Bad TV

So begins another TV season and a bunch new and old shows are out to get hooked on.... again

I get enough crap about how much TV I watch, so I've decided to only watch one new show this year... more on that next time...

(speaking on the guy who gives me crap on that, the baseball bet has gotten a little closer and this could end in a tie... stay tuned)

So today, I'd like to talk about some shows that I really disdain... I mean I really do and there's a good reason. Next time, I'll talk about my favorite shows. Onto the crap...

Shows I disdain


24 - This show was innovative, exciting, and on the edge of your seat entertainment... but many of the things that made the show great, no longer are present on the show now. Plus I don't know why Jack Bauer never seems to go to the bathroom, or stop to eat something... The plots are formulaic and predictable, and I don't like how they treat middle eastern ethnicities or the Chinese for that matter. It has become so cliche it's not even funny (especially with the fear in the media today) From what I read, the new season is supposed to be more personal and gripping. Whatever... just make sure Kiefer stops drinking himself silly.


The Real World - This show genre was the pioneer in reality show programming... before Survivor was ever a twinkle in Mark Burnett's eye, this show kicked major ass. There was the first season in New York, there was the season in San Francisco and it's focus on AIDS and HIV and becoming familiar with someone on TV who had it. It was truly revolutionary. It was thought provoking. It was a breath of fresh air. But now? Sex. Fighting. Sex. Fighting. Nudity. Promiscuity. More Nudity. Fighting. Crying. Semi transparent/Opaque shower doors. Sex in the shower. Oh and they are in an exotic locale which is really superfluous because the house really looks the same every year. I don't know when this show took its nose dive into everything raunchy. But I have a problem with people who whore themselves out for attention. I see that enough in real life, and don't need it in my TV show viewing. In general, I really am starting to disdain reality TV that doesn't involve food and competition.


Grey's Anatomy - This show is by far the most tired, boring, unimaginative piece of crap I've seen in some time. I was sucked in because many people at work love it. And when I say people, I mean the women, and one guy who really should stop watching it but has to because his wife does. Anyway, I watched it long ago and then stopped for 2 seasons or so. The women would talk about it and I didn't know what they were talking about, so I started to watch it again and lucky for me, I got to watch one of the worst seasons. You know a show is bad, when the main character is in a life threatening situation plot and about to die, and you kinda hope she does. Another thing I hate is the dialogue and it bears repeating what I saw 1 minute last night when the two off again - on again characters where about to break up again. This is how it sorta went...

McDreamy: So we are breaking up...
McMeredith: We are breaking up...
McDreamy: We are breaking up...
McMeredith: We are breaking up...

I'm sorry, can someone please put them out of their misery? I turned the channel and to my dismay this morning when I wanted to know what happened after that?... It was breakup sex. (but I'm sure the stimulating pillow talk was great as well) I'm sorry but if you still like this show... aren't you tired of the run around? This couple is light years behind the 'tug on heart strings' nature of Ross and Rachel, or even Pam and Jim (more on those two in the shows I like blog entry). These two are not at all likable and this is why the show failed with me. In addition, I've never seen such bad acting, bad story telling, bad dialogue, and just bad characters on a supposedly popular TV show.


Desperate Housewives - Now for those people who can't take the intellectual complexities of a hospital on Grey's Anatomy. Never fear. Because there's another show on ABC that will entertain you with the use of fewer brain cells. That show is Desperate Housewives. Granted, I've only watched like 3 episodes (if that many), so this is based on a small sample size. But honestly, if you watch any more than that... I think you might need to go to a doctor (preferably not one from Seattle Grace on Grey's Anatomy). Know what the problem with this show is? Name one actress from this show. Did you say Eva Longoria? There in lies the problem. For a good show, the first person mentioned varies. That's a sign of a great ensemble cast. Eva Longoria is a good actress, but so are Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher, Nicolette Sheridan, and my favorite Marcia Cross. But it seems that I only can recall Eva Longoria... or maybe it's because I follow basketball and she's always watching her husband Tony Parker play all the time. Anyway, it's a slippery slope when your show is only about one person... case in point.

Show with an ensemble cast


Show all about one guy

That's not a good thing.

And from the files of, I liked this show when it was on the first time... I really hated that it was pulled off the air and now it's back as a horrible clone...


Moonlight - whatever... you are just filler for small headed, big haired Jennifer Love Hewitt's show. I much preferred ...



Angel - Now that's a vampire show...

The last show I want to bring up, isn't really a show, but really a person. A person that has been force fed down our throats, burned into our retinas, and made to believe is a talented cook... Oh yes my friends, you definitely know where I am going with this... the queen of Yum-O herself.


Rachael Ray - Yeah, not much I can say about her...

Except that I really don't understand how she has like 3-5 shows on TV. She doesn't know how to tip on that one show. She cooks meals in 30 minutes on that other show, which I wouldn't want to eat in the first place. She tries to act like she's much younger than she is with phrases like "Yum-O" which only makes her look pathetic and not sexy and definitely not cute. I could write an essay on why Rachael Ray is bad but it could be worse...


