Still in the Betty White-y afterglow of the Super Bowl commercials, I’m psyched about this upcoming Snickers commercial featuring Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli a.k.a. Lucille 2. The best part is at the very end when you can hear her yell “Zip it!”
Oh, Snickers, how grand! How terribly grand. Which other divas of a certain age should pack themselves with peanuts next? I say all of them.
What would happen if we lived in a world without a laugh track? Beyond the obvious notion that everyone on sitcoms would be sad and depressed, it would make things totally awkward. This fact was highlighted by The Hollywood Reporter posting this clip from The Big Bang Theory without its usual laugh track:
Those long, drawn-out silences are painful, but not as painful as watching this slightly funny, slightly twisted clip from a laugh track-enhanced version of The Shining: READ FULL STORY »
On last night’s Cougar Town, everyone had a bunch of sex and most of them shared a bunch of feelings and it was all so touching that I now have this weird bite mark on my knee. Ellie threw “Mr. McNeedy” a bone, Travis took time out from hanging with his country music superstar guy friends to camp out with his twiggy girlfriend Kylie, Laurie slept with Grayson again (“It was raining! And REO Speedwagon rocks so hard!”), and Jules “used Bobby like a sexual get well card” to get over Scott Foley. In the process, nearly all of the characters poked their heads out from their protective curtains of quippy sarcasm to be honest about their feelings. Travis told Kylie how glad he was that his first time was with her, and that HE LOVED HER OMG. Ellie offered Andy a rare nugget of appreciation by telling him she relaxes when he walks in the door — and yet he still apologized for his nonexistent “tude” and guessed incorrectly that her long boring speech would end with sex. As for Jules and Bobby — who’s really grown on me as a viable character, by the way, and could maybe fill in as the heart of the show should something ever happen to Busy Philipps’ rack — Jules loves Bobby but not in that way anymore. “We’re just not gonna end up back together again.” Oh, god! Did you guys see his face as he hopefully suggested she take some time to reconsider? This marks two episodes in a row in which Jules has turned down what could have been a stable relationship with someone who’s really into her. Is she really destined to be with Grayson, her “someday guy”? Even if he continues to be, according to Laurie, the only man who gets less sexy when he plays guitar? Discuss in the comments; meanwhile, my 10 favorite moments…. READ FULL STORY »
Settle this for us, PopWatchers. I say the American Idol winner (or Rock Singer, according to this semi-unfortunate chyron), who helped build a house in Indiana on last night’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, reminded me of Jason Bateman on a Bluth Company construction site in Arrested Development. I don’t know, I just got a vibe. Office miscreant Michael Slezak, on the other hand, says hell to the no he they look nothing alike! Whatever. The blue tone of the hat corrupts the comparison. Either way, it was a good thing Cookie Monster had a hard hat to cover up his hair, and Slezak and I both agree that David Cook should not hesitate to incorporate a hard hat into his next music video. We are on the same page again! The page is called POPWATCH and it is Solid As A Rock. Oh and the title of this post should really be “Annie comes up with lamest excuse yet to bring up Arrested Development.”
Speaking of Idol, the Ford sponsorship on Home Edition is out of control. It was especially poignant when Ty told the Cowan family their brand new Ford F150 and then explained, “It’s built Ford Tough. Just like your garage.” Anyone else tune in last night to watch David Cook auction off homemade pillows for a grand each?
We may need to break out a new PopWatch category called “What the hell, George Michael?”
Michael Cera has been hanging with the cast of Jersey Shore all day, filming an MTV special pegged to this Friday’s release of Youth in Revolt, according to Vulture. Cera’s choice to associate himself with a species similar to the thick layer of algae under the Bluth family’s yacht ensures that thousands of people who would not have been aware of Youth in Revolt will see photos like this one and this one of his Pauly D-esque hairstyle and therefore become aware of Youth in Revolt. Well done, sir. Also…
“Her?”
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There’s a new red band trailer for Michael Cera’s Youth in Revolt up on College Humor. You can watch it if you’re in a safe place that promotes sex and filth (like the EW office), but if you’re not, I’ve taken the liberty of inserting inside-jokey terms from Arrested Development in place of the “naughty” bits of some of the dialogue, below. Watch your mouth, George Michael Bluth!
“I’m gonna help you stick your filthy [banana stand] in this tomato.”
“I’m gonna [the bleeped-out s--- that G.O.B. says while threatening the Bluth Company staff during "Afternoon Delight"] and wear you like the crown that you are.”
“Hey, does that movie come with [hop-ons] for your [Volvo]?”
“For all the world knows my [candy beans] could be [covered in blue paint] as we speak.”
Oh, good. We definitely need another TV show about werewolves. MTV’s proposed Teen Wolf remake series was not cutting it for me. Now, Fox is developing Howl, a saga about warring families of werewolves in a small Alaska town. It is presumably not about beatnik werewolves, the best minds of our generation. Does this mean Fox is on Team Jacob? OMG LOL. Actually, Fox did air a series called Werewolf (starring Chuck Connors, pictured) from 1987-88. Thanks to reader Jeff for Werewolf‘s complete unofficial site, which is completely terrifying because when you drag your cursor over the menu options, someone…or someTHING’s heart pounds.
According to screenwriter Joshua Miller, “Howl is about the psychology of living with change.” Perhaps it will offer tips on how to maintain the will to live while a large percentage of the population freaks out about vampires and werewolves. My preliminary casting wishes include Tracy Jordan, Jerry Seinfeld with a shaved chest, not Mario Lopez (who has Wolf Pack envy), Lucille Bluth after she got plastic surgery, and recently blonde Sandra Bullock. Oh, and Jason Bateman, Too. Vote below.
Image credit: Everett Collection
Greetings, PopWatching Pilgrims and Indians. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving airs on ABC tonight at 8 ET. My sister and I were so freaking excited about it that we downloaded the special on iTunes and watched it early. We’re cool. Anyway, I wanted to post our Top Five Cutest Moments from the Peanuts Thanksgiving Special before tonight. Let us know if your favorite made the cut.
–Charlie Brown lamenting, “I think I’m losing control over the whole world,” after that nasty athletic sandals-wearing Peppermint Patty informed him that not only were she and Marcy coming over for dinner…Franklin was, too.
–Snoopy getting smashed by the ping pong table, and the epic battle with a Lounge Chair With Human Qualities that followed. ”Little Birdie, can’t your friend do nothin’ right?”
–The entire ”we’re kids, this is all we know how to cook” scene with the buttered toast, popcorn, and what Arrested Development would call “a whole thing of candy beans.” Those crazy trapezoidal toasters are wild.
–Woodstock rubbing his belly delightedly after being served Snoopy’s real Thanksgiving feast. Does a bird eat turkey? Bonus: He’s eating Continental-style.
–After everyone sits down, ice cream sundaes appear on the kids’ table…out of nowhere!
Cheap thrills, guys. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Tonight’s Time Warp on Discovery Channel (10 p.m. ET) will feature the Blue Man Group! That sounds fun, but check this out: Arrested Development‘s Tobias Fünke got HIS OWN PARAGRAPH in the press release:
Discovery Channel’s TIME WARP team meets the otherworldly Blue Man Group and explores the science of propellers, fluid dynamics and violent chemical reactions – without verbal reaction from the Blue Men, of course. Then, TIME WARP shows us some of the clips most requested by our viewers — all in super slow-motion.
No one has been this excited to work with the Blue Men since Tobias Fünke.
Ha! No explanation! Boy, this Fünke is all anyone’s ever talking about! Discovery Channel deserves a pat on the back from Buster Bluth’s prosthetic hand for this. Just thought you should know.
