Whose Line Is It Anyway?

I cry from laughter everytime.

Awesome! I LOVE the show too! Just out of quriosity, which version do you prefer: Clive Anderson or Drew Carey? I really don't mind either one, but Drew Carey's version is better! :frankiesmile:

Either is fine, but I tend to like the Drew Carrey one more.

I personally think that Clive Anderson is the better presenter of the two. Drew Carey's version I like because Colin, Ryan and Wayne are a guaranteed part of the line-up, though DC himself I'm less of a fan of.

The first ever episode of a new CG animated series on Canada's YTV cable network, a show called...(Three periods for dramatic effect LOLZ!)

Rollbots!

A show that can best be described as cross a between Transformers, Rolly Polly Ollie, and tiny bits of Sonic the Hedgehog thrown in for good measure.

Now why you may ask, was I up early in the morning watching such a program? Insomnia? (Yeah, that was actually part of the reason.:P)

But also because I had a prior shall we say "relationship" with Rollbots.

But T you say, how can you have a prior anything with a show that just debuted this morning? Good question, and one I can answer.

Flash back to last year, I was taking a screenwriting course at my local college and like most college courses there was a co-op/internship program in which students got to work for locally owned production companies/movie studios etc...My love of animation led to me a local animation production company named Amberwood a very well run, very Canadian company (I mean Leslie Neilson was involved in a good chunk of their projects, you can't get more Canadian then that. ;) )

Any ways when I interned there, almost all of the studios resources was were focused on one show and that show was of course Rollbots. And thus some of my interoffice duties were working on said show. It was mainly just production assistant work like making sure the scripts were up to date for the foreign markets and some research to make sure parts of the first season story arc was flowing well.

Sure, my contribution was but a drop in the ocean of television production, but still it was really cool watching a show in it's larval take shape, get a behind the scenes glimpse of the creative process that goes into making a modern day animated series and be able to learn all of it's story line secrets well before the show actually airs (No, I ain't telling anything, even though it was well over a year ago, I am sure that non disclosure agreement is still legally binding. And I've met Amberwood's legal staff and they scare me.)

So that's my story...

Oh yeah, how was the show?

It was alright, a nice mixture of action and comedy that is sure to play well with the Transformers: Animated/Ben 10 watching sugar cereal fueled toy buying young male crowd or people like me who grew up with Canadian made CG animated shows like Reboot and Beast Wars. (I mean all three shows share much of the same voice cast, so the familiarity is there.)

So Canadian viewers if you're up early enough on a Saturday morn, you may want to check it out. (Even if you don't fall into the above two categories.)

American viewers, apparently Rollbots is going to be debuting on the 4Kids network sometime in the future so you can check it out too. (Yeah I know it's not a YU-GI-OH spin off, what it's doing there?)

And International viewers, nothing yet but when it does, rest assured the overseas Voice Actors will not be completely lost when they receive the scripts for episodes 101 and 107, thanks in part to me.

And that, is shall we say is that.

That's so cool, T! :) I bet it's a little surreal knowing you had a hand in the making of that show. Even if it was a small part of it. It's certainly more than I'll ever have, and that is very cool.

I was watching Desperate Housewives earlier, although I'm not a regular to that show. I was just flipping through channels. It can be amusing though, not half bad. Now I'm watching some show on the History Channel about the history of drugs. They were talking about the Edwardian era and the 20s and 30s, and I always have a fascination for those time periods, even if it's just about drugs. :P Now they're talking about the 40s, and I'm sorry, but my interest wanes now due to my dad having such a love for all things WWII that I feel I've got enough exposure to the 40s to last a life time.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brute Man/The Chicken of Tomorrow.

Oddly enough, this was the only non animated thing I had watched all weekend (Which isn't a great feat given it was only like the fourth thing I had watched all weekend. ;))

Very funny episode, although the movie (Which is a B-movie about a deformed killer on the loose) was odd in the sense while it was called The Brute Man while the movie killer was referred to as "The Creeper", I guess it was one of those cases where the producer/director/screenwriter originally wanted to call it The Creeper, but that name was already taken.

"The Chicken of Tomorrow"? I'm more than a little curious about this. :cheesegrin:

It was an education short from the 1950's or 60's, on how to properly run a commercial poultry farm or something of that nature.

Of course being an educational short from the 50's or 60's the production values are pretty how shall we say...sub par.

24

The show has really regained it's form in the seventh season, sure they're still some of those head scratching "How do they do that?" moments that the show is known for, but I rather have those then the head banging "Why did they do that?" moments that populated last season.

Moral Orel

I wasn't a fan of the show in any respect at first, but I got dragged into it with the third season. Incredibly well done show that got cancelled before its time.

important things with demetri martin.

I do not know if I've said this here, but I've been waiting for this show for about a month now. Worth the wait. :D

Tonight's important thing: timing. Including: jokes about milli vanilli, christmas cookies, and engagement rings, and that's just about 2 minutes.

