Florence Henderson: Getting crabs was 'karma'

I could have gone my whole life -- or at least this morning -- without hearing that "Mrs. Brady" got "critters". TMI

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funny: variations of Poker Face

From last night's Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (via ohnotheydidnt). Yes, it's very immature and offensive, but still funny:

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Christopher Walken also covered Poker Face last week:

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And here is the original:

Rick Warren: Reverend, Liar

Rick Warren Then: ". . . Let me say this very clearly. We support Proposition 8. And if you believe what the bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8. I never support a candidate, but on moral issues I come out very clear. . . ."	Rick Warren Now: ". . . During the whole Proposition 8 thing, I never once went to a meeting, never once issued a statement, never -- never once even gave an endorsement in the two years Prop 8 was going. . . ."

Like megachurch pastor Rick Warren's prior controversies, his latest controversy seems to be about, at best, articulating what he means and, at worst, diliberately lying. However, it seems just like an outright lie though. He seems to want to want to project a modern-sounding, progressive, and inclusive view to the public (via Larry King), while still maintaining the fringe, fundamentalist, and exclusive theology for his conservative Christian supporters (via, apparently, a less public video).

I suspect many conservative Christians struggle just as much as Warren. This is probably an unfair characterization, but I think many conservative Christians truly want to sound progressive, inclusive and friendly toward gays and lesbians, but privately seek the security of their exclusive fundamentalist faith. And conservative Christian churches (especially megachurches) strive to project a slick, glossy and modern image, but at the end of the day their doctrines are still ultimately about archiac theology and damning outsiders to hell. In essence, it seems Warren and others attempt the impossible: inclusive, but exclusive; tolerant, but intolerant; open-minded, but close-minded.

At least with the late Jerry Falwell, there was no confusion about what Falwell's politics and position were.

Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.' Anything more is from the evil one.
- Matthew 5:37 (NAB)

Galactica Final Final Season Premiere

Scott, Travis and I tried to attend the screening at the Bagdad, but discovered the geek line stretched two blocks. We decided not to risk missing the show, so I raced back home to watch it on TV.

The Season 4.5 premiere, Sometimes a Great Notion, was . . . devastating. So many major storyline reveals. So many depressed characters. It's hard to call such a dark, troubling episode "good", but it was well worth the six-month wait.

Stewie does "Grape Lady"

Last night's Family Guy spoofed the Grape Lady viral video.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Yep. Pretty sure Sheena, Scott, I and the half million other folks who have laughed at this poor lady are going to hell.

Galactica bitter revelation

I keep re-watching the mid-season finale of Battlestar Galactica. Bear McCreary's score (which he details on his blog) is so optimistic for a such a dark show.

OBVIOUS SPOILER: If you haven't watched the first three seasons then this will be a major spoiler since it's about the fleet finally arriving at Earth:

It's a little less than three months until the final episodes start beginning airing on January 16, 2009.

Betty White on McCain-Palin

My favorite Golden Girl:

Behind The Scenes At Mythbusters

IMG_8488, originally uploaded by jdong.

Scott and I saw Mythbusters' Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage at the Schnitz the weekend before last. I didn't notice until after I bought the tickets the disclaimer: "'Behind The Scenes At Mythbusters' does not include experiments or explosions.". Mythbusters is one of my favorite shows so I probably would have bought tickets regardless, but a small 'splosion would have been nice too.

Adam Savage is definitely the showman and pretty much led the show. They did show a few clips and some unaired experiments. The highlight was an unaired high speed footage of Savage lighting his fart.

The talk was in the middle of a Sunday afternoon so there were a lot of kids (and child-like adults). The talk was interesting, but sitting in a stuffy, sold-out concert hall with a bunch of (sticky) kids got old quickly. (Well, I have no evidence of the stickiness, but I'm sure some were.)

Homer vs. Diebold

(Via Queerty.com)

Focus On The "Family" reviews Family Guy

family guy puke
Originally uploaded by zumbojo

James Dobson's anti-gay/anti-women/anti-nonChristian/anti-everything-else-in-the-world Focus On The "Family" reviewed Family Guy (IMDB.com). Obviously, I would not expect a conservative Christianist group to offer a positive review of a hilariously irreverant series. However, Bob Smithouser's review is written so prudish and sterile-sounding that it's hard not to laugh:

...Creator Seth MacFarlane has no shame. He commonly relies on nudity, bloodthirsty slapstick and jokes about sodomy and bestiality to elicit chuckles from people growing desensitized to caustic cartoon humor...

Exactly! That's why it's funny.

...sociopathic toddler, Stewie (prone to spitting up homoerotic double entendres)...

LOL! I wonder how many episodes Smithouser carefully "reviewed" to write such an accurate review.

...This is must-see TV only for families that think watching a woman projectile vomit onto a kitchen table is rip-roaring fun...

....Episodes have included tasteless remarks about rape, AIDS, child molestation, bulimia, stroke-induced paralysis and people in wheelchairs—including James Brady, who was permanently disabled when an assassin tried to kill President Reagan.

OMG! I somehow missed that scene. What episode was Smithouser watching? Cartoon projectile vomiting is hilarious because IT'S A CARTOON AND NOT REAL.

