DISQUS

A little behind on my comments, but this is life . . . You will be busy if you get to watch all these!

Of your picks, I like Pushing Daisies. I just saw that they were renewing it in a reception area magazine while waiting to go into a meeting, and I was surprised. I love the set design and camera angles in that show. I am anxious for Desperate Housewives, and I like Private Practice, though I've only caught it a few times. Not on your list, I am looking forward to the final season of ER. I held on for the last 2 years, peeking in about every other week out of loyalty. Now, I want to watch it die and move in to television history. I got into ER right after my 12-year-old was born, and that was season 3!

Great to know you are settling in with a temp job to start and soon a place to live.

Keep us posted on your exciting new life.

Welcome back to STL!

RE: idol -- didn't watch last night or tonight, but I checked up on all the goings on via the web. I see Cook won. I agree with Debbie that David A. seemed to be too much of a Disney singer, but I also think he could have a future on Broadway. I guess time will tell.

Hope to see you for a few minutes as you breeze through on your way to Hollywood!

By now, the exam is over. So I'll pray you are resting and relaxing this Saturday with the pressure removed from your shoulders. I'll check back for a report on how it went.

I'm glad Carly is still with us, but I knew Amanda's days were numbered. I didn't like her singing that much, but I appreciated something she said in an interview after being cut. She said getting kicked off wasn't the worst thing that happened to her in her life and that she had just lost a contest on TV. I guess I think she seems like she has a pretty good head on her shoulders, even if all her songs sound the same.

Glad you had fun!

You with no internet access . . . It seems too hard to fathom. I guess you lived to tell about it since you are now back from spring break. I hope you're all rested and ready to tackle the rest of your semester.

Jandy,

I haven't stopped by your blog in a long time, but since I am watching Idol this year (at least so far), I knew your blog was the place to come. I didn't want to comment on your live posting above for tonight's show, but so far, I like tonight better than last week.

I've only been able to catch 2 episodes, but I like it. We plan to keep watching it. I have to say that I totally think of this as a "science fiction" show. Finally, I like a lot of the visual elements of the show, including the color scheme.

After my first few weeks of watching, my evenings have not been my own. Since we have no DVR, I have not been able to watch. So I appreciate your commentary, and hopefully next week I'll get to see SYTYCD again. BTW, have you watched the Next Food Network Star show? It is pretty intense. Just wondering.

Thanks for the recap. I was right. I haven't been able to watch the show since the first week. Maybe next week.

Thanks for the video, too.

Too much to comment on here, but I'll leave a couple of thoughts:

I love My Fair Lady. I am sorry it is off the list. I think it is top 100 material.

Toy Story should be on the list for the reasons you listed plus the timeless appeal it has for all ages. We have had TS 1 and 2 on VHS since they were made, and we will all still watch it. We will have to get them on DVD eventually because the tape will be worn out. (Of course, eventually having a VCR of any sort will be like having an 8-track tape player, now.)

Don't see Sophie's Choice. IMHO, it shouldn't be on the list!

Mark loves Blade Runner. I should watch it again, too, to see if I can muster up good feelings about it.

Finally, because I was busy with kid stuff almost every night this week, I missed SYTYCD. I was looking forward to your recap--Where is it? Sigh.

She seemed to think all of them were "weird" in one way or another, but this comment came with the dance by Sara and Jesus.

Thanks. I really appreciate all your cultural commentary. Reading it makes me feel hip and 15 years younger!

One other comment about watching the show the other night. Charis (4) was sitting on my lap through much of it, and she said, "Why do they dance so weird?"

I doubt I'll be able to stay with watching this all summer, and I didn't watch last year, but I really enjoyed watching the show tonight. I definitely am not surprised Ashlee went home. I didn't think as highly of Ricky as you, though.

Lacey and Cameron were my #1 pick, with Sara and Jesus as close seconds. I loved the way both of these numbers seemed like they were cut from musical theater, and I really liked that aspect of them.

Could "boogie" be disco? Tell me NO!

Jandy,

I tagged you and Becky for a meme on my blog.

I watched more tonight than I normally get the chance to. I think Jordan or Chris should go after tonight. My third choice for an exit is Phil. I LOVED Melinda. I thought Lakeisha did a really good job, and I thought Blake's original rendition of You Give Love a Bad Name was pretty cool. Hey, this was Bon Jovi night, and for me that means nostalgia. So I had more of an opinion that I might otherwise.

Once again I didn't get to watch the show. Tuesday nights are just too hard for me to watch tv. But I have read some of the buzz on the web and heard NPR, of all things, talking about Sanjaya yesterday. It looks like the critics are picking Haley to go. I would have booted her 2 weeks ago, so I tend to agree it's time. However, if I could do anything to get rid of Sanjaya, I would.

One more thing, did you see Holiday? We rented it a couple of weeks ago, and it was really cute/sweet in lots of ways.

Please see Are We Done Yet and give us your scoop on whether its ok for the kids or what might be issues for the kids. Our older 3 are begging to see it, so it would be great to get your input.

Jandy,
I didn't get to see the Tues show, but I watched a good bit of the results last night (when I wasn't looking for a lost school book for one of my kids). I was sort of sad to see Chris go. I really really dislike Sanjaya because, simply, he can't sing. I am not sure why he made it this far in the first place. I heard Chris sing his outgoing song, and I really thought he did a good job. Was he a lot worse on Tuesday? I was also glad that LaKisha and Melinda got to stay. Finally, I have to say that I am not a big Haley fan like you. She's pretty, but the other girls who are left are better singers, IMHO.

Jandy,
Since you read and watch far more than me, I'll only comment on the two things I know about in this post. First, Rain Man-- I loved that movie when it came out so many years ago. I am glad you liked it, but it makes me feel old to think about when I saw it in the theater.

Second, Possession--yes, it's a good book. You are so good to look up the meanings of all the words you didn't know the meaning to. I take the contextual approach. If I can figure out the general plot without knowing the meaning to a certain word, then I just skim over it. I guess that's why you're an academic, and I am not.

Well, I haven't watched Idol since the early shows when they were listening to all those horrible singers somewhere in America. Then I caught about the last 30 minutes this past week. I think the voters did us a favor dropping the ones I saw, particularly the one who had the questionable photos show up. I am not saying that because of the photos; I just can't remember her name, and when I heard her sing, I was glad she was gone. I think I'll see a show here and there from now on out, and I agree that the charity show sounds good.

Just finished watching. I really liked the way they dealt with bringing Meredith back--the whole after-life waiting room and then seeing her mom arrive. It made what could have been a really standard situation more interesting and dealt with relationship issues between several people all at once. I am so tired of the way ER does things, that I was relieved this was so much better than a typical ER trauma-one of our own might die show. For the record, I still watch ER out of loyalty to the days when it was good and because I keep thinking I can hold out till the end of this season.