I actually got to sit back and watch a tv show, the new episode of "MonsterQuest" on the History Channel, for the first time last night since my father and brother moved in with me almost a month ago. The DirectTV guy came one day last week and hooked up my tv in my room.

pitbulllady

Popeye on Boomerang. They've been showing the redrawn versions of the old Fleischer cartoons, but they've thrown in a couple of the original BW films. The redrawn versions are horrible to look at--every other drawing discarded, animation poorly rendered and paced, the live-model backgrounds (like in I Never Changes My Altitude) replaced by flat painted ones, action off-sync in spots. Fleischer Popeyes in color done right are the two-reelers they did back then (Popeye Meets Sindbad the best of 'em).

Brit Awards 2009

Largely to see the phenomenal Pet Shop Boys (<3 <3 <3 X10,000) receive their well-deserved lifetime achievement accolades, though it was nice seeing all those live performances from the likes of Take That, Girls Aloud and Duffy too.

Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House

Old ass TV game show, very old actually almost no one ever remembers it. I'm on the process of converting all my old VHS tapes to DVD with my combo converter. I really wished I could have been on this game show, the level of constant 3-d CGI images and computer graphics makes me think this had to be an interesting experience filming.

The games are fun, plenty of variety and lots of cool set designs. Not to mention I can't believe they got away with saying Hell with one of their games "The Swamp from Hell" which was a particularly difficult game to accomplish I might add. I got a BUNCH of old TV shows like this on VHS and tho its taking a very long time, I intend on collecting all of these rare shows onto DVDs.

Not surprising that "Hell" was used. In the debut episode of Disney's Gargoyles cartoon, Xanathos says "Pay a man enough and he'll walk barefoot into Hell."

And as early as 1973, the word "damn" was used (in a kind of Biblical sense) in the animated Star Trek (airing Saturday mornings on NBC).

There's no "h" in Xanatos' name. Sorry if that sounded nit-picky, but I just really love that show. Watching it is a very bonding thing my brother and I do most days.

Last thing I watched was Cowboy Bebop. Man that show was great. The theme gets me all pumped up for some action for some reason. Then the next twenty minutes do not, in any way, let me down.

Late night with Conan O'Brian

Actually I recall the kids horror show "Bone Chillers" saying Hell as well in the very first episode. Anywho, I thankfully got the chance to see Conan's final show tonight and boy was it well worth it. Conan showed some of his best, funniest and weirdest skits and the idea of Abe Vigota being released into the wild from a giant steel cage still makes me laugh my ass off.

Over the years of my life Conan has remained my top favorite late night host, and I have always found his humor speaks to me on a more deeper connection then Leno and Lettermen ever could. His outrageous segments, bizarre characters, and down right pot inducing jokes are sheer brilliance if you ask me and I have always felt he was well worth staying up late at night to see.

He put on a very emotional show and like the awesome guy he is, took quite a long while thanking many people on his show and making his last one a real blast. Andy Richter came back and that was just a real treat to see. I'm sad to see Conan leaving and that a show I have watched for many years of my life is going away but I am happy to know he is coming back even earlier. The best thing about is he as he so awesomely stated:

"Everyone around NBC is telling me to grow up now that I'm going to the Tonight show slot well....I'm sorry but I'm afraid I just can't do that"

No need to grow up at all Conan, way I see it you're perfect just the way you are, immature and insane at the same time. I am so happy I caught this final show and look forward to see him again at his new time slot.

I watched Dollhouse. I'm really linking it so far Joss doesn't disappoint =D

I might watch last Wednesdays LOST again (4th, 5th time?) a bit latter tonight, this season has been amazing! I feel everyone who's been watching it all along is getting rewarded this season. There answering more questions then asking, yay!

I'll admit it! I was...I was....WATCHING Sherlock Holmes! I'm sorry...but Jeremy Brett is just too much smexy for a young lady to handle!

I don't think Sherlock Holmes is laugh-worthy at all. I love him, too. The history, the mystery. PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" airs his stories now and then, I always love it.

I'm watching "Nature" on PBS right now. Today it's about Yellowstone's wolves. It's funny when a close up shot of a bird comes on screen and my cat Joey jumps to the floor and sits right in front of the TV, chattering at the bird as if it's just outside the window. 8D

By coincidence I was watching a documentary about Yellowstone earlier as well. More specifically, it was about the park's underlying geology and potential for volcanic activity, and what would happen if it were to erupt. Fascinating and a little disturbing.

seinfield.

rented (or borrowed, same thing) from the library season four. Last episode I was watching was "The opera" which, well, was about the group going to the opera. oh and a crazy boyfriend who gets dressed up like the clown (whose name I dont think I'll ever be able to spell) from the opera.

Overall, great episode.

81st Annual Academy Awards

Not bashing the best picture winner, but I officially don't want to visit India now! :frankiemad:

But at least Wall-E won Best Animated Feature and Heath Ledger won the Oscar.

