Can you be too enthusiastic?

I recently caught a portion of the Rachel Ray talk show/cooking show. Boy! She is a bundle of enthusiasm. It's high pitched. It's "great"s and "awesome"s. It's a wide, bright-eyed grin. But is it too much?

Sometimes I had to put the TV on mute, because it started to grate on my nerves. I love happy. I love enthusiasm. But, I think you can cross the line into becoming unreal...a tad fake and Rachel, I think you cross that line. The show was quite enjoyable, when Rachel calmed down, spoke in her inside voice and was her, nice, pleasant persona. I could actually take the show off of mute during those times.

http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/

I Love New York in Shambles

Oh, oh, Tiffany - Ms. I Love New York - is having some trouble in paradise. See the following from the NY Post:

IT looks like "I Love New York" bimbo Tiffany Pollard, nicknamed "New York" on the reality show, still hasn't found her Prince Charming. She and her latest suitor, Taylor Made (real name: George Weisgerber), fought publicly all night at the opening of new 27th Street lounge Suzie Wong's. After she pointed her finger in his face and yelled at him in front of Shanna Moakler, Simon Rex and Bethenny Frankel inside the club, the duo continued squabbling outside, where Weisgerber head-butted Pollard in the face. "She flipped out," said our spy.

Head-butted?? Really?

For more on this guilty pleasure, see:

http://kerijam.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-love-new-york-2-spoiler-alert.html

http://kerijam.blogspot.com/2007/12/blush-i-love-ny-current-guilty-pleasure.html

I Love New York 2 - Spoiler Alert!

Oh-my-goodness!

It's final selection time on the VH1 show, I Love New York 2. Eeek! (yeh, yeh, I already admitted that it was my guilty pleasure, http://kerijam.blogspot.com/2007/12/blush-i-love-ny-current-guilty-pleasure.html, so no teasing necessary)

Tiffany (New York) is wearing a great, white dress with sparkles...I only wish she had a 1/4" more material at the top to protect her decency and my eyesight!

Ok, they are going through the cheesy love words now. "I am drawn to you like a moth to a flame". Yawn. Bleccch! Hurry up and pick already!

Who will it be?? Buddha or Tailor Made??

Tailor Made already proposed the night before. Of course, he couldn't help but smirk as he said his "heartfelt" love lines. Hehe.

Now, Tiffany (New York) pulls an engagement ring out of her bosom (I am still wishing she had that extra 1/4" of material up there) and asks Buddha if he's in love with her. Poor Buddha misinterprets and thinks New York is proposing to him. New York then douses him with - "well, Tailor Made proposed to me last night with this ring". Cold!

Oh, oh!!! No she didn't!! NO WAY!!!

New York just said she's in love with Tailor Made! Is she crazy??

Tailor Made is still going through a divorce. He's a wimp. As Buddha said, "Tailor Made is spineless". That may be a bit much, but he's definitely a scaredy-cat. But... he does buy her everything she wants. And, he does everything she wants. Guess that's what counts for Tiffany (New York).

New York doesn't accept Tailor Made's proposal, but she accepts him. She says that in 24 months she may marry him.

Is this reality? I wonder if they are still together.

This show is a cash cow though - so if they don't have an "I Love New York 3" with a new set of guys, they may film New York and Tailor Made as they progress towards marriage. He only has to get out of his current one first...

*Blush* - I Love NY - Current Guilty Pleasure

Watch out because this rubbish show will grow on you if are not careful. Seriously, it happened to me.

I enjoy the VH1 show "I Love New York 2". OK, that wasn't so hard to admit.

The show is another one of those dating reality shows, with eliminations occurring each week. I only catch the show late nights or weekends during reruns, and it is hilarious. The show makes fun of itself. It is so obviously not reality, but it doesn't even try to be.

Also, the lead character Tiffany (New York) and her mother Sister Patterson are classics. They have such exaggerated personas and it feels like you are in on the joke with them about the ridiculousness of their roles on the show.

