From the category archives:
Roseanne got onto her blog Tuesday and wrote the following apology:
“[I] do not mean to personally impugn them as they might be good people in the flesh, but the media’s images of them are smelly and vile, and I must always attack the media’s representation of what is good or cool.”
At least that indicates that, somewhere inside her mind, she realizes she went too far.
Kudos.
Okay, I admit it. One of my daughters and I went to see The Love Guru. Why? The same reason you pick a scab, because it was there.
That, plus I just love seeing movies. I live for the whole shebang: Buy your tickets, get your buttered popcorn, Diet Coke, and M&M’s, find your seat, pour your M&M’s into your buttered popcorn, watch the trailers, agree which ones you’ll be seeing and which you’ll skip, then settle all down and get cozy when the feature film starts. That’s the good life!
Frankly, I’d rather be in a theater seeing a bad movie than to not be seeing a movie.
Something else I’ll admit while I’m at it – we actually laughed a few times during The Love Guru. One particularly funny scene involved elephants on a hockey rink. The whole theater (all 12 of us) broke out in Laughter. The funniest part is the song played during the elephants.
Another positive thing about the movie – Jessica Alba was adorable. I grow to like her more and more each time I see one of her films. I just wonder WHY she did this one, you know?
Justin Timberlake was hilarious as a cocky hockey star and Verne Troyer was dead on perfect as the coach. One of the funniest parts of the entire movie was a blooper that ran afterwards – it involved Verne Troyer and it was brilliant.
There were also some funny surprise guest appearances.
Now for what held the movie back. Mike Myers. Mike Myers was, well, Mike Myers. Over the top and on the screen far too much. A little Guru Pitka is actually too much – so a lot of Guru Pitka is unbearable. I was sick of him by the third scene.
Some over the top characters work (Napoleon Dynamite and Borat, for example) but Guru was little more than annoying most of the time. For one thing, he looked like the love child of Bo Bice and Mrs. Roper. When the hockey puck started flying, I kept wishing it’d hit the guru. I don’t think you’re supposed to feel that way about the main character in a movie.
The idea for this movie was a good one. But when Mike Myers was writing Guru Pitka’s dialogue and creating the character, someone should have been around and told him, “no…..NO….NO!…and HELL, NO!” Maybe they could have thrown in a, “Mike, Mike, baby, have you lost your mind?”
To give you an idea of just how bad the movie was, on the way home, our conversation centered around “movies that were as bad as The Love Guru.” Surprisingly few!
When this movie comes out on dvd, I wouldn’t necessarily buy it if I were you. However, if it’s given to you – it is worth a watch. Just expect to laugh AT the movie more than you laugh WITH the movie. It’s probably going to go down as one of the most ridiculous movies ever, so I’m glad to have seen history being made.
It was probably the silliest thing I’ve ever seen.
Think TV Land takes their TV Land Awards seriously? Oh, could be. Check out the names they’ve lined up for the upcomming show: STEVE CARELL, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, MIKE MYERS, THE CAST OF “ROSEANNE,” ROBIN WILLIAMS, GARRY MARSHALL, “THE GOLDEN GIRLS,” DICK VAN DYKE, JONATHAN WINTERS, PENNY MARSHALL, CINDY WILLIAMS, HENRY WINKLER, KATHY GRIFFIN, JACK KLUGMAN, KIM ALEXIS, RAINN WILSON, BEVERLY JOHNSON AND MORE! The awards show will be hosted by gorgeous Vanessa Williams from Ugly Betty.
I wonder why Vanessa Williams never released more cds… her voice is exceptional. Remember Colors Of the Wind? Speaking of exceptional voices (completely accidental segue – I’m not that clever), non other than Lionel Richie will perform on the TV Land Awards. He’ll perform a medley of his hits. He’ll certainly have plenty to choose from.
The show – which is obviously Can’t Miss TV will air on Sunday, June 15 AT 9 P.M. ET/PT. I know I’ll remind you between now and then, but go ahead and mark your calendars anyway. Every calendar in my house is marked, but you know me, I’m pretty much obsessed with TV Land and classic television.
Roseanne and family, Laverne, Shirley, Fonzie, Rob, Mork, the Golden Girls… Wow!
Honorees and presenters include:
Justin Timberlake will present The Legacy of Laughter Award to Mike Myers. The two will be in the upcomming movie “The Love Guru” – its arrival in theaters is also marked on my calendar (June 20). It’ll be out the same night Steve Carrell’s (Another star TV Land has lined up!) movie Get Smart is. I can’t wait for both of these. Justin Timberlake and Mike Myers also together worked in Shrek 3, too.
Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams. Henry Winkler, Jack Klugman and Dick Van Dyke will present The Legend Award to Garry Marshall. The name Garry Marshall certainly fits into the category of legend, doesn’t it?
Robin Williams will present The Pioneer Award to Jonathan Winters, from one comedic genius to another.
