30Y’all, don’t nap on the Hudge.
SOMEBODY’S feelings may have been hurt about going out of Fug Madness so early. I’m just concerned she might be thirty seconds away from dropping poultry parts into a cauldron and seasoning it with the blood of Justin Bieber.
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52All hail the unexpected return of The Carrie Diaries! Between that and Hart of Dixie, The CW is thoughtfully keeping our fugcapping racket in business. However, the network also has a show about Mary, Queen of Scots, called Reign; some weird looking alien-human yada-yada called Star-Crossed; a remake of a show called The Tomorrow People (which I used to watch when I was a kid and will probably watch at least twice now), and The 100, about juvenile delinquents sent back to nuclear-ravaged Earth as test subjects, and (I assume) Lord of the Flies-style shenanigans ensue. Let’s face it: I will probably give all of those a shot, because nobody speaks my language like The CW, even when it speaks it fairly badly. Of all of them, I’d say Reign has the only Fug the Show potential, but then again, it’s not like I can speak with any authority on clothes from that era — although I CAN say I wish the romantic lead would manscape a little better.
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26It must really sting Lindsay Lohan that there is a high-profile movie about something that happened to her, and yet a high-profile movie is not itself happening to her.
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28Miley’s head and shoulders look great — seriously, if that’s what yoga on the beach does, I’m IN — but I can’t decide about the jumpsuit.
Yes, it’s a jumpsuit, so my predisposition is clear. But it’s not as awful on her as many of them are — my concerns are mostly at the top and bottom, rather than the dreaded middle. It’s bunching like mad by her ankle and the top has some folds that make it look like it’s drooping. Yanked up and maybe trimmed a little, would this have worked for you? Or does it work as-is? And can we patent the term “alchemiley” to describe whatever it is she’s doing lately that’s making me lean YAY over NAY to most of what she’s doing?
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41We need to discuss how bizarre the notion is of Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar as sitcom-costars. And yet, The Crazy Ones exists, which should probably be re-punctuated The Crazy One(s). Instead of promoting most of the actual shows, CBS did behind-the-scenes reels, and it’s probably a bad sign that the theme of The Crazy One‘s is, “All the stuff off camera and the ruined takes have been SO FUN AND FUNNY.” I anticipate many tales from the set about SMG, who strikes me as a total efficient professional, wanting to Buffy Punch the hell out of Mork. Will Arnett’s The Millers looks so terrible that one can only imagine how desperate he was to take any job at all that ensured Up All Night died a decisive death. The two comedies that look okay, I still don’t know that I’d go out of my way to watch every week: We Are Men might not be awful and Allison Janney and Anna Faris were superb casting for Mom. I bet that one sticks.
As for dramas, there’s just some limited-run Hostages thing — I do love the words “limited run” when it comes to those sorts of stories — and then Josh Holloway’s Intelligence, a.k.a. CSI: Persons of Interest, a.k.a. My Brain Has WiFi. It’s basically an excuse to do a bunch of 3D graphics of crime scenes and evidence walls while Sawyer broods. There are worse reasons to do a TV show. Considering Persons of Interest still seems to exist despite Jim Caviezel being a tree with a mouth, it’ll probably do relatively well.
Fug the Show candidates: Zero. This is a recurring theme. I may have to fugcap Sleepy Hollow just to feel alive.
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Fugs and Pieces, May 17th, 2013
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Have a great weekend, y’all! And while you’re waiting for it to start:
– This week marks the 15th anniversary of the Seinfeld finale. Vulture celebrates with a round-up of all of Kramer’s jobs. (Vulture)
– Also: Mental Floss asks you to match Seinfeld‘s famous guest stars to the character they played. 90%! I am ashamed it wasn’t 100%. (Mental Floss)
– Did you enjoy the original Television Without Pity? (We sure did; it’s the entire reason Heather and I met, as we were coworkers there waaaaaay back in the good old days.) The brilliant minds behind TWoP: Original Flavor have a new site called Previously.TV and you should read it. (Previously.TV)
–YES. EW has complied ALL of Stefon’s Hottest Clubs in New York. DON’T LEAVE ME STEFON. (EW)
– The Diddy Joins Downton Abbey thing IS pretty funny. “I KNEW you could walk!” (Refinery29)
– David Beckham retires. From professional soccer, but not from hotness. (Lainey)
– Speaking of, here’s Prince Harry playing polo on the last day of his US tour. (Celebitchy)
– Let’s look at sketches of floor plans from famous TV homes. (Paste)
– Vulture talks to Scandal‘s Bellamy Young and she is a delight. (Vulture)
– NPR has gotten into bee-keeping. (Washington City Paper)
– I desperately want one of you to buy and wear this cat bikini. (Cosmo)
– This is awesome: Authors’ handwritten outlines for their work. You think Rowling’s grid for Order of the Phoenix is impressive — which it is — wait until you see the one for Catch-22. (Flavorwire)
– Take a looksee at Sterling Cooper’s ad portfolio. It’s not as good as you want it to be. (Business Insider)
– I think you’ll enjoy Etymological Origins of Words Related to Insults. (The Hairpin)
– Apparently, Taco Bell’s Waffle Tacos are not catching on as well as their Doritos Tacos. To which I say: duh. And yet I still kind of want one. (Time)
– Finally, the Annual Doodle Day auction — where celebs draw, and we buy, and the benefits go to the NF Network, a charity providing support for those affected by Neurofibromatosis via advocacy, education and coalitions, as well as supporting research for treatments and a cure — is up and running! It’s a great cause, and we urge you to check it out! (eBay)
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