Standing On Boxes » TV http://neocows.net/blog Just over there Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:36:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Phrase of the day http://neocows.net/blog/2011/12/28/phrase-of-the-day/ http://neocows.net/blog/2011/12/28/phrase-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:56:47 +0000 jacs http://neocows.net/blog/?p=2393 You got the Food Techs Drunk!

- Watching “Food Detectives” — they’re testing hangover cures.

]]> http://neocows.net/blog/2011/12/28/phrase-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Feeding the Glee Monster. Again. http://neocows.net/blog/2011/11/10/feeding-the-glee-monster-again/ http://neocows.net/blog/2011/11/10/feeding-the-glee-monster-again/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:00:19 +0000 jacs http://neocows.net/blog/2011/11/10/feeding-the-glee-monster-again/ Okay. So I haven’t watched the last couple season 3 episodes of Glee. The whole diva vs. diva thing between Rachel and Mercedes was a huge turn off. (And apparently pointless if overviews of the West Side Story episode are to be believed.)

But, out of curiosity, I decided to buy a couple songs from the Glee version of “West Side Story”.

Okay but the usual Glee vibe. On the other hand, I did what I usually do, which is to buy the originals ( Well, from the movie, since that is the version I’m familiar with).

Verdict? Movie vs Glee? Movie. But not embarrassingly better.The Glee gang did fine for a tv production. The “ethnic” wording ( accents? Dialect? ) in “America” is cringeworthy whether Rita Moreno or Santana (Naya Rivera ) sing it. Of course we’re talking about a 1950′s view of Hispanic kids in a gang. I’m sure if it had been set several decades earlier with Irish or Italian characters it would have been also cringeworthy.

]]> http://neocows.net/blog/2011/11/10/feeding-the-glee-monster-again/feed/ 0 Once Upon a what? http://neocows.net/blog/2011/10/23/once-upon-a-what/ http://neocows.net/blog/2011/10/23/once-upon-a-what/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:24:17 +0000 jacs http://neocows.net/blog/?p=2312 So, new show on ABC “Once Upon A Time”. Unhappy evil Queen curses Snow White and Co to live forever in a small town in Maine. The twist? They have no idea who they are.

From the creators of “Lost”

In this new world:

So far –

Fairy Tale characters

Snow White is a grade school teacher.
Prince Charming is in a coma in the hospital
The Evil Queen/witch is mayor of the town (It’s not clear if she knows who she is.)
Jimminy Cricket is a shrink
Rumpelstiltskin owns the town.

Unnamed possible FTC’s
Town sheriff
Two women at the hotel Emma gets a room at.
Drunk at the jail.

 

Original Characters

Emma Swan – Snow White & Prince Charming’s daughter (except she doesn’t know that. She things she was abandoned as a baby. She chases down bail jumpers.). According to Rumplestiltskin, she’ll break the curse when she turns 28. Guess how old she is in this story. :-)

Henry – Emma’s son. She gave him up for adoption when she was 18(?). The Mayor (evil Queen) adopted him. He seems to be the only person who knows what is going on in town.

Hmmm…. the show is being told with flashbacks to “fairytale land” as backstory and current time when Emma shows up.

A lot of reviewers weren’t too complimentary about the flashback aspect but I don’t think it’s too bad. Certainly better/different than the standard procedurals that litter the tv landscape.

Might have to watch the next episode.

 

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Barbie gets a tattoo.

Doesn’t that look like a Barbie version of Quinn? Pink hair. Tattoo ( though a little more extreme than Evil Quinn’s tattoo. Didn’t Quinn’s father run off with a tattoo artist back in season 1? I wonder if that’s the same on Barbie went to? )

]]> http://neocows.net/blog/2011/10/20/no-tattoo-you/feed/ 0 That’s why we have Food Techs! http://neocows.net/blog/2011/10/18/thats-why-we-have-food-techs/ http://neocows.net/blog/2011/10/18/thats-why-we-have-food-techs/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:01:12 +0000 jacs http://neocows.net/blog/?p=2307 Watching “Food Detectives” on CookingChanneltv.com. The “Food Techs” are the interns/guinea pigs who get subjected to all the food experimentation.

Today: Items of note – urban food legends:

  • How much “poppy seed” do you have to eat to set off a drug test? — Apparently, 5 poppyseed bagels (with approximately 1 teaspoon of poppy seeds each.) or a piece of poppy seed cake will set off the drug test they used, even though it contains none of the actual “drugs” that the poppy plant produces (aka opium). And we know this because of Food Techs! The unsung heroes of the Foodie Wars.
  • How many saltines can you eat in a minute (without drinking anything – like water). Apparently, 6 is the number to beat. It’s supposed to be impossible. And none of the Food Techs were able to do it.
  • Cholesterol and eggs. One egg is okay.
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