Best Week Ever is BACK!!!

If your life has been just a little empty and sad since VH1 stopped showing Best Week Ever, well I have news for you!  Best Week Ever is back on VH1.  Yes, if you happen to be home on a Friday night (or alert in the mornings during the weekend when it is rerun), you can enjoy Best Week Ever again.

No longer are we forced to rely on just The Soup when it comes to catching up with pop culture.  We can now enjoy the snarky sense of humor Best Week Ever offers.  Each week, we will get to hear about terrible reality shows, celebrity gossip, and ridiculous television programs.  Thank goodness!  The world just wasn't the same with Best Week Ever gone.  Thanks, VH1!

Voice Activated Televisions

Recently, I've been hearing a lot of talk about voice activated TVs.  Apparently a number of companies are trying to create this.  I don't know about you, but I want to voice my unhappiness about this right now.  I am not interested in a voice activated TV. 

All day long, I have to be polite the the people I work with, friendly with people I meet on the street, and when I make a call to any company's number I have to talk to an automated service.  I am tired of it!  Now, when I get home and I can finally get some peace and quiet, am I going to have to have a conversation with my television, too? NO!  I refuse! 

I love my TV.  It is the one thing that won't argue with me.  I can just use a remote control and it is awesome.  Why are companies trying to complicate something so easy and simple?  As an example, my bank recently changed their extremely easy phone system to a more complex, super annoying phone system that I have to talk to in order to just hear my account balance.  I used to punch in some numbers and I was done.  Now I have to talk to something that is not human and I have to speak clearly or it gets confused.  Back in the good old days, I could have a mouthful of food and still use the system.  I can no longer enjoy that simplicity.  I have to be polite to a machine.

I can't stand the thought that I may have that simple joy taken away from me and my TV viewing.  Perhaps some people that lose the remote all the time might like this, but not me.  Please please please... any executives from any companies that make televisions that read this (fat chance, I know), don't take away my one simple pleasure in life.  Please don't make us all have voice activated TVs.  I might actually just opt to read or something instead.

The Soup is Moving!

It is no secret that one of my favorite shows is The Soup on E! Channel.  The Soup has been airing on Friday nights for what seems like forever now.  For some reason, E! has opted to switch nights.

Starting November 30th, The Soup moves to Wednesday nights at 10 pm.  I am trying to decide how I feel about that move.  In some ways, it is better that way since there are a number of other cool things a person can be doing on a Friday night.  However, I like to watch the SyFy channel on Wednesday nights (I am watching it now!) so that will take away from my usual schedule.  Of course, I will probably pick The Soup anyway... I just love Joel McHale.

So, for any of you fans out there, remember that next week you need to start watching The Soup at 10 pm on Wednesday.

American Horror Story - My Review

I actually debated calling this, "How I wasted an hour of my life."  Actually, the show may have been a little longer than an hour, but I started fading out somewhere towards the end.  I was probably too busy muttering to myself, "What is this?  Why does this program exist?"

Don't get me wrong - I don't shock easily and I want to be scared.  So my problem was not with the show's shocking scenes or language, which was certainly more than I would have ever anticipated seeing on basic cable.  I also don't mind if the show was rather confusing.  I was a big fan of Twin Peaks, so being confused is fine.  (Which, by the way, this show wants to be Twin Peaks, but it will never live up to that standard.)

My major issue with the show was that it seemed forced.  I felt as if the writers sat down and said, "How can we make this show as confusing and disturbing as humanly possible and get away with it?"  I mean, seriously, how many times can you cuss in one show?  Did I really need to see bare ass twice in one show?  Furthermore, how about some real character development?  By the end of the show, I wanted to see everyone get killed.

I will say I did appreciate some of the unusual camera angles. I also applauded the show for featuring a mentally challenged cast member, yet I was annoyed at the way she was treated in the show.  I did think the scary creatures and ghouls were pretty decent.  There was an OK amount of blood and creepiness.  However, I was not scared.

