South Park redefines the F word
Damn, it’s getting harder to locate these hidden aliens every week. Your hint for this week is above, though it looks like the southparkstudios.com folks have a bit of a typo in the choices for the Get South Park‘d contest this week.
Y’know, South Park tries to deliver a message in many of the episodes, usually with some sort of monologue from Stan, Kyle or Cartman. And most times it’s just funny and you just don’t take it seriously at all. This week, though, there was a message within the story without really coming right out and telling us what it is. Well, besides that loud Harley riders are fucking annoying as hell.
Shark Tank may have had Jason Calacanis?
I mentioned previously that I dug ABC’s Shark Tank. What I liked about it wasn’t that the “sharks” picked on the people who presented, it was that I got a sense of how people tend to pitch their ideas in a somewhat closed setting and, ultimately, what ideas seem to sell. This was all before I got to watch BBC’s Dragons’ Den, which is definitely what Shark Tank was based on, but it’s a much different feel and one that caters more to helping out the entrepreneur.
As part of my whole addiction to listening about ideas and how they are presented, I started downloading the This Week in Startups podcast, hosted by my former boss at TV Squad, Jason Calacanis. The show actually airs live on UStream every Friday afternoon at 1 PM, but I grab it for the road the next day. As part of the show, Jason does his own form of Shark Tank, allowing a caller 60 second to pitch their idea to him, while he gives his advice.
Will Trinity be Dexter’s 24th slide?
In case you missed the details in Sunday night’s episode, a close-up of Dexter’s new slide box reveals that, at least since obtaining his new trophy case, he’s filled it with blood slides of 23 victims. So far it appears that Dexter’s got only one kill on his mind, and that’s Trinity; I just can’t imagine we’d get a “filler” episode at this point, where Dexter needs to go get his rocks off while he’s plotting how to take down Trinity.
Ghost of Halloween past: a round-up of posts
Hot damn, I love Halloween time. Deb hates it, but I freaking love it. And being that I live in New England, it’s like Halloween Central here. The fall leaves, the crisp air, and Salem a mere hour’s drive away. I have a yearly ritual of planning for a late night and early morning of TV and movie watching on Halloween night, which is why I love Rich’s regular Halloween programming posts to keep handy. It’s also part of why Deb hates Halloween, because I’m a big ball of useless junk when I finally wake up the next day. [Edit Deb: Hey! I made Halloween orange muffins in jack-lantern and ghost muffin pans... I'm not a total grinch!]
Let’s take a quick look back at some Halloween themed posts we’ve done in the past in order to honor the night, shall we?
How Defying Gravity would have progressed, straight from the creator
One of the things that kills me anytime a show I love doesn’t get picked up for additional seasons — or is flat-out canceled mid-season — is dangling storylines. Being that I’m into sci-fi shows, enduring long story arcs is pretty commonplace. So, when word came that Defying Gravity was not only not getting a second season, but it wouldn’t be airing the final handful of episodes in the U.S., it was par for the course. But dammit, I wanted to know what was going to happen next!
South Park takes on Paul “TURD” Watson and Whale Wars
Once again, there above’s this week’s hint for where to find the hidden alien for the South Park‘d contest. Good luck to y’all, and remember who to give a shout-out to when you get animated!
This week was a hell of a lot funnier than the past few episodes, picking fun of a show that totally deserves it: Discovery’s Whale Wars. The show’s “star,” Paul Watson, has been criticized plenty of times for lying for his cause, and his “reality” show has been called a sham by many. To see a big fat “TURD” on an actual photo of Watson hanging in the “Sea Shepherd,” then the rest of the Whale Warriors being called “incompetent, vegan pussies doing absolutely nothing and turning it into drama” was gold. Unfortunately I know a few other shows like that.
And the Firefly Easter egg on Castle is …
… a catalyzer!
“Wait, a what?” For anyone who’s up on their Firefly lore, a catalyzer is that critical piece of equipment that a Firefly-class ship needs in order to function … pretty much at all. You probably would remember this piece best from the awesome Firefly episode “Out of Gas“, being the piece that Mal needs to replace in order to get Serenity working again and able to call back his crew.
For those of you who don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, read on.
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