TV Rants and Raves 9.16.09

Posted by Bryan Kristopowitz on 09.16.2009

In issue thirteen we Rant and Rave about the return of "Sons of Anarchy," the end of "King of the Hill," the season finales of "Fringe" and "Bones," "The View," "Wipeout," the Speed Channel NASCAR Sprint Cup pre show, the Ion Channel, Boomerang, and more, plus a Special Comment on the Beatles video game, how this column got John Stossel fired, thoughts on "Trancers 7" and "Rambo 5," Kanye West wins an award, RIP Patrick Swayze, and more

Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the TV centric internets column that has never cost anyone anything in the stock market, TV Rants and Raves. I'm Bryan Kristopowitz.

Before I get into the main hooha of this week's column, I want to say a few words about Patrick Swayze, who died over the weekend from complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 57.



When Swayze announced to the world that he had pancreatic cancer it was only just a matter of time before it destroyed him. There is no cure for that type of cancer. The question then was what would he do? Would he retire from acting and spend whatever time he had left with his wife and family contemplating the end, or would he find a way to keep working? Swayze decided to spend time with his family and keep working.

The last thing he did was a cop show for the cable network A&E called "The Beast." It was an okay show that started out strong but then petered out. Swayze, though, as bad ass undercover agent Charles Barker, was consistently good throughout the show's run. In fact, he was the best thing about it. But it was obvious that something was different. He looked haggard, weak, overly grizzled. The enthusiasm was still there, the charisma, but the physical presence was diminished and rapidly getting worse. When the show ended it was obvious that it wasn't getting renewed. The ratings didn't matter. Swayze didn't have much time left.

He's probably going to be remembered most for three movies. "Ghost," where he played Sam, the ghost of the title, "Road House," where he played bad ass bar bouncer Dalton, and Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing." They were all good and great movies in their own ways ("Dirty Dancing" has grown on me over the years. I hated it when it first came out) and I'm sure, over the next few days we'll all be watching them, because that's what we do when great actors die. We celebrate their "best" work.

But I hope that we all take a little time to watch the last thing he did, just so you can see not only how much he loved working, but how much, as his friend Whoopi Goldberg has said, he was willing to fight. It's almost uplifting.



And so here we are. The Nomad is gone. A Wolverine has passed on. Johnny has done his final last dance of the season. Bodhi has caught his last wave. Dalton has kicked his last ass. Jack Crews has hauled his last rig. And Sam Wheat has finally, truly walked into the bright light.

Goodbye, Mr. Swayze. We'll make sure to remember to be nice.





Patrick Swayze 1957-2009 RIP



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And now, onto the main part of the column

TV Rants and Raves



- "Sons of Anarchy" season two premiere thoughts: Man, it seems like the first season of "Sons of Anarchy" ended like five years ago and FX is just not getting around to doing season two. The season two premiere was a fine episode, to be sure, probably one of the better ones yet produced. Clay is worried that Jax is going to do something to him, and Jax is just scheming to find a way to nail Clay for killing Opie's wife. Although I don't still get why Jax just doesn't tell Opie what happened. Opie's father knows what happened, and I'm sure that the other members of SAMCRO would rally behind both Jax and Opie if they knew the truth. I'm not too sure about Mark Boone Junior's character, Bobby, though. He'd probably stick with Clay.



"Yeah, me too."

The other big development in the first episode is the introduction of Adam Arkin's white separatists/Nazi character and his group, with the great Henry Rollins as his scary eyed henchman. Just what are these scumbags going to do to the resident scumbags (SAMCRO)? I'm sure it'll be interesting, and I'd imagine it will be bloody, too.





Now, what was more revolting to watch: Bobby performing oral sex on those women during his getting out of jail party, or the gang rape of Clay's wife, Gemma? It's actually a tough call, because watching Mark Boone Junior pull his face out of some woman's snatch and looking around like someone just flashed the sun in his eyes is pretty awful. I will say that Clay's revenge against Arkin's group will probably be swift and nasty, certainly nastier than what Opie and Jax and Tig did that Mexican biker.



