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TV Reviews | November 28, 2007 | Comments (71)


It’s the end of sweeps, which means that the medical dramas pull out their ridiculous stunts, so I’m going to one up the “Grey’s” sweeps stunt with one of my own: Today’s recap will be written entirely in Kitty Pidgin, the language of the Lolcat phenomenon. I feel that Pajiba has fallen way behind on this way-crazy Lolcat trend, so I plan to do all our catching up with one post. If you have issues with it, express your outrage in the comments section, but please — if you will — use Kitty Pidgin.

I didn’t recap last week’s episode cuz ov teh holidai, but don’t worry; thar wuz absolutely no plot progreshun. Liek most soap operas, u can jump in an episode or 40 latr, an evrythin iz pritee mutch teh same. An as evidence ov dat, teh “previously on” segment has nary scene frum last week’s episode othr than 2 remind us dat meredith nao knows dat her fathr iz ragin drunk.

Meredith decidez, while she’s shakin her ass wif christina, dat she’s goin 2 tell mcdreamy dat he’s not allowd 2 date nomore, cuz she firmly believez dat casual sekz shud be monogamous. Meanwhile, skank cancr iz pisd cuz meredith an christina r, liek, totally happeh couple, while she an george r flounderin wif their crappy sekz life, so she decidez 2 taek it out on cardio machine. Wow: i don’t knoe if it’s teh HD or wut, but skank cancr iz lookin pasty. Whatevr: let’s set dis up:

Teh Plotlinez

Docta. Bailey’s an her husband

We git teh furst glimpse all seriez ov Docta. Bailey’s home life, wer she’s sittin ovar breakfast table listenin 2 her husband kvetch cuz she’s nevr at home, thus settin up their inevitable divorce. I bet she hookz up wif teh chief. It’s 2 obvious. Her husband iz testy bastard, anyway — he feels all emasculatd cuz he’s stay-at-home dad. Dood: jus listen 2 ur wife, put away teh dishez, an keep ur complaints 2 yourself. Dis guy has Stedman written all ovar him. Embrace teh emasculashun — i’ve findz it werkz wonders. Also, if u naym ur child aftr medicatd padz, u’re askin 4 life ov misery. Anyway, latr on in dis episode, she’s supposd 2 has lunch wif her husband, but she’s stuck in surgery.

Alex an Lexie

Alex iz fallin 4 lexie lil, it seems; wut teh hell happend 2 ava? … 5 scenez latr, oh well: thar she iz. An alex iz disin her, though she managez 2 convince alex 2 let her watch surgery he iz in on. An, dat createz an awkward moment 4 alex when lexie an ava end up sittin next 2 wan anothr, an ava reveals dat she’s wif alex. It’s jus liek teh whole Ben or Noel ting, all ovar again, huh?

Teh Ambulance

It takez full 7 minutez 4 da show 2 git 2 itz real sweeps stunt, but it’s doozy: wan ambulance crashez headlong into parkd wun. Teh paramedics inside r f&^%ed — 2 r cut up an hangin upside down in da overturnd ambulance, while in da othr ambulance, teh drivr iz comatose an teh pasengr in da bak seems k, which ov course meanz dat he’s teh wan dat’s goin 2 dye (“grey’s,” u r so predictable).

But, furst, we’ve got 2 deal wif dis guy’s issuez, namely dat he won’t let female nurse touch him, which iz bad cuz docta. Bailey … oh, it’s not cuz she’s woman, iz? It’s cuz she’s black. Hmmm … oh, he won’t taek halp frum teh chief, eithr. Dood’s stone-cold wite supremacist. Racist f&^% doesn’t wants christina mesin wif him eithr, an it turns out his hooj fear iz dat someone mite — mite — taek offense 2 teh huge swastika tattoo he has undr his shirt. Docta. Bailey an Christina end up doin teh surgery, but teh racistf&^% insists dat george be in da room.

I r teh bord wif dis episode already.

