Thu, October 30
Pre-Merge Doldrums
Survivor continues to have some serious problems sustaining the intrigue. This week, the kids bicker endlessly about strategy and it amounts to basically nothing. Bring on some new twists! (Read more.)
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Wed, October 29
Sucky Strike
LA's grocery clerks are on strike, proving again that life will be better once we have those Jetson-style automated serving machines in our homes. Of course, the serving-machine maintainers will just go on strike, too. (Read more.)
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Tue, October 28
Not a Review of Kill Bill
Something's amiss in the world of entertainment. No, not David and Liza... something else. I've been noticing a lot of odd stuff happening lately. (Read more.)
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Thu, October 23
Crimes of the Hot
Jon's a goof, Drake nosedives, Michelle is scapegoated, and I block up for a whole week. As the man said, "There's no such thing as plumber's block." But, still, it hurts when Miss Alli beats me to press. (Read more.)
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Sat, October 18
Dramas I Like
Maybe one of the biggest reasons that I'm so frustrated by reality television is that narrative television has such enormous potential, and its best and brightest examples seem to keep getting pushed out of the way. (Read more.)
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Fri, October 17
New Dramas, Part I
If you're bored with baseball, you may want to brush up on which of this season's new dramas might appeal to you. What? Stop laughing! It's not entirely out of the question! (Read more.)
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Wed, October 15
Lately on Letterman
It's a fact of life – blame TiVo – that sometimes I fall behind a little on my Late Show viewing. The catch-up marathons do give me a chance to review what Dave's (still) doing right. (Read more.)
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Fri, October 10
Eight Alliances of One
"I devise the strategy." "I manipulate the players." "I throw the challenges." "I vote with the Marks-A-Lot dressed up in papier-mâché." "This fall, at goarmy.com, I am an Alliance of One." (Read more.)
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Thu, October 9
Chesty Morgan
Sculpted pecs notwithstanding, being directionless, stupid, whiny, and petulant continues to be a recipe for failure. But, using only his arms, Jon manages to be a giant jackass. (Read more.)
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Wed, October 8
Girls Can Get So Jealous
"Journalist" Jill Stewart is steamed because she thinks Arnold was treated unfairly by the "L.A. Times" Aww, Jill... I'm sure he would've fondled you, too, if you'd been there. (Read more.)
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Why Arnold Won
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley said that my vote counts. Judging from the results, I think it's pretty safe to say that Kevin Shelley is a damn dirty liar. (Read more.)
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Tue, October 7
I'm a (Brain Dead) Genius
You haven't really lived until your neighbors in the building next door have glared at you suspiciously. I mean, come on! Everybody enters through the front door. (Read more.)
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Mon, October 6
New Sitcoms, Part II
Another chapter in this fall's series of new show reviews. The outlook is still pretty bleak, but I promise it gets a tad better once we get to the dramas. (Read more.)
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Fri, October 3
Varekai!
Taking in a Cirque du Soleil show really is an otherworldly experience. Reading my recollection of the affair is decidedly regular-ol'-worldly, but it's eighty bucks cheaper, so quit your bitchin'. (Read more.)
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Wed, October 1
New Sitcoms, Part I
In the first part of a series, we visit a few of the earliest sitcoms to premiere this season. (They'll probably be among the earliest cancelled, as well.) (Read more.)
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