i love jason lee. no, seriously, i totally love him. i loved him in mallrats (stinkpalm!). i love love loved him in chasing amy because not only was he funny, but he was awesome enough to negate the presence of ben affleck (tough job!). and i’ve loved him in everything he’s been in since — kevin smith flick or otherwise.
jason lee is awesome, and funny, and far cooler than tony hawk will ever be in his wildest dreams. and even though he’s a scientologist and named his son pilot inspektor, i love him anyway. furthermore, jason lee has re-introduced me into the world of television.
now, i hate television…up until recently i hated it very discriminately with the exception of battlestar galactica (oh my god, only days left!) and football. because i love football, and because it usually involves drinking. and battlestar because it’s fucking awesome and i’ll gouge the throatmeats out of anyone who says otherwise (cuz they’re lying).
i have no use nor no time for television. i can’t be home in time for primetime and for the most part it’s asinine crap that doesn’t interest me. even putting two exceptionally hot actors on ER can’t make me sit down at 10 pm on thursdays and watch a whole hour of hospitaldramacrap. and they are two very HOTT actors — and um…i’ve had a minicrush on john stamos since like…forever. but that’s besides the point because jason lee is changing all that and it feels weird, but really funny.
if you haven’t seen my name is earl, wtf is your problem?! it’s out on dvd now, and season one is hilarious! i’ve managed to catch 2 new season episodes at the gym, but you can’t fully appreciate the hilarity of jason lee when you’re running as fast as you can. still, something is better than nothing, that’s for sure. i can guarantee i’m going to get my name is earl season 2 on dvd as soon as it comes out. it’s awesomely funny, i love jason lee and ethan suplee, and the crabman is fabulous & hott. how can you not love someone called ‘crabman’ anyway?
so that’s like, one tv show i already love. which is creepy and weird, really. but it also has giovanni ribisi, whom i absolutely adore. actually, i think i love the entire cast of my name is earl, and that usually doesn’t happen. but it does help that the mailman wears an eyepatch, so i even love him.
and now i’ve found something else, that airs regularly (now) on television that i’m actually going to make an effort to watch. well, as much as possible considering they’re airing full episodes online now — which is awesome. i’ve been hearing things about salma hayek’s new project. and i love salma hayek…i like her acting, and i think she’s gorgeous. cuz like, she totally is. but now she’s producing and has her own show on abc — ugly betty. i don’t think i’ve watched anything remotely affiliated with abc that isn’t football in a long ass time. but since i’d been hearing so much praise for this new — funny — show, i decided to check it out last night.
nothing on itunes (of course not) for neither my name is earl nor ugly betty. those bastards! but google & the abc website gave me ugly betty in its entirety online. all episodes so far including the premiere. score! and so i watched it…and so i liked it!
ugly betty is really cute — literally and figuratively — and had some seriously funny moments. the nephew is obviously “special” and somewhat cringe-worthy because any boy that is that into fashion magazines is kind of scary; that said, he probably knows more about makeup and high heels than i ever will. the daddy is endearing, and very daddy-like, which i approve of. and you can’t help but hate the snobby office bitches in betty’s office. the few times she stands up to them, you do kind of hope for an accompanying bitch-slap.
it is disappointing that even though america ferrera (betty) is very pretty, and a talented actress, this is one of the only major productions she’ll get in the mainstream. i never saw real women have curves or the traveling pants movies, but they weren’t that big, and unfortunately, in the eyes of the mainstream media and hollywood: america ferrera is too fat, and “ugly”. that’s just not true, and it’s sad. even as betty, she’s pretty (look at her, she IS pretty). hell, i’d want to look like her. because you know, braces do come off (thank god for that!) and being blonde isn’t everything. but that’s besides the point and i don’t want to get into it anyway.
it’s a cute show. not as hilarious as earl, but it’s different and refreshing and i hope it stays.
but more importantly i hope that they continue airing full episodes online or i’ll never get to see it again.
