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• Pre-Amazing Race Season 9 Episode 6 Hey all. CBS changed the time Amazing Race is on. Now, Tuesday is just Garbage Day. Not Amazing Race & Garbage Day. Anyway a couple things in preparation for tonight’s installment. There’s some other Amazing Race bloggers: flyairdave Scrappy’s Amazing Race 9 (Looks like Amazing Race fantasy sports style. Also looks like Scrappy’s in Mpls.) Phil’s got a blog
• Hugh Laurie on KCRW’s the Treatment Elvis Mitchell interviewing Hugh Laurie from Fox’s House - my favorite new show. It’s a great listen. I was completely taken aback by Hugh’s extremely British accent. I think that’s a mark of a fantastic actor - being able to remove yourself from the character completely. On a slightly related note, Cayenne Chris‘ voice does
• A Perfect Day for Cicely, Alaska “I have grown really tired of contact sports…you can break an ankle, but can you die?”- Joel Fleischmann It’s -1°F this Saturday in the Twin Cities (weather.com says ‘feels like -18°F’, Thanks). Fortunately, NetFlix sent over Northern Exposure Season 2, Disc 2 this morning. This disc contains “All is Vanity”, the episode where Maggie has Joel play
• Sports Night - Still Best Show Not on TV Sports Night on DVD finally bubbled up our Netflix Queue. More than 5 years later, it still has the best dialogue of any television series ever. It’d translate perfectly to the video iPod also; audio that doesn’t need video and very basic video (people talking, generally not moving quickly). Hopefully, iTunes will become a strong
• Studio 60 - Best Show on Television Sure, I’ve probably said this about ever Aaron Sorkin production…save West Wing (it just didn’t click with me). The writing in all his programs is superb, the characters - real, the situations - idealized without being unrealistic, drama without cheese or melodarama. Life. Though, if history is any indication - Studio 60 won’t be on for