Wan ov teh paramedics, hoo iz still stuck in da ambulance, iz akshully cut in half, but he doesn’t realize it. Oh, man: when they pull him out, thar iz gonna be huge mes. Poor janitor. Jebus: half-body iz nao singin, “bright sunshiney dai.” Dood — her’s teh song u ought 2 be singin: “ain’t no sunshine when mah legs r gone.” An u’ve got 2 be f&^%ing kiddin me: dis man iz cut in half lyin in an ambulance bout 10 minutez frum death, an Teh Herp makez it bout her, sayin dat 4 da rest ov his wife’s life, she’s goin 2 be teh wan dat told her bout her husband. her. Her. Her. Her. anyway, before half-man iz pulld out, he savez his partnr’s life by seein sum sort ov contrapshun in his bak.

Grizzledouche an Seth Green

Nobody likez stunt castin, but at teh same tiem, when else r u goin 2 git chance 2 c Seth Green has body tumor removd frum his neck. Teh fear aftr teh surgery, howevr, iz dat seth’s neck artery — which has only thin layr ov skin’s protecshun — will burst. I hope it’s geysr! Well, it turns out dat Seth’s gurlfrend left him cuz ov teh tumor, an he’s wickd bittr.

… An, f&^%. Seth’s artery busts, an sprays blood all ovar lexie, at which point we git teh dreadd, “2 be continud.” 2-partr. It’s gud ting i’m writin dis in kitteh pidgeon, cuz i can’t wrap up any ov thees threadz. An i’m not even sure i can manage anothr recap aftr dis wan. Teh show has always been bad, dis wan iz — especially 4 sweeps ep — wuz jus plain dull.

Dustin Rowlez iz teh publishr ov Pajiba. He livez wif his wife an son in Ithaca, New York. U cud email him, or leef comment below.









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Comments

I CANZ NOT READ THS MUCH LOLCAT K
IT IZ 2 LONG

Posted by: Brenda at November 28, 2007 12:11 PM

Wherein Dustin recaps the unwatchable in an unreadable manner.

We all knew that lashing out was inevitable, you can only poke the bunny so much.

Posted by: Brook at November 28, 2007 12:14 PM

Sheesh...that maid mah hed hurtz.

Posted by: sarah at November 28, 2007 12:18 PM

Dear God, that is annoying. I can't even read this even though I REALLY want to know how bad it was.

So wait...Meredith and Christina are sleeping together? Are they a "totally happeh couple" with each other? Someone translate for me!

Posted by: JKo at November 28, 2007 12:28 PM

Dustin, I hope this was a one time thing, because my eyes hurt after reading the first paragraph.

JKo, I thought he meant that they were just clubbing and partying together, but I could be mistaken.

It sucks what's going on w/ Bailey, but predictable, if she hooks up with the Chief. Bailey's hubby seemed like a good guy. Guess they want bigger ratings.

Posted by: Brie at November 28, 2007 12:34 PM

Ow. Seriously, Ow.

Posted by: Melody at November 28, 2007 12:36 PM

Thank you, Brie. I know the show is bad, but I didn't think it had sunk that low.

Well, no, I did think that. I wouldn't put it past the show.

Posted by: JKo at November 28, 2007 12:41 PM

K, so's I actully watched teh episode (first in long tiems), and i had enjoyment frum watchin' Seth Green humer in teh sea of crap that is this show. Evrthin in episode seemd perdictable, and teh lovestorys is boring. Do not want!

Posted by: jonr at November 28, 2007 12:45 PM

When I was 11, my father let his sister take me to her traditional Methodist church. At one point, the woman had some sort of holy conniption and began speaking in tongues. If I had phonetically written down everything that I thought she was saying, I probably could have produced this review.

But it's alright. I consistenly depend on pajiba to recover repressed memories of my glossalalic aunt June.

Posted by: Verona at November 28, 2007 12:47 PM

I has a bucket!
Cause I just threw up in that motherfucker.

Posted by: insertclevernamehere at November 28, 2007 12:49 PM

what the fuck is Lolcat and why where my eyes just subjected to it?

Is that like...text speak sort of thing?
Is that what it is?

Never assault my eyes with that again.
God people complain about the dumbing down of plots and dialogue in movies and TV, maybe the writers see that mess(this is no offence to dustin, bravah, for, as a writer,being able to write that shit without tearing off your own fingers three lines in) and feel like its proof positive the audiences IQ's are marginally lower than their own and realise anything too complex will ...well it'll be cancelled.
Unless they say fuck a lot, then they'll get seven year runs and given ten squillion awards and applauded for having changed the face of television despite coming AFTER vastly superiour dramas that took an even simpler concept and weaved it into televisual glory that included a scene where one man SHITS in anothers face and STILL MANAGES TO ROCK.
ahem.

