Boob Tube Dude

Peter Petrelli’s iPod

Boob Tube Dude — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:44:40 +0000

Ever wonder what might be in it? I sure did.

So I took a peek while he was moping in the corner, and here’s what I found.

What I’ve Been Doing

Boob Tube Dude — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:24:10 +0000

Since you asked…

Praying that Sam Cassell not play in Game 6. (Achieved!)
Contemplating the playlists of a certain superhero. (Programmed!)
Starting the “We Have to Go Back” project, in which I review every episode of Lost from the beginning through the end of Season 4. (Established!)

So if you’re wondering why I haven’t written too much here, yea, there you go. Don’t you feel bad now for telling your loved one how much you hated my silence? Thought so.

Flexin’ My Poetry Skillz

Boob Tube Dude — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:56:40 +0000

In honor of the “Best of Olivia Munn” episode of Attack of the Show that aired tonight, I got inspired.

So inspired I reworked one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets to pay her proper tribute.

Read it here.

If you missed the show, some highlights:

The last might be my favorite segment, thanks to Olivia’s Ron Burgandy-esque moment halfway through and the subsequent running joke it spawns.

Lost: Season 5 Predictions

Boob Tube Dude — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:57:12 +0000

Methinks the show will follow two paths: one on the Island, one off.

Want to know where those paths lead? Read all about it, here and here.

Island Chatter

Boob Tube Dude — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:20:27 +0000

Wonder what the folks still on the Island are up to? Wonder no more.

I’ve got the insight.

Well, made-up insight. But insight all the same.

“Lost” and Found

Boob Tube Dude — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:52:02 +0000

Sure, the season’s over, but my coverage is not.

I’ll be updating Zap2It’s Guide to Lost four times a week in the off-season, so you’ll always have the latest and greatest in Lost-land there.

And if you need a more immediate fix, check out my podcast for the season finale.

See? Your Lost pangs already hurt a little less. You’re welcome.

“Lost” Recap: Episode 4.13-4.14

Boob Tube Dude — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:49:17 +0000

Here’s what I want to do: I want to find all those Lost fans that checked out halfway through Season 2, complaining about the lack of progress on the show, and then present them the two-hour season finale of Season 4 that just aired. Because ladies and gentlemen, more things happened in those two hours than all of Season 2 COMBINED. I feel exhausted, I feel exhilarated, I feel like I’ve just been run over by a frozen donkey wheel.

Now, did this live up to the hype? Mostly. Was it the game changer that “Through the Looking Glass” was? Absolutely not, although to be fair, the two are apples and oranges. “Looking Glass” was a one-time opportunity for the show to completely reinvent itself right under its audience’s nose, an insidiously genius move of which even Benjamin Linus would have approved. “There’s No Place Like Home” had a different task altogether: finally explain the big mysteries of Season 4 while setting the groundwork for Season 5, a season I’ll hereby subtitle “We’re Getting the Band Back Together!” But I’ll talk about Season 5 near the end of this recap; for now, let’s get down to what actually happened tonight. (more…)

Lost Finale Recap Coming

Boob Tube Dude — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:00:54 +0000

Hold your horses, it’ll be up in an hour or so. Promise.

Summah-Time TV

Boob Tube Dude — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:59:35 +0000

The five of you who read on a regular basis might have noticed I skipped the recap for the last episode of Battlestar: Galactica. And I didn’t so much skip it as simply not do it. Give my responsibilities over at Zap2It, I write here primarily when I have passion about something, since there’s only so many hours in a night to write and maintain a marriage that doesn’t involve one of us, you know, picking up and moving to Cleveland.

And BSG recaps were turning into the show itself: a chore. I’m a huge BSG apologist, and I haven’t even watched the last ep, which aired, at the time of this writing, eleven days ago. That’s frakkin’ nuts, but there you have it. If the show picks up again, I’ll start recapping again, but the nice thing about having one’s one site is that one need not write about that which one does not. Also? You can write sentences like the one I just did and not have an editor smack you in the head.

So since passion’s the key here, let me share with you three shows you should rent/buy to get you through the summer months. These are all shows I myself missed when they originally aired, which means it’s semi-sorta my fault that they got cancelled. But I own two of the three series now on DVD, and may end up owning the third when I finished burning through them on Netflix, plus, hey, I’m giving them much blog love now. Better late than never, ja?

Firefly. It’s science-fiction. It’s Western. It’s Joss Whedon. It’s awesome. So, so awesome.

Arrested Development. Probably the best 30-minute comedy to ever air, although if 30 Rock keeps up this current level, I may have to revisit this assertion at a later date. It’s funnier than any show ever, and is plotted as tightly as Lost. I kid you not. Seek out this series immediately.

Freaks and Geeks. Good Lord, this show hurts. I’m either hurting from laughing too hard, or hurting because I’m reliving the majority of my most awkward teenage moments. It lived up to the hype, and the hype? It’s huge. And totally justified.

So there you go, kids. Plenty of good material to ensure the sun need not ever touch your fragile skin. Don’t say the Dude never did nuttin’ nice for ya.

Writing Up a Storm

Boob Tube Dude — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:25:57 +0000

But not here. Apologies for that.

But there’s plenty more to digest all the same.

Coming tomorrow…I break down the anticipation for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

If you’ll now excuse me, I have to go ice my wrists.