Welcome to the S.H., bitch!

Due to the summer lull, I’ve been re-watching some of last season's rerun/Tivo’d shows. Damn there was some great stuff last year.

So how screwed up are the Emmys? Check out this article detailing the nomination of Ellen Burstyn for Supporting Actress in a Movie/Mini-Series. Ms. Burstyn was nominated for a role in which she was on-screen for a grand total of 14 seconds and spoke a whopping 2 whole lines! Way to go Emmy, you're officially one step away from Grammy-level irrelevance. The only difference is they managed to have a category last year consisting of Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and… Rob Thomas? One of these things is not like the other…

Then again, I’m fairly certain that the people on the Grammy nomination committees actually listen to the music they nominate. They just have no taste. Moving on…

The big surprise announcement out of the Mac Worldwide Developers Conference this year is: absolutely nothing. Ok, maybe that’s a little mean. They did show off their 10 big features of Leopard, some of which do look pretty cool. But note to Steve Jobs: if you’re not going to really blow people off their feet with your announcements, stop taking the cheap pot shots at Microsoft. You’re just coming off as petty. We already don’t really care for Bill Gates. Just stick to your products and let the blogosphere make the anti-Redmond wisecracks. We’re already petty. That’s why we blog.

So Logan Huntzberger is going to be playing the half-brother of Logan Echolls this year! That’s right Matt Czuchry is guest starring on an episode of Veronica Mars. Cheap stunt? Maybe. But it’s pretty friggin’ cool.

Caught Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby this weekend. I laughed like hell. Not as good or even as funny as Little Miss Sunshine, the movie subscribes to the same “fling jokes at the wall and see what sticks” method as previous Will Ferrell fare (this time without a Wilson brother to be seen). Does it succeed? For the most part. The cast is fantastic. Ali G himself Sacha Baron Cohen as the Ferrell's gay French rival is hilarious. John C. Reilly could sit staring at a wall for two hours and he’d keep me entertained. Gary Cole: is there a more underappreciated comedic actor working today? This man steals the show in anything he’s in and the same is true here with him playing Ferrell’s estranged father. He has one scene towards the end where you think it’s going to be a beautiful touching moment and suddenly Cole just turns it on its ear. As for Ferrell, he’s playing pretty much the same role he always does as the idiot man-boy but by God he’s just that damn good at it. His saying Grace at dinner had me rolling. I enjoyed this much more the first time around then I did Anchorman. We’ll see how it holds up on subsequent viewings.

News and Notes:

FINALLY, I get to see my Mets who are coming into town this weekend. Right now it looks to be Steve Trachsel pitching who did a nice little job last night against San Diego holding them to 2 runs. Hopefully he’s getting back into the grove after the past two months of rising ERA.

August 23^rd: The big day when Nintendo is set to announce the info on all things Wii (hehe, wee…). Price, date, super secret surprises like Mario Galaxy being a launch title? Who knows? All I know is that it’s not going to cost $400 like the Xbox360 or $600 like the Playstation 3 (hey Sony, I don’t care that much about Blu-Ray).

Alright, until next time:

“Baby, she said she doesn't want to be helped.”

“If J.D. were drowning and he told you he didn't want you to save him, wouldn't you do it?”

“That depends. What if there're hot chicks at the pool? Maybe he wants one of them to jump in and save him?”

“Let's say there's no women.”

“There's always women at the pool, baby!”

“Fine. He's in a pond.”

“Oh, I would never swim in a pond! They're infamous for serpents!”

“You could swim at the Y on Tuesdays - men only.”

“Have you been to the Y on man night? Not me.”

“Ok, fine! Turk's the one who's drowning!”

“Oh! So now a brother can't swim!”