I Am A TV Junkie

RIP The Rotten Tomatoes Show -- Current's Movie Review Show Folded Into infoMania

This sucks. I blame all of you who didn't watch. I watched but I'm so out of their demo it probably didn't count. In fact I think my watching actually results in ratings points being taken away from the show.

So I guess my idea for Current to do a TV show about TV called The TV Show is out of the question?

Fuck, I was counting on that money for when Social Security goes belly up.

I'm guessing that Ellen Fox will be the face of the segment on infoMania since Brett has his Viral Video Film School segment already.

If there's no money for this show, what about SuperNews? That must cost more: animators, voice talent, the people who make the mouths move to the words ... go watch some at this link. Maybe the $0.0000003 per viewing Current makes will fund a second of The Douchebags.

RIP The Rotten Tomatoes Show. The segment will live on as well as the site, of course, which was there first after all. If you like, watch the final episode, it's posted after the jump.

Preview Video -- Go Viral in Water (Eww) with @Current's Brett Erlich Tonight at 10

Video -- Webby-Nominated Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden

Posting it this way so that you'll be sure to watch, I discovered this while I was doing my last-minute Webby Awards voting.

You should vote, too, click over to this site to do so. And after watching this great clip nominated in the animation category I know that you'll want to.

Dock Ellis (seen left before a game getting his jherri curl on?) was a Pirates pitcher in the 70s that I actually saw pitch live at Three Rivers sometime in my teenage years. My seats were not good enough to notice if he was trippin', though I'm sure I wouldn't have had that knowledge at the time.

My grandfather, however, who I remember talking to about Timothy Leary when I was younger, could have.

This is a great clip worthy of your vote. If you could also find it in your hearts to share some love with Ben Hoffman and Brett Erlich from Current TV that would be nice, too.

I tried to give some special attention in my voting to stuff that didn't necessarily some from some high falutin' media giant.

Video -- The Douchebags of Current TV (No, Not You Brett Erlich)

No, not you Brett, we like you.

We are a little freaked out that all the PAs who did a recent hour with Ben Hoffman look just like you, though. What's that all about?

Seriously, I paused the TV and walked closer to the screen just to examine the similarities.

I'm talking about THE Douchebags from SuperNews. See them, above? They ARE douchebags.

(And they kinda remind me of the Jersey Shore guys.)

Watch 'em by clicking here and here, and you really should be watching the Current TV Thursday Night Block Party starting at 10 eastern. Or at least record it.

It includes infoMania, The Rotten Tomatoes Show and this li'l piece of animated gold from Josh Faure-Brac and his crew.

Or catch them all at the Current website, or Hulu, or YouTube.

SuperNews, btw, features the best Obama impersonation out there, belonging to former Mad TV star Jordan Peele. Catch a sample by clicking here.

Video -- Current TV's Sarah Haskins Goes BTS (Back to School, Y'all!)

I haven't posted a Sarah clip from infoMania, my second favorite TV clip show (after The Soup, I'll reassess once Joel leaves next year -- just a prediction not a fact) since that segment of hers I posted that included the commercial with the subliminal "Oprah" in cleaner suds.

(I swear there was a subliminal Oprah, check it at this link.)

InfoMania homepage at this link where you can watch full episodes, including Sergio's White Hot Top 5 and Viral Video Film School with Brett Erlich. 

And Bryan Safi's That's Gay (more on Bryan at this link).

Sarah's very popular Twitter page is at this link. InfoMania airs almost constantly on Current, but it's new each Thursday at 10 eastern, right before The Rotten Tomatoes Show.

Just DVR them and they'll be there when you want them. And with a DVR, you can watch so much more TV (and s0 much less advertising).

I wrote this whole post just to exclude Ben Hoffman so that he could develop a complex about people ignoring him.

But I'm ultimately too nice for that, so click here to see his segment from this week where he goes to a cougar convention.

Video -- Current Rotten Tomatoes Host Erlich Pimps His Show Michael Dorsey-Style

Oh c'mon, you remember Michael Dorsey, struggling New York actor who spends more time waiting on tables and did an entire evening of vegetables and fruit, including a tomato (which he also played in a commercial), in repertory?

You don't? Well, click here, you'll get it after watching the clip at YouTube.

Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox were at Comic-Con, and Aaron Barnhart, TV critic for the Kansas City Star found him walking the floor in a giant tomato costume to promote his Current's Rotten Tomatoes Show and shoot some promos and interstitial video for the show.

Ellen was dressed as Ellen Fox. Someone didn't get the damn memo, at least that's what I betcha Brett said as he walked away mumbling. She tweeted something about a wearing a Public Enemies t-shirt, but he was totally wearing a Public Eneny (as in the rap group) t-shirt.

Yes, Ellen, per your tweet it's more than apparent that you know nothing about hip hop. Get with Sergio (host of InfoMania's White Hot Top Five) and he'll learn you up.

Yes, I watch Current TV. I DVR three shows; InfoMania, Ellen and Brett's show and Vanguard. And sometimes I check out the bromance between Max and Jason in late night.

And yes, I'm not in any demo that they're interested in, but they can't stop me from watching, can they? Could you imagine Demo Police? Swooping down from the sky when they see me listening to Kelly Clarkson or watching America's Best Dance Crew or snatching some gizmo out of my hand because I'm not part of the core group?

Sounds very Minority Report to me.