Judy Greer Fan Club

I first fell in love with Judy Greer's comedic timing when she played Kitty Sanchez on Arrested Development. The scene when GOB tries to take one for the team by seducing her in the closet has to be one of the most amazing moments of the show.

After AD ended, I finally got around to seeing 13 going on 30 on DVD. I have a soft spot for bad chick flicks, and well, how do you hate on a movie that is based on magic glitter? As much as I thoroughly enjoy the film, Judy's character was not appealing at all. I know, I know, she is the bad guy. But she just lacked the right amount sass. I'll let it pass.

Now we have Judy in recurring roles on two very different shows. The first being Archer, where she voices Cheryl (aka Carol, Cristal, etc) an sassy, yet stupid, secretary to the title character. Just a few weeks ago, we learn she is from an extremely wealthy family, and works because she feels like it, she just doesn't feel like working that hard. Archer has slowly become one of my favorite shows and her comments, such as "Will someone tell me what cancer is already?" just make me crack up. I cannot wait to see what happens to her character now that her background has been revealed.

In addition to voicing an animated secretary, Judy is one of four main characters in Mad Love. Her lines are consistently delivered perfectly. I guess I really enjoy a female character who is slightly monotone, cynical and really snarky.

In the end, Judy can do no wrong right now. If I ran into her on the streets of Boston, I don't know why she would be here - just go with it, I would totally feel the need to ask her to hang out and get a drink. I'm sure she would say yes, who says no to a cocktail?

Stacy???

The Black Eyed Peas really put on a train-wreck of a half-time show. Their people need to send Christina Aguilera some flowers for messing up the National Anthem, as that bit of idiocy overshadowed a major performance bomb.

While I was surfing the internet for general reactions to the Superbowl in all its glory, commercials, half-time, opening, game-play, I came across the most shocking piece of information.

Did you know that Fergie started out as Stacy on Kids Incorporated????? I used to love that show. I still remember the opening credits where the stars jump up and become a letter of "KIDS". I found a montage of Stacy Ferguson transforming from a 80s child tv star to the lady of the Black Eyed Peas.



Finally, to set the record straight, there will only ever be one "Fergie" in my heart. And she is a royal redhead whose weight was often in the spotlight.

Never was a Dawson Creek-er

But I do love me some Van Der Beek! (Whoa, that rhymes)

Earlier this month James Van Der Memes was launched with the help of a great Funny or Die video. I love that he has acknowledged that he became an internet sensation due to a small scene in Dawson's Creek.

Vandermemes from James Van Der Beek

Personally, my favorite is the Eyebrow String Dancer - sadly I don't know how to blog a gif so here's the image...


On a related note, be sure to check out his DILF Khaki ad such a hottie!

Welcome Christmas Glee style

"A Very Glee Christmas" was on this week. It was quite possibly my favorite Christmas episode that I have seen on tv. The episode touched on the classic Christmas videos with music from Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer and The How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and themes from the latter. Brittney made a fantastic Cindy Lou Who, this was the best image I could find of her.

The whole episode brought me tons of joy as they cast constantly broke out in the Christmas songs I love, starting with "The Island of Misfit Toys" and ending with my all time favorite "Welcome Christmas".

Seriously, I get goosebumps whenever I hear this play. It is also one of those things that I don't really think Christmas is coming until this song plays - similar to how I don't acknowledge that I am home in RI until I see the Brooks (or Rite Aid now) that is 2 miles from my parents house. Those Whos really know the meaning of the holiday. Just thinking about the song and my arm hair is sticking up again!

Stop Trying to Make a Sequel Happen

I would say it is a bad sign if the trailer of a sequel starts with scenes from the original flick. Unfortunately for ABCFamily, the only way anyone would know that this was Mean Girls 2 is to do just that. The cast is completely redone (with exception of Tim Meadows) and there are new writers, which pretty much guarantees this will be horrible.



Lindsay might have turned into a train wreck, but there is no denying that Mean Girls is one of the best films around.

It's no Law & Order

Based on the preview I saw this afternoon while watching football, CSI Miami will be killing off a set of reality show stars **cough**jersey shore**cough** that are visiting the city. I just set the DVR, I think this will be worth the 44 minutes of my life. I can't wait to see what their fake reality show cast looks like.

Old Spice has nothing on Grover

Sesame Street is really pulling out the big guns lately. The skits have been referencing all sorts of great pop culture videos/movies/shows. It looks like this might be a new parody, and I think the parents will approve of this one a bit more than the Katy Perry sing-a-long with Elmo.



I read in online that there might be an adult Sesame Street in the works. Fingers crossed! I do love me some muppets.

