Hennessy believes in caftans

Apparently being so f-ing rich that you have yachts and four day parties means two things (according to the new super long Hennessy ads):
1.) You never get sick when you drink cognac for 4 days
2.) All the ladies come to 4 day parties with a suitcase full of flowy caftan and caftan-style dresses.
Just so you [...]

Brett Michaels and the Brett Michaels Harem

As I was describing Rock of Love to a friend last night, she made an astute observation:
Me: “So, its this show, where Brett Michaels has to pick from this group of tan blond women with fried hair….”
Friend: “So, they all look like Brett Michaels.”
Good point. Didn’t Freud or someone say that we are most [...]

Don’t fail me now

So, just spent an hour trying to find something to mindlessly savor, and there were no dice to be had.  Comedy Central was stuck on The Sweetest Thing, MTV is caught up in preparations for tonight’s awards (I admit, I do kind of want to see Britney, but then I don’t want to admit that [...]

Fashion Blows!

I should start by saying that I don’t hold the New Yorker sacred.  I like EB White.  I like James Thurber, I like Capote, and all the others, but washing my hands in New Yorker offices’ bathroom isn’t a lifelong dream.  I enjoy the magazine–I like its reliability in offering something interesting and shaped.  I [...]

Will you continue to rock my world?

So, by accident, complete accident, I have fallen headfirst into Vh1’s new crop of crap.   The Pick Up Artist show (maybe that is the actual title?) is yet another reality show pretending to be full of virtue, when it is really really killing us all by its existence. And, yes, I do enjoy watching it.
The [...]

Teenage mama=Gold

Another weeklong lapse in my posting–mostly because wordpress had the nerve to erase my platinum/titanium (valuable and strong!) thoughts before they could be posted. Now you get the joy of the expanded and rehashed version.
Because I can’t get over it, we have to talk about the amazingness of last night’s ANTM, where somehow the [...]

Catchup

I’ve been away from Televisionisgoodforyou, and oh my goodness, there is so much to talk about.  Here is a quick run down of things that deserve some mention, even if they are no longer memorable or important because they happenened somewhere in the eons of last week:
1.) Ohmydear! Reality finales have become (or maybe always [...]

Blogging live: This American Life is on our side

9:34 pm
Ira Glass loves “The OC” and can sass talk about shit TV as good as the rest of us. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by him doing another thing well.
9:35 PM
It turns out “The OC” loves “This American Life” as Glass explains over the melancholy piano of the theme of “The OC,” [...]

Animals have dibs on Reality TV

Ended up watching two shows that had me genuinely panicky about the outcome of those involved. Animal Planet’s MeerKat Manor, with their strategy of fullblown personification of the weird chipmunky animals (they have names and “characters” not to mention, a freakin’ manor), and a nature show on Humboldt squid that made me feel all [...]

Why I Am Done With the Oscars

The dance sequence to the song from Crash last year. It was attrocious, indulgent, and it proved that the Oscars, the academy, whatever club it is, have/has no taste.
I will miss the dresses, but I’m sure UsWeekly can help me out of that pickle.