"Hey, I like pussy. Sue me."

That was pretty goddamn brutal, wasn't it? And what the hell was that finger breaking thing that Jax did when he dumped the body? Isn't being dead enough?

Now, what the heck is the ATF's next move? What is Ally Walker's character going to do to bring the Sons of Anarchy down? You just know she's not finished.

Man, I can't wait to see where this goes. I just hope the middle episodes don't get bogged down in a bunch of introspective crapola. FX should produce a book copy of that book Jax's father produced and Jax has been reading off an on. That way we can read along when Jax is reading.



"I can read?"

Oh, and I just want to say that's it's always cool to see the great Jeff Kober on TV. He plays the mayor or the Charming town supervisor or something. He's the one that brings in Arkin's people. I can't wait to see what happens to Kober as a result.



-"King of the Hill" is now officially over. I thought the show ended a few months ago (you know, like May, when the other Fox cartoons ended their seasons) but apparently Fox had two more episodes left to air. I haven't had a chance to watch those two episodes yet (that'll likely happen over the weekend), but from what I read about them they're just two regular episodes of the show. There's nothing "final" about them. No one moves away, no one dies, and nothing turns out to be a dream. That's probably a good thing.

I'm going to miss Hank Hill and friends. The past few seasons have been kind of hit and miss, but the show never stopped being funny. It should have a nice, long life in syndication. And who knows, maybe Adult Swim will want Mike Judge and friends to make a TV movie or just more episodes in a year or two. That'd be pretty cool.



"Yup."



- "Fringe" season one finale thoughts: I finally got a chance to watch the final batch of episodes of "Fringe" over this past weekend, and I have to say that the season ended with a bang. The show really hit its stride in that final episode, with Olivia meeting William Bell in that alternate dimension. I hope that the show explains why the hell Bell is even in that alternate reality.

Now, what does this revelation have to do with the ongoing investigation into the Pattern? Walter did tell Olivia that something terrible was going to happen and that everyone had to get prepared for it. Just what the hell is he talking about? Does William Bell know something?

As for Massive Dynamics, I think it's about time the show does an entire episode, sort of like a documentary, on what it is that Massive Dynamics actually does. What does the general public know about the company? We already know what the FBI knows about the company.

Much like "Sons of Anarchy," I can't wait to see what the show has in store for us with season two. I just hope that the show doesn't get crushed too badly on Thursday nights and Fox decides to junk it or movie it to Fridays. I don't want to see "Fringe" go away until the show explains what the hell is really going on.



"Look at that! It's the moon! Holy shit!"

-"Bones" season four finale thoughts. I also finally got a chance to watch the last batch of episode of "Bones" from last season, and all I have to say is: what the hell was the point of that finale? Yeah, okay, Booth has a brain tumor. Why do we need to see his apparent inner fantasies? Why didn't the season just end with Booth finding out about his brain tumor?

The Booth and Bones in bed thing, as a result of the wacked out finale, wasn't as interesting as it could have been. I mean, it didn't actually happen, so what really happened there between them? Nothing. Was it a big ass cheat? Yeah, I think so.

So what's going to happen in the upcoming season, season five? Damned if I know. I'd imagine that it will be back to business as usual with Bones and Booth investigating murders and whatnot. And that'll be cool because that's what the show is really all about anyway. I just wonder, though, if the show will lose fans if it tries to build up to something like "Bones and Booth in bed" again. How can the fans trust the show ever again?

But, like the other two shows I've talked about here, I can't wait to see what the show has in store for this upcoming new season.



- The new "The View" set doesn't look any different. It just doesn't. Yeah, there's blue everywhere and the table looks kind of glossy, but what exactly is different?



"The table is kind of glossy now, isn't it?"

