pushing again

Good news...Pushing Daisies got picked up for another season!

Bad news...someone in my household decided to record Phenomenon on NBC so I didn't get to watch PD on the weekend. It's okay, I forgive them, I mean, I can't have full ownership of the TV at all times. Or can I? And like the someone said I can always watch it online right? Hmmmm...

Anyway, glad The Office was back to 30 minutes. Those 1 hour episodes were taxing. The episode started with a Michael speech to the gang about "being creative" with the regional Dundler Mifflin commercial. Nice to see paper employees branching out into the creative realm. Actually it was hilarious. And it got me thinking how lots of people outside the TV industry who have nothing to with the creation of it-- can probably be much more creative than me. Right now I'm pretty stalemate. I'm at the end of the year, end of my projects and I feel wasted. I'm sure the gang from Dundler Mifflin could come in right and knock my socks off with their ideas and music notes.

In other news...Have you heard about this website? Frightening, lots of network and cable TV episodes. Catch it now while it exists. Oh, and that someone in my household told me about this website, so I forgive him.

Sacrifices

Professional and personal. If your life is entrenched in the workplace you may understand. On the finale of Mad Men everyone was making them but they were much more dramatic than mine. Pete gives in to fatherhood for a heavyweight account. Peggy gives up motherhood for her burgeoning career in advertising. Betty gives up on Don and intimacy with him to sustain her pride. And Don gives up intimacy with everyone to stay completely sane.

Oh man, at the end where Don gives his Kodak Carousel presentation, it was just too much. This poor man! And then when he imagines a hero’s welcome at home and doesn’t get it- did your heart break too? Or were you glad hoping that Don would just get it some time!?

This brilliantly written episode set the groundwork for an excellent 2nd season. I can’t wait until June 2008!

"Does Your Soul Have A Cold"

I know I still owe you all a review of the finale of Man Men. But I just got this in my email box from Wholphin…

“Back in 2000, western pharmaceutical companies began a massive marketing campaign to introduce a new product to the good people of Japan: depression. Before 2000, the good people of Japan apparently did not even have a word to describe sadness as a debilitating biological illness. So the companies had to coin a new word, "utsu," and create an appropriately catchy ad slogan to help explain the concept. They chose the phrase, "Does Your Soul Have A Cold?" antidepressant sales have since quintupled.

Mike Mills, director of Thumbsucker, has made an incredibly intimate film documenting the human effects of America's latest cultural export to Japan. "Does Your Soul Have A Cold" will air on IFC Monday October 22nd at 9 PM EDT.

Until then, you can watch the IFC trailer here and read our interview with Mike.”

Sounds fascinating…I’m watching! The subject of pharmaceuticals reeks hot debate. This exploration of how American “pills” affect another culture is riveting. The email said it was airing on the 29th but it is actually airing TONIGHT!

Give Me More

Sorry for my lazy posts lately, extenuating circumstances have left me dry and preoccupied.

Lately I've been falling asleep while watching Pushing Daisies and wondering why I'm not reading my new McSweeney's that just came in the mail or doing something more worthwhile. One show that I wish I could make more time for is Dirty Sexy Money. It's definitely not dirty or sexy enough but I really like my fill of Peter Krause. Peter- can we do the hair a little differently and get out of the suits once in awhile. Wow, now I sound dirty.

I saw the 3rd episode or 3rd day of the HBO miniseries Five Days. I was a little confused since I missed the first 2 days. I keep wondering if I should watch the first 2 days this week so when I watch the 4th on Sunday I'll get everything. But isn't that such a commitment!?

Looking forward to or really sad that it's the finale of Mad Men tonight. What a beautiful show in every way. Can't wait for its next season.

i hate this boy! but i keep watching

Spencer Pratt's Goals: Billionaire By 30, on TV Forever

TUESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2007 02:40 PM EDT
By Kristin Boehm, People Magazine

Spencer Pratt wants to be a billionaire by the time he turns 30, but is also quite content entertaining Hills viewers as reality TV's most hated villain.

"The bottom line is I'm making people react and ultimately not think about that we are in a war in Iraq and are trying to pick leaders," he tells the November issue of Radar magazine. "The Hills is good breath for people. I do not take it a little bit seriously. I'm an entertainer."

What he does take seriously is his future. "I'm trying to be a billionaire before 30. Once you find an open market, that's where you can make billions to trillions of dollars," he says.

The 24-year-old, most famous for being Hills costar Heidi Montag's hateable fiancé, also admits to political aspirations and tells the magazine that his antics are for show, but his love for Montag is the real deal.

"She is an angel, and I'm honored to be with her. People don't even know!" he says of the 21-year-old singer. "I'm the new villain, and that's hilarious! It's so cool to be alive ... I would be on reality TV until I am 100. It's the coolest thing in town."

Pratt added: "It's so much cooler to have people come up to me and be like, 'Spencer Pratt!' and know my name, than to be Orlando Bloom, who's famous for being some pirate."

i am a wonderful man

What ever happened to Michael Ian Black and why isn't he on TV anymore? I heard him on the radio this morning and I got all excited. He's doing a cross country tour of his stand up routine, I am A Wonderful Man, and is in the city tonight. Too bad I'm lazy and old and won't trek out there to see him :(

I miss Phil Stubs! He was such a great character. And Stella wasn't so bad either. And the classic The State.

Oh TV gods bring him back!

Gwen Stefani HP Commercial

It must be woman empowerment week in these parts.

Gwen, I agree. You can't turn creativity on and off. Please tell my bosses that! :)

tina rocks

i love tina fey. i think she's funny. glad the old men at NBC decided to keep her Emmy award winning show, 30 Rock, around for a 2nd season. i wouldn't have finally watched it. i tend not to watch good sitcoms their freshman year. i don't want to get attached to something really great and than have it be burned and stomped on by the network gods. i'm still mourning the loss of Arrested Development on Fox. why people didn't watch that show i don't know. what has gone wrong with sitcom taste in this country! anyway, love the Tina Fey. she writes, produces, directs and stars in 30 Rock. i hope more than a dozen people watch it this season, me included!