Babbling Random Points of Interest

1. The Muppets Movie Rocks. I smiled liked a 5 year old at Christmas the whole way through. EVERYBODY should see this movie. It is absolutely delightful! And Jason Segel should just sing all the time.

2. Black Friday is officially dubbed Black Christmas. It's hell on earth and no one should have to endure crazy shoppers stuffed in small shopping aisles. I'm over this ploy of 'sales'. 

3. Rumor is Pan Am got canceled. Still awaiting "official" word. I've been expecting that word since September. 

4. I'm convinced that Hart of Dixie is filmed on the same lot/same town as Gilmore Girls. Every time I watch Hart of Dixie I just think about how amazing Gilmore Girls was/is. Maybe this is why I'm continuing the torture of watching Dixie, just to reminisce on Lorelai and Rory. I miss the banter. And Luke. Sigh. 

5. X Factor is boring the hell out of me. America doesn't have a Cher Lloyd. Sigh.

6. Pretty Little Liars has been renewed for a third season. I have to know who A is pronto! (Go ahead and laugh.)

7. Dexter and Homeland make Showtime the best ever. LOVE

8. Having a puppy is super cool. 

9. I hate the cold. Is it spring yet?

10. I'm going to see Rachael Yamagata in concert this Friday night!!!!!!!!! Posts will happen with video and pictures of at least me being stupidly happy. 

That is all. Smile happy peace and stuff.

Happy Halloween Surprises

I am very pleased to announce that American Horror Story and Homeland have officially been picked up for Season 2.

These two shows are high on my list of excellent new programming.
I can't get enough of these shows. I'm actually angry when the episodes end!

Good stuff people! If you are missing either of these shows, then....well....shame on you!

TV update/roundup :)

 Homeland has been picked up for a 2nd season!  If you are not watching this show, you really are missing out. Damn good TV.

 Dexter is just going the distance this season with the religious theme. Each episode gets better and better. So far, a solid season. I look forward to answers and even more revelations! 

 Revenge is still creeping up as the most entertaining NEW show of the 2011 season. I don't even care if there is a 2nd season, as long as this season continues to deliver the punch that keeps me tuning in. 

   Pretty Little Liars delivered a wonderful Halloween episode. (Yes, people, I watch Pretty Little Liars, and I love it!) If you are a fan, I do hope you caught the complete flashback episode centered around Allison. It was good stuff!

   American Horror Story. What can I say? I can't stop watching. But, I generally have to watch it during the day cause it freaks me out! I never really thought a TV series would scare me, but this one does. In addition to the fright factor, there's such a perverse under tone that is very reminiscent of Nip/Tuck. I'm officially hooked on this show.

  America's Next Top Model: All Stars. I have never ever missed an episode of ANTM and I never will. I love fashion photography and this show always gives a bit of inspiration. This season is filled with All Stars (former contestants), in other words, they brought all the crazy back and put them in a house and said 'Compete!' Genius Tyra Banks. Genius.

What shows are rocking your world this fall? I'd love to hear what you think!!!
I'm always open to new shows, I just need an introduction. 
Why not?

Once Upon a Time.......Mindy smiled and smiled

Once Upon a Time premiered on ABC Sunday night to good ratings and a gleeful Mindy. 
I wasn't going to watch this show. There is another fairy tale type show starting soon called Grimm on NBC (Oct.28). I wasn't exactly thrilled about either concept. I really, truly believed that both shows would peter out quickly. 
So, why did I watch Once Upon a Time? Cause the internet told me to. 
(The internet whispers in my ears late at night while I sleep and tells me what to do. I just obey, no need to argue.)
I was utterly and unbelievably pleased with the pilot episode. I'm so looking forward to MORE. 
There are different timelines and unanswered questions all revolving around the fairy tales in which we were all raised upon. It has the intrigue of Lost and the delightful playfulness of....Glee. I don't want to mislead, there is no singing and dancing (not yet anyway), but I remember feeling delightful playfulness when I watched the pilot for Glee. Bravo ABC for this new show. I give the pilot **** :)

If you missed the pilot, you can watch it online at abc.com!
Do it people!! I know you want a little wispy fairy tale back into your lives. Really, what could it hurt?

