Caffeinated Clint
Well, it’s been an interesting week in both the entertainment, and the regular world in general.
With that in mind, I’d like to tell you a little story. You see:
My Television Is Trying To Kill Me
I’m a big fan of “Scrubs”. I was a big fan of Channel 7 when they first started airing “Scrubs”. I was a reasonable fan of 7 when they kept playing “Scrubs”, but moved it to 11:00 at night. I was less of a fan of them when they played “Scrubs” once a week at 12:30am Monday mornings. Now it’s gone, I don’t like them anymore.
Just like “That 70’s Show”, “Arrested Development” & many other classic shows, 7 has buried “Scrubs” in the graveyard shift (“Development” didn’t even get the benefit of a complete season run), and eventually, stopped playing them altogether.
Thank god I’ve got Foxtel. Not to plug them (unless they want to deliver money in briefcases to me), but it seems that these, and many other gems are finally been given decent time-slots on pay TV, and surprise! They’re all currently doing great numbers in the ratings.
Maybe it’s time to start putting aside crap like “Last Man Standing”, “Supernanny” (here’s a hint for parents – if you don’t discipline your kids, they’ll grow up to be little shits!), and the constant repeats of Jamie Oliver (love ya Jamie!), “Sex & The City” & “Everybody Loves Raymond”, and perhaps give something new a crack at prime-time. Speaking of which, what the hell happened to “Boston Legal”???
I don’t want to beat up on 7, honestly I don’t, but there’s one big thing, and one little thing that they’ve done lately that makes me feel like there’s a monkey scratching at my colon. Firstly – a couple of Moviehole-heads wrote in to give me a bit of a “Please explain” regarding “Las Vegas” (as in James Caan, Josh Duhamel). Are you confused regarding what’s been happening? Does it seem like it’s lost the plot a little bit during the second season? Here’s the answer:
When they brought “Las Vegas” back for the second season a couple of months back, the belief was that they did not have a suitable time-slot for it for “adult” viewing, and therefore decided to air it at 7:30pm on Sunday nights, followed by another episode every Thursday at the same time. The problem is, obviously “LV” can be a touch saucy at times, so those types of episodes can’t be played before 8:30. The bright solution? Skip the episodes. So one moment, Danny & Mary are together and getting married, the next episode, they hate each other, the next one – they’re fine again. The only bright side to this crap decision is that they have gone back to showing the missing episodes after “The Mole: The Amazing Game” (surprisingly quite good), and before “Alias” every Thursday night, it just means you kind of have to remember what happened a few months earlier…..
Now, secondly, and admittedly it’s a little petty, but why do 7 (outside of the obvious) feel the need to advertise “Alias” as being “From The Creators Of ‘Lost’”? Hasn’t Jennifer Garner been providing the network with solid ratings for the past 3 years now?
The very last thing on what looks like a lot of whining, comes some good news for all Aussie viewers out there. Beginning on September 26th, Denis Leary’s “Rescue Me” is at long last coming to local screens, on Fox 8. It’s an amazing show and you should all give it a looky-loo when it starts.
Alright, there’s been lots of talk of cancelled, missing and very crap shows here, so my question of the week: What’s your favorite cancelled show, and why? Send it on through to me adam@moviehole.net, and we’ll check out the best of them next week.
The Rehash
Let meeeeeeeee entertain you!
If the rumors are to be believed, young Robbie Williams is about to don his finest pair of flairs, and boogie the night away for an upcoming remake of “Saturday Night Fever”. I’m one of the few admitted Robbie fans here at Moviehole, but even I nearly dry-reached when I heard this one. “Saturday Night Fever” had a great soundtrack, but really, and I might be alone here….. was “Fever” really that good that we need another version of it?
I scream, you scream, we all scream for…. Something-something
“Scream 4” on the way? Jeez, I’m surprised Neve Campbell is interested in returning for another one, given all the success that she’s……. Oh…… Right.
