And speaking of a mid-season show I’m excited about…
Here is the first promo for Portlandia, the show set in Portland that stars real-life friends Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein. This feels like what Mr. Show would be doing if it was around now, and that’s one of the highest compliments I can give.
Also, Kumail plays a cell phone salesmen in Episode 3, so look out for that!
Gynomite’s Tiny TV.com Reading Room
Two things I contributed to on TV.com this past week!
Mid-season shows we’re most excited about and each TV.com writer creates their very own top five shows of the year! Hooray!
Well played, Spacey.
Kevin Spacey, when asked by a reporter:
“We gay men have always proudly claimed you as a member of our tribe, and yet you don’t proudly claim us back. Why?”
Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years, but I’m still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy. People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone’s reasons in the same box. It’s just a line I’ve never crossed and never will. But why is it in this country that kids might think it’s OK to bully and make fun of somebody? I’ll tell you why, because what do they see in the media happening all the time? In the media they seem to think that’s OK, so if we stop using sexuality as a weapon against people, maybe everyone will eventually get cool with it. I don’t live a lie. You have to understand that people who choose not to discuss their personal lives are not living a lie. That is a presumption that people jump to. Look, at the end of the day, people have to respect people’s differences. I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don’t buy into that the personal can be political. I just think that’s horses–t. No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story. Now some people feed that. They’ll go to the trendy restaurants where all the photographers are and then bitch about being famous. But if you don’t want to feed that and you want your life to be based around what your work is then it ends there.
Good point. I might forgive you for K-PAX.
Yet another reason I love The Meltdown
A few days ago, one of The Meltdown’s uberfans, Nathan, asked Jonah and Kumail what their spirit animals were. This is what he did with it.
We’re going to have him bring it to a show in the New Year and present it formally, and it may even become our official t-shirt.
I’m a lucky girl to be working amongst all this.
Gynomite’s Reading Room
Best thing about the end of the year? All the top ten lists! Here’s a terrifying look at the top ten prison gangs!
Science proves that lube make sex better for women, so I wrote about it for Lemondrop!
This guy is my new hero, despite his being in prison.
Here’s me trying to understand holiday tipping and explain it to you!
The ten most retweeted tweets of the year!
Are you dating a boy or a man? It’s a repurposed Gynomite post at Lemondrop, Buzzfeed, and The Times of India (?)!
My advice on how and when to tell your date that you’re divorced, at HuffPo!
Oh screw it, here’s just a huge list of top ten lists….
I. Got. To. Interview. Wilson. Phillips. Ok, it was by email, but still!
Mariah Carey went all Paula Abdul Promise of a New Day on her Christmas special, wonking out the aspect ratios so she looked skinnier. Come on Mariah, just leave it alone!
What’s the most annoying word in the American vernacular?
Man up!
Which Ed Hardy lingerie should I get?
OR
I’m leaning towards the “satin-touch tube top with cross motif”.
This is literally something I said yesterday.
Picture me at the Hollywood Improv lobby talking to a friend and describing how Kumail and I will be all over the East Coast in the next few weeks:
Yeah, we’re going to go from New York to New Jersey to North Carolina, so we’ll be visiting all the N words on the East Coast.
Next picture my face straining not to look horrified as I realized what I just said. Then picture the group of African-Americans nearby, just out for a night of comedy, looking both surprised and disgusted.
Man, am I ever awesome.
Well this is horrifying and amazing.
The alternate ending of Yogi Bear, made by the actual Yogi Bear filmmakers.
Let’s check in on hateful comments!
December 17, 2010 at 6:10 pm (let's check in on hateful comments) (commenters, lemondrop)
This was a silly fun fluff piece I wrote for Lemondrop about the word “whatever” being voted the most annoying word two years in a row. It was reposted to AOL, giving it a much larger audience, and as a result, it was flooded with comments. 416 when I last checked. Here are my favorite:
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