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Lost Season 4 Finale

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on May 30, 2008
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Wooowww I’m still digesting it all, but that by far beat out every other one so far. Well… except for the cheesy video-game style freighter explosion and more than slightly unbelieveable island just disappearing. Still, a great finale that answered some questions, brought up some others, and gave us enough to think about for the next 8 months.

What follows is what the YouTube community can do in only 24 hours:

The original end scene with Locke in the coffin:

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=uY1OS6Ubu00]

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Stewart vs. Colbert vs. O’Brien (video)

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on February 7, 2008
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To tell you the truth, I actually think the Daily Show and Colbert Report are funnier without writers. There’s a fun kind of childhood amusement when you watch the two of them waste time making paper footballs and doing other random stuff. And that’s not to say that the skits they somehow wrote/improvised (right…) aren’t great. Anyway, here is a great recap of a feud going on between Colbert, O’Brien, and Stewart:

Like I said, childhood glee. This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen on any of the shows. It’s incredibly immature and stupid, but I loved it!

Also, someone over at TV Squad pointed something out: If America made Mike Huckabee (as Huckabee himself said… good for him for coming on the show), then Stephen Colbert really made Huckabee. Remember? Stephen Colbert is America (Hilarious book, by the way)

In other news, Mitt Romney dropped out! Looks like it’s gonna be McCain and, well, I hate to say it, but maybe Clinton, in the general election.

Lost Season 4 Trailer (aaaahhh!!!!!)

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on December 20, 2007
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Jumps the shark? Probably. Do I care? No.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJY3Kx0E8ZM]

Thanks, TV Squad.

Scrubs crew members get engaged

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on November 30, 2007
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Awww!!!!!!

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwL6iFDk9Q]

The Writer’s Strike

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Austen
on November 15, 2007
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I think that Michelle at Best Week Ever sums it up pretty well at the end of her Office post…

ONLY ONE MORE EPISODE LEFT! Good sweet lord, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? And yes, I HAVE EVERY REASON TO USE CAPS! THE SITUATION IS DIRE! DIIIIREEE! Ima go skip around the room for a few hours and think about how empty my life is about to become.

Just for the record, yes, this is a big deal! Damon Lindelof, the head writer of Lost says in a NY Times editorial:

If this strike lasts longer than three months, an entire season of television will end this December. No dramas. No comedies. No “Daily Show.” The strike will also prevent any pilots from being shot in the spring, so even if the strike is settled by then, you won’t see any new shows until the following January. As in 2009. Both the guild and the studios we are negotiating with do agree on one thing: this situation would be brutal.

I wasn’t planning to CAPS for this post, but I think I will now. NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t get it. How can they do this? It’s a lose-lose-lose situation! The TV network loses ad revenue and viewers because of the upcoming long hiatus, the writers lose their jobs and become poor, and I DON’T GET MY WEEKLY OFFICE FIX!!!

I’m gonna have to start watch the Season 3 deleted scenes from the DVD every Thursday now. Yes, ‘m that desperate. And it’s not just The Office. All other shows: Heroes, Journeyman, Chuck, 24, it’s all ending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m not blaming the writers, I’m sure they deserve the money. Or maybe they don’t. But the still do deserve the internet revenue. But whatever, I don’t care. Just get the shows back on air! It’s with great sadness that I will close this computer lid in a few seconds and watch the last new episode of The Office for who knows how long. It’s a sad day.

On the bright side, maybe this will imprpove my grades. No! Wait… That’s what they want me to think. They’re manipulating me, trying to make me get better grades! It’s a conspiracy!!!

OhMyGod that’s Creed

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on October 14, 2007
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You know Creed, right? Creed - the old weird guy on The Office. Turns out he was a part of the Grass Roots, making his character on the show somewhat autobiographical. Here’s a video of 20-year-old Creed performing with the Grass Roots… in black and white:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnFZsrs32Co]

He’s the guy in the striped shirt on the left. Still not seeing it? You can see him up close at 1:30 and 1:48. I recognized him for real just when he looked up at 1:51. Somehow that’s incredibly creepy.

(Thanks to Aaron, TV Squad and Best Week Ever)

Here’s your Office fix…

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on September 8, 2007
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With less than 3 weeks left until The Office premieres with an hour-long episode, the empty hole that is NBC Thursday night is getting even bigger. If you, like me just can’t wait, here are 3 hilarious videos to keep you entertained…

First is an official Office promo that tells us a bit about how Season 4 is going to start out with some great answers to “What did you do over the summer?”

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDXIyRdwG0]

Next, are two video mash-ups of Office scenes to make “The Office Invasion” and “The Scarn Ultimatum.”

Continue reading ‘Here’s your Office fix…’

The Office theme shortened?

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on August 17, 2007
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So - I woke up this morning, went to the bathroom, got myself a bowl of cereal and sat down on the couch to watch last night’s Office re-run, fresh from 5 months ago… or was it? All was going well until I got to the part where they play The Office theme.

Something was wrong… They cut the theme down from 20 seconds to a mere 4! What used to be a nice montage of clips from The Office had turned into a fast, cut-down collection of notes and four shots of Scranton, Pennsylvania! This is the beginning of the end of The Office theme!

I remember them doing this when My Name is Earl started season 2, but it orinally had a minute-and-a-half entire storyline summarizing the first episode. Here, they’re cutting 15 perfectly fine seconds out of the show… for what? All Office fans know that the show’s theme is an essential part of the experience.

Before it is gone forever, here’s the full-length theme:

[audio:officetheme.mp3]

Hopefully these horrific events won’t continue once Season 4 starts. (Only 40 days!)