2 Broke Girls.....is it broke or just a mending in progress?

I've been watching 2 Broke Girls since the pilot, and you know what, I'm still up in the air about my feelings, sort of. 
Kat Dennings is funny. I always love smart sarcastic bitches with too much intelligence. Her character wins....kinda. Something's lacking, but I can't put a finger on it. However, my eyes are always staring at her....how to say it nicely.....her lumps. (Come on, if you're watching the show then you're also watching those!) 
I will say it is lovely to have a big titty girl on Network TV. Bravo to that! Bring on the curvy women. 
Bottom line, this is my prediction, my hope for the show.....It's gonna find it's groove. It'll stop acting like a nervous first date and settle into the comfort of a 10 year long love affair. 
First seasons can be bumpy, but sometimes sitting through the uncomfortable will eventually lend it's self to the most comfortable chair ever. (Am I mixing metaphors, maybe :) But get my point....
I think 2 Broke Girls will transform into My 2 BFFs. 
Fingers crossed.

The axe!

Here are some other new TV shows that have been cancelled...

1. Charlie's Angels. 
2. H8R  (the person who greenlit this project should be dropped kicked out of the TV industry)
3. How to be a Gentleman  (I'm a bit sad. I always wanna keep Drama on TV, but hell, I didn't even watch the show!)

There are some rumblings that Pan Am will be the newest show to receive the axe. Guess we'll wait and see.
Till then, here's reason #254 you should be watching 
Parks & Recreation:
          PUPPY PARTIES!!!!

CW renews :)

The CW has ordered full season pick ups for Ringer, The Secret Circle, and Hart of Dixie. 


I'm honestly a bit surprised by Hart of Dixie. I've been watching, but I haven't been watching. I find myself cleaning or chatting to my cat or my husband every time Hart is on. I can't take it serious. Holy hell, there's a character named Lemon. I'm dead serious. Lemon. And this "Lemon" character speaks in the cliched slow southern drawl that I guess passes as an Alabama accent. But, I just giggle and say aloud, 'Lemon.' With a full season granted, I reckon I will continue cleaning or chatting while I watch till eventually cleaning becomes more interesting (that's not far off!)


As for Ringer; I'm very happy this gets a full season, cause I need answers. I'm tuning in every week so some nugget of info can be revealed. And for Sarah Michelle Gellar to act bitchy (I love her bitchy! Cruel Intentions bitchy!)
Plus, I'm always rooting for SMG to be on TV. Just makes me happy.










Now for Secret Circle. I'm not surprised at all that this got a full season. First, it follows or leads into The Vampire Diaries. Vampire Diaries is my new Buffy. I LOVE it. Damon is my new Spike. Stephan is my new Angel. It's all yummy goodness.  Not the point though. Secret Circle is all about witches and teenagers. I suspected this show to do well. I keep watching, but no claws have dug into my heart. I'm waiting. But, I find myself distracted. Whatever, I'm sure I'm not their demographic, but I hope this show gets a bit meatier and a little less whinier. 


And there you have it. :)  Oh, and I hate the poster for Secret Circle. Why? I dunno. Just do. 

Pan Am has been dropped by Me......but Gossip Girl still rocks

I can't explain why somethings happen. They just do. It's life. And in my life there is too much TV. I had made the decision to drop Free Agents, but no, the network went and cancelled it. I can't dropped something that no longer exists!
So the task began; finding at least one show I can stop watching before I get in too deep. It fell on Pan Am's lap. Mostly because I couldn't seem to make myself watch episode 2. And when you begin "forcing" yourself to watch a TV show, then you should know that the TV show isn't worth it. 
Another casualty?  Desperate Housewives. 18,000 yrs on TV and I just stopped. F***k it. The show stopped being of interest...

