Grid Effect

A few more links to close out the work day, because we sure as shit are still not doing this noise on our free time.

It appears teenage girls are greatly influenced by the machinations and trends of Gossip Girl. Which is just sad. I have three nieces, ages 11, 15 & 18, as far as I can tell they aren’t really influenced by anything other than their own self-preservation. Or maybe not, I don’t really know them all that well. To the best of my knowledge they could all be in their twenties at this point. Anyhow, its probably best not to read too much into this, studies have shown other things that also influence teenage girls are shiny shoe straps and the smiley logo on a box of Lemonheads.

To be fair, who isn’t influenced by this guy. Look at him! He’s even got a bow tie.

Mark Burnett is being sued for $70 million by his former partner. The stipulations of the suit are unclear to me, mostly because I didn’t care enough to read the article. But still, if he is suing for $70 million, supposedly a sum that he can conceivably lose and not be completely destitute, then what does the partner have? I mean, if he co-created these shows with him, surely he has enough money that the lawsuit just seems excessive, right? Maybe that’s what the suit is over, the partner being dirt poor and Burnett having an expendable $70 million. Man, I really should have read the full article.

Michael J. Fox will be making a return to television on Scrubs and Rescue Me. I could have sworn he was already on Scrubs, so I’m assuming it’s a reappearance. As for Rescue Me, he’ll be playing Janet’s ex-boyfriend. We’re not sure from where, since technically Tommy and Janet have been dating since high school. So, middle school, maybe? Man, talk about open wounds. Knowing Rescue Me, I’m sure someone will end up being raped or murdered because Andrea Roth kissed Michael J. Fox when she was twelve.

Whatever, the only reason we put this in here is we saw Teen Wolf on either Bravo or AMC a few days ago, and we wanted to link to the random extra zipping up his pants immediately before the credits began to role. Other than that minor oversight in editing, this is a flawless movie, which has only been validated with time as those involved have gone on to do great things. It’s simple really. Just a quiet high school kid struggling to get through that crazy time in life only to discover that he’s a werewolf. And while it brings him instant popularity and notoriety, he soon realizes that he wants nothing more than to win his high school basketball conference in human form. It could happen to any of us, really.