Talk shows have to stop this "new set" stuff because the "new" sets never look any freaking different. Look at Maury Povich's "new" set. It's more red than the previous one, but so what?

Why do talk shows even mention the new sets anyway? Are people anxious to see these new sets?

- The girl on "Wipeout Australia" acts exactly like Jill Wagner on the American "Wipeout". Last week, "Wipeout" aired an episode of the Australian version of the show sans the Australian hosts (I have no idea why. Well, I know why ABC removed the Australian hosts, but I don't know why ABC decided to air an episode of the Australian version of the show). John Anderson and John Henson did the play-by-play, but the episode did have the Australian sideline reporter, the uber blonde Kelly Landry (I think that's what her name was). Kelly was fabulous and all, but she acted almost exactly like Jill Wagner.

She was flighty and sarcastic like Jill. She did that goofy eye roll thing like Jill. She did that stare at the camera thing. Heck, even the snarky remarks during the Qualifier were like Jill's. Are the other sideline reporters on the other international versions of the show like Jill, too? Is that what the show producers look for?



"I love Jill Wagner."

Now, for those of you in Australia that watch the Australian version of the show, why is the grand prize only twenty thousand Australian dollars?

- The Speed Channel's NASCAR Sprint Cup pre-show and post race Victory Lane shows need new commentators. They really, really do. Both Jimmy Spencer and Kenny Wallace need to go. They're just awful. Neither one of them ever has anything interesting to say. Wallace spends most of his screen time screaming into his microphone and Spencer just shills for NASCAR. Even when Spencer disagrees with something NASCAR does he doesn't really disagree with NASCAR. He qualifies his disagreement with a seemingly endless stream of "NASCAR is great but..." and then usually ends with "But, we have to remember, NASCAR is great."



"Well, we may suck, but at least we've both won more races than Wally Dallenbach."

The presence of Larry MACReynolds is another thing that needs to end, too. He usually does a good job on TNT, but on Speed (which is owned by Fox, which tells you everything you need to know right there) he's an illiterate moron. Why the fuck does he keep saying "hisself" so goddamn much?

Speed should just have Kyle Petty on as the color commentator because he isn't freaking annoying. He actually has interesting things to say and he isn't a complete and total shill for NASCAR (I'd say that he shills probably 60% of the time, which is way better than Spencer's 95% and Wallace's 99%).



I am dreading the day, though, that Michael Waltrip becomes a full time commentator on Fox and Speed. He currently does the color commentator thing during the Truck races and he participates in that thing Speed has on Monday nights (that roundtable thing. I can't think of the name of it), but when he stops driving he's going to be there all of the time. That terrifies me.

Two Waltrips on Fox and Speed? Jesus Christ.


"Boogity, boogity, boogity, we're fucking awful!"



- Ion Channel now broadcasts until midnight during the week. For whatever reason, Ion is running episodes of the Canadian show "Durham County" from 11pm-12am, which I assume is just something the network is doing until "DC" runs out of episodes. It's about time the network expanded its broadcast hours. But, and I've said this many, many times before, why not expand the number of broadcast hours during the day, too? Why start at 4pm? Why not start running shows at 9am or even earlier?

I mean, who the hell is watching those infomercials they have on all freaking day? I remember when the network started it used to have religious programming on during the overnight. They don't even do that anymore. There's one religious show on at 1 am (I don't know what the hell it's called. There's a woman on there, though, doing stuff on a white board) and after that it's just infomercials, infomercials, infomercials.

Ion has access to all of those shows that AOL has on the internet. Why not air those shows during the day? The network also has the rights to several movies and miniseries so, again, why not get some use out of them? And since the network now has access to Canadian shows, the programming possibilities are practically endless.

I just don't understand the world sometimes.

