Makin’ it work! According to Neil Patrick Harris’s Twitter feed (which I recommend), Tim Gunn on the set of “How I Met Your Mother” is the “best guest star EVER!” [@ActuallyNPH]
Six Awesome TV Characters Who Deserve Their Own Show. I agree; all of these characters are awesome, particularly Creed from “The Office” and Jane Lynch’s character in “Glee.” But part of what makes the characters so great is that we only get them in small doses. [Gunaxin]
Best. Tattoo. EVER. “I do say, old chap, I’m the deadliest creature in the sea. Champagne?” [Foggy Monocle via F Yeah Sharks]
The faces behind the voices of famous cartoons. Wait a second, Uncle Phil was Shredder?!?!? [Unreality Mag]
How to ensure your children give you the worst senior care possible: A Minnesota linguist spoke ONLY Klingon to his infant son for the first three years of his life to see if babies would learn Klingon like any regular human language. Wheeee! Babies are fun to experiment on! [boing boing]
Their parents probably taught them Klingon. A woman dressed as Pikachu accepted a marriage proposal from a man dressed as Raichu, which my nerd friends tell me is another kind of Pokemon. [Topless Robot]
‘Modern Family’ to get somehow even better. On the heels of the announcement that Ed Norton and Elizabeth Banks would both have guest appearances on the show, the newest addition to the extended family will be Fred Willard, perfectly cast as Ty Burrell’s father. [Fancast]
Here’s Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible in a skit from last night’s Emmy Awards. (In case this is your first time on the Internet, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was a web series written by Joss Whedon starring NPH as a wannabe supervillain.) I suppose the skit’s good, but it feels a little disingenuous. Dr. Horrible, after all, only exists because of the writers’ strike. It was born on the Web because of TV’s failure. So to use the character to poke fun of the Internet and pander to a TV audience is kind of a dick move.
Anyway, I’m probably overthinking this. I don’t actually care. It’s not like I have some kind of emotional connection to characters on the Internet. And I certainly don’t have a Second Life avatar that’s married to Christina Hendricks and owns a keyboard-playing cat, so if that’s what you’re thinking, you’re definitely wrong, because no matter how sexy that might be, it would be a huge waste of my time. I’m far too busy for that. **takes off virtual pants**
Hey buddy, you mind? I’m tryin’ to watch something that matters.
The Emmys were last night, and unless you’ve got an iron will and the patience of Job, it’s unlikely you watched the entire telecast.
So here’s the entire night: “30 Rock” and “Mad Men” won for best comedy and drama, respectively; the pleasant surprises were Kristen Chenoweth for supporting actress in “Pushing Daisies” and Michael Emerson for supporting actor in “Lost”; and the most unpleasant surprises were Jon Cryer winning best supporting actor in a comedy for “Two and a Half Men” and the criminal snub of “Generation Kill” for best miniseries, which went to “Little Dorritt.” There you go. That’s everything that’s worth talking about if you want to pretend that the Emmys have half the import of the Oscars.
More importantly, following a night where all of my TV crushes were assembled in one place, I’d like to petition the government to make Blake Lively’s breasts a national monument of some sort. I know I’ve said this before, but they are SPECTACULAR. And I don’t mean that in any kind of chauvinist or demeaning way: they’re just a natural beauty crafted by God, like Devil’s Tower or the Badlands or the falls at Yosemite. You should be able to pay $15 to elbow some German tourists out of the way and get a good look at them. I wanna go camping there.
(live blog here, more on the winners here, excellent column on the awards here)
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Apparently TV news grinds to a halt for a week while all the TV critics get in a big circle and whack off to the Emmy nominations. Who got snubbed, why show X was nominated instead of show Y, oh-my-God basic cable shows will be the undoing of the networks, blah blah blah. The biggest fear seems to be that people won’t watch the CBS telecast because the popular dreck that CBS airs the other 364 days didn’t get nominated. Go figure.
So it all comes down to host Neil Patrick Harris and the possibility of Justin Timberlake performing: From the Washington Post’s Lisa de Moraes:
Justin Timberlake to the rescue! He’s one of this year’s most Emmy-nominated individuals — including two nods for outstanding original music: “Motherlover,” performed on “Saturday Night Live,” and “I Love Sports” performed at the 2008 ESPY Awards. (Timberlake is also nominated for best guest actor in a comedy for his “SNL” gig.)
In that original-music race, Timberlake’s tune will tangle with Hugh Jackman’s opening number from the most recent Academy Awards show, and the Stephen Colbert/Elvis Costello duet “Much Worse Things” from “A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All,” among other tunes. Wanna bet the best original music tunes competition will become part of this year’s Emmycast?
I’m obviously fine with Timberlake performing — especially if he and Andy Samberg are serenading Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson — but I just don’t get the fear-mongering of “What if people don’t watch?” Well, then it’ll go to cable with all the other niche shows. Big whoop. You don’t hear the Cable Ace Awards bitching about the Emmys sucking and moving in on their territory, do you?
“Hey baby, I hope you’re hungry.”
Top Chef: Masters (Bravo) — Pro chefs have to cook an egg with one hand tied behind their backs. More importantly: Neil Patrick Harris alert! NPH serves as guest judge during the elimination.
RENO 911! (Comedy Central) — Season finale. Meh.
Time Team America (PBS) — PBS valiantly tries to make archaeology interesting. Hmmm… needs more Nazis, Harrison Ford.
Monsters Inside Me (Animal Planet) — You should see the monsters inside… MY PANTS! Seriously, crabs are no laughing matter, people.
Extreme Miami Hot Spots (Travel) — If this episode doesn’t show me where I can get some high-grade cocaine, then I question their use of the word “Extreme.”
True Hollywood Story: Baseball Wives (E!) — Supposedly, compared to Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise, this isn’t crap. At the very least, it’s got Jennie Finch, so it’ll be nice to look at.
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) — I only mention this because Emma Watson (seen revealing her panties here) is the second guest. Pedo Bear was pretty stoked until he heard she was 19.
Neil Patrick Harris is in talks with CBS to host the Emmy Awards, which will air on September 20th. NPH also hosted this year’s Tony Awards, TV Land Awards, Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and Writers Guild Awards.
The “How I Met Your Mother” star… was a no-brainer of a choice for the Eye after he earned rave reviews as host of the June 7 Tony Awards [watch the closing number below - Ed.], which also aired live on CBS …
The pressure is on this year’s Emmycast exec producer, Don Mischer, to improve the ratings and the critical reception to this year’s show. Last year’s Primetime Emmy Awards were widely panned for the decision to use five reality show personalities as co-hosts. [Variety]
There’s not much to say about this except “sweet.” I’d say that NPH is the Coolest Gay Man on Earth. Omar Little was a fictional character and Freddie Mercury’s dead. Who else is there? Chuck Palahniuk? Please, writers are lame. **spends weekend alone on the computer**
