Sorry, it's just a rhyming thing.
Up first, Brent is a child of television, hence his blog, I Am A Child of Television. And any good child of television will tell you that the pilot for Kath & Kim just suuuuuuuucked:
I am not going to give an episode recap of the first episode of Kath & Kim.
I have no desire to relive that memory, and it was a basic pilot
episode designed to set up the characters. It was something about Kath
Day, who is described by her daughter Kim as being a loser magnet,
being exultant about her new romance with Phil who owns a mall sandwich
shop. At the same time Kim has broken up with her husband of a few
weeks (days? – with Kim it could be either), Craig because he wants her
to "do things" like microwaving supper and asking him how his day was.
Kim has decided to move home only to discover that Kath has turned her
old room into a home gym. There are some problems about Kim's romance
with Phil because he sees her eating a sandwich from another shop in
the mall, but by this point my head was really throbbing and I didn't
write down much more about the show.
I didn't even write down notes, myself. Brent, you are stronger than I.
Our TV pal (from Olbermann and many other shows) Michael Musto from the Village Voice has Gossip Girl actor scoop from just last night. Timely much? He says:
Spotted walking around the West Village the other night: Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick
and two other friends. For about a quarter of a block, housemates Chase
and Ed locked arms in a very touching way--but don't swish to any
conclusions. I'm sure it was just to purposely play into the rumors and
have fun with them, just like when they went to a gay bar together,
mainly for a wink-wink bit of camp! Right?
Oh Michael, so much thanks for being you. Love it.
And finally, from one of my fave Facebook groups, "Rachel Maddow Fans," administered by our pal Lindsay Carroll of MaddowFans.com fame, a Wall post by a viewer about the David Frum interview I posted about previously.
He says:
The more I saw of Ms. Maddow on Countdown the more I grew to like and
appreciate her. When she got her own show I have to admit I was worried
that MSNBC was becoming a left-of-center Fox News. Last night Rachel
put my worries to rest. She had every opportunity to disembowel Frum
when he turned the point of the conversation to attacking the show.
Very impressive display, definition of the word 'unflappable'. I still
love listening to Keith eviscerate The Right (I myself am more of a
pugilist) but I have a whole new appreciation for Rachel Maddow and
will try my best in her honor to pay it forward a bit.
We'll go around the horn again tomorrow.