...A LOT WORSE.

Next time... shows I just love.

LeeZy

Coddling

By now, you might have seen the famous video of Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy yell at Oklahoman newspaper sports reporter Jenni Carlson. If not... here it is...

Basically, Ms. Carlson wrote an article on why the star quarterback to the football team was benched when he was probably the best player on the team. Ms. Carlson appears to be a legit sports reporter for the Oklahoman and has a blog where she writes down her thoughts about the Oklahoma State football team. The article in question... (wait... have you read the article yet?) is what caused the football coach to blow up and get all upset about the media (or namely, Ms. Carlson) who verbally attacked a harmless, good kid.

Kid huh? Let's look up his stats... born December 1985... that would make him 21 years old. Yeah, whatever... he's a football player... legal drinking age... adult in the eyes of the law... I'm sure he can take the criticism... it's called character building, it's called building your personal resolve, it's called getting thick skinned, it's called growing up!

So if one has read the article, one will read that Ms. Carlson made a bunch of comments (from observations or other sources) that sheds some light on why everyone is defending Bobby Reid, the football player that got clowned in the article.


It's pretty funny stuff. Not only has the coach reacted like Will Ferrell which is comedy gold (in a youtube video that will be the most viewed video this week), but the article is hilarious... I mean the guy is still being fed by his mother.

Yes, you read that right... here's a quote:

" Bobby Reid stood near the team charters last Friday night, using his cell phone, eating his boxed meal. It would've been normal post-game activity but for one thing. His mother was feeding him chicken."

I certainly hope he washed down that chicken with a nice glass of his mother's breast milk... oh what am I saying... I'm sure he still gets it straight from the source... the fresher the better.


Now I understand that coach Mike Gundy doesn't want to have the confidence of quarterback Bobby Reid, shrivel up to the size of a lima bean, or worse, a chicken drumette. The person is young and this is his future and everything... but if what was said, is true... this is freaking hilarious... a grown man (yes you can be a grown man at 21), still being fed by his mom... you were asking for it... fear the bloggers!


That's what's missing from the coverage of this article, the response, and the youtube video goodness.

I just needed to say that... okay... as you were...

Here comes the airplane....
it's doing a loop the loop.....
weee!!!! ...
it's flying and now it's diving....
up and down... side to side...
oh oh...
it needs to land....
I think someone needs to open up the hangar...

Now that's mommy's good boy... yes he is... he's the most special quarterback in the world...

LeeZy

Think you can steal my @#$%!& and sell it?

30 years per felony x 7 felonies = locked up for a long long time.... It's about time...

Oh OJ... you stupid, stupid man... but I guess if you did steal all that memorabilia, it was because you loved it so much right? What? You're sorry? You want to give it back...?

I read this morning that this is comparable to Hitler being acquitted of all the heinous crimes he committed, but then being busted later for running a red light and thrown in jail for the rest of his life. Firstly, this is not the same as Hitler and I don't even know where to start about how that's not the same. But the end result is what is satisfying to me. There's audio tapes of him false imprisoning people, shouting orders... it shows that side we all suspected, the one that is able to brutally murder 2 people in cold blood and then think he did nothing wrong, or completely forget the whole incident altogether.

Well anyway, I hope this time, the trial is not going to be a media whore's wet dream... but I somehow doubt it. This guy isn't available to represent OJ (God rest his soul)...


But I bet this guy is...


But good luck with that armed robbery thing... I'm sure you'll find a way out of it... you can blame it on other people like Michael Vick... oh wait... that didn't end up well either. Oh well...

Memo to the prosecution: Please avoid the previously racist cops who might not have the best history... Personally I'd prefer you hire this investigator out of Las Vegas...


LeeZy

Those that labored through Labor Day

Hello... hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend.

Today, I'm going to pontificate about sports people who had bad weekends... because there are certainly people who didn't have great weekends or had weekends that could have been better. I mean really... why was anyone working hard over this weekend? It's Labor Day. Oh whatever.


1) Michigan fans

To put into perspective how shameful Michigan's loss to Appalachian State was this weekend at home, I must put it into a comparison to other sports and English sports. It's like 2006 Minor League AAA champion baseball team Tucson beating the Tigers in Detroit. It's like Hamburg (champions of NFL Europa, a sub-tiered football league) beat the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans. But to best describe how egregious this loss was, let me use an English Premier League reference...

It's like Sunderland beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last year before Sunderland ascended to the Premier League.

Top level college football teams schedule these cupcake, mickey mouse type games early in the season, to give their team a guaranteed win, perhaps show some charity to those lower level teams... but rarely has it come back and kick a team squarely in the crotch like this... Unbelievable... at least some teams play in a decent match-up their first game out.


2) Reche Caldwell

He got cut from the New England Patriots this weekend... I think he's still bugging out from January's football game.

3) Maria Sharapova

It's sucks to lose... but it also sucks when your father/coach/control freak, decides to leave before you even finish your match, in which you are losing in the last set... in quite a horrific fashion... good parenting Yuri Sharapova... and good coaching... way to give the impression to your daughter to never give up...

