Monday, March 30

Tribute: Andy Hallett

It is so sad. I am a big fan.

Andy Hallett, who starred as Lorne ("the Host") on the TV series Angel, died of heart failure last night at age 33, according to his longtime agent and friend Pat Brady. After a five-year battle with heart disease, Hallett died on March 29, 2009 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, with his father Dave Hallett by his side.

Sunday, March 22

The friend with Lisa Kudrow in Nintendo DS Commercial



Lisa Kudrow is in the Nintendo DS commercial for Professor Layton and the Curious Village with Lynn Brown Kogen, wife of Jay Kogen, producer of "The Simpsons" and "Malcolm in the Middle." They are friends.

Friday, March 20

Dollhouse Episode 6: Damn Good

Dollhouse has been good but it has gotten Whendon-good, supposedly this is the last epiosde that the FOX network has tampered with. Thank god it hasn't been canceled yet, "Wonderfalls" only lasted 4 episodes. It has the Whedon-ian twists. The detective in search of the Dollhouse has finally fond Echo face to face, but she is programmed to be Patton Oswalt's wife. He is always delightful to watch and the go-to guy to be a prick. Anyhoo, the trail goes cold and Ballard hooks up with his plus-size neighbor Mellie who has been flirting with him. In the Dollhouse, while Victor has been getting boners for Sierra, there is suspicion she has been raped. Echo's father-like keeper finds out it is Sierra's jackass protector and he is punished... by being assigned to kill Tahmod's neighbor... SPOILER ALERT in white

So in a turn of events, while Echo is sent to distract Agent Ballard while Sierra's handler is sent to kill Mellie but the catch is that Mellie is actually an active and is activated to kill the rapist employee. Just like Victor's actor Enver Gjokaj was originally said to be hired as Victor, then then revealed to be Lubov, but then hired to be Victor. Joss Whedon has stated about Miracle Laurie (Mellie) that "the show simply moves too fast now for me to do what I wanted with her". He has hinted, however, that the character November may emerge later in the series.

Cool Show.

Wednesday, March 18

South Park: Superheroes and Villains

Tonight's episode of South Park is not only a parody of Dark Knight but an otiginal story where Cartman is "The Coon" and becomes jealous as always and wants revenge... from Mysterion, another 'super' hero. And I wanted Professor Chaos to be in the episode... he doesn't until the middle of the second arc. I was so thrilled. It is hiliarious how Butters is a good dude but Professor Chaos is a 'villain'; and Cartman is evil and he is supposedly a hero as the Coon. So Coon, Chaos and Disarray (Chaos' partner) are in search of the true identity of Mysterion. Cartman thinks it is Clyde first... then Kyle... then Stan and then Kenny. I thought it was Kenny. Mysterion goes to Kyle for help. And of course Dark Knight's 'unmasking' and 'scaraficing' stuff is used. When Mysterion takes off his mask, everyone knows how it is but we don't, because all the kids' faces look the same.

Tuesday, March 17

Dora the Explorer's Controversial Growth Spurt

There is a lot of hoopla about Dora becoming a Tween, and I kinda agree, Nickelodeon and Mattel must be off their rockers. How do you change the main character of a big business venture? Dora the Explorer is everywhere, little girls look up to her. The biggest problem for the women of "The View" is that new version has nothing representing the explorer we have grown to love. She has ballerina shoes and no more backpack. They suggested having her as a separate character like Skipper was to Barbie, and they called her Kora the Horror or Hoe-rer. Joy Behar said one great thing about her going from Ellen DeGeneres to Portie deRossi. I agree, they should have her as a separate character if they wanted to hit the tween market.

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Monday, March 16

Kyle XY: Great Shows get Canceled

Kyle XY is a unique creature, Sci-fi, teen sexuality, comedy and family drama; It was appropriate for ABC Family but unfortunately it was too smart for its own good. Too good. Yet another to add to the millions of Brilliant but Canceled shows. It went out with a bang in this series finale, which was filmed as a season finale. Kyle has take down Latnok from making clone babies of him, that will be children without childhoods, and figure out his feelings for Jessi and Amanda. There is a great scene with Kyle's parents, Kyle and Jessi, in which they are so smart, smarter than the parents, that they take their word for it that their plan will work. The show is so smart to use Kyle's powers in a semi-realistic way and good how they use it. Also, there is a great scene with Jessi playing Oracle and Amanda playing Black Canary in working together, or another comic book reference... Betty and Veronica. My significant other loves the show and was not happy with the ending.