
I want to be your lover
I wanna wrap you in rubber
As pink as the sheets that we lay on
Pink is my favorite crayon, yeah
Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink it´s like red but not quite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight

Good night Stephanie, wherever you are
and watch your back

WEIRD_1

Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Winners and Losers

SURVIVOR

Survivor crowned another million dollar winner.
Let's all give Danni a hand.
At first, if you check my past posts, I wanted Stephanie to win
just because she was tough, cute, and I didn't see many other people that
I wanted to win this thing. After awhile all I heard from Stephanie was whinning.
I always lose.
I need food.
Don't get me wrong. I loved the back stabbing, sneeky, underhanded way Stephanie made her
way to the final two. I thank Stephanie for making this Survivor fun.

Danni flew under the RADAR.
I find that many of the people in the final two end up being people you
never see do much. I didn't see Danni doing much... I"m sure she worked just as
hard as anyone else. I just never saw it. I chalk that up to the way this show is edited.

Week after week we are tempted to view in because of some clip showing someone
saying or doing something bold. I tune in and the clip is taken out of context and don't
have the impact that the preview made you think it would.

You can bet that I will be watching the next season. I love being outlasted, outwitted, and outplayed. And I don't have to hike 11 miles to have my torch snuffed.

THE AMAZING RACE

The final leg of the Amazing race was great. It was great because the Weaver Family was not even close to winning it. I think it is possible that the Weaver Family is the most hated team to ever run this race.

Everyone Hates Us.... I heard that only about 10,000 times a week.
Turns out there were 10,000 reasons why the other teams hated them.

It makes a great race when I have someone to root against.
I didn't care if the Linz Family won... which happened... I just didn't want the Weaver Family to even come in second.

For once, I got my wish.

Kudo's to the Linz Family and the Branson Family for making it a close race and having some
very cute ladies on the teams... Great Job... Hope to see you on the All star episode.

Thanks to the Weavers for making Darth Vader look like a teddy bear.
Darth always was misunderstood.

THE APPERNTICE

Guess What?

Randal Won!

I think the four horseman must be riding in my yard. Someone I wanted to win... WONl

That said, I thought Randal could and should have shown some class and let Rebecca be an apprentice also. Randal had nothing to lose, he was already announced as the winner, what did he have to lose? Was he thinking that Rebecda could do a better job for Trump than he could?

I really wanted Randal to be a stand-up guy and tell Trump "I think Rebecca would be a great asset to the Trump Orginazation and will be a great addition to the staff".

What would that hurt?
If anything, it would increase his value as a team player.

We are told that these shows are games, contests, and as such we tend to think that the outcome don't matter... Trump told us different... This contest does matter to him.... Randal should have made the connection and let Rebecca join the team.

I can't wait for the West Coast Apprentice
Will Surfer Ken make the final 4?
Time will tell.

What a great season for reality TV
Now when does 24 start?

WEIRD_1

Saturday, November 5, 2005
Rocky Horror Picture Show
DVD
20th Century Fox

I think that every person on the planet should watch Rocky Horror Picture Show at least once during their lifetime. This is not the best movie ever made but the music is great and you get to see Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, and Meatloaf early in their careers.

It is easy for me to see why this film has a cult following.
I think I have joined another cult.
Other cults I belong to are:
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 fanclub.
The fans of the TV shows "Strange Luck", "X-Files", "Twin Peaks", and "The Simpsons".
If I have to be a member of a cult, I will choose one of these cults because at least with these cults I don't need to kill myself.

My copy of the DVD has the U.K. version and the U.S. version of the movie. I suggest anyone
who has not watched the U.K. version to find a copy and watch it.... Strange, I must say.

So, Join me in one of my favorite obessions

It's Just a Jump To The Left

WEIRD_1

November 5, 2005
But Can They Sing
VH1

I watched this show on a replay of the first episode and I have the answer to the question...
The answer is NO!!
About the only person on this show with even a slight chance of being able
to sing is host Ahmet Zappa, and I'm not so sure of that.

These shows have to be a guilty pleasure for someone, and I do find the idea interesting but this cast is not going to find the next "American Idol" or even the best "Shower Singing Idol". It does offer the train wreck aspect that I enjoy to watch.

Larry Holmes offered the best hope of anyone in this batch of hopefuls. I must admit that I didn't expect the boxer to know what a song was so even though he won't be making tons of money from his "I feel good" song, I think he at least earned the right to come back next week.

This show is part of a new type of reality show that features stars that have been out of the limelight for awhile. Shows like "Breaking Bonaduce", "My Fair Brady" and any dating show that has any child star going out with some lame loser. Because I believe that there is no such thing as to much TV I have viewed all these programs. My idea for any of the networks that want to put shows like this on the air is.... Make them more interesting.

I don't care if Chris Knight can find true love, but I enjoy seeing him make his own hell.

I don't care if Adam Corolla can make the house he got from his father into a masterpiece of
Real Estate, but I'd like to know if he put a trampoline in the yard filled with girls.

I don't care if Bai Ling can sing, but she looks good trying.

I don't care who wins Big Brother, but I like watch how people find ways to lose.

I don't care who wins American Idol, but it is tons of fun watching some farm girl from Iowa
try on hit a high note,

I want to care.

I care who wins Survivor... even if the ones I pick always lose. I care who wins Apprentice, even if I can't find one person I like. The difference is that these shows feature real people not a Pop Icon.

If networks want to have Pop Icons in a TV show then make them interesting. Show me Ted Danson working on a trash truck. Show me any member of the cast of "Facts of Life" learning how to tend bar at the Ugly Coyote. I'd love to see Jill Whelan work on a Carnival Cruise as a drink runner. These shows I'd watch for more than one episode.

Billy Joel stars in Traffic School, next on must see TV

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