Cheesefest galore. Haha. Love it.

Also, kudos to the show, the finale tonight is filmed in my favourite place - JAMAICA.

I want Buddha to win. He's not great (understatement!), but he's better than that wimp Tailor Made.

Nigella Bites

Nigella Bites, was one of my all-time favourite cooking shows. I loved the witty, British star - Nigella Lawson. She was refreshing...unapologetic about her love for food, and comfortable in her beautiful, curvaceous skin.

I like cooking shows where the chef actually tastes their own food and seems to genuinely enjoy it. No fake nibbles from my Nigella, she tasted healthy portions and you sensed that she immensely enjoyed each bite.

I haven't seen Nigella's show in a while, but if you get a chance, check her out. I promise you a vicarious thrill.

http://www.nigella.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_Lawson

In da HOUSE

Check out House on Fox. Hugh Laurie rocks it every time.

Will it be as good as the first?

I hope so! See you at the premiere...

So What if I Like (Love) TV Shows for Kids?

It's time for me to "open up the kimono" (this has been the phrase of the month in my business circles, so I figured why not "leverage" it here; leverage is another one of those business buzz words, it has been the phrase of the month for the past decade)...

Back to opening up the kimono: I love kids TV. Disney Channel, ABC Family, Nickelodeon are the primary stations. My love is definitely discriminatory, there are only a select number of shows that make it to my favourites list. I stopped to analyze my current favourites and found the following similarities:

- Yes to witty dialogue
- Yes to humour
- Yes to credible characters, flaws and all
- Yes to non-preachy life lessons
- No to annoying cheese fests (e.g. out with Barney-like mush, out with Mr. Rogers-like smarminess)

And without further ado, here is my current favourites list:

- That's So Raven (Disney Channel)
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron (Nickelodeon)
- The Naked Brothers Band (Nickelodeon)
- Zoey 101*** (Nickelodeon)
- Phil of the Future (Disney Channel)
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (ABC Family, Nickelodeon)

Please don't let my opening up of the kimono go to waste. Sample a few of the shows and let me know what you think. Also, share some of your favourite kids shows with me. I know I am not the only one out there!


***Zoey 101 is somewhat smarmy, but the lead character is Britney Spear's sister and I am hoping that the family will redeem itself with this second daughter. Also, an added plus: the characters are enjoyable

Bringing Snuffy Back...

Timberlake is bringing sexxy back, so as I am suffering from a stuffy head and sniffles this weekend, I decided to bring Snuffy back!

Remember Snuffy from Sesame Street? His official name is Aloysius Snuffleupagus, but he is commonly known as Mr. Snuffleupagus or Snuffy, i.e. Big Bird's best friend.

Sometimes when people are sick, I call them 'Snuffleufogus'. I just recently realized that his name has a 'p' and that I have been mispronouncing it for years. Oh well, chalk that up as one learning for the weekend. Gladly (or sadly) it doesn't end there, other highlights from my weekend Snuffy research (yes, I researched that big, brown, cuddly thing) include:

- Snuffy looks like a woolly mammoth, without tusks or visible ears

- He attends Snufflegarten and has a baby sister named Alice

-Snuffy is Big Bird's imaginary friend and adults on the show did not believe Big Bird that Snuffy existed. Adults were often upset that Big Bird blamed Snuffy for things that went wrong

- In 1985, due to a rise in reporting on child abuse and pedophilia, people began to have concerns about this Sesame street storyline where adults refused to believe in Snuffy, despite Big Bird's assertions, and the fact that other characters had seen him. They felt that children would be reluctant to tell adults about abuse because, like Big Bird, their claims would not be believed. As a result, Sesame Street updated the storyline and adults were able to see Snuffy for the first time ever and they apologized to Big Bird for not believing him

- Sesame Street then made Snuffy a more regular character on the show and allowed him to appear sometimes without his best friend, Big Bird

I hope that was informative. Now, pass the tissues. Snuffy is sick.