Saturday, December 11th, 2004
Will
Lost is definitely my favorite new TV show this season. Of all the new shows that I started watching this season (mostly NBC shows because of all that advertising during the Olympics), Lost is the only one that I still watch.
The show is about a group of plane crash survivors that are stranded on a deserted island. It’s a lot like 24 in that it’s really just one long story divided into many different episodes. Each episode spans approximately one day. I like the way that use flashbacks in each episode to give you background information on one of the characters. It may be hard to pick up on everything if you haven’t been watching since the beginning, but I urge you to give it a try anyway. It comes on Wednesday nights at 7 CST on ABC. The very first episode is being replayed this coming Wednesday.
It has several actors in in that I recognize from other places: Daniel Dae Kim (24), Dominic Monaghan (The Lord of the Rings), Terry O’Quinn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Earth 2), Harold Perrineau (Oz, Matrix 2 & 3), and Ian Somerhalder (Smallville, Life as a House).
There have been rumors about a death on the show for a while now. This past Wednesday, I thought it had actually happened. Dominic Monaghan’s character was left hanging from a tree by some psycho and the doctor couldn’t bring him back. At this point I’m thinking to myself, “I should’ve know something was up when I saw him on The Late Late Show last night because I haven’t seen any of these people promoting this show before”. I was angry because they were killing off that poor little hobbit. Luckily the doctor went crazy, started back pounding on the hobbit’s chest, and was able to bring him back.
Go Doc!
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2004
Will
It looks like I have 4 tickets to see The Daily Show on May 31, 2005. The whole process only took about 2 months to complete. They were booked up until April 2005 so, I had to pick a date between May 31 and June 30. The only other range they gave me was during the first week of May, which is right during finals. So, I figured I should pick a day close to a holiday. Now I guess I have to start making plans to be in NYC on that day. I’ve wanted to go there for a long time. I think it would be a nice vacation, but I’ve got a feeling that for some reason I won’t be able to go. Stay tuned.
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Sunday, October 24th, 2004
Will
A lot of people say that Saturday Night Live isn’t as funny as it used to be (I tend to agree), but when I was watching last night I saw something really funny. And it wasn’t even intentional.
Ashlee Simpson was supposed to be performing her second song of the night, but the vocal track for her first song started playing. Her band tried to cover for her by playing the first song again, but she just walked off stage. Eventually, SNL went to commercial. I was wondering if she would come out at the end with the cast and she did. However, she blamed the screwup on her band saying that they played the wrong song. Today I read a quote that she made a while back saying that she would never lip-synch. OOPS!!! How do you come back from that? Some of my friends know how much I get “annoyed” by some of these young pop divas. I just couldn’t help but laugh when I saw that “performance”.
Of course the clip is now on the internet. You can watch the clip for yourself by clicking here. It’s 2.89 MB.
Update 10/26: This morning on The Today Show she said that she had acid reflux disease so her voice wasn’t strong that night. She said that it was the first time she used a backup track (even though lots of others do it). Her manager (her dad) insisted that she do it so she wouldn’t sound bad. Her drummer pushed the wrong button, so it really was her band’s fault. I guess I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt.
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Thursday, October 21st, 2004
Will
I’m pretty sure that I originally heard about this somewhere else, but my memory isn’t as good as it used to be. Anyway, Amazon.com is now offering the first season DVD’s for the following TV shows for $14.99:
So head over there and get some deals. There may be more that I didn’t find. I think I’m getting 24 since I never saw the entire first season.
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Monday, August 30th, 2004
Will
As much as I enjoyed watching the Olympics, I am glad that they are over. My favorites were the swimming events and the women’s beach volleyball (the celebration after the gold medal match was better than the match). I’m hoping that I can find some other stuff on tv this week. I think NBC has a lot of new shows debuting in the next few weeks.
Dave Chappelle has a new comedy special called “For What It’s Worth” premiering on Sept. 4, but it’s on Showtime. Unfortunately, I don’t have Showtime, so I might have to wait a while to see it.
I found out last night that the Ying Yang Twins will be at Mississippi State this Friday. They’re the ones who sing “Salt Shaker”. It might be worth checking out. Not much to do around here anyway.
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