However, Gossip Girl is rocking my boots off this season. :) 
I love my little Upper East Siders. But, I do miss Jenny. 
xoxo
you know you love me
M

Homeland = Homerun

I had my reservations about this show. Honestly, I didn't want to watch it all.
Premise according to IMDB: Centers on Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody, who returns home eight years after going missing in Iraq, and Carrie Anderson, a driven (and possibly unstable) CIA officer who suspects he might be plotting an attack on America.

This premise doesn't do much for me. War, terrorism, CIA, these are NOT key words that get me excited. Life is heavy enough, I generally prefer my TV with some fluff. However, Claire Danes stars. My So Called Life was a life changer for me. (I've dyed my hair red so many times trying to match that of Angela Chase's). I was, however, intrigued by her return to TV. Plus, reviews were really good. Not that I care. Again, I watch One Tree Hill, what do I care about reviews?!
My strange sense of obligation to a new, and possibly award winning Showtime series forced me to sit my ass down on the couch, suck it up, and just watch. 
The pilot ran at 53 minutes. When it was over, I just sat there, alone on my couch....and then I blinked. Cause, I don't think I blinked for a good 30 minutes of the 53. I didn't want to miss a thing.
I didn't blog right away, in fact, I waited till I could watch the 2nd episode. I needed to see if it still had the vibrato. It did.


So now my Sunday nights consist of a morally ambiguous serial killer (Dexter) and a possible American terrorist. Both on Showtime. Sounds too heavy, but damn it all, cause its pure, on the edge of my seat entertainment. 
With the loss of Entourage, Showtime is the new HBO. 

Ryan Murphy and His American Horror Story

I didn't watch a single promo, trailer, teaser for American Horror Story. I watched the pilot scrictly based on the poster (see below) and it's from the f***ed up mind of Ryan Murphy. And I'm talking the Nip/Tuck Ryan Murphy, not the Glee Ryan Murphy. Yes, I know technically its the same person, but come on, there has to be some bipolar issues in that brain of his.

So, my thoughts on American Horror Story? Uh, well....I am.....cautious. I stuck out all seven seasons of Nip/Tuck, but will never be able to tell you why. It got so awful, but I couldn't NOT watch it. I sense AHS heading in that direction and only the pilot episode has premiered.

Did I like the editing?  I don't know. It was different, but may be too stylized and eventually become annoying.
Did I enjoy the story?  Eh. I don't know.
Did I like not knowing who is alive and who is dead? yeah. Kind of.
Did I like seeing Dylan McDermott's naked body? Yes.
Will I keep watching? Yes. Yes I will. I don't know if I'll like it or myself, but it's like some little Ryan Murphy devil serpent crept up in my mind and literally forces me to watch all his work. 
He's crack. 
And crack is whack, but that don't seem to stop the cravings. 

Glee : The comeback!

Last night's episode of Glee was like having a prayer answered. It's like Ryan Murphy read my last blog post  and then fixed all the problems. (expect Quinn, but everything else is so on course that I will officially forgive the Quinn debacle).
1. Every song made sense to each scene and each character. The songs forwarded the story line. This is most important.
2. They sang in the hallways :) And in the gym. Thanks Brittany for your Run the World (Girls) performance!
3. Mike Chang gave a great rendition of Cool from West Side Story.
4. Santana came back and will be Anita in the West Side Story production :) I better get to hear her sing at least one Anita song!
5. Everything Mercedes rocked. The Dreamgirls fantasy sequence was pure musical theater heaven. I WANT more of that.
6. Fix You. Mr. Shue pulled off Coldplay for the finale. I teared up.


Thank you Ryan Murphy for bringing glee back to Glee. Please keep it rolling....

Damn, I'm good.

