Grid Effect

It has been a long week for this site and with my newfound work detail, I miss the days of docility around here where I could get a post out pre-10am and not think about it the rest of the morning. Anyway, this being the last day with nary an episode of television to discuss (Thank God), I am going to take the cowards way out and offer up some more links. I am about to get hit with a shitstorm of busy work…

Here is an article from Slate tying the Yeats poem (”The Second Coming”) into not only the most recent episodes of The Sopranos, but the beginning of the series as well. Really, really insightful stuff. I’d like to think I could write something like this if I was interested in dissecting poetry. But I’m not, so that we’ll be the excuse I kid myself with.

Remember yesterday, when I suggested that Ben Silverman’s first order of business as the new entertainment president of NBC would be to outline a plan for Friday Night Lights? Yeah, well, I was wrong. It was actually to listen to Donald Trump and Mark Burnett plead to keep The Apprentice on his network.

There is a Springfield (The one in Minnesota, more specifically) that is actively offended by the portrayal of the nondescript Springfield on The Simpsons. So much so, in fact, that they’re refusing to participate in some Simpsons contest as a result. There are only sixteen Springfield’s competing (I have been told there is one in every state but I cannot verify that), the other thirty-three I assume are casual observers of this because they are either unaware of the contest, have better shit to do or do not exist. But Springfield, Minnesota? They’re riding the pine on a high moral ground. Classy. I’ve heard the phrase “Minnesota Nice” before, and the few people I have met from the Land of 10,000 Lakes do tend to be overly convivial, but apparently that implies we should all walk on egg shells for the obscure Big Ten representatives. Well, I, for one, will do no such thing. Next time someone says, “Top of The Mornin’” to me, there’s going to be hell to pay.

MSN estimates what several high-profile fictional television characters would earn at their jobs/careers. Surprisingly, there’s no Paulie Walnuts or Marlo Stanfield on there.

While we’re profiling new series for the fall, there are actually forty shows set to debut this summer. I’ll try to keep up on some of them and if anyone has any requests, lets us know. Otherwise we’ll probably dismiss everything as beyond the pale, as most summer series’ tend to be.

One benefit of going onto Survivor is contingent on whether or not you’ve procreated, because your lineage will think you’re cool afterwards. This is from Berkeley, which isn’t surprising.

The Real World: Las Vegas season, which is widely considered a turning point in the “groundbreaking” reality series from the rational to irrational, had a reunion this week. Here’s a synopsis of what took place. If no one threw any silveware, then I’m not interested.

That’s it for the week. We’ll be back Monday with new Entourage and Sopranos episodes to write about.