Entertainment & Sports: April 2006 Archives
I don't know abuot anyone else, but I think Sit 'n Sleep's radio ads are awesome. They always make me laugh. Maybe it's because I can relate to Irwin.
I'm sure you've heard the ads. They start out with Larry, the owner, pushing some new sale he's got going -- same-as-cash till next year, 50% off, etc. Then comes Irwin, his accountant, who protests that if they follow through with the sale they'll go out of business -- "You're killing me Larry!" But, of course, Larry prevails and concludes every commercial with the 1-800 number and a promise that "Sit 'n Sleep will beat anyone's advertised price, or your mattress is FREEEEE!!!"
My love for the commercials led me to visit a Sit 'n Sleep store when recently purchasing a new mattress. Unfortunately, even though they'll beat advertised prices they won't beat negotiated prices at other stores, and I ended up getting a better deal from Mattress Gallery.
Last night was one of the best so far. Taylor was great, and so was Katherine. It was nice to see Chris do something a little different. Anyway, who cares about all that, what's important is who gets eliminated tonight! My prediction is that either Paris or Eelliioott will be leaving the show, and I only wish it could be both.
Here's how I'm currently grouping the idols; this will give you some sense of the order in which they'll be eliminated.
Bottom two: Eelliioott and Paris.
Middle two: Ace and Kellie.
Number Three: Taylor.
Top Two: Chris and Katherine.
Interestingly, TradeSports bettors rank the idols differently. Here are the odds they're putting on each idol going home tonight:
Hey, I don't like Ace either; I wouldn't be sad to see him go.
I'd been quite enjoying the recent South Park satire about the to-do over publishing pictures of Mohammed, and I was very disappointed to discover near the end of the two-part episode that, quoting the show, Comedy Central decided to "puss out" and forced them to censor the image because they were afraid. The show mocked the network in its typical offensive-yet-compelling fashion by broadcasting images that were apparently more acceptable to the executives:
The uncensored depiction of Mohammed is described in the episode by an animated President Bush as not being in itself derogatory: “Hey, that wasn't bad at all. They just showed Mohammed standing there, looking normal."In the episode, Al Qaeda then retaliates by broadcasting its own cartoon showing Americans, President Bush, and Jesus defecating on each other and the American flag.
Defenders of Comedy Central argue that it regularly allows South Park and other shows to “push the envelope,” with far more lax controls than almost any other cable network.
On the other hand, critics of the network have pointed out that showing “Mohammed standing there, looking normal” is not allowed, while showing Jesus defecating on President Bush and the American flag is permitted.
At the link above Jim Lindgren has a lot more background. It's sad to see threats of terror be so transparently effective.
Everything Between points out something I vaguely remembered, namely that South Park has already broadcast an episode featuring Mohammed; first shown in 2001, "Super Best Friends" depicts Mohammed, Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Joseph Smith, Lao Tsu, Moses, and Sea Man in their never-ending battle against the evil power of street magician David Blaine.
Mohammed showing off his flame powers, courtesy of Wikipedia and South Park.
I'd never been much of an American Idol fan before this season, but for whatever reason (*cough* wife *cough*) I'm watching it almost weekly now. I was pretty surprised last week when Mandisa was eliminated; I think she has an amazing voice, but her performances the past couple of weeks were very sub-par. Tonight, momentarily, I think the contestants most in danger are Bucky (as usual), Ace, and Paris. Bucky is annoying, and even though his performances aren't terrible... he's annoying. Ace has pedosmile. Paris always looks like a little girl playing dress-up in clothes that just don't look right.
Update:
Looks like I was right, Bucky was eliminated. Unlike that writer, however, I think Pickler is adorable. My prediction for next off the show: Ace.
Lostpedia is a great reference for anyone who's as addicted to "Lost" as I am. In particular, they offer a timeline of the show that's very informative, and a cleaned up image of the invisible writing on the blast door from the Lockdown episode last week.
Apparently the folks at Google Maps have found the Lost island. (Via Digg I think, though ironically I can't find the permalink.)
