(Sigh -- I had the biggest crush on this guy in 10th grade who had short black hair with blond bangs down to his chin ... oh, the way he used to toss his head so he could see ... I don't think he ever even knew my name.... Wasn't so much into the thrash metal, though.)
Although I forgot that Jason Lee did do some skating in Mumford. Actually, I forgot that he was even in that movie!
Have any of you fellow Americans seen "Ugly Betty" yet? It's gotten lots of raves, but I watched a couple of episodes and I just didn't get it. It's neither funny nor interesting, which sucks b/c I was hoping to love it.
Ugly Betty started here recently, but can't say I'm likely to grow fond of it. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject:
André in Zuid-Afrika wrote:
Elaine wrote:
Have any of you fellow Americans seen "Ugly Betty" yet? It's gotten lots of raves, but I watched a couple of episodes and I just didn't get it. It's neither funny nor interesting, which sucks b/c I was hoping to love it.
Ugly Betty started here recently, but can't say I'm likely to grow fond of it.
My parents and my sister watch that show all the time and they seem to find it funny. But the humor is lost on me. Maybe I'm adopted.
Did you know, by the way, that in real life Will Ferrell is enormous -- 6'4"?
And did you know that he's married to a Swedish woman and that he loves rotten fish?
Uriel wrote:
And Jon Heder is no shrimp, either, at 6'1". And in real life he has dark hair.
And he's a Mormon.
I know. That explains a lot, actually. My boss is a Mormon. A really bad one. Drinks beer like crazy, cracks jokes in meetings, sends me dirty e-mails, almost got arrested in Mexico, called our respiratory therapist "Catholic Boy" at utilization review, went to the big CFO/CEO meeting in highwater pants, with an oversized calculator in his pocket and tape on his glasses (he's our Chief Financial Officer) .... he's a hoot! _________________ An apple a day....
I don't like Ugly Betty either - it's odd that you can tell that it's a beautiful girl made to look ugly. I love other US programmes though -Boston Legal, ER, Heroes the list goes on..
What do you lot make of Heroes? I don't miss a single episode thanks to Sky digital, illegally installed by our kind neighbour (it's not supposed to be used outside the UK)
I'd say it's pushing it to call America Ferrera "beautiful", but hey, that's just my opinion. And cable's just that much sweeter when it's stolen, huh? _________________ An apple a day....
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:21 am Post subject:
I just watched Reno 911!, now in syndication. Since I don't get cable, that's why I see so many TV programs years after they began. Anyway, Reno 911! is great. For those of you who've never seen it, it's a mock reality cop show.
Did you know, by the way, that in real life Will Ferrell is enormous -- 6'4"?
And did you know that he's married to a Swedish woman and that he loves rotten fish?
Uriel wrote:
And Jon Heder is no shrimp, either, at 6'1". And in real life he has dark hair.
And he's a Mormon.
I know. That explains a lot, actually. My boss is a Mormon. A really bad one. Drinks beer like crazy, cracks jokes in meetings, sends me dirty e-mails, almost got arrested in Mexico, called our respiratory therapist "Catholic Boy" at utilization review, went to the big CFO/CEO meeting in highwater pants, with an oversized calculator in his pocket and tape on his glasses (he's our Chief Financial Officer) .... he's a hoot!
Nah. He's just a joker. It's all in fun, not malicious.
Deborah, two of my friends have every Reno 911 season in existence on DVD, and they are all hysterical! I love the three female cops -- especially the black one and the slutty blond -- and the gay one in his hot pants just cracks me up!
I've known a few cops, and sometimes I wonder just how much that show actually deviates from the truth....
Similarly, I'm working my way through all the Scrubs seasons, and one of the writers commented that the surgeons on the show -- the "jocks" of the hospital -- are exaggerated, but only slightly.... _________________ An apple a day....
