I'm catching up on my Kathy Griffin Life on the D-List episodes and I have to say, I have a new hero. Kathy Griffin's MOM. After watching an episode I go to sleep and dream of being a sweet old person who always has a glass of wine in their hand and has HOT friends like Kathy's gay Patrick. I know he's signifigantly older than me but...whatever...yum.
So I've already talked about how excited I am about the new season approaching on I'll Drink to That but the previews for the new season of Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles have me all a twitter cause SHIRLEY MANSON from Garbage is acting as a reocurring character!! AWESOME. I realize this is only August and the excitement could be totally premature; who knows if she can act at all but still...EEEEEEEEE....excitement!
They're a chance to celebrate the diversity of our world, skilled athletes performing at the top of their ability, and a chance to see Oussama Mellouli dripping wet!!
Back in the late 90's I randomly caught this episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 with the Russian film Jack Frost. So if you've got 90 minutes to kill, here it is in it's fairy tale magical ridiculous entirety. Enjoy. And for those of you who watched bits and pieces on the VHS tape I wrangled this on to...enjoy AGAIN
That's right, another night on a weekend where I've started the beginning of a Project Runway marathon. Up now, Season 2. As a group, I'm not a huge fan, they're all kinda pissy pants. But they do have the lookers and now that cutie patootie Raymundo is gone, I need to see why my new boyfriend Nick didn't make it to fashion week.
This is so close to the old Muppet Show, I'm very excited. Could this be the new generation of Muppety goodness? Viral Muppets on the internet? I had a case of viral muppets once...and now I'm sterile for life
On my latest fall into a YouTube hole, I've rediscovered the commercials I watched every Saturday as a kid. And then traveled back in time to see what Saturday mornings were like even before I was born. As fun as it was, listening to all the exciting music and seeing the flashing imagery, I think I know why my parents always sent me outside to play by about 11 or 12 o clock each Saturday :P. If I've done this right, the clips below should be in chronoglogical order, starting from the early 70's. It's like listening to my Pure Disco cds in commercial form! Enjoy!
In the spirit of NBC humor, it's been forever since I've watched Conan O'Brian (what with my 8 o clock bed time cause I'm old) but I remember fondly his "If They Mated" segments. This mash up doesn't have the audience reactions and funny jokes he makes when he does the segment, but it really gets to the heart of the matter :).
I always loved when the audience would just groan loudly as soon as they saw who the couple was even before the baby picture was revealed.
A lot of my friends think I'm kind of weird for taking time to watch old silent films and watch things no one would bother with now a days. And then I saw this...
There's work related reasons I tracked this down, but also it's just a fabulous piece of Dolly. We'll have to check with Pakio and Matt to see if she actually performed it at her show once they go.
I do have one question. Why is she grinning like a moron while she's singing to the woman who's gonna steal her man...?
To set the scene, the soundtrack is the original We Are The World recording. It's NOT the original performers. It's primarily American 80's stars filmed by a Scandanavian tv channel some time in the rather recent past. For some reason.
A few things heard uttered when watching this: "When did Irene Cara get old?" "the first time I saw Rick Springfield in his 50's I knew I wasn't a kid anymore" "I'm sorry, my brain just oozed out my ear" "AHHHH...it's Madam Mim from Sword and the Stone...oh wait...it's just Bonnie Tyler" "god damn this song goes on...this...there's no words" "I wonder how many kids starved to death while this song played" " like they were standing off camera and the Pointer Sisters were all holding sandwhiches going "nooo, you can't have any" "not until the song is OVER!"
...and a purse fell out. That's essentially the thought that kept floating through my head all yesterday at LA Pride. Not my line (it's actually from PNS Explosion) but it's apt. SOOOO MANY HOMOS!! And they were so pretty!
And I forgot to put on suntan lotion. So now I look like this:
All the pretty boys just ran away when I approached them, arms outstreched and said "MMMMM, GOOOOD!"
I can pretty much take or leave the song, but this viral video with stars of viral videos is another element of 21st Century pop culture which just caused me to have a stroke.
I hope everyone enjoys this new trailer from the upcoming Batman movie. It looks like they kind of skimped on the budget, but I can definitely see how Heath Ledger got sucked into that dark place that made him require fistfulls of anti-depressants.
To be quite honest, I'm not sure I care all that much either. I suppose I should be more excited when two of the best new musical nominees (Cry Baby and Xanadu)are from fabulous gay musicals of the 80's but...meh. I'm just not that interested this year.
Maybe I'm just bummed I can't muster up the $200 for a local Tony awards party hosted by Florence Henderson and guest starring Ms. Carol Channing! LA is NEATO. If only I could afford it...
After 40 days and 40 nights in WeHo. I'm moving to a cozy little studio in a town called Mar Vista, over by the beach and Sony Studios.
The first picture above is from the "front door." From the left is my wall heater, the closet, my kitchen (a mini-fridge and microwave) and my bathroom. The second picture is looking back at the front door while I stood next to the fridge.
It's all part of the adventure. I'll post more pics once I get things set up. Maybe I'll even have a bed by the end of May. WEEEE!