- How was "The Jay Leno Show"? I haven't had a chance to watch the show yet so I have no idea if the show is any good. It did get a huge rating, though, something like 17 million viewers, which is decent for a debut (NBC probably expected more than that, but then I guess it's a miracle anyone watches NBC anymore, right?). What did you guys think of the show? Worth the wait? Did it meet expectations? Was it worth all of the hype?



"Well, I think it was, but then it's my show."



- Boomerang needs to bring back Toonami on Sundays. For a little while there, Sundays was a great old cartoon show day because Boomerang, the sister channel to The Cartoon Network, aired nothing but action cartoons. Thundarr the Barbarian, Birdman, Bionic Six, Chuck Norris, Superfriends, and pretty much every single Hanna Barbera cartoon made in the 1960's. And it was awesome.



Sundays aren't so awesome anymore. Boomerang airs pretty much the same stuff every day. There's the occasional old action cartoon thrown in there (The Centurions was just on) but, for the most part, it's just current non-action stuff. It's depressing.

I wish Boomerang would get the rights to MASK. I haven't seen that show in forever. What are the odds of that happening, though?



And finally,

That "Rule Your Kingdom" Time Warner commercial needs to go away. It's a funny commercial, sure, and it was cute the first fifty times I saw it, but now it's just annoying. Every goddamn commercial break it's there. Remember that Verizon commercial in the ice cream place? It's like that one.

And what's with the "Watchmen" plug in there?



There's only one commercial I want to see over and over again. That commercial? The Kia commercial with the hamsters driving the car. It may be the greatest commercial in the history of commercials.



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Complete Lies

Once again, I'm going to engage in lying with two Complete Lies, total bullshit I just made up for your reading pleasure. For whatever reason, if you think I'm lying about these lies and I'm really telling the truth, well, I'm not. Just trust me on that.

- This column got John Stossel fired from ABC.



"I hate Bryan Kristopowitz. Fucker."

It was reported last week that John Stossel, who had been a reporter/news personality at ABC for 28 years, quit the network and got a job at the Fox News Business Channel. Well, the part about Stossel getting the job at FNBC is true. He'll fit right in with the rest of the right wing degenerates there (and, man, it's going to be a hoot seeing him on the regular old Fox News channel, hanging out with Glenn, Bill, and Sean). But the truth is he didn't quit ABC. No, this column got him fired.

How? Well, sources inside ABC claim that the president of ABC news, David Westin, read this very column last week, saw the bit I did on how Stossel was terrible on "20/20" and immediately decided that Stossel had to go.

"The guy was loyal to us and everything, but he did look like he was about to throw up every week on '20/20' and we can't have that," the source said Westin told his fellow ABC news executives. Westin, when he heard about Stossel's new job, reportedly called Roger Ailes of Fox News and asked him if he had a good bucket for Stossel to use.

Ailes had no comment.

See, folks, this column does matter.

- CBS is planning on doing a new "Kolchak the Night Stalker" series. After the disastrous revamp of the old Darren McGavin led 1970's show at ABC a few years ago, it looked like the property was dead. But, people at Sony, who now has the rights to the character, have proposed to CBS a new "Kolchak" show and have promised that it will be more like the original.

What exactly does that mean? "Well, watch the original show and you'll see what we're going towards," one Sony executive is reported to have said. So who does Sony have their eye on for the lead role of Carl Kolchak?

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City.



"How am I doing?"

"Koch is old, and he recently had heart surgery, but he's got the right sensibility we're looking for in this new show," a Sony writer said. "Plus, he knows how to do TV. He was the judge on 'The People's Court' for a little while."

CBS is expected to view a pilot next spring with the possibility of the show airing in the fall 2010.



"Where the fuck is my coat?"

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The TV Rants and Raves Theme Song of the Week

Enjoy.



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"Live Evil" opens this Friday!



What is "Live Evil"? It's a kick ass low budget action horror flick starring the great Tim Thomerson and Ken Foree and directed by Jay Woelfel. You can check out my review for it here.