Posted by: nadine at November 28, 2007 12:51 PM

ok, it was funny, but slightly painful. JKo, the "happeh" is because Meredith and Christina have the only functional relationship on the whole goddamn show. It's not sexual, but it works. And Izzie just can't stand that because she just fucked up her own "bestfriendship". Haha. Apparently she didn't know that it's a lousy idea to sleep with your best friend with whom you have negative chemistry as a plot contrivance.


*DEATH TO KITTIES!*

Posted by: joker at November 28, 2007 12:52 PM

Theater of the absurd! It's funny. Then it's not funny. Then it's funny again. My favorite bit:

Jebus: half-body iz nao singin, "bright sunshiney dai." Dood -- her's teh song u ought 2 be singin: "ain't no sunshine when mah legs r gone."

Translation(?): Jesus: half-body is now singing, "bright sunshiney day." Dude -- here's the song you ought to be singing: "Ain't No Sunshine When My Legs Are Gone."

*snort*

Everything is funny in lolcat!

Posted by: Jerzy Gal at November 28, 2007 12:52 PM

Dustin: Please do a translation because that amount of grammatical error is really hurting my head. I think my brain would explode from reading the entire thing. I can only imagine what happened to yours after you finished writing this (Implosion?). God, you must detest us all for choosing Grey's as the recap of choice because that's the only reason why anyone would do an entire recap in lolcatz pigeon crap language.

Posted by: Gigi Worthington at November 28, 2007 12:57 PM

(p.s. I love writing in Lolcat, for some odd reason.)

Posted by: jonr at November 28, 2007 12:59 PM

Yeah it is official, none of this found it funny.

Posted by: Brenda at November 28, 2007 1:00 PM

You should recap Kid Nation in this language. It fits so much better.

Posted by: David at November 28, 2007 1:01 PM

DOOD! DOOD? wot teh f#@! kinda shiz iz dis?

Posted by: smash at November 28, 2007 1:05 PM

Dis r teh funneh. U bringz teh lolz. lolcat maik GA betr. MOAR!

Posted by: Gabs at November 28, 2007 1:13 PM

Why do you recap Grey's Anatomy?

Posted by: Tracy at November 28, 2007 1:14 PM

Finally, a review for the commom (wo)man. None of that uppity intellectualism that so many complained about from Ranylit Richards. [soory if I butchered your name]

Posted by: anikitty at November 28, 2007 1:19 PM

I could not even get through on paragragh , that shit was hard to read .

Posted by: Gilp at November 28, 2007 1:31 PM

Im in majr pane... hatin ur pjeeba.

Never again. You hear me?

NEVER AGAIN.

Posted by: TK at November 28, 2007 1:36 PM

It's jus liek teh whole Ben or Noel ting, all ovar again, huh?

Hahahahahahahahaha

Posted by: Katie at November 28, 2007 1:41 PM

TKS! Kitty Pidjun have give me teh hedayk. Im in ur commentz, flaymn yur thred.

Posted by: Manny at November 28, 2007 1:43 PM

iz nevr spok lol cat b4 - r u wit meh?

luv seth green cuz robot chicken rokz

Posted by: gunter at November 28, 2007 1:43 PM

In ur pajibas hurtin' ur branez

fuck-hard to read.

Posted by: Cass at November 28, 2007 1:43 PM

In ur pajibas hurtin' ur branez

fuck-hard to read.

Posted by: Cass at November 28, 2007 1:45 PM

sry 4 dbl post

Posted by: cass at November 28, 2007 1:47 PM

Holy fucking shit! What kind of crap is this? Maybe I don't spend enough time on the internets, but people actually write this way? Those motherless fucks.

Posted by: Agent Scully at November 28, 2007 1:57 PM

Wan ov teh paramedics, hoo iz still stuck in da ambulance, iz akshully cut in half, but he doesn't realize it. Oh, man: when they pull him out, thar iz gonna be huge mes. Poor janitor.

diz mad I LOLZ outloud n clazz wile mi prof wuz dishcushing Alzheimer's. i am no gud prsn. diz reveiw musht has take so long 2 rite bcuz dis short comment iz has taking i liek 10 minutes. LOLCAT iz hard.

alzo, i can has think thy ripd dat off from Homicide.

