This one isn’t a faux pas.

Atlas Shrugged was featured as the question to the $200 answer in this evening’s “Literary Titles” category (Jeopardy Round). It was the first answer of the game. I don’t think the Jeopardy! people like having clips from the show up on the YouTube, so I can’t post a video. The clue was cute. Alex gave a spoken clue (”1957 novel about a strong female executive”) while a video clip ran. The clip depicted a member of the “Clue Crew” with a giant inflatable globe on his shoulders, which he set down and “shrugged” in an exaggerated fashion. The other clues in the category also included humorous visual puns. It made me smile.

Posted by Qwertz at 8:58pm on 14 Jan | No Comments

Kathy Griffin co-hosted New Year’s Eve at Times Square with Anderson Cooper on CNN last night. And she claims to be D-List. That’s a squarely C-List activity.

Kathy tried her hardest to get Anderson fired, at one point asking him who, in the current administration, he would most enjoy waterboarding. Of course we all know Anderson’s position on waterboarding (even though he never really comes out and says it), so he was quite perturbed, refused to answer, and accused Kathy of “crossing the line.” To which Ms Griffin responded by looking at the camera and saying, “That’s what I’m here for!” They moved on, but Anderson was just a little bit more prickly to Kathy from then on. I couldn’t tell if he was just playing off her aggressiveness, or if he had actually grown uncomfortable.

Notably absent were Kathy’s frequent expletives and any jokes about Anderson’s mysterious sexual preferences.

All in all, Kathy was well behaved and generally amusing, and Anderson was his usual collected self, even if he wasn’t sure what to make of Kathy.

Happy 2008 everyone!

Posted by Qwertz at 4:16pm on 1 Jan | No Comments

Warning: Project Runway spoilers ensue!

Augh!

For some reason, I’ve been watching Season 4 of Project Runway. I blame Flibbert, but it’s not really his fault.

Last week, Chris March left. I disagreed with that choice, purely on quality-of-product grounds. I think the judges booted him because of his poor performance as leader, rather than the quality of his own work. Leader in a group challenge. A group challenge really early in the show. The second group challenge in the show. On the fourth episode. In my uneducated and inexperienced opinion, group challenges this early in the game are putting too much emphasis on interpersonal dynamics and not enough emphasis on quality of product. I don’t think the show should be so much about personalities, but it is. Even so, Ricky’s mess last week was far worse than Chris’.

So I was a bit distressed when Chris left. But today, Chris came back.

He got un-aufed.

Joy!

Everyone says he’s too costumey, but if Chris is costumey, then I like costumey.

Normally, this would be a delightful turn of events, but it comes at a horrible cost - Jack Mackenroth (whom I found mildly irritating, but whose designs I universally enjoyed) elected to leave the show for medical treatment of an MRSA infection.

Agony!

If I were more invested in this show, I’d be very conflicted about this.

Update: Bah. I’m done with Project Runway.

Posted by Qwertz at 11:46pm on 12 Dec | No Comments

Mr Trebek had a minor heart attack at his home yesterday. He is recovering in hospital, and intends to continue hosting Jeopardy! when it resumes taping in January. I wish him well, and look forward to many more awkward contestant interviews in the future.

Posted by Qwertz at 10:15pm on 11 Dec | No Comments

*Sniffle*

Once again, The Closer proves itself to be the best damn show on TV.

Posted by Qwertz at 12:07am on 4 Dec | No Comments