As the headline above states, the flick hits theatres this Friday, September 18th at select theatres across the country and then hits DVD and video-on-demand November 3rd. If you get a chance to see it in theatres be sure to do it. Otherwise, check it out on DVD and VOD. It's a great movie.

http://www.liveevilthemovie.com/

http://www.myspace.com/liveeviliscoming





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A Movie News Moment



-Tim Thomerson wants to do another "Trancers" movie. It was recently reported at the Fangoria website that Thomerson, while doing press interviews for "Live Evil," said that he had been in contact with Full Moon's Charles Band and that a new Jack Deth adventure could be in the offing.



This is pretty big goddamn news for a total "Trancers" nerd like me. Regular readers of the "Top 5" column know how much I love the low budget, B-movie series created by Band and writers Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo back in 1985. And the thought of having Thomerson back in the trench coat shooting out likes like "Dry hair's for squids" and "Goddamit, McNulty, the next time someone hands you an exploding ham I'm going to pass the mustard" is just about the coolest thing in the world.

The Fangoria bit also said that the potential seventh "Trancers" movie would take place in China. Why China? Thomerson really didn't elaborate. It sounds like an odd setting choice for a seventh movie. Does he mean "old" China, like kung fu China, or modern China, with mega cities and stuff? Again, he didn't elaborate.

My hope is that the new movie, if it ever happens and, in fact, takes place in China, isn't a period piece. We've already seen two movies with Jack Deth in medieval times, we don't need a third. I'd much rather see Deth in a big ass city, singeing trancers with a gun. But, hey, maybe that's just me.



Do you think Band and company will be able to get Helen Hunt back? Hunt has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Maura Tierney and that new NBC show "Parenthood." Wouldn't it be cool if Hunt didn't take the NBC job and did another low budget sci-fi movie with Tim Thomerson?

Of course it would.





"Rambo V" will have Rambo fighting a super weaponized pig. Or something like that. I don't know. What "Rambo V: The Savage Hunt" is actually about is anyone's guess at this point, as multiple stories have appeared all over the internets since it was announced that Millennium Films wanted another Rambo movie. Will Rambo fight a pig? Or some kind of hideous mutant creature? Or will it be a band of super soldiers, like the ones in "Universal Soldier" or "Soldier"? Again, no one seems to know. Well, Sylvester Stallone knows, as he's going to write, direct, and star in the movie, but no one else does.

Early opinion on this idea seems to be mixed. It seems like everyone likes the idea of another Rambo movie, but they don't like any of the ideas floated. Rambo fighting a pig or a monster sounds kind of weird, yeah, but I'm willing to give Stallone and company the benefit of the doubt that they know what they're doing. "Rambo IV," or just "Rambo," was a great action flick.

I do kind of like the idea of Rambo hunting down super soldiers, though. Rambo would probably end up vulnerable on the battle field, something we really haven't seen yet (I'm including the time he was captured by the Russians in part 2. He may have been getting his ass kicked in there, but he was in total control of that situation). I can already see the tagline: "The hunter is now the hunted!" Cheesy as hell? Absolutely. But you just know you want to see that movie.



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And now, Dr. Phil.



"Look, the issue isn't whether or not I've ever had anything inserted into my ass for the purposes of my own sexual gratification. No, the real issue is will you allow me to insert something into your ass for my own sexual gratification. And I think the answer should be yes, you will.

I mean, come on, I have a pair of rubber gloves right here in my coat. I'm a firm believer in no glove, no love."

My God, Dr. Phil, you are such an asshole. What the hell is your problem, dude?

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Special Comment

Okay, this is something that's been bothering me for the last while now and it's high time I got it off my chest and out there to see if I'm the only one thinking it. There's no shame in being alone, yes, but it's nice to know from time to time if there's someone out there willing to say "Fuck, yeah, you're right."

So what is this thing that's been bothering me?

All of this Beatles shit for that new Rock Band game.