I must admit though... it was a brutal match... but it was your daughter who had to scream, yell, and grunt through that long, hard, exhausting, climatic set... (eat your heart out Danielle Steele)


At least we got to see what she wears during the day as opposed to night... the above picture is her red evening outfit if she was still in the tournament...

4) Notre Dame

Could you at least decide on a quarterback? Do you know what this horrible team is missing... this guy as coach.... again ... I like to think the fans of Notre Dame are as delusional as this guy.

5) Me because of a stupid baseball bet I made...

So back in April, before this baseball season started... I was offered this seemingly harmless bet. Which pitcher would have the most wins... a top guy who just signed for 7 years, 130+ million dollars, or some guy off the scrap heap who was washed up in every sense of the word. A number one pitcher versus a number five pitcher. The loser would have to organize a softball game that I have been known to organize in the past.

How could I lose? I mean really... even though I thought that expensive baseball pitcher sucked, he would surely get more wins than the number 5 guy who eats at In N Out Burger twice a day. Come on!

my guy

the other guy (Mr. Double Double)

So I took up the bet where I bet Barry Zito, #1 pitcher of your San Francisco Giants would have more wins by the end of the season than Russ Ortiz, #5 pitcher of your San Francisco Giants. And even if there was a tie, I would lose, because it's shameful to draw on a technicality when I'm trying to prove even if some guy is overrated, he would at the very least do better than the #5 pitcher.

It seems my friend would be trying to win on some kind of loophole, like wins in AAA baseball or relief appearances... but that was the least of my worries. I like trying to make things as fair as possible and as interesting as possible... to my detriment.

After May 3 (5 games each), the standings were as follows...
Zito 2 wins
Ortiz 2 wins

Not good, Zito didn't start very well and Ortiz was performing better than expected... but then the first monkey wrench was thrown in. Ortiz had to go on the disabled list... So we were at an impasse. I didn't want the bet to end and it was not going to be very interesting for all parties if we just stopped right then and there.... After deliberating for about a month... and seeing how this new rookie was performing for the Giants, I would let my friend use the player who was taking Ortiz's place in the pitching rotation while the other guy was out on injury.... that guy was Tim Lincecum.

the new guy

I was being generous... I didn't want the bet to die... it made me happy to hear him complain about the Giants and I needed a way for him to stay interested. Ortiz eventually came back to pitch but in relief, but my damage had already been done... or so I thought.

After June 5 (13 games each), standings were as follows...
Zito 6 wins
Ortiz/Lincecum 4 wins

At the time, my friend was thinking he could just forget Ortiz and use Lincecum instead, which would have made the standings closer, but it was all about Ortiz vs Zito, to be fair.

What would be fair was to have Ortiz play for the entire season instead of get hurt for the 2nd time on June 5th. So we reverted back to Lincecum for Ortiz instead while he was out.

Ortiz didn't come back until August, but the damage was already done... and thoughts of organizing a softball game would soon haunt me... again. The standings were tied.

After August 7 (24 games each), standings were as follows...
Zito 8 wins
Ortiz/Lincecum 8 wins

So once again, this seems fair... the original bet conditions were on... who would win most before the end of the season... do or die... winner take all... this is Spartaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sorry]

I did fairly well... Zito had 1 win and Ortiz didn't have any... I was pretty happy...

After August 22 (27 games each), standings were as follows...

Zito 9 wins
Ortiz/Lincecum 8 wins

So what would ruin this good run? Save my friend from regretting this horrible choice in a bet? Why that would be a season ending injury to his pitcher... He pretty much conceded the whole thing... he was done... but we went this far... why not just see what happens... his point was made though... Ortiz was better than I thought... or the #5 guy was better than I thought. I think we might just end up sharing this bet 50/50 because there were so many things wrong and unfortunate with the timing of the injuries...

So to extend the bet, to see what happens... I let my friend... actually convinced my friend to take a very favorable scenario... he would take the pitcher that replaced Ortiz... another guy by the name of Kevin Correia who was fresh from lack of work this season.

the last guy (lifeline)

[by the way, if you know nothing about baseball, or find baseball boring, but you are still reading this to see if there's going to be a softball game... I applaud you... but this bet isn't over yet... check back in a month]

It seems that I may have pressed my luck... because now I'm finally losing...

After September 4 (29 games each), standings were as follows...

Zito 9 wins
Ortiz/Lincecum/Correia 10 wins

and with one month to go... I give up... granted that now I feel like giving up because I'm losing... but this bet seems to be flawed ever since the original guy got hurt... I'm more than willing to share hosting/organizing duties for this softball game if the margin of victory stays the same... What do you think? Vote in the poll and help us decide. I think I should be given a lifeline because I threw him 2 or was that 3 lifelines?

Or as he suggested, we could decide this at the batting cages...


So yeah... bad sports weekend for me... this is starting to suck big time.

LeeZy