As predicted and hoped,( remember this post), The Playboy Club has been CANCELED!  :)
I shouldn't be so joyed, but I'm glad. Waste of TV space.

Explosions of pure Joy (and tears of laughter)

My husband watches a few TV shows with me. They mostly consist of the Thursday night line up of awesome (Office, Philly, Parks, Community..)
I always wait to watch these shows till Rob has some time available. So, last night, after an incredible day of sunshine and laughter (and a couple of cocktails) Rob and I settled in late last night and watched It's Always Sunny, followed by Parks & Rec.  And the following 42 minutes provided tears of laughter and happiness. 

Let's start with Philly. I love this show. It's inappropriate. It's vulgar. It's true. It's smart. Seven seasons in and the crew is still delivering gems; like Thursday nights ep titled : Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties. Yes, Frank gets involved with a beauty pageant. :)
Need I say more? No. Yes. They Sing, Again! Watch this:

On to Parks and Rec. I have a big ole crush on Ron Swanson. So, I'm always happy when the story line revolves around him. And Thursday's episode did. We have finally meet Tammy 1 (his first wife) played brilliantly by Patrica Clarkson (i love her i love her i love her).  And we have a brief appearance by Tammy 2, his 2nd ex-wife played by Megan Mullally, who happens to married to him in REAL life :) AND we also meet Ron's mother, Tamara aka Tammy. 
It was all happiness for me....plus, Leslie gets drunk again. :)
Here's a clip: wait for it...cause April Ludgate brings it home :)

It's always good times when your favorite shows just keep getting better. Thank you funny people.

Suburgatory = real TV potiental :)

Last night Suburgatory premiered. I had to watch this show strictly because I'm a Jeremy Sisto fan. (6 Ft. Under fans?) 

Premise of the show: A single, New York dad (Sisto) finds an unopened box of condoms in the drawer of his teenage daughter, thus prompting him to move them to the suburbs. Simple, easy premise. I give it Two Thumbs Up.

First, it's so nice to see a father/daughter interaction that is based in some actual communication and mutual respect. (Really, it's there. They argue, fight, but still communicate.) 
And the depiction of this suburb is funny, stepford wives funny, with Cheryl Hines shining like the comedic star she is. 
This show has so much potential and it is the lead in to Modern Family, which could really give it the viewership needed to last. 
I have high hopes for this show. Plus Alan Tudyk (Firefly) and Rex Lee (Entourage)and Allie Grant (Weeds) are also in the show. That's a lovely cast for me!

Downside? I'm not sure who the target audience is for this show. I'm not a parent, nor a teenager, but enjoy watching both parties. But, as I've stated, I can watch anything good. 
So I just recommend to all....try it out. It's 30 minutes of your life. You may laugh and just have to tune in again. :)

Thursday Night Explosion of Happy on TV

Thursday nights are my favorite. There are sooooooo many amazing shows on in one evening that it takes me the full weekend to watch them all. Let me list : (in no particular order)


It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 
The Office
Community 
Parks and Recreation
Big Bang Theory
Grey's Anatomy
The X Factor
The Vampire Diaries
The Secret Circle


This is quite a load, right? And in a few weeks I will add Bones to that list. The only new show is The Secret Circle. (Damn I have a weakness for teen melodrama, especially when witches and powers are involved.) I won't review this show. It's either on your radar or it's not. I won't try to convince you to watch, it's not good enough, not yet anyway :) 


I'm sure there may be some great other shows airing Thursday nights, but how would I ever fit them into my schedule?!
I say that, but come on, if it's good enough.....I'll find a way.


So I pose a question to you, my loyal followers:
      Is there a Thursday night show that I'm missing?


I'd love to hear what you guys watch. Maybe there's some Mindy Loving Gem out there that I've ignored for some wrong reason. 


Leave your comments below! I really want to know what you guys watch on Thursdays!! Cause sometimes, I'm so self centered that I can't imagine that the whole world doesn't watch the exact same shows as me. Prove me wrong, Please. 


