Suck on that, Tony Shaloub.

It's good to have Scrubs back, isn't it?

It's not just that Pushing Daisies is the best new show on TV that's amazing. It's how much better the show is than all everything else. Look, I enjoy Chuck and Reaper and Dirty Sexy Money but compared to Pushing Daisies they're just not even close. It's like the TV gods are trying to make up for taking Veronica Mars away from me.

Speaking of which, Ms. Bell made her debut on Heroes to much aplomb. Ok, so she really had 3 scenes and basically got to shoot some lightening and that was about it. But she was darn good going it.

Which is more than I can say for the rest of the show. Ok, the writers of the show are trying to frame this as a comic book. Except comic book series follow one character or team around. They don't attempt to cram 25 different story arcs in a one time where there's no way they can touch on even half of them in an issue. I'm sorry, either bring them into a relevant storyline or cut out Nikki and Paulo redux. And the New Orleans storyline is just boring. Why are we introducing all these new characters now? Isn't that what the Heroes: Origins is for at the end of the season?

News and Notes:

Sox up 2-0 as we head to Colorado. Hopefully the Rockies can put up at least a little more fight. Only 2 runs so far this series?

Rangers off to a slow start. Best Defense and Worst Offense don't go so well together in the NHL.

How bout them Giants? Where did this come from? I don't know but I sure do like it.

Until next time:

"Why can't we just be here as concerned citizens of the world?"

"Because big daddy needs some new yarn."

"Just because there's a dead body doesn't mean you're going to get paid."

"Just because there's vodka in my freezer doesn't mean I have to drink it. Wait, yes it does."

Fisher Smash Star Trek!

Ok, random news here:

Fisher Stevens has been cast on Lost. You may remember him from his many memorable sidekick roles such as trying to make Steve Guttenburg looks like a scientist in Short Circuit, trying to make Angelina Jolie look like a computer hacker in Hackers or trying to make the entire movie look like it didn't suck in Super Mario Bros. He's also the other guy on Early Edition. The one who didn't end up on Friday Night Lights.

Great news: Sonic the Hedgehog is in Smash Bros Brawl. Finally Nintendo fans can beat the hell out of that snotty blue bastard for all the "Sega Genesis Rules!" crap we had to put with in the early 90s. Ooh, my Mortal Kombat has blood in it. Yeah, well mine doesn't and the controls suck on both of them so bite me!

Not Great news: Smash Bros Brawl delayed until February 10th. Damnit!

Latest casting new on the new Abrams Trek movie:

Mr Sulu - John Cho. Any time either Harold or Kumar get cast in a role, I'm happy for them. Except in Superman Returns. Kumar really had no reason to be in there.

Scotty - Simon Pegg. That's just freaking awesome! Now cast Edgar Wright and Nick Frost at red shirts who get killed by Eric Bana. I'm begging you here!

Stop or I'll kick you in the testicles!

It's been a while since the Mustard updated, but the historic collapse of the New York Mets down the homestretch sent me into a week long bender in Vegas. And no, the early exit from the playoffs of the Yankees has done nothing to staunch the steady stream of expletives pouring forth my mouth everytime the "amazin-s" are mentioned. We shall speak no more of them.

Holy Our Mother of the Lake! The Irish actually won a game! Against UCLA no less! It's a St. Patrick's Day miracle. No, I don't care to hear about the wretched play of the Bruins 3rd string QB. It's not my fault that we Carson Palmer-ed Ben Olson. I'm taking my win and hugging it tight. I've got some Eagles coming up on the horizon and am already dreading the thought of yet another year of my sister's victorious jabs.

Are Reaper and Chuck the same show? And who would win in a fight? Adam Baldwin or Ray Wise? I mean on one hand you've got a badass who fought Reavers and almost saved Data from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin's super-intelligent aliens who have never heard of a firewall. On the other you've got a guy who ran someone over with a Zamboni and feeds nuts to squirrels. Just too close to call.

Speaking of which Chuck is suffering from a main character who wants to desperately to be Seth Cohen, I'm amazed they haven't accidentally put Adam Brody in the closing credits instead of Zachary Levi.

I'm enjoying Dirty, Sexy Money but let's face it, these are not the Bluths. And yes, I get that it's more "serious" show but come on, you might as well start the show with "And now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one surrogate son who had no choice but to keep them all together". Damn you Fox!

$43 million. Will you stop giving money to the studios to make Resident Evil movies? You're only encouraging them! Go see the Darjeeling Limited and get some culture, you jackasses. And yes, I did just learn how to pronounce Darjeeling.

News and Notes:

I've realized that my TV week is anchored by Bones right now. I love the show but when it's reached pole position, I think there's something missing in the lineup.

Pushing Daises has whimsy and wonder not to mention a steady stream of dialog to make a Sherman-Palladino jealous. Now let's see them keep it up.

Eric Bana is playing the nemesis (No pun intended. No seriously forget that movie ever happened, I'm begging you) in the upcoming JJ Abrams Star Trek. You got to hand to him, Abrams can cast like no other.

Until next time:

"Sounds like you're a narcoleptic."

"I suffer from sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep?"

"What's the other one?"

"Necrophiliac."

"Words that sound alike get mixed up in my head."

"Me too. I used to think masturbation meant chewing your food... I don't think that anymore."

Tell me you've never dreamed of doing this

-ahoy-matey.com