Posted by: AnnArrogance at November 28, 2007 2:12 PM

Wow Dustin, I hope this wasn't as hard for you to write as it was for me to read. Though somehow, the stank of the show still seems to seep through...it's that powerful.

Posted by: Starbuck at November 28, 2007 2:20 PM

I can has moar kitteh pidgin next week? Iz enjoyun peepls beeuns madz!

Posted by: Kolby at November 28, 2007 2:26 PM

Wow, that was impossible to read. It's even harder to look at than the show itself. Yuck.

Posted by: brit at November 28, 2007 2:31 PM

I think maybe we all learned today that Lol Cats works because it's only a sentence and there's a picture of a cute cat involved. Paragraph after paragraph of that was just... an assault on my brain.

Posted by: Ben at November 28, 2007 2:34 PM

I can haz bichie revu? kthnx.

Grizzledouche: Do Not Want!

Posted by: thecox at November 28, 2007 2:39 PM

Lolcat and Grez r purrrfekt 4 each otherrrrrrrrr!!!!!! Both apeal to teh ovrdramatik annoyyin teenage grrrrl n us + u needzz all yr brain powrrr 2 dcifer!!!!!

ps happeh = happy

Posted by: Draya at November 28, 2007 2:51 PM

Don't do this again. ever

Posted by: NDR at November 28, 2007 2:51 PM

Can I has some syntax?

Posted by: James K at November 28, 2007 2:56 PM

Oh hai! I can has pikturz of kittehs wif dis reveew? Pls K thx.

I had more commentz for u, but I eated dem.

Go to www.icanhascheezburger.com if you aren't familiar w/ LOL Cats. Some of them are pretty cute!

Posted by: Mistress Violet at November 28, 2007 3:05 PM

OH MY GOD. First this phenonmenon infiltrated one of my favorite bloggers and I lost respect for her because she finds it amusing, I assume, since she constantly links to her favorite "funny" pictres and captions. And now pajiba? I get what you were doing here, but seriously, this is one internet craze that is too stupid to even acknowledge, whether tongue-in-cheek or not. Holy shit, people, don't feed the beast of inanity (is that a word?) or it will only get bigger! Death to LOLCATS!!!!!!!

Posted by: tinmo at November 28, 2007 3:34 PM

i can has electroshock therapy plzthnx
dis lolcat sht hurtez ma brainz

Posted by: The Wanderer at November 28, 2007 3:41 PM

I can no haz no more ov dis.

kthxbai!

Posted by: Lara at November 28, 2007 4:23 PM

Wow. That wuz pnful! But what made it bearable was that rather foxy looking lady set as the picture. Does anyone know who she is?

Posted by: bobby at November 28, 2007 4:33 PM

What the hell is this shit? Why are you recapping a stupid TV show?

Posted by: Elizebeth at November 28, 2007 4:34 PM

tl:dr

Posted by: bg at November 28, 2007 4:39 PM

Hahahahahahhaha. Please do all Grey's recaps like this. Please?

Posted by: bunni at November 28, 2007 4:45 PM

Ouch.

Thank you for the cure. I thought lolcatz was cute in small doses, but now- oh, my poor head.

Posted by: demondoll at November 28, 2007 5:51 PM

bobby: dat iz teh skank cancur ov greyz. "katherine heigl" when shez in teh rel lifs. no good, k? shez no good. so u shud no moar sez shez teh foxy, k? kthxbai.

Posted by: VampireNomad at November 28, 2007 6:18 PM

Man, that was probably my favorite Pajiba review ever.

"Dood -- her's teh song u ought 2 be singin: "ain't no sunshine when mah legs r gone."

hahahahahaha I'm a sucker for teh kittez.

Posted by: mmmhmmm at November 28, 2007 6:22 PM

If you really want us to get on board the hate train, you need to use photos of KH where she doesn't look SO fine. That one, for example, is out of the question, if you want to extract even the slightest bit of negativity.

Posted by: Al X at November 28, 2007 6:37 PM

u no i has to admit i lovez teh LOLCATZ. but dey iz scary bcuz dey iz thinking liek dat.

