I think it's hilarious that Fox calls Obama a socialist. I really do. Especially living in Canada. Where Stephen Harper's Conservatives are the furthest to the right relevant Canadian politics go and have been in power for what feels like FOREVER and people STILL think we're a bunch of pot-smoking commies because FREE HEALTH CARE! In reality, Obama and Harper are probably very close to each other on the political spectrum. On the musical spectrum... Stephen Harper is a dorky white dude who loves classic rock and plays it like a dorky white guy. Obama is smooooooooooove.
Maybe it's the pot-smoking Canadian commie who enjoys free health care in me, but look at the GOP candidates! LOOK AT THEM! Why WOULDN'T this GQ motherfucker toss off some Al Green while speaking at the Apollo? Hell, I'm surprised he didn't grab his crotch, hike his pants up and moonwalk off the stage!
I love how, right in the middle, one of the women is like "Whooooo! I need to sit down! These dogs are barkin'!" I also wonder if Grandpa was dating any of the Grandmas. Because if so, that is MY Grandpa, who is 95 and still kickin' it by dating a 78 year old.
I did expect that. In fact, I turned to my roommate when he was all "Oh, I don't know if I should take this job accounting for an accounting firm." and said "Kind of obvious that this was going to happen. I wonder what took them so long?" And then there was a gingerbread office and silver m&ms (Go throw up) and everybody was sweet and I went "Awwwwwwww!" So points to them for not going the traditional route.
That said, I think Parks and Rec was slightly weaker than Community this week. Maybe that's me saying that through the tears of perhaps never getting to watch Community again, but I felt like it was both sweet and really true to its weird, weird roots while Parks was good but... it felt kind of like they weren't trying very hard. And hey, maybe that's what makes it good.
I loved Annie's sex song, but perhaps even more, I enjoyed Abed convincing Britta to sing her heart song. I know he may be on the spectrum and that's none of my bidness, but I really like it when they turn the tables and have him manipulating somebody like Britta, who prides herself on being a hardass.
I used to think this about Bill Hader. But he's improved 100% as an impressionist, and I love him. So I'm willing to give them a chance. Although Pharoah REALLY irks me. He's doing an Eddie Murphy impression ALWAYS.
I know he's right about that. I mean, OBVIOUSLY one is more important than the other. It was Duh Afficionado's cover story this month.
I just think it's a little wanky to complain about how people who tweet and visit a pop culture blog are upset about a pop culture thing in comparison to a real-world thing that nobody compared it to anyway when you yourself write for said pop culture blog. Like, don't worry Gabe. I get my real news elsewhere and am probably more disturbed about real world things. BUT. This is where I come to get away from that shit! Just because one is more important doesn't mean I'm not still annoyed with NBC. I mean, Jesus. They suck. You know? You know.
I think it's great that we live in a world where I can think OWS protesters being evicted is bullshit and ALSO, at the VERY SAME TIME, be upset that my favourite show featuring meta-commentary on narrative structures (wait, is there more than one? I'm confused, because Gabe said not "EVERYTHING" has to be that, but I can really only think of this one thing.) is being put on hold since the network it is on doesn't promote it much and put it in a terrible time slot, pretty much guaranteeing that nobody will watch it.
In short, I am, at this very moment registering the URL for occupywallstreetgum.com. Until such time as my site goes online, I will somehow occupy myself by watching viral videos of squirrels with their heads in trampoline accidents and talking about how disappointed I am that Community got put on hold on videogum.com. Cool. Cool cool cool.
The gift baskets for presenters contain ALL the butterscotch hard candies and it ends early because we're all in bed by 8:30 after a nice glass of warm milk.
True Story: This year for Halloween, I WAS Carmen Sandiego. I found myself waiting for a streetcar, as a master villainess does. A cab rolls up to the red light and inside it is Waldo. Of Where's Waldo fame. I IMMEDIATELY start gesturing for him to roll down his window. Alas he is faaaaarrrrrr too drunk. His friend rolls down the window and I go "THERE YOU ARE!" All exasperated, like. And he's all "Buh?" His friend says "Dude. It's Carmen Sandiego! She found you!" The friend was dressed like Finding Nemo. So if anybody was looking, we were all at Queen and Spadina in Toronto for, like, two minutes on Oct. 29.
I can never hate Val Kilmer no matter how fat and pasty he gets. Because I remember him at his greatest. When he was thin, pasty lunger and everybody's Huckleberry.
"Maybe poker's not your game, Ike. I know! Let's have a spelling contest!"
"I've got two guns. One for each of you."
"Why Kate, you aren't wearing a bustle. How lewd!"
"Wyatt Earp is my friend." "I got plenty of friends." "I don't" :'- (
Man, I HATED Lost. Because I was pretty sure the whole time that they had no plan, no idea of where they were going and everything leading up the final episode was nothing but drawn out, wasted time. Even that I would have been fine with. It happens a lot. But during the show's run, all the producers involved were frequently quoted as saying they had a plan and everybody just needed to trust them, dammit, because it would all make sense. Instead, there were roughly a billion dropped plotlines that will never make sense AND the dude now openly admits he had no clue what was going on. But at the time, boy, you guys are gonna be BLOWN AWAY by how this will all totally make sense!
It's like, OK, I get it. It takes some time to get into a new season, a new swing of things, if you will. I'm willing to wait a couple episodes for Community to start gelling. But then, right out of the gate, Parks and Rec is just KILLING IT. Every single thing about last night's episode was awesome and perfect.
Like when Tom starts talking to the camera about how easy it is to take advantage of Ben and Ben goes "I can hear you!" And Tom, without missing a beat or looking away from the camera, says "I know, Ben. That's how easy it is!" And as always, Andy was just awesome. Handing Leslie a rolodex when she asked for a calculator? Asking Tammy 2 if they could get a peek at her acid ravaged foot? Plaintively saying that he sometimes has ideas, too. And Ron. Oh, Ron. Swigging that entire bottle of corn mash? THE BEST.
Shirley's perfect enunciation of "I farted" made me LOL. Like, really, really loud. Not so loud or hard that I passed out, though. More's the pity.
I would like more Troy and Abed. Preferably in the morning.
Downvotes! BAH! In Canada, we call those lorries!
That's what I like about Wolverine. Sorta Canadian. Sorta doesn't care. And I didn't say there weren't Canadian superheroes who weren't full of jingoism. But they don't get rah-rah movies made about them. For which I am eternally grateful.
The jingoism really turns me off of Captain America. Because, I don't know, America is great, OK? I'm down with that. But Captain America is just such a boring dick. The whole idea of him is like attending a lecture on baseball and apple pie and why America is great. This Canadian would rather just enjoy those things without the lecture, thanks.
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