BRB
Our little web monkey Nic Barajas is going to be tinkering around with the Ithacan blogs for a few days, so there won’t be any Big Spoon updates until probably Monday. But I hope you all watched the “Passions” musical today. Expect a full report! 
Take care, Internet!
And so the death of the American sitcom continues
In a move that could make even the most devout priest lose his faith in God, ABC has decided to renew “According to Jim” for one more season. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. That really does say “According to Jim.” According to mother f%#@ing JIM??? This show shouldn’t have made it past the pilot stage, and yet somehow it floundered on for six seasons. And now a seventh?
Honestly, I just don’t understand. No one likes this show. No one watches this show. It would be more likely that people would start a petition to get it cancelled than to get it renewed. So why the f is it coming back? Were there some loose ends to tie up in its complicated, ingenious plot? If they don’t kill Jim in the final episode, I’m going to take this innocent bunny’s life:
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Never give up on the good times
It’s a good thing I’m not allowed to go to that Tyrese concert, cause now I can save up all my money and check out The Spice Girls. As promised, the girls announced their plans for an 11-day, 6-continent tour.
Click here to read all about it!
When they sing songs from their 2000 album “Forever,” Mel B. said she’ll let Geri sing some of her lines. God, this is like “Dreamgirls” … only with unnecessary platform shoes!
I wouldn’t go to this concert if they paid me
People are up in arms over Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank’s upcoming “Shirts Off” tour. Apparently, Tyrese has been saying that they are “banning all dudes” and that the tour is “strictly for the ladies.”
Um…first off all, if you’re advertising your tour as being “shirts off” then it sounds like you’re already getting desperate. It’s probably not a good idea to turn anyone away when you need all the people you can get. Plus, Tyrese? Ginuwine? Since when are they popular again? And I’ve never even heard of “Tank” — if that is in fact his real name…which it’s probably not.
Why aren’t you watching?!
After explaining the events of this week’s episodes of “Passions,” I dare you to give me one good reason why you aren’t watching it on a regular basis.
Kay is looking for her sister Jessica (who was buried alive by her husband/pimp Spike) so she summons a demon elf from hell (played by the same guy who played Kramer’s little friend Mickey on “Seinfeld”) to help find her. The demon elf successfully tracks Jessica down, but then turns the tables and summons an army of mini-demons that fly around and possess the angry citizens of Harmony. Each person who gets possessed responds with some form of “must…kill…so-and-so.” So original. Meanwhile at the Crane cottage, Sheridan is confronted by the half-man half-woman rapist/blackmailer (and yes, that character is a regular on the show).
How can you say no to that? It’s TV gold I tells ya! OK, I’ll sweeten the pot. On Friday’s episode, there will be a grand-scale MUSICAL NUMBER based on the Broadway smash-hit “Wicked.” The show is no stranger to musical numbers. In summer 2003, they performed a “Chicago” spoof, and they recently won a Daytime Emmy for Original Song for this Bollywood number. So I emplore you: Watch “Passions”! You’ll thank me in the morning.
Here are some photos from this week’s shenanigans (click on the thumbnails for the full picture):
Click here to watch full episodes of “Passions” at NBC.com
Pamela Anderson is proud to be Finnish
Lots of celebrities are playing the blogging game now, but one of my favorites has got to be Pamela Anderson. Her blog, which in typical Pam fashion she refers to as her “Diary,” is one of the top sources for random, often misspelled nonsensical thoughts. And a few days ago (I try to make a habit of reading it once a week) she posted my favorite entry so far. Looks like she’s not too busy with that Vegas magic show to write every once in a while. Anyway, she was talking about her grandfather and how he’s from Finland. She really wants to get back in touch with her heritage … and she knows just how to do it.
I thought of a great way to celebrate my Finnish heritage at home. I’m going to look into opening a chain of strips club and ill call them LAPLAND!!! … And of course no more fur farms.
What an enormous rack heart that girl’s got.
Finally, a ‘Dramatic Chipmunk’ spoof I approve of
In only a matter of days, the 5-second video “Dramatic Chipmunk” took over the world. Everyone was talking about it, countless computer nerds were making spoof videos of it … hell, it was even made into a t-shirt! But its time on top is over, as beautifully documented by Best Week Ever.For those of you who don’t know, the phrase “jumped the shark” is used when something — typically a TV show — becomes completely ridiculous, overstays its welcome and generally deserves to be disposed of. (The term was coined when Fonzie literally jumped over a shark in an episode of “Happy Days”). Now it appears that the “Dramatic Chipmunk” has done exactly that.
R.I.P. “Dramatic Chipmunk.” May you find things to be shocked at for all eternity.
Shoes don’t tie themselves — or do they?
No offense to “The Price Is Right” (you know I still love you), but American game shows pale in comparison to the stuff they put on TV in Japan. Case in point: this show “Kinchan no Kasoh Taisho” — don’t ask me to translate, my Japanese is a little rusty — finds contestants trying to contort themselves into “human art.”
Amazing? Yeah, I agree. Click here to check out more human art goodness.
Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?
Much like they did with Legally Blonde: The Musical (and don’t you remember how much fun we had with that?), Broadway.com is putting together a little behind-the-scenes series for the upcoming Broadway version of The Little Mermaid. First up: an introduction to the lead actors. Click here to watch the video.
The girl who plays Ariel is a little nerdy — and not in an endearing way — for my taste, but I really like that they got the guy who did the voice of Jafar to be in it. Disney’s kind of like a wonderful, magical mafia. Once you’re in, you’re family and you’re in it for life. So watch your back, Hilary Duff. You may think you’ve made it out alive, but they’re just waiting for the right moment to feed you to The Beast.
Why can’t they put this guy on a t-shirt?
This is old news for a lot of you, but for the underprivelaged few that haven’t experienced Elwood, here he is. The unfortunate dog (seen on the right) was given the title of “World’s Ugliest Dog” in California on Friday. He’s a 2-year-old Chinese Crested/Chiuaua mix and (surprise, surprise!) he’s from New Jersey.
And in case you’re curious, here’s the dog that won the competition in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He couldn’t compete this year because he died…presumably of being too ugly to live.
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