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Does that zombie have a sweater vest on? Bwah!

Also, I love that your TV is a female, Seth.

Top Chef is a reality show I fell into completely by accident, and found myself thoroughly enjoying. They keep the drama to a minimum and the cooking can be simply amazing to watch.

Yes, I feel dirty for enjoying a reality show that much.

I haven't been able to get excited about 24 for a long time. Though I loved the first few seasons, they've been pretty disappointing here in the past couple of years. I don't know, I may check out that pilot. It's not like there's anything else on. Maybe I'll just curl up with some Eddie Izzard or a good series and start breaking my TV addiction for reals.

replica....that is an awesome graphic! I want a tee of it now! Or at least a bumper sticker.

I actually found the wake probably the worst part of The Wire finale. All self-satisfying and happy and completely out of place with what McNulty had been up to all season and how the cops had been feeling for the the last ten eppys. It felt far more like a "let's say goodbye to all our po-lice friends from the last five seasons" than a real send-off for McNulty. The Wire's not supposed to be about happy endings. When have we ever seen one of those? Sure, it warms the cockles to see Bubs up there with his sister but this is Baltimore, y'all. How much happy can you stomach?

Finally someone figured out what I look like. Replica, the likeness is almost spooky!

Man, with all the art that's been going around lately I'm starting to feel distinctly talentless. I can write y'all a theme song? Maybe?

Also since I won't be back in America till June most of this round up doesn't affect me. And I can never remember whether my parents have Dish or DirecTV but the FNL news has a 50% chance of being good news for me. I like those odds.

That is one cool zombie.

I WANT MY NEKKID JAVIER BARDEM BACK, AND I WANT IT NOW! YOU HEAR ME WEBSTER'S! DON'T MAKE ME WEB-BITCHSLAP YOU!

Wow, I can't believe that Britney Spears is going to be on my beloved "How I Met Your Mother". Not cool.

I love a zombie who appreciates the necessity of hair product.

Yeah...I had heard BS was gonna be on it...but I assumed it would be as Drunk One-Night Stand #3 or something like that. They're actually requiring her to act? I love HIMYM...but this smells of sensationalism. And crusty vagina.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20183495,00.html

I love a zombie that appreciates a good dirty martini in these desperate tv times.

I think the 'Earl' episode will be ok because Paris Hilton will be playing herself rather than y'know, acting. Spears on the other hand is supposed to be a secretary and we all know how awesome Crossroads was. We don't? Thank God.

Great zombie art! Now if I can just get that damn "Thriller" song outta my head I'll be fine!

Paris Hilton will be playing herself

Oh? Will she be staring blankly at the screen with one eye while the other's checking out the director, spouting off stupid catchphrases and trying desperately to remember not to immediately strip and bend over when a guy, any guy, walks by, clutching one of the horde of toy dogs she couldn't possibly know how to take care of to her 11 year old boy's chest?

Is the spambot drunk?

I lost interest in 24 looong ago--S3, ep3. I suddenly realized I did not give a shit, got up from the couch and went and got a book. Disinterest has gradually curdled to loathing: I hate the mindset of this show. I hate the melodramatic justifications of things like torture and murder and blackmail.

And I am starting to think my post-strike viewing habits have changed permanently.

I'll probably tune in for tonight's new South Park, if I don't forget. It's not like I won't get plenty of chances to catch it in repeats. That Harper's Island thing looks like it could be fun; I'll nearly always give "horror" TV a chance.

Other than that, all I watch is LOST. And I'm just not interested in picking up any of the other shows I used to watch.

I think the entertainment industry may be in for a large and nasty surprise very soon. I think a lot of viewers are like me, and won't be going back to their old watching habits.

How about you people?

Is the spambot drunk?

Either drunk or Russian. Perhaps both.

It's gotten to the point where I can't tell if those "moneymatchupdotcom" posts are real, or just Pajibites having fun. The one above is complete gibberish, and therefore probably real.

Amen, Jerce. I've said it before and I'll say it again... I've grown to hate TV. The Wire was the only show I watch regularly (and I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINALE SO PLEASE DON'T SPOIL!).

I actually thought 24 was kind of vile. I got sucked into S1, and then halfway through S2 I realized that not only is it a poorly written, acted and directed show, but it's obvious reactionary and neo-con politics were pretty distasteful.

