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From Lord Byron’s entry on Wikipedia

Matt peters is a stupid asshole that doesnt know how to change things on wikipedia!!!! What some people don’t know is that John Byron was actually born of leprechauns. Among figuring out he was human he went on a rampage, killing many leprechaun families. He then set out on an excursion to find human parents. John Byron married his second wife for the same reason he married his first: her fortune.^[7] Byron’s mother had to sell her land and title to pay her new husband’s debts, and in the space of two years the large estate, worth some £23,500, had been squandered, leaving the former heiress with an annual income in trust of only £150.^[4] In a move to avoid his creditors, Catherine accompanied her profligate husband to France in 1786, but returned to England at the end of 1787 in order to gave birth to her son on English soil. He was born on 22 January in lodgings on Holles Street in London.

Some Questions About House, M.D.

Why does Omar Epps’ character on “House, M.D.” have the same name as Topher Grace’s character on “That 70’s Show?”

Why do people refer to the show “House, M.D.” as just “House” instead of calling it “House, M.D.”?

Why does Olivia Wilde often play a bisexual woman on TV shows?

Thoughts On Television

So what’s the deal with TV shows these days? I’m watching an episode of Happy Endings staring Elisha Cuthbert and at the end of the episode they tell me everything is going to work out. Penny’s not going to be an old maid, Brad can hang out with his black friends and Max can hang out with his gay friends and they both can still hang out together, and Alex and Dave can still be friends even after Alex left Dave at the alter. 

Hey TV, quit trying to me a lesson! I enjoyed it on Full House, because they would play that cool music, but I don’t want to see it on shows like, the New Girl staring Zooey Deschanel. And speaking of the New Girl, why did you replace one black actor, Damon Wayans Jr. who left to be on Happy Endings, with another black actor. Was it because you wanted a cast of white actor, white actor, black black, white actor. Why do you want that? But an all fairness to Damon Wayans Jr. he had to help out the cast of Happy Ending with their white, white, white, white, black, white cast. This may just be a reflection of society but whatever. I call ‘em as I see ‘em.

All in all, I like Happy Endings and New Girl.

P.S. Now I understand why they call the show Happy Endings.

Fall Television Preview: Part 4

Free Agents

Another American remake of a British show. Um, American, have you run out of ideas? Why you not come up with ideas? Americans need jobs so why not let them come up with ideas for TV shows? Here’s a list of American television series based on British television series: The Office, American Idol, The X Factor, Skins, Antiques Roadshow, Hope Island, Brat Camp, Cash Attic, Celebrity Fit Club, Trading Spaces, Skating with Celebrities, Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush, Football Wives, Honey We’re Killing the Kids, Kim and Aggie Clean Up America, It’s Me or the Dog, Three’s Company, Cosby, Sanford and Son, All in the Family, What Not to Wear, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Wife Swap, etc.

Besides that, I thought the show was great. It stars Hank Azaria ( the voice of Apu on the popular American television show the Simpsons) and Kathryn Hahn (Step Brothers, which she was great in, by the way. Remember, she tried to have sex with John C. Reilly) who are co-workers who had sex one night and now it’s AWKWARD. There’s a  real will-they-or-won’t-they vibe. Think Sam and Diane but not in a bar. It takes places in an office (spin-off?).

They had sex but she ain’t having any of his drama. He’s recently divorced and she is recently widowed so they both got drama to spare. Keep that drama at home! But the nice thing about his drama is that it’s about his kids who he loves. It seems like most shows these days are about parents who hate their kids. Um, last time I checked parents are the ones who decide to have kids and not the other way around so parents love your kids and love them unconditionally.

Highlights of the show: it was adapted for American television by John Enbom, who has scored such hits as, Veronica Mars and Party Down; Al Madrigal and his desire to get some time away from his family; Natasha Leggero (nuff said).

Here are some statistics:

The pilot episode scored a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49 and a 6.12 among total viewers.

My final analysis: The show is pretty good. There’s room for improvement and lots of room to fail, which earns it a B, based on a five-point system, using the letters A, B, C, D and F, with A indicating excellent, C indicating average and F indicating failing.

Fall Television Preview: Part 3

Two and a Half Men

Ashton Kutcher was added to the cast of Two and a Half Men playing a fictionalized version of himself. The show’s creator, Chuck Lorre, says he chose Kutcher based on his performance in the series of Nikon camera commercials. “It also helped that he’s against child sex slaves,” said Lorre. When asked about his postion on the subject Kutcher said, “It’s just wrong.”

I watched the season premiere of TAAHM and found it lacking substance.  The way they treated Charlie’s death came across too jokey. Everyone appeared to hate Charlie and seemed happy that he was dead. Even the women who he had sex with.

Ashton Kutcher’s character was quite confusing. For one thing, they kept calling him Walden Schmidt. Why didn’t they call him by his name? Just plain confusing but he was very funny. And the women seemed to like him.

Holland Tunnel, the actress who plays Allen’s mother, was in rare form. I believe she hated her son, Charlie, and had hoped that he would die so she was happy that he died and was excited about the commission she was going to receive for selling Charlie’s beach front mansion.

I’m not sure why Allen and Jake weren’t on the show. It seemed kind of odd that you wouldn’t have the two titular characters in the episode but TAAHM is known for its innovation.

All in all, a half hour of fun.

Fall Television Preview: Part 2

Glee

I watched the season premiere of Glee. There was a lot of singing and dancing, which I did not like.

“Don’t sing or dance or you will go straight to hell” - Old Baptist saying

(The picture above looks like it’s a scene from the television show Glee, but is actually students at a Baptist university singing and “dancing” during a production of Fiddler on the Roof. That sounds like a storyline straight out of the popular show Glee!)