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i'm with slim in that colicchio is an ass-boil.

but ramsey makes me happy, as i, too, want to scream shit in folks' faces.

Love Biggest Loser. I love me some Trainer Bob.

The UK version of Kitchen Nightmares (also The F Word) worked because Ramsey at least balanced his tantrums with doses of genuine charm. For whatever reason, he insists on playing 100% asshole in his US shows and the formula has gotten beyond tired. Yawn.

Also, and apropos of nothing, because I am not interested in today's list-
Toblerone has finally come out with a Fruit and Nut version.
Do you grasp the significance of this?
Fucking Fruit and Nut Toblerone!!
I might just never be seen again.

Actually, I appreciate how SYTYCD focuses more on the actual talented dancers than the freaks. And even when it shows the freaks, it rarely lingers on them like AI does. I enjoy the auditions rounds. Plus, we're into Vegas Week next week, and nothing rocks more than Vegas Week!

Ahhh, but PBS is giving us Ken Burns - say what you like, but those parks are just mind-bogglingly georgous.

SYTYCD is Mrs. Slug's and my favo(u)rite show. Period. I can't dance myself, but even I honestly enjoy watching the movement and the choreography. Dance is a form of art, right? So it's like watching art performance after art performance -- something I wish there was more of on TV (AI doesn't count, although I can't really explain why).

Also, I wish Cat would come over and hang out. She'd be my first choice for Awesome Platonic Friend of the Opposite Sex.

Final plea: maybe a Pajiba review of SYTYCD sometime?

— “So You Think You Can Dance” on Fox, now competing directly against “Dancing With the Stars.” Here’s hoping they cannibalize one another to death.

Oh, go poop in a trash can you uncultured snob.

Oh, and I actually started by getting three months for free (lucky me, just in time for Dexter S2 and Californication S1). Maybe you can work out something like that.

Hell's Kitchen is so predictable by this point, you can pretty much guess the winner about 7 episodes in. Even so, I love seeing him call people donkeys and swear at them. HK is my guilty pleasure.

Sons of Anarchy is the best show on TV right now, it's damn genius, and you should really review it.

I LOVE BIGGEST LOSER!!! How Can YOU NOT LIKE???

There are maybe five people who will enjoy this, so I must forge on.

Oh, the pithy pain and pathos! The sugar free gum! The gang begins the week elated that no one went home, a development which twists the reality show gods’ skivvies into such a knot that a storm of elastic crazy is getting ready to sanp bungee on someone’s behind. And by Crazy, I think you know Thy Name is Tracy.

Blonde Sami immediately unleashes the shenanigans- your trainer or two pounds? Some cupcakes or some power to make people hate you? Some dabble, some toy. She leaps! She leaps hard! Then she falls down! Oh Tracy.

Lost on the decisions that made Killian want to, well, Killian, was that Pink team seriously toed the line, and half the Red team snorked cupcakes. After Tracy with the Shifty Eyes goes for both Challenges, Pink and Red team spend the rest of the week being sanctimonious bitches.

Warning: If I have to hear Four Pound Amanda yammer on one more time about being “America’s Choice,” I might have to forgo my weekly commercial S’mores break.

Highlights: Abby has a tibial stress fracture. Bob and Abby talk about Abby’s entire family being killed in an auto accident, and the stress fracture. Bob leaps up with an epiphany. He knows just what Abby needs! She needs Yoplait Light Yogurt. He commands her to eat it. “Delicious, “ she says with a quizzical shrug. There, there, Abby. Better now.

Bob and Killian intervene with Crazy and her Shifty Eyes, the likes I have not seen since the day my one college roommate peed in my other college roommate’s coffeepot in a drunken stupor and tried to deny it. Intervention fail. She proceeds to make people hate her, and no one is hating more than America’s Pink Sweethearts. They veer wildly between kissing ass and rolling eyes. And forgetting to lose weight.

Bob quips, “It’s always the Game Playas who get Fat again.” Word to that, Temple Vein!

Killian wants to kill someone. She makes a Large Man Hit a Tractor Tire With a Sledgehammer. She Laughs Manaically and Belongs in a Fellini Film.

The Weigh In is a triumph of Team Play and Jesuslike Sacrifice, plus two young men in a hurry to get home and get it on. With two ladies, unhhhhh!

Shay and Dan stay. Everyone wants Shay to stay, because no lie, girl is two fists of solid rock with a brain that can explain any feeling. Plus, Hot. Getting Hotter. Can’t help but like. I have a feeling if Bob said, “Shay, I know you grew up in foster care, but this yogurt is AWESOME!”

Shay would burn Bob up with her eyes. And then Killian would scoop up the ashes and put it in water and make everyone drink it.

Temple Vein.

He’s Good Protein.

VampireSlug, I've been pleading for that for some time. Don't think it's gonna happen, but at least Pajiba After Dark allows everyone to yick yack about their favorite shows. I like the SYTYCD auditions as long as they focus mostly on the good stuff and less on the weirdos. Mr. "I've got a great personality!" guy was kinda sad, though; he just reeked of desperation. And kudos to the girl who had lost her hand to cancer; she had a fantastic spirit.

Can't stand Lil'C--stupid name for a grown man, plus he takes himself waayyyy too seriously. Crack a smile occasionally, dude, it won't kill you. I like Nigel but he's definitely dialing up the perv factor, and he made some incredibly inappropriate remarks about Jeanine last season. Poor girl would always look stunned.

And they really need to stop insisting that Shankman is some massive Hollywood celebrity when he's only directed some crappy films that no one had ever heard of. I like the guy, he's clearly got great dancing skills, but a superstar he ain't.

And the new time slot forced me to endure a few minutes of HK. Good God, with the way Ramsey behaves, you'd think they were making life-and-death decisions on that show. It's just food, people. Someone please punch that man in the face.

@DeadBessie: Shankman directed Hairspray. Given that it was one of the top-grossing films of 2007, I'd say a few people have heard of it (and him)now.

Everything else though, yeah. Even the part about punching Ramsey in the face, though I've never watched the show. It's food. If it's not a special occasion, fuel up and move on with your life. Read a book or something.

here's the link to the SYTYCD review:
http://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/so-you-think-you-can-dance.php