October 26, 2010

Mel Gibson is kryptonite and other things I learned this week...


I learned stuff this week, because apparently life isn't about the Prada, it's all about the learning... yeah, whatever...

1- When the idiot director of The Hangover 2 hired Mel Gibson for a one-day cameo, the crew revolted and the homophobic misogynistic anti-Semitic lunatic was fired and replaced with Liam Neeson. Glad he is gone. Uh, the director thought this was a good idea why? Okay I knew Gibson was a douchebag before now, glad to see Hollyweird is figuring it out and deeming him commercial kryptonite, career kaput.

2- The Sony Walkman is officially dead. Though I haven't owned one for decades, that makes me nostalgic and a bit sad.

3- The Israeli version of Dancing with the Stars will feature a same-sex couple.

4- Glee + Rocky Horror = Anticipated awesomeness.

5- Yesterday, Canada's biggest city Toronto took a step back in time and elected Tea-Party-esque racist homophobe Rob Ford as mayor. Really, people?

6- There are five thousand janitors with PhDs in the USA.

7- My former TV favourite, Brothers and Sisters, had lost its mojo so much that I fell asleep during this week's episode. And we get it at 8 PM, people. I fell asleep during a show at 8 effing PM. How sad is that?

8- New York's Mayor Bloomberg, who fought to overturn term limits in order to get his own third term in office, now supports term limits again.

9- India has a car company called Tata, which builds a Nano car that looks like a Smart Car, which sells for about two thousand dollars US.

10- The Good Wife Julianna Margulies was actually third choice for the role, as the network had apparently offered the role to Helen Hunt and Elisabeth Shue. Both great actresses, am glad they said no --- Ms Margulies is superb in a smart and fascinating role, in a great show.

11- The kid on Three and a Half Men makes 300 grand an episode. THE KID! Oy we all chose the wrong careers...

21 comments:

Aunt Juicebox said...

Shoot. I didn't like the first movie, and wasn't planning to watch the second one, but Liam Neeson is all kinds of hot!

Gigi said...

I saw that about the Walkman - it makes me sad too.....

madtexter (corey james) said...

Great weekly rundown. I watched four episodes of Brothers and Sisters yesterday. I had to catch up on my DVR viewing. Nora had me so frustrated that it took her soooooo long to warm up on her radio show tryout, I was yelling at the TV, "SAY SOMETHING ALREADY, YOU DITZ!" She had me wanting to smack her across the face like Cher, and say "SNAP OUT OF IT!"

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

Ha ha ha - SNAP OUT OF IT! That is so perfect!

Mads said...

Woah, I had no idea Glee was doing Rocky Horror. life is now complete.

Sassy Stylings said...

This post was like a Harper's Index - très informative.

I really hope Glee doesn't ruin The Rocky Horror Show. I'm not a fan of musicals but this is one of the few I'm very fond of. And Glee has sorely disappointed so far this season. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

@ Mads - The Rocky Horror Glee show is on tonight, and yes I am waiting for it!

@ Sassy - yep, I agree that Glee has disappointed this year. Rocky Horror is their chance for redemption!

Saucy B said...

Mel Gibson is an absolute freak. Hope you can stay awake for Glee ;-)

Ray's Cowboy said...

I can not wait for Glee tonight I think it is going to be wild and fun.

Ray

Ken Harvey said...

The Toronto election has made me very sad. We are Americans who are trying to escape tea-baggerism by moving to Toronto! This guy is so anti-immigrant and anti-gay that we'll probably wait four years before they let us in.

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

Totally agree - the Toronto election of Rob Ford was scary, especially if is a sign of things to come n the US next week.

anonymouspunchingbag.com said...

#6 sort of shocked me (initially)...and then I thought more about it. Many "brilliant" people are extremely, socially awkward. Guessing janitorial work is somewhat autonomous and doesn't require much collaboration. Who knows?

JustLinda said...

I'm all pouty 'cause I missed Glee, didn't record it or anything.

Also, I just got back from India and saw Tata cars all over the place! Tata is, evidently, a huge company that has its tentacles in everything...

Lauren said...

I actually found out about #3 doing a school project two days ago. Freaky much? YAY! A homophobic racist leading the city I want to move to in two years! Great! I don't know how I feel about #6. Unless they love it... kind of seems like a waste to me.

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

@ punchingbag --- I know, it shocked me too; maybe because of the economy, or newer arrivals to the country? wasted potential for sure.

@ Linda --- I hadnt even heard of Tata before this week, it is amazing what we don't know! And Glee was good, not great, though worth checking out. Will probably be up on the fox website this week; I have watched previous episodes on the globaltv site here in Canada.

@ Lauren - yep, that is kind of freaky. And as for Toronto, that is shocking to me, even here in Alberta we put a liberal in as mayor!

Wicked Shawn said...

I'm euphoric about Liam Neeson, he is also doing a cameo of at least one episode on The Big C, a Showtime series starring Laura Linney which is fabulous. Mel Gibson can crawl in a hole and drink himslef to death now, he has my permission.

DVR'd Glee, kind of excited, but Drama Queen has never seen the real Rocky Horror Picture Show (how have I failed her like this??)so we are Netflixing it first.

*shaking head in disappointment at Toronto* Et Tu, Toronto, Et Tu.

meleah rebeccah said...

I loved the 1st Hang Over and I am SO glad they fired Mel Gibson from the 2nd one. He's too much of an asshat.

Oh, and I am totally with you on the Glee + Rocky Horror = Awesomeness.

Annie (Lady M) x said...

I was totally shocked when all that stuff about Mel Gibson came out. He always seemed such a dude, and to find out that he was exactly the opposite was a surprise. In England, we would call him a Twat!

Ha ha! You read about the death of the Sony Walkman too? I thought I was the only person in the whole world sad enough to click on the news article!!

Ken Harvey said...

The election in the US is going to be a blood bath. I voted absentee, then arrived in Toronto today for a week so I won't have to be around to watch it first hand.

injaynesworld said...

So sorry to hear about the election of the right-wing nut mayor. I had thought Canada was above that sort of thing. It no place safe?

Ditto on Gibson.

Double ditto on Brothers and Sisters. They lost me when they turned the Calista Flockhart character into a whiny housewife.

Great wrap-up!

Being Tazim said...

totally agree with you about Brothers & Sisters - of course, I only really watch it because of Rachel Griffiths, and the guy who plays Scotty. Can't stand Calista Flockhart, and I'm glad her husband died.

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