Are the Beatles a great band? Of course they are. Does the band deserve continuous, universal praise for being such a great band, despite the fact that they broke up like forty years ago and two of them are dead and there's no chance of them, as a group, ever producing another new song? Yeah, sure, why not? They were, and still are, a great band. But is it really necessary to go completely apeshit with Beatles stuff over a goddamn new video game?

No, it isn't. It's ridiculous, in fact.

One, it's just a video game. It is not a seminal cultural event, regardless of what the video game nerds claim (and this is a video game nerd talking here). Two, isn't the whole point of the Rock Band game to sort of play fake guitar to a song? Why am I supposed to shit my pants over the opportunity to do that to begin with? And third, doesn't this whole ad campaign come off as a crass attempt to just sell more Beatles shit? Aren't we all tired of being manipulated like that? I know I am.

So, can we let this Rock Band game be the last time we go insane over the Beatles, at least until Ringo or Paul McCartney die? Because I know we're going to have to go through this all over again when one or both of them die. It'll be okay then because that's what you do when a celebrity dies. But, for right now, can we just mellow out about the Beatles video game and just listen to the group's songs on the radio?



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The TV Rants and Raves Douchebag of the Week





"That's what I'm sayin'."

This week, the TV Rants and Raves Douchebag of the Week goes to Kanye West for whatever the fuck he was doing during the MTV Music Awards. I didn't watch the VMA show (I don't think I've ever watched the VMA's) but I saw the snippets on the news of West interrupting Taylor Swift's winners speech to basically tell everyone that the wrong person won the award.

While that may be debatable (I have no idea what Swift won for), there's a time and a place for saying that, like after the awards show. You don't do that shit during a fucking awards show while the award winner is accepting the award. That's just bullshit.

What the fuck were you thinking, West?



"Money, money, money...money."

And then there's Randy Jackson of the Jackson family, for whining about media coverage of his brother Michael's funeral. Is Randy actually serious here? Is he really all that upset about the media firestorm over his brother Michael's funeral?

Of course not. I mean, really, if Randy and the family are so dang upset, why did you have the funeral outside? Wouldn't it have been more prudent to do something inside? Well, yeah, but then he couldn't complain about helicopters overhead and "ruining the sanctity of the event."

Every complaint from the Jackson family from here on out about exploiting Michael Jackson is nothing more than publicity for whatever the family has planned to exploit the image and memory of Michael Jackson in the future.

The next time Randy or someone else from the family calls a news conference to complain about the media firestorm, can someone please ask whoever why, if they don't want the media covering them, are they calling a fucking press conference? I'd like to hear the answer to that question.



And then there's Lorne Michaels, the producer of Saturday Night Live, for firing both Casey Wilson and Michaela Watkins. What happened to the need to find great female performers for the show and then keeping them there? This decision makes absolutely no sense.

That's all I'm going to say about it, because there's nothing else to really say. There's just no reason for firing them. What the hell were you thinking, Lorne?



"I suck!"

And finally there's Congressman Joe Wilson, for yelling "You Lie!" during President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress last week. You know, Addison (that's Joe's real name), why couldn't you be like those other right wing douchebags in the audience holding up that pamphlet or whatever the fuck it was instead of the douchebag that yelled at the President? What the hell makes you so damn special?

You know, I remember all of the carrying on that ensued when Democrats hissed during one of GW Bush's speeches and how it was the most horrendous thing ever in the history of the Congress. Here we have a guy yelling at the President during a speech and the collective media response is "He's from South Carolina. They're known for that." What the fuck ever.

So when the Republicans all walk out of the chamber during President Obama's State of the Union speech next year will the liberal media say, "Well, that's just politics"? Sure seems like it.

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And now, the weekly Fearnet update

What's on Fearnet this week? Why don't you go here to find out?

Yes, that's the Fearnet website, where you can check out free movies (the site gets new ones every Wednesday), horror news, and more. Plus, you can get information on how to contact Time Warner Cable as they still haven't reinstated the free, 24/7 on demand horror channel. What the hell are they waiting for?

