January 28th, 2010
Forgetting about the Season Pass on Glee until two weeks ago has been the greatest thing to ever happen to cold Saturday and Sunday afternoons. After watching Glee for six hours this past Saturday (before ultimately going to bed at 8:30 – and then sleeping for 12 hours), we’ve successfully mastered the art of having glorious pop songs from past and present pop into our head. For example, any time we see something we like / want, we hear the lyrics from “Alone” by Heart.
A sample of how it works:
See Louboutin…“Till now…I always got by on my own…”
See Haitian orphans: “I never really cared until I met you!”
Go running in January: “And now it chills me to the bone…”
One look at the DVR...”How do I get you alone?!?!
January 26th, 2010
That’s what the (Wo)Men At Work want to know (congrats to the 80’s aficionados still tracking). Jake is veto-ing ladies faster than a devout PCA man, and he is taking no prisioners. We think Jake likes the sweet, innocent types, and we have to guess that he ends up with Tenley or Corrie. Gia is too NYC, Ali is too cool / jaded, and Vienna is just too out there. Who do you think it can be now?
January 13th, 2010
We’ve written about this before, but we don’t like American Idol and we don’t know what to do. It’s Un-American to not like American Idol, but it is not for lack of trying. January after January, we give it a chance. We really thought it would click one year after we ended up sobbing through an episode of Idol Gives Back, and we have hope every time we hear a judge say “Welcome to Hollywood” and we feel a little pang in our heart.
However, try as we might, we just can’t get addicted (Cue “Had a Bad Day” background music). They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, but we want to be Idol “crazy!” We just can’t.
So here it is – all on the line – tonight’s episode is in our beloved Atlanta (the a hollar!), and this is Simon’s last season. We are going to give it one more go, and if it doesn’t stick, we say goodbye. What do you think – do you love Idol or do you think it’s American Idle?
January 12th, 2010
Reader Kenny just sent us a great tip: 20 “memorable” personalities from the Bachelor franchise will be living together in a house in a new competition style reality show, premiering on ABC late summer. Wowza. Apparently they are all friends and exist in some Bachelor / Bachelorette subculture, and now they are going to be filmed. For more, click here. There is only one question that comes to mind…WHO do you want to see on the show? We want to see Rozlyn and hear more of her confusing logic! Is it just us, or does she look like a Dallas Cowboy version of Scarlett Johansson?
“So you think that there’s no other girls here that fell for other people before they came on the show?” Rozlyn Papa
January 4th, 2010
“elaney, I thought that Jake that was kicked off the ‘Bachela-ette’ was so cute! How do you think you could meet him?!” -eMum
It’s bach! As you all know, The Bachelor is our favorite reality television show. And while like Shakira’s music, every one is pretty much like the other one, we still love it (”Whenever, Whereever” it comes out). So tonight is the big season premiere, and our DVR has been set for weeks. We’re happy to see that blondes are back in the Bachelor / Bachelorette franchise (even though our man Jake “On the Wings of Love” Pavelka is a little much. Hopefully he’ll make good TV. Way to get “Find men in 2010″ of to a good, festive start! What do you think – are you tuning in or tuning out?
November 4th, 2009
We have LONG been devotees of the Today Show. We’ve watched it for years, and we’ve read every book we can find out our hero, Katie Couric (how can you not love a smart, ex-cheerleader with style?). Sure we don’t love Meredith, despite throwing in the towel on the campaign against her, but for the most part, we’ve been long time loyal patrons. But lately, it’s really gotten out of control. Not only are there FAR too many gimmicky comedic schticks that should be reserved for Leno and Letterman (Meredith at the McDonald’s drive thru – come on), but when they do report the news, it’s all about funny looking babies and new diet tricks. Look, this is the staff of elaney, we aren’t looking for only hard news in wartorn countries, but the Today Show is starting to insult our intelligence. At least later in the day, Horrible Hoda and KLG call a spade a spade and don’t pretend to be actual news. And so we’ve decided, not flippantly and with deep regret, to make a switch. Sigh. Never thought this day would come. What to you recommend for catching the morning news?
