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August 22, 2006
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
In Which I Am Auf'd!
Tim Gunn tells me it is time to clean up my work station, as my time here as a GuestChick is over. I suppose I should announce winners? OH BUT FIRST let me say what fun it's been. I loved reading everyone's BETWEEN themed blogs...and Yo, Whitney, for me this season it's HOUSE. Period. Panting to see House.
Although, I do have a Guilty Pleasure....very guilty, which I saw is shared by at least one chick in Whitney's comments! It's Nip/Tuck. I call it my porn, and I can't tell you the number of times I have had the following conversation on Nip/Tuck nights when I left Church Supper Club in time to get home and see it.
Me: UH! OH! Gotta run! It is TIME TO GO HOME AND WATCH MY PORN!
My husband: *shushing me* She doesn't mean actual porn.
Me: Oh. right. "My porn" is a pet name forNip/Tuck.
Anyone who has EVER seen the show even once: Oh. That is porn, pretty much.
They say that...
BECAUSE IT'S PORN! AND last season it becamse BAD porn because Ryan Murphy went off to make that movie, RUNNING WITH SCISSORS. Nip/Tuck is a show like Amy Sherman-Palladino's Gilmore Girls that really came to life because of a strong visionary at the helm. I have heard rumors that Mr. Murphy will have his hands back on the reins for this next season, SO, I am coming back for another heaping scoop of porn, thanks. Also? Secretly? Even though the show was VERY BAD last season? I still watched it because of the amount of time Julian McMahon spent wandering about in black Armani Manties.
Honestly? I used to mock the Manty. I did not understand it. Male underpants should be either Boxer-briefs, boxers, or regular briefs. That's right, I even prefer the dreaded tighty-whitey to the Manty. I felt the Manty was a crime against nature and should not exist, period, and then I saw Julian McMahon wearing them when the older red haired surgery addict was trying to make him be her snuggle bunny. He stood by her bed, proudly gleaming in his Manty, and Suddenly! The clouds lifted! Light came down! EUREKA!!! the Manty made complete sense!
And by "The Manty made complete sense" I obviously meant "IF you are Julian Mcmahon." And only him. If you are currently NOT Julian McMahon, for the LOVE OF GOD, go get yourself some of these. American Womanhood thanks you.
Speaking of GILMORES I am TICKED at the Girls. Amy Sherman-Palladino is GONE, and she made sure to GOOD AND WRECK the show before she left, so it can't possibly survive. I think Fonzi jumped the shark the day Sherilyn Fenn and her Lukely Daughter (the walking, talking, bespectacled plot device) first showed their dorsal fins. I will give it a chance because OH! THE LAUREN GRAHAM LOVE IS STRONG WITHIN THIS ONE, YODA, but...AS IF she would go jump on Christopher. Honey, please.
I am ALSO very much looking forward to Veronica Mars, Season Two. Yeah, you heard me. Two. It released today on DVD, and VM's six discs currently hold the top slots in my Netflix Q. I never could get into VM in season 1 from week to week, but watched the entire season in two enormous gulps on disc last year. I found it to be AWESOME. If only they had added VAMPIRES it would have been BUFFY LEVEL awesome. OR space. Putting Miss Mars in space would be good. But whatev. I am down with V for the duration.
Current ongoing obsession: Project Runway. ULI FOREVER! VIVA LA MICHAEL! MAY VINCENT CHOKE ON HIS OWN OBSCENE DOG HAT AND LEAVE IN SHAME, COUGHING UP HAT CHUNKS! And WHY did they can Bradley and Allison? Only Bradley gave good diary, and Allison was pleasant to look at. Bah! Wake up producers! Please quit letting the judges rules on the CLOTHES ALONE....send home the boring people.
OKAY enough TV talk...The winnahs are:
Paperback Copies of gods in Alabama go to Valerie Russo in NYC and Nienke Hinton in Canada
Hardbacks of Between, Georgia are heading straight for Maureen Emmons in Yardley PA and also Wendy Robertson in FREAKIN' Apopka Florida, and Dude...I wish I lived with Wendy, just because it's so dern fun to say "Apopka."
Those will go out next week. Thanks for having me, guys. Twas lovely. Peace!
Posted by at 9:35 AM | Comments (7)
Comments
Nip Tuck IS porn. No way around it. And if you think Julian McMahon is hot in his manty, did you not see the episode of two WITHOUT the manty? As in, without anything on that tuchus? Now I am not a butt girl, but some things are just a chiseled work or art no matter what!
I am so depressed that GG is going to die and I just started watching it. And I tend to agree about that daughter of Lukes. That's a great white if I ever saw one. There are only so many brick walls you can throw up before the audience gets frustrated, and that was a brick wall too many. Especially the way Luke reacted to it and DIDN'T TELL LORELEI! Hello! Anyway... I'm new to the show, so I will shut up.
You all are making want to watch Veronica Mars, though. Never seen it. Might actually be missing something. Though, no offense, Lani, but The Office still turns my stomach. Blech!
Posted by: Cate at August 22, 2006 10:29 AM
Continuing the GG rant . . . And Rory with that bad rich boy? Ick. He's what? Like five foot two? Hated it. Hated it. Hated it. And the Jess guest appearance? That was so lame. Still, I am waiting with baited breath. It was such a wonderful show for so long. I'll hang in through this last season.
Nip/Tuck had me for season one and then . . . pfft. I was gone. Ditto with Rescue Me.
We will miss you, Joshilyn, you brave rescuer of babies and dogs!
The LC Eileen
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at August 22, 2006 11:53 AM
Thanks so much for the book. I've been watching Project Runway and I'm hoping this week Vincent gets the boot.
Posted by: Maureen at August 22, 2006 1:33 PM
Joss! It was so great having you here! Winners - I've read both books, and you're lucky, lucky Chicklets!
And Catie - you need to give The Office another chance. Season 1 was painful; Season 2 was brilliance. It took me awhile to get into it, but I'm completely on board now. Can't wait!
Posted by: Lani at August 22, 2006 6:14 PM
Um, what are manties? Someone enlighten me so I, too, can heap heapings of scorn on them.
Bye, Joss!
Posted by: ZaZa at August 22, 2006 7:45 PM
OH! THE DREADED MANTY! They are also known as Weenie Bikinis. They are male underpants that look kinda like a Speedo Swimsuit.
Here is a too pretty boy wearing an exceptionally girly-cut Manty...I dont; know if even JULIAN could pull this Manty off. Whoops. No pun intended.
http://www.mensunderwearstore.com/jm/JX-88192-B
Posted by: Joshilyn at August 23, 2006 4:45 AM
See, that is the problem. I only watch the Gilmore Girls on ABC Family and they are all reruns/syndicated. I haven't ever seen the new shows! What channel is it actually on? What do you mean Luke has a daughter? Argh! AND this is the last season?! How can this be?!! I was listening to the show yesterday--it was the episode where the grandmother, Lorelei's dad's mother, dies suddenly of a heart attack--and Lorelei's mom is frantically making phone calls, trying to fulfill the old woman't last wishes and have the funeral exactly like she had planned it 20 years ago. There she is, trying to find florists who were dead and ministers who were retired and she was put on hold. The person came back on and she said "Yes, I'm still here. Remarkable, isn't it!" and I just lost it! She is so terribly snarky and I never realized it before. I want to try that line out next time I am put on hold....
Nip/Tuck? Never seen it. Sounds like I am missing some "good" stuff, eh?! Manties--I can think of a few guys I wouldn't mind seeing in something like that! *leers evilly*
Posted by: Sheri at August 24, 2006 12:50 AM
