Look who’s on the cover of Entertainment Weekly?
It’s quite a coup for the good doctor, who I am embarrassed to say I had never heard of until Craig Ferguson schooled me during episodes of Late Late Show. I now know what a TARDIS is and am proud to have a dog named after a central character…
For now, anyway (sniff).
Enjoy ‘officially’ taking over the USA, Dr. Who. We who already follow you, salute you.
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The best way to a mathematical constant is through its stomach.” —
Carla Curtsinger, looking for any reason to eat pie
Happy Pi Day, Fellow Geeks!
I accidentally caught a rerun of the brilliantly ridiculous sitcom “Third Rock from the Sun” today. I was working, and the show’s opening theme song caught my ear.
If you don’t remember it, here’s the full open.
It’s a great one — that John Lithgow is genius — and reminds me a bit of the truly exceptional opening credits for “The Big Bang Theory.” Don’t know it? Take a look-see.
Amazing, huh?
Which also brought to mind the “Star Trek” television series and its legendary song and opening sequence. (I know you remember this one.)
Which begs the question…
Why do all the sci-fi geek shows have the best opening themes? Are they simply smarter…so they know how important a great opening number really is? Or is a strong opening even more important for these type of shows because their content is riskier?
Or do they just try harder?
I vote for number three. Go geeks!
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On Twitter, it’s ‘Follow Friday,’ the day we suggest our favorites to friends.
The Egg ain’t no Twitter, but today — on the national release date of “Going the Distance,” starring Drew Barrymore — I have the perfect excuse to talk up an actor who has been one of my fav’s for years:
Justin Long
I remember Justin’s very first film – “Galaxy Quest,” that wonderful send up of the “Star Trek” series. Although he was 21 at the time, Jason was cast as teenage sci-fi nerd Brandon, who helps save the cast of a space TV show when they have to play their roles for real to save an alien culture. (It is way funnier than that sounds.) The cast includes Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, and it is genius.
Next, Jason played another geeky high school kid in the TV series “Ed,” starring Tom Cavanaugh. That gig lasted four years, so he able to flesh out the role and make it more three-dimensional. I loved that show — it was an amazing ensemble — but when it ended, Justin went on to play versions of that same lovable, slightly geeky guy in a series of movies.
Then he became the MAC guy.
That person seemed a bit cooler and less nerdy (even for someone talking computers). And while you might think a role with that kind of visibility would move his career forward, it seemed to stall it a bit.
As he described in an interview, ‘it’s hard for the MAC guy to play a cowboy in a western.’
So, I’m really excited to see “Going the Distance.” Many of the top critics are saying good things, and the trailers look really funny. Plus, I think it could mean good things for Justin’s career in the years to come.
Because I want only the best for my friend.
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Premiere week for the fall television season is still a month away, but people are already talking trash on Twitter and Facebook about some of the shows going head-to-head for the first time on the schedule.
One match-up of particular interest to me is Thursday nights at 8:00pm — NBC’s “Community” vs CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory,” which is making the move from its previous home on Monday nights.
When I first heard this announcement, I got kinda stressed. It’s not like I’ll miss either show; I have a DVR, so I’m covered either way.
The real question is — which sitcom will I watch LIVE? Which show do I want to get the bigger slice of the ratings pie?
“Community” was one of my favorite new programs last year. It was strong right out of the gate, and the characters and story lines just got more laugh-out-loud funny as the year went on. I mean, seriously — did you see the paintball episode? And Abed’s impressions alone are worth a look-see.
“The Big Bang Theory,” on the other hand, has been around since 2007 and is grossly underrated. Jim Parsons, who so brilliantly portrays Dr. Sheldon Cooper, has received his second Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy this year, and I think he just might snatch it away from Alec Baldwin. The show deserves a nod as well. It’s one of the few comedies that is still filmed old-school (with three cameras) and is frickin’ hilarious. They love their geeks, and it shows.
So, who’s my choice to win? Old friends vs new? Cool dudes vs geeks? Live vs Memorex?
I’m glad I still have a month to decide.
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We all have moments in our lives when we’re overcome with doubt.
Worried we’re in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing — not fulfilling our destiny on this earth. Sometimes, when I’m updating my status on Facebook or tweeting or watching television, I suddenly think:
What is my special purpose?
Then today, it hit me –
Swagger Coach
I hadn’t even heard of the term until yesterday. But after reading that Justin Bieber employs a “cool white boy” to hang around with him to teach him “swaggerific things,” my life plan became amazingly clear.
I am a geek.
Geeks and nerds are taking over the planet.
Many of them have achieved their celebrity status virtually overnight. I’ll bet money — and am willing to be paid alarming amounts of it, too — that many of those famous nerds would love to have a geeky, white chick such as myself teach them how to swagger in nerd-appropriate ways in the public eye.
The geeks’ may comb their hair differently than Baby Bieber — those that have hair — but they do have style, believe you me. Can you say “Big Bang Theory?”
Oooo — now that cast would be excellent clients.
Later.
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In high school we knew — someday we’d have our revenge.
(They even made a movie about it.)
Now we rule the world. Nerds and geeks created your computer and your smart phone and your mpg player and Facebook and Twitter and all the technology that today, you can’t live without.
It’s even cool to be a geek. Geeks are sexy. Geeks are reluctant spies like “Chuck” or good-looking renegade space captains like Mal Reynolds in “Firefly” or scientists taking their geekness to new levels like Sheldon on “Big Bang Theory.”
And geek fans? They’re the coolest by far. Everybody wants them — movies, television shows, cartoons, comic books — you name it. They are the most sought after population on the planet…or so it would appear this week.
Comic Con, the comic book conference that up until a few years ago people only attended under fake names or the cover of darkness, is now the biggest show on the planet. Major celebrities are in San Diego as we speak promoting their new movie, TV show, or animated series…and I think they still do comic books, too.
It’s insane. I am so jealous that I’m not there….
With my people.
Someone…get me a t-shirt?
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The whole universe…
So this happened yesterday.
The Mars Rover team visited the set of The Big Bang Theory
for their taping last night.
I join geeks everywhere in being equally excited that…
Hurry up, fall season! Bring on the new shows!!
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