In case you have not yet seen this viral video of a Scottish spinster who became a worldwide overnight sensation.
47 Year old Susan Boyle wows the judges with her performance in the auditions for Britains Got Talent, singing I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables.
Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.
Watched the final episode tonight.
I’m not a manic fan (like Dana) but I’ve always enjoyed the understated rural Canadian humour. Thanks for the memories.
… The finale was, in almost every sense, just another typically, quietly, dryly drop-deadpan hilarious episode. This has never been a show about emotional upheaval or shocking revelation or forensic medicine or tempestuous romance (unless you count Brent and Lacey’s near-kiss, or Hank’s sexy fish talk, or Emma’s occasional snuggle-up with Oscar).
So there was no reason to expect anything earthshaking, like Brent waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette, and finding Patrick Duffy in his shower, and suddenly realizing that the whole thing’s all just been a horrible dream.
Actually, that might have been kinda funny. But very, very un-Corner Gas.
The theme song says it all: “There’s not a lot goin’ on…
The Star – Corner Gas stays true to itself in finale
Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom series created by Brent Butt. It airs on CTV in Canada, WGN America in the United States, and SBS in Australia.
Deriving its name from the roadside gas station located in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan. Corner Gas is the only gas station for 60 kilometres (37 mi), in any direction. …
The show became an instant hit, averaging a million-viewers per episode …
The Colbert Report is the best comedy show on television. And my favourite TV show of all time.
Colbert is a “well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot”, a caricature of televised political pundits like right-wing idiot Bill O’Reilly.
Colbert debated Lawrence Lessig, “a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications.”
Needless to say, Colbert pretended to be outraged against anything “free” on the net, especially illegal downloading.
Here’s one clip from Colbert’s ongoing coverage of the internet.
Stephen Colbert makes a remix featuring himself on some “jaw dropping, ear popping fresh” beats so others won’t 🙂
That was the most ground breaking TV show in history. Genius.
Archie Bunker got us talking by pushing so many hot buttons.
A 10min clip from Archie Bunker Meets Sammy Davis.
TV Guide named Archie the greatest television character of all time.
Have you seen the TV show yet?
Here’s a snippet.
Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Billing themselves as “Formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo”, the group uses a combination of witty observation, characterisation and acoustic folk guitars. The duo’s comedy and music became first the basis of a BBC radio series and then an American television series, which premiered in 2006, also called Flight of the Conchords. …
I think I’ve seen all 10 surreal episodes of season one. Interesting, quirky and original.
The boys try to make it BIG in New York City. And fail hopelessly.
Lovable losers.
I linked to this brilliant comedy clip before. It was taken down due to copyright violation.
However, I just learned that Hulu posts some of these clips legally on YouTube. This one will not be taken down.
Lisa finds heaven in Springfield’s new Mapple Store.
Hulu has already posted 158 clips like this from shows including Simpsons and Family Guy.
The best free and legal site for movies and TV shows is Hulu.com, a joint venture of NBC Universal and Fox (News Corp). Yes, the same companies hounding people for illegal file sharing.
They are trying Hulu as one way to move to the digital future.
In the USA, Hulu works very well. But outside the States, you need something on your computer that cloaks your actual location. I use Hotspot Shield.
It works perfectly.
Hulu.com has a small but growing play list. (Including the Daily Show.)
Best TV Commercial of the Year?
Boom De Ya Da! – Discovery Channel
Discovery Boom de ah dah – official home page
Jon Stewart won, as usual.
But this year his protégé got one as well.
“I really look forward to the next administration, whoever it is,” Jon Stewart said as he accepted the best variety, music or comedy series award for “The Daily Show.” “I have nothing to follow that. I just really look forward to the next administration.”
Later, Stewart and Stephen Colbert, whose “The Colbert Report” won a writing trophy, teamed to present an award — and exchange banter in which they used a package of prunes as a metaphor for the upcoming presidential election.
“America needs prunes. It may not be a young, sexy plum. Granted, it’s shriveled and at times hard to swallow. But this dried-up old prune has the experience we need,” Colbert said. …
Who’s going to buy that?
Jerry had a Mac in his apartment for the entire TV series.
Jerry Seinfeld was part of the old Think Different Apple advertising campaign.
Microsoft is going to start a new US$300 million advertising blitz to try to regain some of the street credibility they have been losing over all these years. The campaign is built around the idea that “Windows breaks down barriers that prevent people and ideas from connecting.” Sounds like corporate PR-puffing, but there’s a twist: it will star Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld.
Seinfeld will get US$10 million to star in the presumably funny commercials, which is quite a good chunk of cash compared to the low fare that John Hodgman (Mr. PC) and Justin Long (Mr. Please someone slap that guy) must be getting for their long series of TV, internet and print ads. Let’s hope they are better than the Apple ones. …
This is a brave gamble. Certain to grab attention. But will it backfire on Microsoft?
The campaign starts Sept. 4th.
Rick McCharles 