*On a special very exciting note: Gossip Girl premiers tomorrow night. I've missed me some Blair Waldorf. Will she marry the Prince? What about Chuck Bass? Or Lonely Boy? And the positive pregnancy test? *  


Go ahead, laugh. I don't mind. In fact, I encourage it. 

Revenge

 

It's like 1st season Desperate Housewives, but in the Hamptons. With some younger people and different motivations. It's juicy, soap opera shit that I usually can't get enough of. Solid pilot for me. But what do I know? I watch Gossip Girl. And I own all the seasons. What?! No secrets here. 2 thumbs up.

American Idol....whoops, I mean X FACTOR

It's always nice to see Simon on my TV again. He has been missed. Paula looks too thin. L.A. Reid is cool. At least he doesn't say "Dawg" all the time. The fourth judge....Cheryl Cole, no wait, Nicole Swizzzhaenhagitslkh. (whatever)

I'm extremely disappointed that producers pulled Cheryl off the show. For her small American screen time she was an absolute delight!

Forgive the quality, it's recorded from my tv via iphone :)
Cheryl made me laugh and made me want to speak British. My cat got confused by my loud pitched impersonations. 

All that said, we'll see if Nicole grows on me. There was some talent. There was too much melodrama. TOO MUCH producers! Too much. 
My favorite laugh of the night was the old couple singing Unchained Melody. I look forward to that age. I hope I'm cognitive enough to have a laugh!

Since XFactor has finally made the move to the USA, I find it appropriate to at least post a video of my favorite UK X Factor contestant. Cher Lloyd.  I'm hoping Cher hits it big in the US. She's this tiny thing that raps and sings and moves. I'm mesmerized by her. She has the looks that could only spring from the UK, so ugly she's damn cute. The accent always helps.  Check out the video below to see her rap and sing. She also wrote the rap. Oh, and she's 16!

The Sing Off

I've had a few request for me to watch The Sing Off. If you know me, it's no surprise how much I love music. So one would think, "Mindy will love this show." I'm sorry to disappoint. I don't love it. I enjoy some aspects, yes, but overall....eh.

First, Nick Lachey. Why am I always staring at his cocked hips? I feel like he's about to start dancing. He's strange to me. 

Second, the judges. They use lingo that I don't get. Mostly because the people on stage are doing things with their voices that I don't totally understand either. (However Sara Bareilles did make me laugh with her comment about being distracted by their good looks! LOL)

Third, and final. It's rare I want to listen to the songs performed by the groups outside of the show. There are some exceptions, but mostly we as viewers are just memorized by the TV format.
Granted, I'm wrong on some aspects. My mother loves this show and downloads the songs to listen to while she goes for her morning walks. And my mom is adorable. But I don't really want to listen to these songs while I do anything.......

BUT,  here is my one exception.  I did love this song before the group performed it, but, hell on wheels, they made me love it more. 

Maybe that's my overall problem with the show. They aren't re-inventing songs for me. This group did. And because of the performance below, I will watch again. 
Here is Delilah performing Grenade.

 

GLEE! (with Pink hair)

My thoughts on Glee's Season 3 return:


Keep Quinn a badass. Don't change the hair. Repeat: DON'T change the hair. Give her some Tori Amos, circa Little Earthquakes, and let her be awesome.

Everything else was kinda the same. Not bad. Not Fantastical! Just straight up Glee!

New Girl

The tag line reads "Simple Adorkable" and I agree with that. For a pilot, it's a little rocky. But, seriously, any character that randomly sings is a character I will watch again and again. I've been a fan of Zooey since her breakout in the film Almost Famous. Years later she and Matt Ward formed the group She and Him. Since then, I've officially had a girl crush on her. (This girl can SING) I'm rooting for this show to continue with hopes of quirkiness reminiscent of Ally McBeal. I give the pilot a.....
Thumb and a half.