I've recently started to catch up on some stuff on DVD (BSG, 30 Rock, Deadwood, Justice League), but otherwise, I pretty much stick to sports.

Jerce: I'm with you on the change in my viewing habits! I just can't get into them anymore. Pretty much I'll be watching "Dexter" on dvd and Mythbusters on Tv and that will be about it.
I've decided the only way for me to watch "Lost" and retain my sanity is wait and watch a bunch of episodes together.

High or low on a BS vag shot on HIMYM?

For a second, even though it makes no sense, I thought ScarletKnight misspelled HYMEN, and was really confused by his comment.

I don't think I'm gonna be bringing my A game today, kids.

Has BSlim had a terrible accident?? It's been over 1.5 hours and he hasn't posted!

Can we get all the artwork on postcards too?

That's okay, TK, we promise not to notice...and having Justice League on DVD has just cemented your place on my list of Awesome Pajibers.

ScarletKnight....definately high if they have anything resembling booze behind the scenes.

I need my Kiefer fix, so I'll give 24 another chance. Last season was very sucky indeed. Looove Top Chef, and Lewis Black too.

Is anyone here watching "New Amsterdam"? The premise is interesting, even though we don't really need another cop show. I like the flashback scenes- how many wives did he have, anyway?

And I definitely want one of those t-shirts!

Ahaha, you're too late America! Canada beat you at ripping off British reality TV. CBC has been airing its own version of "Who do you Think you Are" for like 8 months. Admit it America, you miss the Commonwealth.

is it just me, or did that feel like a (surprisingly) relatively happy ending?

Not just you -- my reaction exactly. I was ready for anything except . . . that. Which proves once again why the show was so great; always surprising, even when going ever-so-slightly conventional.

Whoa! I just noticed that the banner has the new graphics in it! That is fantastic! Okay, now we need more to fill it up completely...get on it, you artistically-inclined you!

Admit it America, you miss the Commonwealth.

I've been petitioning for admittance for months -- just a few thousand square feet in Northern California, at least. More of an annexation, really.

Man, TK, you are brave for jumping into a media site the day after a series end. I was terrified waiting for the last Netflix DVD of the first season of Veronica Mars that I would trip over the ending by accident (which wouldn't be anyone's fault, BTW, spoilers have a due-by date of around 3-6 months, dammit)

Rebeccah/Replica - That.. Wow. I likes zombies, I likes dirty martinis, and know I have a newfound appreciation of the sweater vest. Kick-ass drawring!

As a sidenote, you want me to color it? If it's in Illustrator, I'd be honored to color that sumbatch - not that it needs it (the subtle olive is a beauty), but if you want it, I'll take it on without altering it a smidge... I'll take full art direction from you... Corporate design makes my head hurt... PLUS IT'S A ZOMBIE FER CHRISSAKE!!

it also stars Grant Show who ... uhm ... was on "Melrose Place."

Yep, that's about right.

If you artistically gifted bitches keep drawing such awesome designs, I'm going to need to keep a paper bag at my desk to stop hyperventilating.

I am so pissed off at the creators of How I Met Your Mother...why on earth would you waste time on Graveyard Vagina when you COULD be writing more scenes for Barney?!

"...and know I have..."?

Man, me brain not go start yet...

Every time I see Grant Show's name (admittedly, not often), I picture Grant Shaud. Which...is probably not what Grant Show is hoping to achieve, although it might make him more entertaining.

"...when you COULD be writing more scenes for Barney..."

Hehe...Barney's the best part of that show.

Just please PLEASE can we have a season of 24 that doesn't revolve around 10 million people dying within 24 hours if we don't stop the nuclear/biological/chemical weapon?

The show always succeeds the most for me when things are brought down on a personal level (i.e. season one and the beginning of some of the other seasons). I just don't give a sh!t about fictional faceless millions.

Hee. Barney and Robin Sparkles.

"Everybody come and play, throw all of your cares away, let's go to the mall...toDAY!"

"I actually found the wake probably the worst part of The Wire finale. All self-satisfying and happy and completely out of place with what McNulty had been up to all season and how the cops had been feeling for the the last ten eppys."

And long, heddy. Wow, did that run on, and not add a lot.