The Innovator Award will be presented to the cast of “Roseanne.” (YESSSS!!!) This award is presented to a series whose influence is still felt and is evident in television today; a show that carved out new territory, redefining elements of the genre and opening new pathways for others to follow. ….and made you laugh so hard you thought you’d die from glee. I added that last part.
The Pop Culture Award will be awarded to “The Golden Girls.” This award is presented to a show that has crossed the line from television series to pop culture phenomenon. The Golden Girls is another one of my all-time favorites. Has there ever been a more perfectly cast series? There absolutely could not have been another Blanche, Rose, Sophia, or Dorothy.
Sunday night – June 15th!
Here’s a movie I’m practically counting the moments until seeing. I can’t wait till I’m firmly sitting in my theater chair, buttered popcorn (with a bag of M&M’s mixed in, of course) in my lap and a diet Coke in the holder next to me.
My husband and two of our daughters, Brittany and Stephany, went to see Forbidden Kingdom with Jackie Chan and Jet Li last week. It was unbelievable – I loved every second. Highly entertaining and positively gorgeous! I was disappointed when the storyline wrapped up and we had to leave. I was primed for more wall climbing, posing, flying through the air…. That sort of thing.
It’s a really, really fun romp – if you’re into having a good time, check it out.
Hot poster!
This beautiful Gone With the Wind musical figurine collection is by San Francisco Music Box Company. Each figurine is between 6-7” tall and plays “Tara’s Theme.”
I actually used to collect GWTW memorabilia – I had plates, mugs, figurines, dolls, etc. They met with a hideous fate, however, during one of our many moves – I think their fate was sealed somewhere in the midwest. Smashed to smithereens. I try very hard not to think about how much $$$ was wrapped up in the collection.
That’s the ugliest side of moving around so much – inevitably things get broken, lost or stolen. We’ve bopped around the country quite a bit (Kentucky to Illinois to Kansas back to Kentucky to Iowa back to Kentucky to Indiana to Florida back to Kentucky..) – and, considering all the moving, we’ve lost very few things. The only problem was, they were MAJOR. The Gone with the Wind collection was lost when gravity took it’s toll on a stack of boxes. A piano was lost when the moving truck went one way and it went another. A television was stolen at a McDonald’s in Kansas, and a collection of china from Macy’s just disappeared. That one probably hurt the worst because two things I”m ALL ABOUT are my hubby and dishes – and these were the first dishes my hubby ever bought for me. By some miracle (packing by my guardian angel, I’m certain) I have a few cups from this collection, so at least they weren’t all lost.
As for the GWTW collection – I’ve always wanted to start over. I just love the beauty and strength of this movie – it’s a classic! Each character, each performance, each dramatic moment – it’s just about as good as classic Hollywood gets.
The musical figurines above are sold individually at FuntoCollect.com – they’re tempting me to start my collection all over. The first ones I’d get would be Prissy and Scarlett in the white. They’re two of my, all-time, favorite movie characters. We have a beautiful 18-year old cat named after Prissy and we had a much beloved beautiful German Shepherd named after Scarlett.
Scarlett and Prissy would then have to send for Rhett and the rest… I’m not sure if they have a Mammy or not, I’ll have to check. She was priceless! I might would order a Melanie, but I wouldn’t even bother with Ashley. Weak little whining, sniffling, spineless, pansy. Blech.
Click on each figurine to see a larger image, and forgive the Ashley hatred.
Joi
The same place that had the Lucy dishes from the last post, , has a few really original gifts for fans of The Wizard of Oz. My favorite is the Ruby Slipper door stop (above). But I’m also prety sweet on the Mouse Pad (below).
Wathing The Wizard of Oz is like eating a bowl of chocolate pudding – there’s something about it that’s just so comforting. Kind of like Christmas shows or The Andy Griffith Show – all the cares of the world disappear for awhile and it’s just you and quirky characters – you get lost in their world for awhile and forget your own.
Stress? What stress?!
Joi
The personal memorabilia collection of baseball legend and husband, Joe DiMaggio, goes up for auction this weekend. A couple of items are related to Marilyn Monroe, whom (of course) he was briefly married to.
One of the items is a love note she wrote to him in March 1954, shortly after their honeymoon: “I love you till my heart could burst,” it reads, “… I want someday for you to be proud of me as a person and as your wife and as the mother of the rest of your children. (two at least! I’ve decided)”
Another item is a journal he kept around 1955. Inside the journal are reminders he’d written to himself about how to treat Marilyn: “No Jealousy. … Don’t forget how lonesome and unhappy you are — especially without her.”
The entire collection can be viewed at http://www.huntauctions.com/
Joi
Not a freakin’ thing. That’s what Albert Pujols has to do with vintage Hollywood.
So, why’s he here?
I’m a St. Louis Cardinal’s fanatic, a huge Albert Pujols fan, and seeing him here will make my daughter Stephany flip backwards.
’tis a sight to behold. And so are Albert’s homers!!!
Joi