...Elsewhere, the family dog has apparently had sex with a young woman and produced a human son. The hound bonds with his delinquent offspring (who says "shut up, b--ch" to Lois and beats a monkey to death, leaving it in a pool of blood) by smoking marijuana with the boy. Viewers get hit with an average of 20 profanities per episode which, factoring in commercials, amounts to a choice word every minute...

What freakin profanities is Smithouser referring to?

I love that Focus On The "Family" believes that it's followers are so sheltered within their End Times bunkers that it needs to publish reviews of secular media. Apparently, conservative Christianists are so mentally weak and impressionable that they need Dobson's approval before making their own judgments about what is funny or entertaining.

SNL: Palin & Couric

Can't wait for the Obama-Palin debate!

Heck have no fury like an old jilted talk show host. Here's an edited version of Dave's comments (while it's up on YouTube). Actually, some of Dave's omitted comments and quips were even harsher:

Dave makes some excellent points. Yes, the economy is getting ready to "crater", but is John McCain really needed in DC? Why doesn't he have faith in his senate collegues or his party's leader? Why after 24+ years in congress and over a year campaigning for the presidency that he has coincidentally chosen to suspend his campaign before the debate?

Since Sen. McCain somehow believes presidential decisions are made one at a time, it seems appropriate for him to send Gov. Palin to Friday's debate. As a presidency-ready candidate, she can certainly handle a debate, right?

SNL: Palin & Hillary

Scott and I have watched this several times and it's still hilarious:

John Adams: A

Screengrab, originally uploaded by Fontosaurus.

Scott and I finished the "John Adams" miniseries on DVD this evening. Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, and Tom Wilkinson (Benjamin Franklin) were great. The early America settings was amazing.

"Adams" does put the current election in context.

latest obession: BBC America

Saturday afternoon tv - Gillian, originally uploaded by mikeybeartx.

How Clean is Your House? - Kim Woodburn & Aggi MacKenzie, originally uploaded by Bookmole's Pictures.

A little over a month ago, we decided to splurge and upgrade to digital cable. My latest obessions are BBC America's personal improvement shows You Are What You Eat and How Clean Is Your House?. It's great watching these shows' average (and sometimes sad) subjects willingly expose their personal embarrassments on TV (i.e. stretch marks and crusty toilets).

Both half-hour shows follow a simple format. Show how bad things are, confront the subjects, throw in a little scientific-sounding analysis, break the subjects down into weeping messes, give the subjects a plan, reveal the subjects' new life, and follow-up with the subjects a few weeks later. The major difference between these shows is the hosts' styles. The How Clean hosts are a little silly, but motherly and mostly gentle; whereas What You Eat's 'Dr.' Gillian McKeith uses a much harsher technique of blantantly telling what fat people (including myself) already know -- they're fat and unhealthy.

The best part of watching any personal improvement show is that we can take a little comfort knowing that things are not that bad (yet). Certainly, I could develope a more regular cleaning regiment and I'm not yet rolling down the fast food drive-through in my personal mobility device (yet). It should be said that many of the How Clean subjects seem to be hoaders or have some other psychological challenge. However, there is certainly room for improvement and I'm not that far from being a suitable What You Eat subject should there ever be a US version.

Inspired, I bought one of McKeith's books and did a little research on her. It doesn't take much Googling to discover there are numerous McKeith critics. Apparently, she has become a Martha Stewart-esque phenomenom in the UK and is much reviled. She earned her PhD online which has led to the show's network to remove the "Dr." from her title and refer to her as a nutritionalist. Many of her theories are questionable, but the most sensational technique on her show -- analysis of subjects feces -- as earned her the nickname "that poo lady". Her frequent complaint is that her subjects' poo smell foul, which would probably be accurate of most people's poo.

Regardless of the criticism, we may just try out her diet for fun soon although the cooking seems to be the major drawback.

No Dogs, originally uploaded by bitrot.

breaking: possible Family Guy: Wrath of Khan???

Star Trek Stewie, originally uploaded by mrankinen.

Hot Giggity! From TVWeek.com (via TrekMovie.com):

. . . ["Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane] says, "If Paramount would let us do ["Star Trek II:] 'Wrath of Khan,' that would be the coolest thing." He adds that "Star Wars" works because a majority of the show's fans know the movie line for line, but Lucasfilm is pretty generous with the license, too. . . .

I'm almost more excited about this than the new "Star Trek" movie.

TrekMovie.com has possible Family Guy-STII:TWOK character casting ideas.

Galactica "Revelations" mid-season finale

Wow. Battlestar Galactica's mid-season finale was incredible. Nearly all of the major storylines were resolved. Here's the ending which fans have been waiting nearly four years to see. (MAJOR SPOILERS)

The only major question remaining is who the final cylon is. It will be a long wait until 2009.

Galactica fools audience

Battlestar Galactica played a cruel joke on its audience last week (perfectly executed by Lucy Lawless) regarding a major spoiler:

SNL: MacGyver's ex-gay cure

We didn't see these chairs in Hawaii

I'm sure we would have seen the chair of the Hawaiin people:

You know, it kind of makes sense though and I love as-seen-on-TV gadgets.

(From a message Scott forwarded to on April 30, 2008.)