I thought The Wire's finale was pretty good. Not nearly as dark as the season enders before it, but still with some pretty damn dark stuff. And was I the only one who didn't have a complete problem with what McNulty did?

Stunt casting. What a punch in the balls (or vagina, if that's how you're built). They did the same thing on the woefully underwatched Joan of Arcadia, when BOTH of the Duff sisters appeared in the second season, Haley Duff on three or four episodes with her very own story arc. And I blame them in large part for that shows cancellation. Well, them and CBS' insistence that we'd all LOVE The Boob Whisperer's Naughty Victorian Nightgown Adventures.

That graphic is totally awesome Replica! I'd buy that for a dollar! Or fifteen, or whatever the Pajiba shirts wind up costing.

RE: HIMYM and Earl - I will not be watching those episodes, it only encourages them.

About The Wire - I didn't find the ending happy in the least. Consider these points (spoilers, obviously)

-- Despite all efforts, Clay Davis is still in the government raking in the money

-- Bunk is chiding Greggs for caring too much, like he did with McNulty in season 1 (I think, I haven't seen season 1 in a while)

-- The cop who was working with Lester this season is going around the police/DAs straight to a judge he can trust, just like McNulty did in season 1 (actually, the same judge)

-- The defense attorney is trying to cheat money out of Marlo just like he did with Stringer in season 3. Of course, Marlo is more like Avon than String, so you know he's going to end up back on the street despite the deal with the DA

-- Michael takes over from where Omar left off

What I got out of it is that after everything that happened over the past five seasons, nothing really changed. Some people's lives got better (Bubs) and some people's lives got worse (Dukie), but everything else pretty much stayed the same.

The moral of the story: No matter what you try to do, for good or for bad, it DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER because NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE.

Kudos, Replica. You found a way to actually make sweater vests edgy.

Do zombies prefer pomade or hair wax? Inquiring minds want to know.

Seth-

Agree with you on The Wire, definitely got a little misty during the faux-wake (and during all of the wake scenes in past seasons) and Kima's subsequent admission to Lester/McNulty that she had turned them in. Overall, found the finale wholly satisfying, and didn't have nearly as many problems with the last season as most critics/commenters I've read.

Gauntlet III could be the third-funniest show of the past decade after Arrested Development and 30 Rock. Didn't catch the first 2 seasons of Top Chef, but got completely sucked in during a weekend marathon last year, definitely a top-2/3 reality show.

Watching The Gauntlet III makes me feel like the most mature individual in the world. I love watching those miscreants fight.

Jerce:
You're so right about 24. The whole torture thing has completely turned me off. I've also discovered how many shows I didn't miss while the strike was going on (notable exception: House, come back please). I have read some great books in the past few months however, so it's a win all round.

The Onion A/V club also recently interviewed the actor who played Omar, check out at:
http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/michael_kenneth_williams

Jerce, I feel the same way. The only show I watched regularly was Nip/Tuck, and I give it one more season, considering how ridiculous it's been. I tried getting into Dirty Sexy Money, but it really isn't that great, and if it goes, I don't think I'll miss it.

Seth, I don't really watch The Wire, but I want to after hearing so much acclaim about it. However, [SPOILERISH]I thought Dukie had one of the most tragic endings. I don't think the poor kid ever had a chance.

I LOVE the new posters at the top and the new Tshirt design. That zombie rocks!!! Isn't that the sweater Chikezie (or however you spell his name) was wearing last night?

Thank you! You guys are the most fun I've had in years...

The graphic is supposed to be the Swingers poster with skinny Vince Vaughn which I saw in the header on my first visit to Pajiba. Yah - the hair is a bit unrealistic, for a zombie. The folks at home said as much too, after they said, 'huh? what th' hell?'

SKIT - my dirty secret is that it isn't illustrator...shame on me for post production purposes, but I'm just a sketchy type of girl I guess. I'll send it your way anyway...do what you want with it - I trust ya!

Brie - dead-on with Nip/Tuck. It's just become an exercise in trying to... I don't even have the words. I haven't even really watched this season, based on how friggin' flippy the past one was... BACK TO BASICS DAMMIT!

I liked "24" in the earlier seasons, but the torture scenes have begun to creep me out. I think it's because the present administration uses these same justifications for torture in real life. Somehow fictional torture isn't so cool when you know some poor schmuck is experiencing it in the real world. However, I'll probably watch "24" again 'cause I'm a creature of habit, and it'll probably be better than anything else offered at the same time.

