It's time for Bullet Sundayyy! It's time for Bullet Sundayyy!
• Sharktopus! As a fan of stupid crappy horror movies, I was ecstatic when SyFy Channel (the queen of stupid crappy horror movies) announced SHARKTOPUS!!!
Well, the movie finally debuted last night, and I am happy to say that it was indeed so unbelievably stupid and crappy that it's raised bad television to an entirely new level of awesome. I can't wait for the Director's Cut Extended Special Edition Blu-Ray release!
• Elmo! Yes, it was a little odd that Katy Perry decided to wear a very low-cut dress so she could stick her boobs in Elmo's face for an appearance on Sesame Street. But Katy Perry is Katy Perry, so what can you do...
That being said, whoever it was at Children's Television Workshop (now called "Sesame Workshop"... the production company behind Sesame Street) who decided to leak the video on YouTube is a complete genius. Not only do they get a preview of the reaction that the clip will receive, but they get free publicity for the show with millions of YouTube hits. Well, to the surprise of NOBODY, people across the country lost their minds over the thought that children might be exposed to Katy's cleavage, so her appearance was canceled. Heaven only knows how these puritanical nutjobs react when taking their kids to a pool or the beach. As usual, the young children they are so desperate to protect probably wouldn't even understand they're looking at something "dirty" and it's the ADULT REACTION that MAKES it "dirty" and damages their kids, but whatever. I still think it was kind of cute.
• Beheaded. I received a comment while I was on vacation asking me if I had changed the DaveToons that rotate randomly across the tops of all Blogography pages. Apparently they hadn't seen their favorite header in a while, and wanted to know what happened. The answer is YES! I replaced all of the old "flat color" DaveToons with newer "shaded color" DaveToons a couple months ago. Thanks for noticing!
8 old ones were kept, 2 were updated, and 40 were replaced. If your favorite is gone, I'm sorry... maybe it will come back one day. But the good news is that all the old headers have been archived from the past five years so you can look at them whenever you like...
• TV Scorecard. For anybody who cares, I've put a quick rundown of the new shows for the 2010-2011 season with my score (based on their first episode) in an extended entry. For everybody else, I'll see you tomorrow when we're back to the daily grind...
Overall, a pretty mediocre season this year. But why should it be different than every other year?
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Did you see Katy Perry on SNL? Dressed in a skimpy Elmo t-shirt, bouncing around. I thought that was timely and funny (and a little hot!).
I was surprised with Blue Bloods too. Liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
Yeah, I thought Katy’s non-response response was pretty frickin’ hilarious. She knows the people who matter dug it, and that’s all that matter to her.
And she got to sing a duet with Elmo!
Oh, and I just watched Raising Hope on Hulu based on your recommendation. It’s really, really good. Thanks!
Blue Bloods formula for getting me hooked:
More Tom Selleck, less everyone else. 🙂
Where’s Symbionic Titan? (New Genndy Tartakovsky cartoon.) I like Samurai Jack and Powerpuff Girls better, but it’s not bad.
I haven’t seen that one! It at least SOUNDS interesting!
That whole Katy Perry fiasco is just so stupid – Ariel dresses pretty sexy, too. I know she’s a cartoon, but come on – Katy Perry is cartoonish.
I haven’t seen most of those shows, but I think we tend to like the same stuff, so… eh. I don’t care enough to try most of them, really. 🙂
Oh sure… that’s totally true. And what about that hussy Belle from “Beauty and The Beast?” That ball gown was hardly child appropriate!
An F for a show you didn’t even try because of an actor you hate… If we were high fivers I’d high five you.
If I had actually watched the show before reviewing it, I’m sure it would have gotten an F- but I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. 🙂
Yes! Sharktopus! I watched about 10 minutes and it was such cheesy corn that I wouldn’t watch any more. I’ll wait until it’s on again and then make sure I’m stoned to beforehand so I can really appreciate it…
I couldn’t make it to the end of $#*! My Dad Says. But I watched every glorious minute of Sharktopus!
“Sharktopus” was just so awful that I couldn’t help but love it! Can you imagine being an actor on that film… signing on the dotted line to appear in a film called “Sharktopus?” Not the greatest career move, I’m sure, but they’ll have cult status that’s legendary!
The best response I saw to the Katy Perry Elmo duet was a tweet from Katy Perry that said “Today’s edition of Sesame Street will *not* be brought to you by the Letter D or the number 34”.
Nah, they’re letter G all the way!
I’ve not seen Raising Hope yet, but have it queued up for this week. I did watch Shit My Dad Says and it had some funny lines, but I don’t know if the episode plots each week will hold up over time.
Agreed. The Katy Perry YouTube leak was brilliant.
I hope you like “Raising Hope”… it’s the ONLY new show this season which I am truly loving.
You know what we need? More cop shows.
Well, we are losing a couple “Law & Order” shows… oh, wait a second… we’re gaining one back… so, yeah…
I watched that Sharktopus clip without sound — laughed several times. The bungee scene was the best. 🙂
I wasn’t going to try The Whole Truth, but since it was on the iPad ABC Player, I gave it a try. Meh. They can’t seem to decide whether to go with repeating timelines from two perspectives, or the more traditional intermingling. And revealing (after the fact) that the jury was technically right even though their decision was questionable does not satisfy me.
Katy Perry is adorable and I can’t believe they pulled her. Have you seen the dresses the Disney Princesses wear? Totally similar! OY.
What day is Raising Hope on – I’ll dvr it cuz you have good teevee taste, Mister.
I’m done with Nikita. Gave it partway into ep 2 and it’s doing nothing for me. However Katie and I agree with you on Blue Bloods and we enjoyed the twist at the end of ep 1.
I am waiting with much anticipation for the Ghost Hunters episode featuring the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Now, where’s that gun so I can shoot some network execs for that STUPID idea. ARGH!
“The Defenders” wasn’t bad. You don’t have that on your list. I don’t really like lawyer shows, but this one had moments of funny.
Thanks for sharing the Sharktopus clip. It looks, as you say, amazingly awful. Two main things bother me about it:
1) Is it really cheaper in this day and age to do CG that looks awful and doesn’t fit into the environment around it, than it is to use prop-based creatures?? If so, why!??!?!?!?! It looks SO BAD and immediately distracts from whatever it is that is being watched!
2) What is Eric Roberts, someone with plenty of experience in the entertainment industry, doing in this steaming pile of garbage? Surely an experienced actor like him would be able to read the script/summary and go “Heck no! This is going to be awful!!”
I am now losing the hope I had that Felicia Day’s “Red” is going to be any good at all….
I love clicking through from my feed reader to see what Little Dave will show up in the header. 🙂