I Love Weiner

Anthony Weiner is a congressman from New York. He is very smart, and very good at yelling at people - a trait I greatly admire.

Here he is yelling at Republicans because of their vote on a health care bill for workers who got sick from working at ground zero after 9/11.

Basically, the Democrats tried to fast track the bill so there could be no amendments attached to it. And the Republicans voted it down.

Weiner's response...

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Ali the Bachelorette: The Guys Tell Us Not That Much

I don't recap this. And for good reason. To wit:

No Justin. Okay, that sucks, but...

No crazy hair Craig. Ooh, that's not too good either, but...

No Frank. They're "saving" him for "after the final rose". So basically, this show features nothing we want to see.

Question: why don't they have it in their contracts that they have to appear on this show? Wouldn't that be standard? This doesn't seem hard, people.

Hold up. There is one thing we want to see: Frog Voice/Deaf guy.

The other guys all verify that Kasey is indeed crazy, but they "respect" him for it. He was "there for the right reasons". I guess the right reasons involve singing and talking funny.

As the guys are saying how psycho Kasey is, he looks like he's never been happier.

Frog voice's voice is less froggy. He also thinks he's a "good memory".

"Guard and Protect Your Heart" count = 5.

In true Manning brother fashion, Ugly Manning Brother is acting like he's the quarterback of the dudes.

Chris Harrison goes into the audience for questions, and the first lady is very inappropriately dressed for that giant spare tire she's sporting. Good Lord. It's like a spare tire for a Jeep.

Ali comes out and oh no! A giant bird has taken a dump on her head. Oh, that's her hair do.

Fuck me. Deaf guy sings. It's uncomfortable. I hate how he thinks he's in on the joke and yet he totally isn't.

The end.


Next week - the lame finale, and then...Bachelor Pad! They could not make the finale look more boring and Bachelor Pad look more awesome. Interesting strategy, but sadly, I'm on board for both.

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Can't Stop Watching This Trailer

It might not be a great movie, but it sure is a great 3 minute short. The music is sick.

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These Are the Posts I Should Be Writing

Josh Friedman is a writer. He has a blog. He averages a post a year. And it's usually awesome. Maybe if I only posted once a year, it would be like this, but I doubt it.

I discovered him because he wrote a great blog about the time a studio tried to steal writing credit from him on "War of the Worlds". This was especially interesting to me because I had the same shit happen (on the movie, "Not Even Close to War of the Worlds")

Anyway, I've actually been thinking a lot lately about 1 hour dramas. Yes, these are the things I think about. For example, there are shows like "Lost" and "24", and then there are "procedurals" - Law and Order, CSI, The Mentalist, House, etc. These are shows that have a different case that is solved every episode.

For whatever reason, middle America is like Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. They love procedurals - so easy to follow! - and get "frightened and confused" by shows that don't have neat endings after each episode.

This is annoying.

But just as this was all in my head, Josh Friedman has a great post about it. You might enjoy it.

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