The title "Swingtown" sounded like a jazzy-musical type show. I'm not sure 1970's era swingers will be sympathetic characters.

How does one determine the gender of one's television? Of course, I have trouble determining the gender of puppies and kittens, so TV genders might be beyond my abilities.

I could not care any less about learning a celebrity's family tree. Geez, when will NBC get some real, adult, thinking-kind of programming?

"However, I'll probably watch "24" again 'cause I'm a creature of habit, and it'll probably be better than anything else offered at the same time."

No offense, but this is exactly the reason networks continue to consistently pump out garbage.

My pre and post strike viewing habits are as follows:
No Reservations
the occasional Survivorman (Bear Grills is a fake and a pussy)
Venture Brothers
Robot Chicken
BSG
Top Chef
Earl
I've got New Amsterdam on the DVR, the premiere has be interested, but not excited. Two more episodes, and I'll decide to keep or ignore.

Oh! Can't forget The Soup and Best Week Ever! I loves me some celebrity ridicule!

"NBC apparently still thinks it can get away just fine without the writers, as it's maybe bringing over yet another British reality show. This one, "Who Do You Think You Are,""

Didn't this one air up here in Canada like.. last year? I seem to remember something about that with Canadian "celebrities". Or am I drunk?

And yay for Top Chef love, though I missed most of last season. Cooking reality shows should be in a different category. But I'm a foodie. I'll watch Iron Chef or Good Eats on the train to work.

Re: the cool zombie graphic.

Am I the only one who looked at the zombie's right hand and thought to herself, "Hmm that makes me think of Skitt's half-conjoined twin's partially deformed hand?"

Replica - Love it!

Oh, and Replica, I think that it is perfect that the zombie's hair is so coiffed. It adds just the right Pajiba touch.

I'm the type of television viewer the networks would probably wish to have assassinated. My viewing habits are odd and random. I don't watch any current dramas or sitcoms at all, and I mostly only like old/weird/bad stuff. I love Little House on the Prairie because it's the most unintentionally hysterical piece of crap I've ever seen, and I like The Golden Girls and Murder She Wrote. The only contemporary shows I actually make an effort to watch are Project Runway, Bizarre Foods, and Jon & Kate Plus 8. I think I'm in the demographic of "crazy." The writer's strike had no impact on my life whatsoever.

Oh, and tamatha, the sweater-vest zombie's right hand reminds me of Salad Fingers for some reason. I just keep picturing the zombie petting rusty spoons and kettles. That...probably makes no sense whatsoever if you're not familiar with Salad Fingers.

Sarina, you scare the ever-lovin' shit outta me.

I just love that the martini is garnished with a zombie olive. A ZOMBIE. OLIVE.

I hope Top Chef is good this season. When Top Chef is good, it leads to viewing parties with tasty snacks and decent wine over in my neck of the woods. And sometimes group-cooked or potlucked frou frou entrees of happiness.

But when it sucks (hi there Season 2), there is a definite dearth of interest and (more importantly) goodies.

Sarina, you scare the ever-lovin' shit outta me.

Posted by: Spork at March 12, 2008 1:37 PM

I'm pretty sure it's not just you. I seem to have that effect on people.

I like to assume it's part of my charm.

Sarina... um... how can I put this:

Are you my wife? Did you suddenly start commenting on Pajiba? Because that's really weird, and I really don't get your nickname.

If you're NOT my wife, than your viewing habits are eerily similar... nay - IDENTICAL - to my wife's. If you were really into home improvement shows, the universe would explode.

Fuck. I just wrote a long comment about The Wire and it got erased.

I loved the finale and thought it wrapped up everything nicely, while showing where things are going. It was a relief after the Sopranos ending, which was so abrupt.

Loved it.

Are you my wife?

I don't remember getting married. Was I drunk? Because, listen...we may have to get that shit annulled. You're a zombie prophet who thinks I'm a veterinarian, and the commute from Minneapolis to Boston is really exhausting. I don't think this is gonna work out.

Sarina, Salad Fingers is probably the oddest animated thing I've ever seen, and I've seen Akira and Fist of the North Star. Every goddamn second of that series is nightmare inducing. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's been traumatized by it.

