8.11.2006

summer is one long boring weekend

[ Who knew? Before there were snakes on a plane, there was Scooby Doo on the plane? I'm not a huge fan of Ms Swan in MADTv but she is funny in this airplane skit. (11) ]

[ And just because I love lists of all kinds, Television Without Pity's tubey award winners (the more interesting ones, to me that is):
Best Performance by an Inanimate Object... Arrested Development - Franklin (Runner-up House - Cane)
Best Villain... The Colbert Report - Bears
Best Attention to Continuity... Arrested Development
Worst Network Meddlers... FOX
Best Hell Yeah! Moment... Anderson Cooper 360 - Anderson's smacks down Senator Mary Landrieu as she tries to thank everyone for doing such a swell job after Katrina
Best One-Liner... Arrested Development - "Are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over — an analyst and a therapist. The world’s first analrapist." (Tobias Funke)
Best Sidekick... House - Wilson
Most Redemptive Character in an Otherwise Sucky Show... Desperate Housewives - Bree Van De Kamp (Runner-up The O.C. - Summer Roberts)
Best Cast... Arrested Development
Least Favourite Character... The O.C. - Marissa Cooper
Favourite Character... House - Gregory House (Runner up Arrested Development - GOB)
Most Overlooked Show... Veronica Mars
Most Overrated Show... Desperate Housewives
Most Guilty Pleasure... America's Next Top Model
TWoP Show with Highest Actual Quality... Battlestar Galactica
Best Competitive Reality Show... Project Runway
Best Drama... Battlestar Galactica
Best Returning Show... Battlestar Galactica (12)
Best New Show... The Colbert Report
So, have you been watching the right shows? ]

[ I've been sitting on this for some time-- Great picture of the Guggenheim New York. ]

[ Plus! Have you watched Justin Timberlake portray Elton John? ]

(11) Via Entertainment Weekly's popwatch.
(12) Even the South Park guys love BSG. Boy, I'm really advertising the show in every other post aren't I?