Grid Effect

If you read the post about upcoming changes for Grid Effect (Two entries down), then you know I am recappng episodes a week after they air as opposed to the following day. Last night I updated that post to say this applies only to dramatic and hour long reality series’. So yeah, expect a South Park review later today> Onto the links…

I guess Probst is admitting the haves vs. have nots theme was a mistake, but promises things will improve over the course of the season. I like to see the contrition and all, at least we know they won’t attempt it again, at least not this egregiously. But whether he admits it or not, we all know it was a mistake. One team is all malourished the other is sleeping on a bed. Seems a little imbalanced regardless of what Probst says.

Jason Alexander is getting yet another sitcom deal, this time with ABC. This article says he is a victim of the Seinfeld curse, but if he were anyone else that made his name in any other sitcom, there is no chance of him getting a fourth shot at his own lead role. None. So maybe its not a curse so much as it is a blessing? You think on that.

Here’s a psuedo-video (I have no idea what the technical term for it is and I am to tired to look it up) of the much anticipated Jennifer Aniston-Courtney Cox kiss from Dirt on Tuesday. And, umm, tame doesn’t even begin to describe it. Look, ladies (more specifically Mrs. Cox, because it is your series), if you’re going to try and draw in an audience with a cheap, superficial gimmick rather than compelling character arcs, insightful/witty dialogue and credible plot development, then you have to commit to the gimmick and not simply mail it in, as you clearly did. Because I can guarantee you, that anyone who tuned in for this specific gimmick, is never, ever, ever, ever going to watch your show again. Ever.

Apparently Eddie Falco was pretty emotional on the final set of The Sopranos. I say this with all sincerity, that I really, really appreciate the passion she has for that role. The three lead actors (James Gandolfini, Eddie Falco and I think the default third lead because they have killed so many of them off, Michael Imperioli) commit to their roles like no other lead actors on television. It’s part of what makes the series so engaging, you can watch three great performers at the top of their game working meticulously with multi-faceted characters. And much like Falco couldn’t control herself on her final set, I can barely contain myself for the final nine episodes.

Speaking of The Sopranos, Joey Pants (or Joey Pantoliano) who played infamed and probably best Tony Soprano rival Ralph Cifaretto, is steaming about a prop model head likened to his that they used and portrayed as decapated on a recent Vanity Fair cover and on the series. What I can’t understand is, what brought this on now? He was murdered in the fourth season and that is whe they showed the disposal of his head in episode 48, the ninth installment of the fourth season entitled “Whoever Did This” and originally aired on November 10th, 2002. As far as I know he has never voiced any concern in the past five years over this, why now?

Lebron James and Jimmy Kimmel are scheduled to host the ESPY’s together. Lebron has said he aspires to be a global icon and one of the richest men in the world (which is somewhat obnoxious because he’s a fucking basketball player). Someone should tell him this a step in the wrong direction, especially if he is going to be chewing his fingernails throughout the broadcast.

And finally, 7-Eleven’s may become Kwik-E-Marts in the promotion for the new Simpsons movie. Please, 7-11, do not encourage them. This series has been stale for the past six or seven years, we do not need the added exposure.

More later today on last night’s brilliant South Park episode.