I wasn't traumatised by Salad Fingers. I laughed my ass off the whole time I watched it. I may or may not have been under the influence at the time, but I've since seen it again and I still think it's funny. It's just so weird.

I like weird, though.

Is this Salad Fingers?
http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm

If so, then yup. You really do scare the ever lovin' shit outta me.

Sarina, WORD. I thought, hey, there's Minimus's claw!!!

Yes Spork, that is indeed Salad Fingers.

And uhhh...you're welcome? Also, you scare easy. I'm 5'4" if you round up and I work in accounting. I'm not exactly intimidating. You know, aside from being completely deranged. Wanna be friends? I'll show you the toes in my freezer!

I thought Dukie had one of the most tragic endings. I don't think the poor kid ever had a chance.

I heard an interview on NPR, maybe Monday Talk of The Nation and a caller said how hopeless it all seemed. The creators said yes, but they saw hope in Bubbles story and that his and Dukie were kinda one in the same. Beginning and end...there might be hope for Dukie later in life.

If it weren't for that perverse Little House on the Prairie thing, friendship might be possible.

Heh. Toes. I've got whole feet in my freezer.

Actually, I don't. I just want to be loved. *sniff*

If it weren't for that perverse Little House on the Prairie thing, friendship might be possible.

Dude, I am telling you, that show is the funniest thing you will ever see. Every single episode contains one or more of the following:

1. Crying
2. Kidnapping
3. Someone falling down a well
4. Someone going blind
5. Some kind of plague or infection
6. Mountains...in Minnesota
7. Someone doing something deranged because the bible told them to, like the time a fever-crazed Ma almost cut off her own leg, or the time Pa took sick Albert to live on a mountain and grew a Grizzly Adams beard and built an obelisk

My GOD Sarina...I need to start watching that show.

one or more of the following:

8. Attempts to be "topical" in a 19th-century pioneer setting (e.g. the episode about heroin addiction and the one where some girl got raped by a guy wearing a clown mask)

9. Michael Landon's delirious coiffure

...the one where some girl got raped by a guy wearing a clown mask...

Now, now. That would be simply ridiculous. The guy was a mime.

That is my new curse for people I hate: "May you be raped by a mime!"

...at least I think it was a mime. It's actually been awhile since I've seen that one. I remember the girl's name was Sylvia, and she ended up pregnant, and then she ended up dead. She didn't fall down a well, though. I think she fell off a ladder.

Totally agree about the last episode of The Wire.
It was certainly more upbeat than usual for the show, but I can't fault them for that. For every weak scene, there was one that was brilliant. Marlo's return to the corner was chilling, and having Slim Charles kill Cheese was pure bliss.

"...or the time Pa took sick Albert to live on a mountain and grew a Grizzly Adams beard and built an obelisk..."

"...and the one where some girl got raped by a guy wearing a clown mask)..."

If somebody doesn't say sike soon...I may have to claw my own eyes out of horrified puzzlement...

Sarina and Spork, that "Salad Fingers" is some weird shit!

I never got into "Little House." I never forgave Michael Landon for not staying true to the "Little House" books.

I made an effort to watch the new Julianna Marguilies show on Fox, Canterbury's Law, and it was pretty good. i hadn't seen any previews and only skimmed over TV Guide's positive review of the show, so I was totally unprepared for the literally socko ending of the episode. No way to treat a lady! JM plays a tough chick criminal defense lawyer saddled with a bunch of weenie support staffers, including a two-faced weasel and a token bimbette. She's recently lost her little boy to a kidnapper and her marriage (to a still-hunky Aidan Quinn) is falling apart. But I liked the way she got under the skin of the bad guy because she had him pegged from the start. Needless to say, I'm making an effort to see next week's show.

For what it's worth, the BBC version of "Who Do You Think You Are" was a definite step away from what we commonly perceive to be reality TV. The celebrities were not the usual flotsam and jetsam of the tabloids, but fairly respected actors, newsreaders and sportsmen.

The full list can be found on the BBC site but it includes Stephen Fry, David Tennant and Gurinder Chadha.

Congratulations to Pajiba on becoming enough of an internet "name" that you are now attracting plants!

(See Matt above.)

Crack open the champagne, boys and girls!