With the season coming to an end, it’s time to look back at what the last few months in entertainment have taught us. You can get your thinking caps on by clicking through our gallery of 20 Things We Learned This Summer. I’ll start the addendum to the list.
1. A bit of Swedish: For instance, Hundtricket, the title of a 2002 film that features True Blood‘s Alexander Skarsgard in a shower scene (pictured), means “The Dog Trick.”
2. Mark Feuerstein is no longer “TV poison”: Royal Pains earned a second season on USA, which means the next time we write about its leading man we won’t have to mention that he also starred in three failed NBC sitcoms — 1997′s Fired Up (shot down after 23 episodes), 1998′s Conrad Bloom (after nine episodes), and 2002′s Good Morning, Miami (30 episodes) — and one blink-and-you-missed-it CBS drama, 3 Lbs. (canceled after only three airings in 2006).
3. Movie execs do have a heart, at least the ones at Pixar. Ten-year-old Colby Curtin’s dying wish to see Up was granted with a home screening. (I will not tear up again. I will not tear up again. I will not — nope, just did.)
Your turn. What did you learn this summer?
This summer i discovered the great books that True Blood are based on, The Wendy show taught me how to properly greet folks(how you doin’?). I learned that soaps can tell great gay stories(One Life to Live),also I learned that the much loved “guy next door” can f*#k up royally (Big Brother) & oh yeah, Whitney is NOT ready for a comeback! Cant wait for new Mariah cd
I have lived in LA all my life and (500) Days of Summer taught me that Downtown LA is incredibly beautiful, romantic and full of adventure.
I learned that dry cleaning rotator thingies are very strong and handy if I needed to pull two things apart. I also learned that if you keep your interest in a movie for 1 1/2 years at the same level, the movie must and should be good (Star Trek!)
I have lived in NYC for a few years and never really checked out Long Island. This summer Royal Pains makes me want to discover Long Island especially the south shore… Really enjoyed the show.
I learned that Paramount will spend $175 million on a movie based on a toy, watch it make only $56 million back in two days, and immediately green-light an equally expensive sequel.
Learned that bellhops apparently only wear one layer. In 1963. (Mad Men)
I learned that if you have to take care of 8 kids and take out all your frustrations on your husband (including demeaning everything he holds dear), don’t be surprised if, after the inevitable divorce, he starts seeing your “personal reconstructive surgeon.” (Jon & Kate Plus 8)
^ Jon & Kate Plus 8
3. That Warner Brothers brings in the Green! First The Dark Knight…then the surprise hit The Hangover bringing in over 430 million dollars worldwide and the juggernaut Harry Potter series making over 905 million dollars (and it’s still going). WB has to be one of the RICHEST if not the richest movie production company in the world.
It’s Winter in Australia but I’ve learned something too.
1) You can never tire of Chicken Noodle Soup
2) Hot water does in fact have a limit.
and
3) When the water in the shower goes cold….. run across the street to your sisters house and use up her hot water.
Jessica
Something else I learned…Swine Flu is actually a serious illness.
I will admit that I thought it was a joke at first.
Jon & Kate – Apparently you can be on the cover of People magazine twice in a row, as long as you’ve got a brand new, 22 year old girlfriend to toe.
(500) Days of Summer – Finding your “true love” does not equal happiness. But it does mean you can have fun times in Ikea and freak out an Asian family.
Mad Men – Bellhops will try to jump you at any second, no matter what gender you are.
Also, blackface will get you laid by your gold digger wife.
Also, the 70s are the new “it thing” for talk shows. As well as The Soup. How you doin’, Joel McHale?
*to tote
My spelling is amazing.
I learned:
-You can make a grappling hook from a rusty old animal trap (Man vs Wild)
-If you’re hiding from the Nazis, try to find a better place than under the floorboards (Inglourious Basterds)
-If you’re trying to strangle someone, make sure he can’t grab your gun off your belt and shoot you with it (Star Trek)
From Ponyo I learned Japanese cities have great emergency plans for floods and Betty White lives in a Japanese rest home part time.
From Public Enemy, I learned that Pretty Boy Floyd really was pretty and cops really did phone book folks.
From Bruno, I learned that straight
swingers are the scariest things in this universe, sorry chupacabra.
From The Michael Jackson Griefapalooza, I learned that Jermaine is damn greasy; LaToya is loopy; Joe is evil incarnate and Rebbie, Katherine and Jane continue to show quiet dignity despite the swirling circus.
I learned that Captain Jack has progeny spread throughout the universe,including Earth, and a certain pair of clavicles on a tall blond blue-eyed Swede,who shall be nameless, makes me drool every Sunday night and more. Thank you On Demand.
In a single moment, Weeds gave me a whole new perspective on croquet.