For a show called American Horror Story, I expect to be scared.  I don't want to be annoyed, disturbed, or frustrated, but that was the case for the whole show.  Give me more monsters, more ghosts, and more weirdness.  Give me a lot less random nudity, unnecessary profanity, and obnoxious characters. 

For now, I am going back to watching SyFy channel on Wednesday nights. 

Too Much Towing?

Source: TruTV.com - Operation Repo

I know what you probably lie awake asking yourself at night: How many reality TV shows can actually be about tow trucks and tow truck adventures?  Apparently, you can have at least 4 reality shows that completely revolve around the concept of repossessing or towing vehicles.  Amazing, isn't it?  How?  Why?  Can it really be that interesting?  Furthermore, one channel, TruTV, is the source for all these shows.  Is there really that much of an audience for this?  Obviously they must be getting ratings or these shows could not exist.

The 4 reality TV shows on the air about towing companies are now:

• Operation Repo
• Lizard Lick Towing
• South Beach Tow
• Bear Swamp Recovery

Each show claims to be totally unique.  For instance, it appears each person starring in Bear Swamp Recovery is overweight.  Stop laughing... really, this is how the commercial makes it seem.  I am not sure how America can possibly be ready for 4 tow truck shows, but TruTV thinks we are.  So if you are really into seeing people have their cars repossessed, this is a great time for television programming for you. 



Auditions for My Own Andy Richter

Anyone who reads my blog knows I am in love with Conan O'Brien.  He is my favorite talk show host and I watch his TBS show all the time.  What you may not know is I am looking for my own Andy Richter-like sidekick.

Yes, you heard me.  I am on a search for my own Andy Richter.  Andy always laughs at Conan's jokes.  He is always by Conan's side no matter what.  I need that type of sidekick.  Hopefully, my own Andy Richter is out there right now.  Job duties include:
Laughing at me at appropriate times.
Reading my writing and telling me it is great.
Standing to my left and nodding a lot.
Helping me look good if my jokes suck.

If this sounds like something that would interest you, please leave a comment below.  I really don't have money to pay you, but I would like to think I am pretty entertaining and maybe that is enough.  If that is not enough, I can take you out to eat once a week.  Perhaps we can go to Burger King or something like that since I am poor.  I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

Messin' With Sasquatch

If you are a true Couch Potato surely you have experienced the joy of the Jack Link's Jerky Messin' with Sasquatch commercials.  These are truly some of the best commercials out there.  Recently, I saw some new Messin' with Sasquatch commercials.  They usually air on cable channels.  So if you've never seen one before, pay attention when watching a Comedy Central or Syfy program. 

For now, you can enjoy a nice assortment of clips from someone that was kind enough to create a Messin' with Sasquatch Youtube compilation video:

Make It a Nerdtacular Night!

Last night was a great night for dorks and nerds everywhere.  I was pretty excited to find out the Family Channel was making it a "Harry Potter Weekend" starting Thursday (last night).  A little while later, I was pleased to learn that The Matrix was on AMC.  Naturally, I was forced to switch back and forth between The Matrix and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.  I was pretty lucky considering the channels were running the commercials at different times.

Tonight, there will more Harry Potter movies on the Family Channel and more Matrix movies on AMC.  What a great Friday night.  I will probably sneak some Ghost Adventures viewing into tonight as well.  Wow!  What a dorktacular night!

First Blog Ever!

I have never really blogged before, so if you are reading this, thanks.  Your bravery is much appreciated.  Apparently, I know a lot about crappy television.  I am not talking about the TV people watch when they want to increase their knowledge or expand their mind.  I am talking about the TV that no one admits to watching.  That is my area of expertise. 

Don't get me wrong.  I am not the type that follows every little piece of celebrity gossip.  I love Twilight, but I totally do not care what Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart did last weekend.  I do, however, care if the cast of Jersey Shore is going to Italy.  

Also, I care about food.  As a couch potato, I have to eat something while I am watching horrible television programs.  I obsess over food.  I love food.  I especially love junk food, but I am trying to cut back.  I will tell you something - a salad sure doesn't taste as great as chips when I am watching episodes of Teen Mom.