Talk About Type-Cast!

This may be a blog about TV and how much it sucks, but what do these movies have in common?

Wayne's World 2, Dave, Major League 2, Wag the Dog, Meet Wally Sparks, Mad City, In & Out, Contact, EdTV, Space Cowboys, Juwanna Mann, John Q., Stuck on You, Calendar Girls, Mr. 3000, First Daughter, The Astronaut Farmer, and Underdog.

Yeah they're all shitty movies, but they all have something else in common: Jay Leno has a cameo in each of these movies as a late night talk show host. There are also a few other movies where Leno isn't playing himself, but is still a late night talk show host. Can we get this guy some more diverse roles please?

I may not have much good to say about TV these days and I'm not a big fan of late night talk shows, but Jay Leno is worthy of respect. He worked his ass off to named Johnny Carson's successor. He was then slaughtered by David Letterman in the ratings for about five years, but he stayed the course and for ten years has been the undisputed king of late night.

No one thinks Letterman is funnier than Letterman does (Well maybe  Paul Shaffer) . This guy is so overrated it's not funny, and neither is he, but I digress.

So Conan O'Brien will now be the host of The Tonight Show. I don't hate Conan as he had a hand in some of the funniest Simpsons episodes, but I doubt I'll be watching The Tonight Show with Conan as host.

Some people think he's being set up to fail and Jay Leno will be back, but I can't see that happening. Who is going to beat The Tonight Show? Everyone else on late night is terrible, as long as he doesn't suck, I'm sure Conan O'Brien will be fine. He should take this opportunity to debut a new hair do. The one he has worked when he was younger, but the older he gets the worse it looks.

One last note on late night talk shows: who the hell was the genius who gave Jimmy Fallon a show? Ick. Well, if Jimmy Kimmel can have a show...

TV Sucks

There is no better title for the first entry of this blog other than "TV Sucks." If you had to choose between the internet and TV, which would you choose? For me, it would be no-brainer, and a no-brainer I would be if I subjected myself to a lot of this garbage that's on TV today.

And now we're entering the summer TV season, where the worst is thrust upon us like a dirty diaper to the face. I was watching Don't Forget the Lyrics for some unexplainable reason the other day. It was a celebrity version, starring Marvin Lee Aday (better known as Meatloaf) and his daughter, Pearl. For the sake of anyone who pays to see this man perform, I hope he doesn't sound as bad at his concerts.

I doubt I will watch Don't Forget the Lyrics anytime soon, I don't find it interesting at all as to how well people know the words of songs. But at least it gives Wayne Brady something to do, it's been a while since Whose Line is it Anyway? has gone off the air. Is the British version still going?

One encouraging sign for this summer is: there will be no Canadian Idol. One of the worst things for me personally about the glorified kareoke contests (both American and Canadian) is when I talk to my mother at all when these shows are running, she seems to get it into her head that I give a shit about these shows and gives me her opinions as to who she likes and hopes to win (shudder).

So here are some targets for upcoming entries on this blog: Jon & Kate and all other "reality" shows about families with too many damn kids, The Simpsons (Enough! I beg of you!), Grey's Anatomy (do you want to operated on by someone who has the maturity of someone from Junior High?), singing/dancing/"talent" shows, TSN and other sports news shows, news channel, and anything else I see a commercial for that makes me want to gag.