Merry Christmas!

I must be off to work (yes, I know, it is Christmas Eve), so I'll be brief.

Merry Christmas everyone!

The Triumph Return of Television

It’s been over three weeks since my last post, and even longer since my last post of substance. But hopefully soon that will all change with the return of Fall Network Programming this week!

The following are the list of shows I’m planning to watch this season…and yes, most of them are returning series. I really don’t have much faith or interest in any of the new offerings.

Mondays:

Of course I will be continuing my watching of How I Met Your Mother, which should contain more hilarious moments as the last season provided.

I will be simultaneously taping Everybody Hates Chris on the CW. I find this sitcom more “cute” than laugh-out-loud funny, and I enjoy the 80s pop culture.

Also I will be watching Heroes. I am late coming into this show, but have been able to catch up on the first season through NetFlix, and I do find this show enjoyable in that comic book way.

Tuesdays:

…will apparently be spent watching something from NetFlix, or reading.

Wednesdays:

I’ve decided to give Private Practice a try, since I am a fan of Grey’s Anatomy. I never have much faith in spinoffs, though.

A show that premiered last week I happened to catch and enjoyed is Kitchen Nightmares, featured Hell’s Kitchen's Gordon Ramsay. I just find him so ridiculously entertaining and enjoy any show where a majority of the dialogue has to be bleeped out. Like this:

Thursdays:

Grey’s Anatomy will be watched, but my expectations are low as well. They have a lot to make up for after the second half of last season.

My Name is Earl…although I love Jason Lee, I can take or leave at this point.

The Office though, of course! This is probably the “must-see” of all of my television viewing. What will it be like with Ryan being Michael’s boss? And what happened with Jim and Pam? And is Karen just still sitting in NYC somewhere? Oh Dwight, how I’ve missed you…

Scrubs will be watched as well, but that won’t be on until the month of hour-long episodes of The Office finish up. I can’t say I’m really pulling for JD and Eliot to get together, though.

Fridays & Saturdays:

These are not TV nights, my friends.

Sundays:

I guess I could lie and say I’ll still watch Desperate Housewives, but that would be embarrassing to myself and others.

So that’s it, dear neglected readers! What shows are on your schedule?

"It's Always Something"

Question: Who was the first person cast as one of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players for the debut of Saturday Night Live in 1975?

Answer: Gilda Radner

Today marks the sad day that in 1989 the great Gilda lost her battle with ovarian cancer.

Gilda Radner is an absolute favorite of mine. She is remembered for many of her SNL characters. Weekend update correspondent Roseanne Rosanadana, the Barbara Walters’ inspired character Babwa Wawa, the nerdy teenager Lisa Lupner played brilliantly with former boyfriend Bill Murray, and of course another Weekend Update correspondent Emily Litella:




With NBC’s crackdown on YouTube there are not a lot of clips to be found, but you can see them on the NBC/SNL site. Some other funny bits I recommend you check out are Extremely Stupid with Candace Bergen, the hilarious Slumber Party all-female sketch, and my all-time favorite The Judy Miller Show -- I related to this one a little too much.

Gilda Radner was an amazing talent, a wonderful person and she will continue to be missed.

The Brothers Solomon - one more reason to see

So in finally finishing up my Summer Movie Preview issue of Entertainment Weekly, I just read the page dedicated to The Brothers Solomon, staring Will Arnett, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig.

Here's a quote from the description:

"Or as Arnett cheerfully describes it, equal parts Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and 'that bus movie with Roise O'Donnell.'"

How can you NOT see it now?!

Here's the trailer for it...gotta love their faces during the mug shots:



And for my own enjoyment... "HELLO! Toilet seat assistance at row number one, THANK YOU!"