1) Sing Off
This is the reason choir gets a bad wrap. I had to leave the room when Ben Folds stood up on that beautiful piano and started beat boxing to "Why Can't We Be Friends".
Listen up, Benny. You had me with Annie Waits and we were down until you pulled that stunt. I'll tell you "why we can't be friends." Your lil' A Capella show has semi-talented people singing a lame selection of music in ugly sweaters that aren't quite ugly enough to pass as "SO ugly that they're cool" sweaters.2) the new Gap commercial
I usually love the yuppie holiday Gap commercials where they take some catchy classic song and have pretty people dancing around in denim and stripey sweaters. Hello? Love Train? That was a snappy commercial. I even bought me a crazy stripe sweater that matched the scarf in the commercial. (which can be seen on my cute neice here) And remember the Kate Beckinsale commercial...with that one guy in it? Oh, come on, you know....this one. Catchy, right? Pretty people, pretty jeans.
This year, however, the commercial comes on, and I feel like I'm at the end of a drum line at a marching band competition. I'm not all caught up with the controversey over it being "non Christmasy" or whatever...I mean, it's a retailer, not a nativity store. What do people expect? I just miss the catchy songs. This year it's just a rhymey chant about holiday shopping that makes you get the word "whateveryouwannakuh" stuck in your head. I feel like the tv is yelling at me.
This next one isn't even on tv anymore, but it fits the television category, and I've been meaning to blog about it for some time.
3) The Reunion.
This was a show that aired in 2005 on Fox about 6 friends that graduated in 1986.
The unique thing about the show is that each episode was a flashback to one of the years since their graduation, giving clues to who murdered one of the 6 main characters. This show is the reason I don't start a tv series that requires you to catch each episode. If you miss an episode of The Office or Modern Family, that sucks because both shows are hilarious, but life goes on. Well I TOTALLY got sucked into this Reunion show on the first episode, and 9 episodes in, the show got cancelled.Uh, Question:
Sooooo....WHO THE HECK KILLED SAM?
Ok, I know it's been 4 years, but I just can't get over it. The show wasn't even THAT great, I just wanted know who killed the girl. But Fox left everyone hanging and the murder will remain a mystery for-ev-er.
4) Vampire diaries
I know I'll get flame for this one, but I can't resist. This show is just terrible.
Ironically, the show stars Sean Faris...who played Craig on The Reunion!
Nice try, Craig. I will not watch your show. You will probably send your best friend (that slept with your girlfriend) to jail to cover your drunk driving mishap, then your girlfriend will die and none of us will know if it was you who did it because your stupid show will get cancelled after 9 episodes, and 4 years later I will still be losing sleep over it.
5) Tiger Coverage
over it. The guy is a loser who cheated on his wife. Sorry PGA, but it looks like golf will once again be portrayed to be as boring as it actually is.
And Tiger, you don't get a picture on my blog, because you don't deserve one for being unfaithful to your wife and 10 girlfriends.
This SNL skit was awesome.
This concludes Meg's rant on tv and explains why I don't have cable, and why I do other stuff in the evening, and watch the shows I like online, after my kids have gone to bed. This way, I can multitask and blog during the little 29 second commercials....which thankfully are not Gap commercials or I would have to break my computer.
That was a whiny post.
But I feel better.
Enjoy things that are awesome, here and here.
If there was a 24/7 Neil Channel, I would so tune in for that.
7 comments:
Amen! I don't have cable either and don't miss it a bit for similar reasons.
Jennifer
Correction. 18 girlfriends!
Like father, like son, apparently.
Alright. Do not let Big Jeff see this. He loves the Sing Off. We've watched every episode.
Kristin TOOOOOOOTALLLYYYY watched The Reunion. I made fun of her for years.
Spoken correctly friend. I like to refer to Tiger Woods as "Scumbag" whenever his name comes up in conversation! Jerk.
The Gap commercials have definitely been lacking. It was nice to take a trip down memory lane and watch pretty people in a B&W commercial. I hate there Christmaswanzanakkah commercial. Lame.
Oh Neil. We went to his concert last year during the Christmas season and it won't be the same without him this year. Pure entertainer.
OK Mugs I don't know if you really WANT to know the intended ending of your REUNION show but from Wikipedia it says this:
Unreleased Plot
Sam was the one who ended up dying, so everybody was trying to cover their tracks. [The shooter] was supposed to be her daughter, who later down the road would have come to work for Carla. She [Carla] tries to get them reconciled, but someone breaks into the apartment of Craig Brewster, while Sam was there with her daughter. In a struggle with this intruder, Amy accidentally shot Sam.
When the 13th episode aired on the SBT channel in Brazil, additional information had been added. A narrator explained that an adult Amy, angry over being abandoned as an infant and being abused by her adopted father, accidentally shoots and kills Samantha. Will and Craig call Craig’s high-powered dad, Russell (Gregory Harrison), for help. The big twist is that, when Russell arrives, he discovers that Samantha is still breathing and secretly suffocates her because of Sam’s earlier affair with Will. His crime is eventually discovered and he’s brought to justice. Dave Annable verified the events of this ending in October 2006.
THE DAD suffocates her?!!! Are you kidding me? wowzers. I thought it was going to be related to her prescription drug abuse.
"It is a retailer, not a nativity store" may be the best line ever.
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