The rat bastards. This is ridiculous.

We must keep the pressure on, though. That's all we can really do.

If you haven't done so already, please check out the Fearnet fans Facebook page, which can be seen here.

Come on Time Warner! We want our Fearnet!

(As always, thanks to both Mark Lindsey and Mathew Hirsch for info regarding the Fearnet fan movement).

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IRL and NASCAR thoughts

Well, the field is set for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and Kyle Busch ain't in the field. He missed out on the top 12 cutoff by a few points, and Brian Vickers "took" his place. That's just fabulous.

The race at Richmond Saturday night was pretty decent, with lots of passing and suspense throughout the night. It was looking kind of iffy there for Juan Pablo Montoya as he just had a lame night. When the race started it was announced that JPM could finish no worse than 18th to make the cutoff. He ended up finishing, what, 20th? But he made it, and that's the most important thing.



Now, the sentimental favorite to win it all has to be Mark Martin, as he's never won a Sprint Cup championship and it's looking like this is probably his last real chance at doing it. He's finished second six times and, when it's all said and done, it would be a real shame if he didn't have at least one Cup title on his resume. I mean, he doesn't really need it to secure his spot in the Hall of Fame or anything, but it would be nice to have.



Denny Hamlin seems to think he's got what it takes to win a championship this year. He said that his team is "dangerous." Do I think he's got a chance at winning it all? Not really. I figure Denny will choke before half way. Either that or he'll screw up at Charlotte and cost himself the title.



"Yeah, I'm dangerous. Like syphilis."

I know who I want to win the title (JPM or Martin), but do I know who will win the title? Ask me in a week.



Not much new going on in the IRL right now. The next race is this Friday in Japan, at Twin Ring Motegi, the place where Danica Patrick picked up her first career win last year. Who knows if she'll be in contention this year, as Penske and Ganassi have dominated the ovals, winning all of them. Maybe Ed Carpenter can get his first win in Japan? He came close at Kentucky and had a chance at Chicagoland. That'd be a pretty cool story.



The race airs on Friday night at 10:30pm on Versus. I'm going to assume it's live, but who knows? I will be watching, though. I do know that.



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And now, your weekly "Jericho" update

Well, the "Jericho" comic book is still the big deal in "Jericho" world. The fine folks at Jericho Kansas.com seem to be the ones leading the way on this comic book awareness movement thing, and they've created Saving Jericho, the home for information on "Operation Comic Book" (Pretty cool name, huh?), and that's where you should go for all news regarding the coming comic.

And don't forget that you can still purchase the entire "Jericho" run on DVD. Go here to buy the entire series. If you're not into the whole "buying the entire series in one package" thing, you can get each season individually. Buy season 1 here, and season two here.

You can also preorder the "Jericho" comic book as a trade paperback here. It's not coming out until January 2010 but there's nothing like planning ahead if you can. You should also buy the individual issues when they come out starting in October, too. There's nothing wrong with being a completist.

The comic is about a month away. It's a pretty dang exciting time to be a "Jericho" fan. Let's keep that name out there! Yeah!

Long live "Jericho"!




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That'll be about it

Well, I think that'll be about it for this issue, issue thirteen. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

Don't forget to check out the 411 mania movies zone podcast, which can be heard here. It's always a good listen.

And please check out my other column here at the movies zone, The Gratuitous B-Movie Column. It's about B-movies.

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"Stewie: Now, I'm going to do something I like to call the 'Compliment Sandwich" Where I say something good, talk about where you need improvement, and then end with something good.

Brian: Whatever you gotta do...

Stewie (flips notepad): Something good... something good... You look like SNOOPY and it makes me smile... but you have smelly dog farts."

That's from "Family Guy," but I'm pretty sure you already knew that.

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Cancer sucks.

Alzheimers sucks.

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