And this after the relatively good news about Russell “Maroon” Shoatz!
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And The Oscar Of Course Went To…… :)
….you-know-who in one of the Blackest Oscars ever. The Oscars will be extra white next year! LOL!
I Shouldn’t Have Been Surprised……….
Homage? (Or, The Official End Of HipHop And A Sign Of The Apocalypse?)
I don’t know what to do with the following. The fact that it is so well done makes it even more difficult. Is this their “Blues Brothers”/Paul Whiteman moment?
I want to shake their hands–then put them in jail for cultural theft.
And a few days before:
Arsenio Calls ‘Em Out! (And He Should Have!) LOL! (And Why Was The First “Arsenio” Cancelled?)
NOTE: It’s a common urban legend that Arsenio got thrown off the air for having Minister Farrakhan on the first incarceration of his show. I know a different version that I remember reading (but not where): In the version I remember, Arsenio’s popularity came from CBS affiliates using him instead of Pat Sajak. When David Letterman signed his now-famous deal, the affiliates let Arsenio know he was going to be kicked off soon. So Arsenio’s show was, in effect, cancelled a year in advance. That gave him the freedom to put Farrakhan on. This article says kinda what I remember reading.
And here’s something not-completely-unrelated to remember, as Arsenio fights the second time around ( 🙂 ).
The “Guardians Of The Galaxy” Trailer Is Here!
Finally Saw The Only (?) Time RTD (“Doctor Who” Re-Creator Russell T. Davies) Wrote Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor For A Whole Episode (Well, Actually, Two)……..
….and I’m not ashamed to say I enjoyed this ep of SJA! Had a BIG crush on Jo Grant back in the day!
I only have a few episodes of Matt Smith’s Doctor left, so I’m trying to stretch it out before I let go. 🙂
What I Liked Best About Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” Premiere
Enjoyed this bit! (Especially :52 to 1:04 and the Colbert show-stopper!) LOL! 🙂
NOTE: I thought his college-professor-giving-out-the-syllabus intro to Middle America below (“I have real, average parents, the Roots is a great house band that can handle Tony Bennett,” etc.) was kinda smart. He needs some of the old audience.
Martyr Family Madness, Chapter 100 (Or, All That Freezing Rain Was The Ancestors Crying)
AAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Not just a King problem either, because X also marks the sad stain.)
Okay, now that I’ve done that…..
Read this and listen to this.
FEBRUARY 21st UPDATE: The King story is moving forward, as shown here.
NOT Obsessed With PBS’ “Sherlock” ;)
Yes, the end of Season Three–my first!–was amazing. If, just a month ago, you would have told me that I would be fiending for a Sherlock Holmes drama, I would have laughed in your face. But I didn’t know then that the show was done by the “Doctor Who” folks.
My favorite moment of Season Two:
My second-favorite moment of Season Two (unfortunately, in fragments):
My favorite moment of Season Three:
(Not-Irrelevant-Aside: The Christmas Mini-Episode Between Seasons 2 and 3:)
So the long wait for Season Four begins. Now I know what my friends who are “Boardwalk Empire” and “Mad Men” fans go through!
At least I have an entire season, Season Two, left to watch in order to catch up. And this, which I ignored when it aired in mid-December.
And now, some goofiness:
Sesame Street!
And there was no way some fanboy wasn’t going to do the digital mashup below. (It has more than two million hits.) The Doctor looks like he’s in love with Sherlock, but originally he was seducing a brand-new, young, attractive female potential companion (which, if you watch “Doctor Who,” is not actually as creepy as it probably reads 🙂 ).
Drums in the Global Village 