Where has the time gone?

I LOST it.

That was my not so funny attempt at a tv pun, but for the last few months I have had an on-again off-again relation with the LOST series. It started back in June when I borrowed season 1 from some friends and would let the dvds run on the weekends while I attempted to clean. If you've watched the series, you won't be surprised to hear that my apartment has been getting more and more cluttered. It is hard to stay even a few minutes out of range of the tv when the episodes play, I mean what if I miss something???

Right now I am about half way through Season 3 and am extremely bummed that hulu no longer has season 6 available. I will have to figure out a new plan when I get to that point in the series. This show keeps me on my toes and I am happy that by starting so late in the game, I don't have to wait a week to see what happens next. The downside, is it is keeping me from reading, or blogging, and I'd like some of my free time back :)

Summer with USA

All of the regular season shows are over. The only program still wrapping up right now would be my dirty indulgence of The Real Housewives of NYC. Bravo realizes how much of a train-wreck these seven women are and has decided to stretch the finale into 3 episodes. At this point, there is just one left to go and I can't imagine there is much more to talk about. Personally, I was curious to see what Kelly Bensimon would say, and well, she is just as incoherent as ever.

Most channels seem to give up on tv during the summer season, which makes sense. I have very little time in my day now that I am willing to devote to watching shows. If it is nice out, I want to be outside. The one channel that I do get excited for, and keeps my DVR in shape, is USA. Both Royal Pains and Burn Notice are starting up again, and I am quite pleased with both.

If you have not given these shows a chance, and are looking for something to watch on Thursdays, I would suggest becoming a fan. You could easily jump into either without backtracking through previous seasons.

Burn Notice is about Michael Weston, a burned spy in Miami, who uses his spy knowledge to help people out of sticky situations. With the help of his girlfriend and friend, very intricate plans get put together, usually ending with something blowing up. His mom is a great character that you see for just a few minutes here and there, always with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth.

Royal Pains focuses on Dr. Hank who used to be a top surgeon in NYC but gets sued for negligence. He goes into depression until his CPA brother drags him out to the Hamptons. After sneaking into a super swanky party, there is a medical emergency, which Hank deals with, and thus his life as a concierge doctor begins.

I'm excited for the summer to kick off, and while I like to get the most of the good weather, I do like that at least one network is giving me something to watch if I just want to be a lazy bum.

Stupid AI

American Idol annoys me. Apparently, it currently annoys America, too. From what I hear, the contestants are pretty terrible this season and I can only assume this is why Glee's new time slot has been scheduled to immediately follow this disaster.

I don't care that Glee has been moved, as the power of DVR lets me continue with my life without ever having to miss an episode. What I care about is if a show is placed after some reality crap that involves voting, my show won't necessarily start on time. The DVR is not that smart and begins to record at 9 pm and stops at 10:02 based on the tv guide. Unfortunately for me,the mindless banter ran a little late which pushed back Glee's start time by about 4 minutes. This in turn means that I missed the last 2 minutes of my show. Grrrr. I hope I didn't miss any particularly witty remarks, as this week was full of some great lines. Here are a few of my favorites!

"What you call insanity, I call inspiration. Let me break it down for you. It has been the biggest dream of my career to pay homage to Madonna the woman most responsible for my take no prisoner demeanor and my subconscious tendency to always be desperately looking for someone named Susan" "What would madonna do? Well the answer that question is usually date a younger man" "Girl, don't look at me. The last guy i liked was the mayor of gay-town" "Lindsay Lohan looks like something out of lord of the rings..." "When I pulled my hamstring, I went to a misogynist" "Everything about you screams virgin your as sexy as a cabbage patch kid. It is exhausting to look at you" "You have all the sexuality of one of those pandas down at the zoo that refuse to mate" "Just come out so we can talk, or sing about it"

Eeeeep! gLee is back!!

"did you get a new hair cut? It looks awful"

"no she's dead, this is her son"

"you may be two of the stupidest teens i ever encountered and that is something, i once taught a cheerleading seminar to a young sarah palin"

"take five everybody, drink a redbull"

"have a seat boy hips"

"sometimes i forget my middle name

Glee is back! I actually forgot some of the things that had occurred in the last episode and so it took a moment to get back into all of the crazy plot lines. A few minutes in, it was like there had never been a break. As excited as I was for the show to start up again, I will admit, I had higher hopes for the musical numbers. But at least next week is the all-Madonna episode...