On DVD, part 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Not sure if it would be considered a TV show or a special, but it's "David Blaine- Street Magic". This guy is "M-A-ZING" with card tricks! It's fun watching the reactions of the people he's showing his tricks to. They usually get creeped out, or start laughing hysterically. :bloogrin:

The Price Is Right. Apparently, the boarders at Golden-Road.net are throwing their "Jump the Shark" brickbats at the show because of the episode aired today. It featured an appearance by Jack Wagner, one of the stars of CBS's soap The Bold & The Beautiful, who showed up three times to "complain" about the audience noise while he was in the next studio rehearsing, then he showed up to help introduce one of the Showcases. Moronic, yes. But I've seen worse.

Married With Children. One of the local channels replayed the episode where aliens came and took Al's socks. Ridiculous and hilarious. 8D

Teen Titans - Lightspeed (on YouTube)

I decided to watch this episode after reading Mr M's post on the Cartoon Crushes thread regarding Jinx, and I was surprised by this episode. He was right at how badass Kid Flash was. But I just thought Billy Numerous was just down right hilarious! He really made me laugh a lot!

But the real surprise came when at the end, Spoiler Below

A very good and hilarious (thank Billy Numerous for that one!) episode.

House
 

Becoming a ritual in my "House". Watched House on Fox last night after DD,DH watched 2 episodes on DVD, after they had an lengthy House marathon Sunday & Monday
:bloocross:

Ben 10 - Perfect Day

I recently got myself Seasons 3 and 4 of Ben 10 (as well as Season 2 of Thank God You're Here), completing my Ben 10 collection.

The image for this episode on the episode selection caught my eye, so I was keen on watching it, and I liked it. It's just a shame that the good things only happened in his dream.

But, I think, regardless of what anyone says, that this is one of the funniest images of the whole series I've ever seen (from the same episode): http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...PerfectDay.jpg
I just LOVE that goofy smile!

Mythbusters (again). :bloobleh:

A rerun of Night Court from the shows last season, even though the last season of the show wasn't as good as the shows glory years (seasons 4-6) it's still better then like 85 percent of most shows on the air today.

Stella Street: Series 2

Again, the whole thing. In many ways this collection of escapades with the likes of Michael Caine, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Jimmy Hill et al was even more slick and enjoyable than the first - the Beatles even showed up a couple of times this series, albeit only in dream sequences. Kind of silly, but a lot of fun and enormously underrated.

Another dosage of Stella Street, Series 3 on this occasion.

Given that Series 2 represented such a neat refinement of the original concept, this one...was more of a mixed bag, to be honest.


THE GOOD:

This is noticeably more plot-driven than the previous two series, with a fairly intricate narrative that extends throughout the entirety of the series. Well, it’s certainly a nice idea in theory – it’s different, and offers the various big name celebrity characters (and Jimmy Hill) a chance to do something other than totter around Stella Street struggling to live out their mundane lives.

There are some pretty nice bits of continuity with Season 2 throughout.

Sting is in it (albeit briefly).

Ditto Anthony Hopkins.

Ditto Alec Guinness.

Ditto Alan Rickman.

David Bowie is given slightly more to do this series.

Overall, it still held my interest and provided me with enough amusement to make it worth the full watch.



THE BAD:


Unfortunately, the notion of big name celebrities (and Jimmy Hill) tottering around Stella Street struggling to live out their mundane lives was by and large the founding appeal of the previous two series, and the more distinctive narrative arc does come at the expense of the laughs somewhat. Here, it’s the story that drives the characters, as opposed to the exclusively character-driven action of series past. Eh, I can see why they felt the need to shake things up a bit more, if only in the interests of variation, but the new approach just doesn’t work as well. Maybe if it had been funnier...

John Hurt isn't in it any more, having abandoned the street at the end of Series 2. Too bad, since he was my favourite character.

"Sting" doesn't sound a bit like Sting – I don’t really know what was going on with the vocal impersonation there.

Len the gardener has evidentially worn out his welcome. Or at least, they seem to have run out of particularly funny and functional things for him to do. Here, he just freaks out and has psychotic episodes with little point or context.

Oddly, given that narrative is given greater emphasis this time around, a pretty interesting plot strand is curiously abandoned quite early on.


THE UGLY:

Marlon Brando. Nuff said.

My last shows I watched? I just got done watching an episode of Flapjack. (A very cute show.) But before that, I watched Superjail. (Both of these are my new addictions, that can be added to my growing list.)

"Twooo Pieces of Candaaaaaay!"

Foster's on DVD, specifically The Big Lablooski. No Frankie in this episode but it's enjoyable nonetheless. Bowling Paul is a trip. ;D

The Washington-Atlanta baseball game yesterday. Braves swept the Nats.

Phineas and Ferb - Put That Putter Away on YouTube

OMG, that was hilarious! It's just so fast and fun, and the music is awesome.

But, damn! Stacy as the Disco Miniature Golfing Queen! That's a highlight in itself! Not to mention the funny line said by the Scottish golfer:

'The Scotsman in me tells me to hold on stubbornly to the bitter end, but then again I'm half Irish.' 8D 8D 8D 8D