Shanghai Dukes
Jessica Simpson has made the suggestion that the follow up film for “Dukes Of Hazzard” might be filmed in England. Then she asked for an Atlas to find where England is, while she was in England…… Then she looked in a dictionary to find out what Atlas meant……
The Most Salacious Piece Of Tabloid Gossip This Week
Oh, those vicious celebrities. Stealing children’s lunches, stepping on butterflies, hurting puppies…. They can just be so nasty, can’t they? This week’s horrifying event involves the beautiful and lovely Drew Barrymore, who, if this report is to be believed, is one nasty customer. Here’s the news from the trusty crew at IMDB:
Barrymore Clashes with Family at Baseball Game
Actress Drew Barrymore has slammed reports she was thrown out of a baseball game following her rude and drunken behavior to a family recently, claiming the group in questioning were repeatedly photographing her. The Charlie’s Angels star, her rocker boyfriend Fabrizio Moretti and a group of friends were watching a New York Mets game in a luxury box at the Shea Stadium in Queens, New York City, when the family in the next box began taking photos of her. Despite Barrymore’s claims the family were disturbing her, the family allege the actress burst into their box and shouted at one of their group. Michael Delvecchio tells PageSix.com, "She was drinking and smoking like a chimney, so we asked the security guard to tell her to put out her cigarette because there were young children present, but she just kept on doing it. "Suddenly she stormed into our suite with a lit cigarette and berated one of my friends in front of his young daughter for taking a picture of her. Thankfully, one of the stadium staff kicked her out of our box." However, Barrymore responds, "The family making this claim were constantly taking pictures of me. And I politely asked them to stop, so that the people I was with would not be bothered. "And now they are making claims about my behavior, which is outrageous. This family obviously has a chip on their shoulder and another thought should not be wasted on this."
Sassy.
The Official Weeks Seal Of Approval DVD Release Of The Week
I loves me cartoons. I’ve got fond memories of Saturday morning’s, watching “The Herculoids”, “Space Ghost”, “Scooby-Doo”, “Thundercats” & loads more, but I’ve always had a soft spot for my pick of this week, Rocky & Bullwinkle And Friends – Complete Season Two.
Ah, the good old days of “Fractured Fairytales”, “Peabody & Sherman”, “Dudley Do-Right”, and the classic “Nuthin’ up my sleeve” odds & ends will give you a tasty little trip back to your younger years. For a 4 DVD set, it’s not bad value either at just under $40. There’s not a hell of a lot of extras on there, but the classic commercials are worth a look, and with 52 complete episodes, you’ll be pretty well entertained for a while to come.
In a little bit of other DVD news, for those fans in Oz who have been waiting forever and a day for “A Nightmare On Elm St.” to arrive on a shiny disc, early reports are that your luck might be about to change. According to a couple of the lads out there, “Nightmare” 1, 2 & 3 are due out here the beginning of October (4, 5, “Freddy’s Dead” & “New Nightmare” are not scheduled), and apparently, there will also be a box set containing the same films, possibly with a bonus disc.
People who witnessed the brilliant “Live 8” concert from back in July will also begin salivating over the November 7th International release of the entire concert, featuring everyone from Paul McCartney & U2 performing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” through to Green Day rocking the living shit out of Queen’s “We Are The Champions”. Live 8 will be a multi-disc release (I’m guessing 8-10 DVD’s at a minimum) and will, according to reports, contain the full sets of each of the artists who appeared. To give you an example of the content involved, Audioslave performed “Doesn’t Remind Me”, “Like A Stone”, “Black Hole Sun” & “Killing In The Name”, but out of all of it, only “Stone” was broadcast. It should make a great DVD set, and when we have more details, I’ll post ‘em up right here. In the meantime, check out Live 8 Live DVD for a bit more info, and the ability to check out some backstage clips.
Finally, in case the 5,000 people who have e-mailed about it somehow missed out on the news from Clint, “American Pie: Band Camp” also looks to be arriving early October.
The Funniest Friggin’ Thing I’ve Seen This Week
While we’re on Live 8, there has been some reports of, well, tampering on the aforementioned DVD’s. Here’s a tasty snack of something…..unusual, courtesy of the gents at Times Online: “During the long hot day of July 2, several singers, including Bono of U2, went briefly off-key while the performance of others, such as Pete Doherty of Babyshambles, was dismissed by critics as an embarrassment. Blushes will be spared thanks to a computer program called Auto-Tune, described by some as “Botox for the vocally challenged”.”
Click on over for the rest of it!
Now, last, but by certainly no means least, it’s time to talk about something important.
All of the boys & girls here at Moviehole are deeply saddened by the events in the United States last weekend caused by Hurricane Katrina. I would urge all of you Moviehole-heads out there in cyberspace to visit American Red Cross, and please donate whatever you can to aid in the relief effort, even if for some of you in the southern U.S., it involves donating your time, which the Salvation Army, and Red Cross need desperately.
With that in mind, I bid you all a good evening, and I’ll see you next Friday night.
Cheers,
Adam Weeks.