All the characters are wonderful, aren't they? Zach Braff and Donald Faison (JD and Turk) are utterly adorable and never hard to look at, while I don't know whose lines I enjoy more -- John C. McGinley's (Dr. Cox) rants or Ken Jenkins' (Chief of Medicine) evil zingers. I don't think I could handle either Judy Reyes' or Sarah Chalke's characters in real life (Carla and Elliot) because they are way too neurotic, but they certainly do seem to emulate the high-maintenance divas I'm used to seeing in real-life medicine!
Oh, and Dr. Cox's just-as-vicious ex-wife is always a hoot!
I watched that show for a whole season wondering "Who is she? I know her from somewhere..." before realizing that Sarah Chalke played the second version of the blond daughter on Roseanne.
One one of the DVD's she mentioned that her parents thought it would be fun to put her and her sisters in French classes all day (she's Canadian) and German after school twice a week, so when you see the episodes where she gets to spout off in one or the other, that's why .... finally getting to put it to work! _________________ An apple a day....
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject:
Uriel wrote:
I watched that show for a whole season wondering "Who is she? I know her from somewhere..." before realizing that Sarah Chalke played the second version of the blond daughter on Roseanne.
I loved how they would joke about it on the show. Like the time when Becky #1 suddenly walked thru the door after several seasons of Becky #2 and Roseanne goes, "Where the hell have you been? It seems like you've been gone for 3 years!" Or when the Conners decide to go to Disneyworld and Roseanne says to Becky #2, "Aren't you glad that you're here this week?" Classic!
Unfortunately, I've only seen a few episodes of Scrubs. I never remember when it's on.
Has anyone seen the The Tudors on Showtime? I finally saw the whole series on DVD, and I have to say, it was not good. I love John Rhys Meyers, but he was terribly miscast as Henry VIII. Yeah, yeah, I know... Henry VIII was handsome in his younger days, but Henry was always a big guy and he wouldn't have blended into the crowd the way John Rhys Meyers does. Sometimes, JRM even seemed to be overpowered by his costars.
Also, I'm awfully confused with the whole Princess Margaret/Princess Mary issue. Looks like they blended the two historical characters together into "Princess Margaret" so they could kill her off early. The thing is, they made her childless, effectively killing off post-Henry VIII Tudor politics. So I guess Showtime isn't planning to take the show beyond his reign.
On the whole, I was expecting something better. The show has JRM, Sam Neill, and Jeremy Northam, you know? Maybe better luck next season (if the writers strike ends, that is.) _________________ "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." ---- Groucho Marx
I watched that show for a whole season wondering "Who is she? I know her from somewhere..." before realizing that Sarah Chalke played the second version of the blond daughter on Roseanne.
I loved how they would joke about it on the show. Like the time when Becky #1 suddenly walked thru the door after several seasons of Becky #2 and Roseanne goes, "Where the hell have you been? It seems like you've been gone for 3 years!" Or when the Conners decide to go to Disneyworld and Roseanne says to Becky #2, "Aren't you glad that you're here this week?" Classic!
My favorite was when John Goodman (the father) played grown-up DJ rocking back and forth on the psychiatrist's couch mumbling, "They say she's the same but she not the same, they say she's the same but she's not the same...." and you have no idea what he's raving about about until they show a clever montage of the two actresses playing Becky in various scenes with little-boy DJ.
Never seen the Tudors.
I'm also horrible at remembering show times and channels -- I only got into Scrubs and American Dad through watching the collected DVD's. I did used to watch Will and Grace pretty faithfully, but that was only because it was on back-to-back on at least three different channels right about the time that I got home from work, when I still worked for the vet.
Now that the writer's strike has effectively stalled most of the TV shows out there (I hear; I have no cable so I can't verify!), I bet late-night reruns are all anyone sees of Scrubs! And this was supposed to be their final season, too -- I wonder if they will get a chance to finish it, or just fade out. I'm dying to know how the JD's girlfriend's pregnancy and the aftermath go -- I caught what was probably a spoiler on one of the season commentaries that cast doubt on his paternity. if so, that is one evil, evil woman ..... _________________ An apple a day....
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Wasn't so much into the thrash metal, though.)
Maybe I'm adopted.
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