English translation for the LOLCAT retarded:

You know, I have to admit--I am endlessly amused by LOLCATZ. I can't lie. Cute kitty pictures with poor grammar and spelling? Adorable. But I was perusing icanhascheezburger.com and now they scare me. Not because of the pictures, mind you, but because ALL THE COMMENTS ARE IN LOLCAT!!! It's really kind of scary. I saw one comment that was like 3 paragraphs and ENTIRELY IN LOLCAT. What the hell? My short comment above took me forever to write! These people must seriously think like this to write so facilely in this stupid patois of theirs.

Posted by: AnnArrogance at November 28, 2007 7:11 PM

I miss Felicity.

Posted by: blahmeh at November 28, 2007 7:35 PM

"u can jump in an episode or 40 latr"
:/ its l8r.
lolcat en fransay iz harder tho.
I received the following text:
"C ki?"

It took me well-nigh forever to figure out it meant 'who's that?'

I am awaiting goziggle (or Babelfish) to tranzl8, because if Snoop can be understood, texting should prove no challenge.

Posted by: yogh at November 28, 2007 8:48 PM

Dood -- her's teh song u ought 2 be singin: "ain't no sunshine when mah legs r gone."

glad i decided to read this in the school library...i think my suppressed-laughter-full-body-shake and snorting attracted some weird looks.

i luv LOLCATS nd dis ruveew

Posted by: nona at November 28, 2007 9:03 PM

Thanks. I got a fucking nosebleed trying to read the first three paragraphs.

Posted by: Alabamapink at November 28, 2007 9:18 PM

hee hee hee . . . it tickles me when 'bama curses.

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at November 28, 2007 9:38 PM

Lolcats bloze!

What next? "all your base are belong to us"?

Posted by: Uncle JR at November 28, 2007 10:58 PM

Aw socalled, quit your snickering and bring me a box of tissues.

Posted by: Alabamapink at November 29, 2007 12:07 AM

pleh!

gray'z astronomee


DO NOT WANT!

Ceiling Cat be watchin' u masturbayt

Posted by: Plobes at November 29, 2007 12:47 AM

My eyes!!!! The Humanity!!!!!!! It burns!!!!!!!


That is all.

Posted by: lawyerjenn at November 29, 2007 8:56 AM

Oh god! I think my eyes are permanently crossed now. Dustin, you ever do this again and I will BEAT you with one of those motherfucking cats!

Posted by: starkravingsane at November 29, 2007 11:05 AM

I understand the joke and appreciate the work that went into it, but this is simply unreadable. Skewer this "speak" once, but I think it should be banned altogether, whether it's tongue-in-cheek or not.

Posted by: Darth Corleone at November 29, 2007 5:44 PM

You gave me a migraine...
FAIL.

Posted by: Melissa at November 29, 2007 6:58 PM

That made my head hurt. I couldn't read beyond the first paragraph.

Posted by: Jenny at November 29, 2007 11:27 PM

What I respect is that you took the time to translate a whole review into LOLcat. Seriously, the time it must have taken to sound each word out and figure out how it would be in retard phonetics must have taken forever.

You, sir, get a tip of the hat for your dedication.

Posted by: Miranda at December 1, 2007 2:21 AM

Wow! In my head, you sound like a retard with a huge speach impediment. It's very funny to read with that head voice!

Posted by: Leah at December 2, 2007 11:32 PM

aaaahcummonz! kantz beez dat badz 2 thiMk
fo-net-ik-lee. u non bileeengwulz r siwwy!

Posted by: kikz at December 4, 2007 1:13 PM

aaaahcummonz! kantz beez dat badz 2 thiMk
fo-net-ik-lee. u non bileeengwulz r siwwy!

Posted by: kikz at December 4, 2007 1:14 PM

This is awful. I could not even enjoy Grey's badness because it was inaccessible to my grown-up, English speaking brain. I look forward to your Grey's recap the same way I wait for the Sunday crossword. Thank you for ruining my week.

Posted by: Kista at December 4, 2007 2:28 PM

It's official: The world as described by Anthony Burgess, and as envisioned by Stanley Kubrick, in A Clockwork Orange is here now. But instead of the nadsat of Alex and his drooges, we have the Kitty Pidgin of Lolcat. And why not? We have ultraviolent horrorshows happening in Iraq and Afghanistan (and other places that don't make the Happy Hour news), but no one cares because they'd rather be watching Grey's Anatomy and the like.

Vonny cal, oh my brothers (and sisters).

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