Coffee and Teevee

I just got home from Lauren's Pampered Chef(R) party, and decided to relax for a minute in front of the teevee. And what was the first thing I saw?

Ralphie teaching Norton to do the Hucklebug! I've never seen anyone dance that before. I'm not sure if what they were doing was their comedic interpretation of the Hucklebug or if that's really how it was done, but it was pretty complicated.

And now Ralphie is trying to bring the ladies some coffee while wearing roller skates. He's sweating like crazy! I guess that's because he's wearing a hat, a collared shirt, a letterman sweater and a stripey dinner jacket of sorts.

Jackie Gleeson was an amazing physical comedian. As a younger person I never appreciated him, or the Honeymooners. But I think I'm finally coming around. I wonder if that means I'll start liking the Stooges, too?

Mushy, Squishy Head

I'm way too into the television tonight to blog anything requiring much thought. It's Thursday night and there are three shows on TV that I like watching. I haven't had a Thursday night TV night like this since 1990-something. I'm on my third half hour of TV, and my brain is very, very mushy.

Here's what I've taken to watching:

• The Office - getting kind of dumb this season, but I'm not ready to give up on it. I may cringe more often than I laugh. I guess it's comfort mush for the brain.
• Scrubs - is finally on at a time when I can remember to watch it. This show has yet to jump the shark.
• 30 Rock. - Gold.
  

I am really in the mood to blog, but with the brain this soft, I've got no attention span. I couldn't follow a thought for anything longer than, say thirty seconds. Thirty seconds?! That's exactly the length of most commecial spots! Let me tell you about the commercials that are on during the second half of 3o Rock.

1. eBay Commercial - cute St. Bernard. Cute doggie makes for a good ad.
   
2. LA Weightloss ad featuring Whoopie - I miss the funny Whoopie. What ever happened to her?
   
3. Milk diet - "Milk your diet, lose weight." Paid for by the Dairy Board. So Bovine Growth Formula makes you lose weight?
4. Dannon Yogurt with new "Make Me Shit Regularis" - Did they make up some bulk producing bacteria and put it in the yogurt? Because I've looked at the ingredients in this stuff. It's got gelatin in it. Real, cultured yogurt doesn't have Jell-o in it. This is pudding with cutures and gelatin. Where's Bill Cosby? Shouldn't he be doing this ad? "Eeeeaat this yogurt because it's GOOOD and it's Creamy and it makes you reGular...!"
   
5. Progresso Soup - "Chiiicken noodle, and it shows!" I'm sick of this commercial already. If you eat something that has 220 calories per serving for three meals a day, of COURSE you are going to drop the pounds. But even if the soup is as phenominal as they say, how many meals in a row can someone eat soup?
   
6. Chicago Home Fitness - subpar, locally produced commercial. Not crappy enough to be funny. Bring on Eagleman!
   
7. Citybank - the one where the American Parents meet the Japanese ones - feh.
8. Olay Quench Therapy - another moisturizer add. They're all the same. Makes me want to run and grab the Nivea.
   
9. Monistat ad - Eww: It's "virtually leak free."
   
10. Saturn whatever car - Didn't leave me with much of a message. I couldn't tell you anything about the car. It was only a 15 second spot though.
    

So did you notice what I noticed? Most of these commercials are about weightloss - especially if you include the one about the yogurt that makes you poop. So the advertisers of the world are pandering to the ever popular New Years Resolution to lose weight.

Well. Just for that, I'm going on a huge binge until February.

Before there was Borat

Oh how I miss this show

Why MTV Europe is Clearly Superior

Circa 1995 video from the best VJs ever - yes even better than Adam Currie.

And yes, we are talking rastafarian puppets here.