Identifying the New Cute Guy on GREEK

Greek season three started up again a few weeks ago. Casey Cartwright recently volunteered for a local political campaign with the hopes that she would be offered a job as a lobbiest once she graduated from CRU. The CRU alum who was her boss let her know that she was completely under-qualified and if she was serious, she should go to law school. Thus, even though it is well into the second semester of her senior year, she is going after this new goal and plans to enroll in the fall. The alum looked REALLY familiar to me and couldn't put my finger on it.


He was on Shark. Shark was a short lived, thanks writers' strike, law drama centered around the main character, Sebastian Stark, played by James Wood (yay RI!). One of his assistant lawyers was played by the same actor. Thank you channel 9 for randomly having a Shark marathon on this very rainy Sunday.

Jimmy Fallon's Amazing Martini Race

Normally I don't watch the late shows, or late late shows, but I saw that Chelsea Handler was going to be on Jimmy Fallon's so I DVR-ed it. This morning while getting myself ready, I opted to fast forward to her interview (which was hysterical). After she finished promoting her new book, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Jimmy asked if she would participate in a martini race. The race was too good to not share with you all:



Once Jimmy went down I busted out laughing. I especially loved the hope that through the magic of editing the home audience would have been spared some awkwardness and blood.

I know what Burn Notice is!

Burn Notice is one of my favorite shows. Interesting fact that I learned this morning while driving to work, is that Jeffrey Donovan, who plays the main character Michael Weston, is from Massachusetts. While the show has a great set of core characters and some great story lines each week, I recently became aware of the fact that no one knows what the show is about. I have to admit that I started to watch it after the show already entered its second season (I did start from the beginning by watching marathons). The main reason I felt the urge to watch the show was actually because I couldn't figure out what the series was about, but figured if it made it to a second season, it had to be doing something right.

In case you haven't seen it, SNL did a great skit about the mystery that is Burn Notice:



To help answer some questions, Michael Weston is a burned spy. He used to work for the American government but essentially got fired, which means his identity has been distroyed. The only allies he has is his mother, ex-girlfriend, and best friend. They contract out their skills and help people out of jams. There is often some elaborate trap that needs to be set. Often a combination of ammunition and household items are used to create some great explosions. The show is definitely worth checking out. Seriously.

U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A.... u-s-a u-s-a.... u...s...a... gossip girl?

Two weekends ago I went out to celebrate some friends' birthdays. We started the evening by gathering at an apartment for some snacks and drinks. The Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics occurred the night before, so it was felt that the games should on in the background. Originally, the plan had been to only be at the apartment for less than an hour and to then head onto the first of two bars. The Olympics, however, had other plans for us.

Before we knew it, everyone was focused on the tv chanting U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A any time an American athlete was shown in an event. The behavior was addictive. Normally, I am not a particularly patriotic person, July 4th is mainly about fireworks for me, but being in that living room with 20 others cheering and throwing their arms up in excitement just got me going. I was excited to be an American citizen.

Eventually we realized we needed to move on as we had been cheering for almost two hours, and well sadly, bars close early in Boston so we needed to leave if we were going to be able to order a few rounds. :)

The next morning I thought about the great emotions that I felt while watching those first few Olympic events and wanted to get them going again. So, for the next week or so, I made sure to turn on the Olympic events every night I was home. Watching them alone didn't quite get me as excited as when watching in a group but still I became a loyal viewer. Once we hit week two, I realized I missed tv.

There were great moments during those first 8 or so days, then, I began yearning for Modern Family's quirky antics, Vampire Diaries mindless plot, and Biggest Loser's edge of your seat weigh-ins. NBC may have sole rights to televise the Olympics, but all other networks have taken note and opted to stop with their programming. I just need a little variety...

Gossip Girl, please come back!!! I miss you dearly. At least I almost got a Georgina fix while watching 17 Again.

A few comments on the Grammys

Watched the Grammy's with a friend of mine. Both of us were very excited to see what Lady Gaga would come up with for her various costumes. This first piece was created by Giorgio Armani. We had gotten a glimpse of it when we first put on the red carpet coverage and were thankful that she was interviewed towards the end as it was clear she would not be in this for long. She had a amazing opening where she wore some intense shoes. My guess is that they were McQueens but I could be wrong and will be on the look out for pictures of them. As much as I love the sculptural aspects of this look, I find something just off about her face. Cannot put my finger on it, but there is something strange.





Katy Perry is another person I really enjoy seeing on the red carpet or up on stage. Also edgy, but not so out there like Ms. Gaga. Her fiancee is gorgeous so I figured it was worth finding a picture that showed the two of them. I understand the appeal that this dress may have had for Katy, but I wish she had kept shopping. The fit is weird in the boob area. It isn't so obvious in this shot, but the fabric doesn't pull very tight under her bust so it makes the girls look a little saggy. Additionally, I hate side boob. I don't think it is appealing and I wish she chose a dress that provided some side coverage. The look might have been more acceptable if the dress wasn't so close to flesh tones. It made the side boob look slightly accidental.






