Grid Effect

We were going to preview tonight’s network options after failing to come through on yesterday;s promise. But after skimming the websites we realized the last time we did this was also a Friday night, and not much has changed with the seasons. So we’re going to resort to more links throughout the day. It’s not the classiest move, but coming to this site for class is like going to Europe for baseball, so that can hardly be pinned on us.

If you’ve watched a season of The Real World in the past five years, then you know that the natives in whichever city it takes place in, don’t tend to take kindly to strangers with enormous camera crews following them around. Normally I would agree with some civil discourse about what an inconvenience they’re making the city, but it usually isn’t carried out like that. It’s usually some drunken meatheads out at a bar who want to “mark their territory” so to speak by whaling on one of the housemates, usually the whiter and preppier he looks, the more likely he is to be on the business end of several drunken, curled up fists.

Scenes like this should be avoided, but this show shouldn't exist anymore, either. See, the world's full of surprises!

Anyhow, I bring this up because the new season is set in Brooklyn (you only call it New York if it is set in Manhattan, apparently), and they are giving the new cast ample notice that their presence is unwanted. Thing is though, from my past experiences in Brooklyn, there isn’t that many ex-frat boys that are going to be physically confrontational. Its not like going to Austin or Chicago or New Orleans, so while the cast may be more unwelcomed there than anywhere else to date, the token undersized white guy might not get knocked on his ass. Assuming he doesn’t venture over to Manhattan. Progress? Yeah, I’d say so. All you have to do to keep my generation in line is to keep them all away from each other.

Speaking of reality television, Russell Brand will be hosting the VMA’s this year. Some of this antics this guy has pulled border on unprofessional and inappropriate, even for this site. But we have to give credit where credit is due, he was, in a landslide, the best thing about Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It seems like a suitable choice, even if a little forced, but while he was best known for his Big Brother “work”, the man is well-versed, even if he is imperfect.

In short, we admire the creativity of the hire. He should certainly do a better job than Mike Meyers. Who judging by his performance at the movie awards, clearly doesn’t feel like he even needs to try anymore. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, it is really hard to be funny for a long period of time.

Back with something equally succinct later.