For someone who decided name herself after a color, Pink does not choose to sport the shade but definately embodies all that it represents. Her red carpet dress was amazing with the layering and bling even if it was in neutral grays and creams.

The acrobatic performance was amazing. Awkward glitter patches aside (I feel there would have been better ways to cover her lady bits) her costume was simple but sexy. At first I doubted her skills when she simply spun in a large piece of fabric. After she was dunked in water, her athleticism was shown. She started to hang straight down and then began to spin at an alarming rate. The water spraying off her body gave off a wonderful effect. I was a little curious if there was a splash zone below for the guests and if so, who got wet?



Ke$ha has made it to the red carpet. Tik Tok is a catchy enough song, by catchy I believe she hit some sort of record recently with the sales. I guess I had never seen her picture before, because I had no idea who the Courtney Love wannabe was who Ryan Seacrest was hoping to flag down. I understand that she was dirt poor before hitting it big. The one thing she said she was excited to do with her new found wealth was "buy a taco".

It will take her a little while to find her style. But I think trashy, glitter, Pocahontas might not be the look she is hoping for.










Last dress (for now). Lea Michele is a Grammy winner from her time on Spring Awakening. Now, she is most known (for my age demographic at least) for her role as Rachel on Glee. The cameras kept finding her with this dress, and I can't quite decide if I like it or not. The bottom is superb. No question. What I am having issue with relates to the over the shoulder mesh strap. I just find it distracting and makes her somehow look bulky on just one side. Maybe if the fabric was more solid in nature? All I know is at the intersection where the ruching along her waist meets the draping of the shoulder my eye gets offended.

Not much better on TV

Two weekends ago my friends and I went shopping. While at J-Crew I saw a super cute tank top on a hanger (see above). I had to try it on. When I got inside the changing room, I could immediately tell that this would look amazing or terrible. How did I know this? It has a side zipper. Any shirt with a side zipper requires extra shimmying. That dedication can reward you greatly or make you feel stupid - stupid because after all the awkward ways you just contorted your body, the item looks more like you wrestled with fabric than put on an article of clothing.

Well, it was unflattering. The tie is just too far down on the silhouette. When cinched, the shirt was not coming in under my chest, which would create a flattering empire waist line. What it did do was pull into the smallest part of my waist, which may sound like it would create a successful sillhouette, but because of the tiered pieces of fabric, it simply gave me a small break in the barrel shape it naturally created. The shirt needs to be tied as the natural flow is not enough either to become flattering. Overall, neither I, nor my friend could figure out how one could successfully wear this piece.

The stylist for How I Met Your Mother was clearly also intrigued by the shirt, as he dressed the character Lily in it. I would like to say that I now understand how it should have looked on me. But instead, I will say that she looked just as bad. The formentioned friend felt the same way, as seen by the text I received from her that stated "a girl on tv was wearing that ugly shirt from jcrew and no, it was not attractive".

They Do Exist!

A few weeks ago I made reference to "Kitten Mittons". A creation from the amazing show Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Someone out there went ahead and made some for their cat. The cat, is not too pleased, but at least he isn't making SO MUCH NOISE!

See more funny videos and Cute Animals Videos at Today's Big Thing.

Happy Commercial

I have a great friend who has the same taste in commercials as I do. We have no problem laughing at the same commercial over and over again. Similarly we will say "awwwwwwwww" whenever something cute shows up. Below is my favorite commercial that is currently being aired on tv. It is by American Express. Just try to watch it and not smile. I can't.

Back 15!

10 years ago "back 15!" probably was not a phrase many people found themselves screaming. Last night half the room was yelling it as we watched the Kitten Mitton clip from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The episode was played off the dvr and while it pretty much has you laughing from the beginning there is one particular point when the mittons are being wore that is just bust a gut hysterical. As soon as that moment past everyone wanted to see it again and "back 15" was being yelled, because in case you couldn't pick up on its meaning, we all wanted to go back in time 15 seconds to see the action again.

I really found it fascinating that not a single person yelled out rewind, it was every one's instinct to yell out for a repeat of those 15 seconds.

If you are an It's Always Sunny fan and you haven't seen this clip yet, you really should. If you aren't a fan, but loved Arrested Development you probably are a future Sunny fan and just don't know it. I've put the clip below. But I will admit, it is funnier to watch it with friends.



Final note, EW did a story on the show recently which was pretty good and I suggest you read it if you haven't already.