Top Gear-BBC

The BBC's top gear is back on BBC America, and there is some new drama! New to me, anyways.  I don't read about the show or anything like that, I just watch it. So I was surprised to hear the Stig had left. Clarkson and the boys made it sound like he up an bailed on the show, and seem quite pissed at him (they shot a cardboard cut out of him).  So I broke down and Googled the situation. It seems the real race car driver, Ben Collins or something like that, wanted to publish a book, but the BBC didn't want his identity revealed, so it ended up in litigation, and the Stig said bye.  Don't quote me on any of that. That's my take after spending about two minutes researching it.

It's a relief to see the BBC's version back on.  The American Top Gear on History is really quite anemic. I mean, it's OK, and I still DVR it, but it's like eating the nachos while you wait for your chimichanga. Presumably the BBC cast wouldn't appreciate a chimichanga based on the recent flap over their comments about Mexicans. I don't share their views, but I do believe they were joking, and we ought to be able to take a joke. How often do they joke about Americans? Every other show.

My other favorite show with Top in the title is Top Shot on History. Hosted by Survivor's Colby Donaldson, shooters engage in various challenges that involve aiming projectiles at divers targets. It's basically Survivor with guns, but that's not so bad, is it?

Super Bowl Blog

What did you think of the Super Bowl?  For me, the curse is broken! The team I'm rooting for always loses. Until tonight!  Now, I'm not a Packers fan or anything, but between them and the Steelers, I'm pulling for Green Bay. I still suffer from the home team will always lose curse. My Chiefs find it very difficult to get past the first round of the playoffs.

The commercials? Meh. Nothing stood out to me. I did laugh at one or two, but now I can't even remember what they were.  OK, I do remember liking the Snickers commercial with Richard Lewis and Rosanne.

Now Glee is on.

Breakin

Hey, I just realized that Ice T is in Breakin! I hadn't seen this since I was a kid. It came up on Netflix so I decided to take another look.  Wow! Break dancin' doesn't seem as cool as I once thought it was.

And what happened to the word "bad?" As in, "That dancin' ain't wack! It's bad!" Or, "That actin' ain't bad, it's wack!"

Portlandia

Anyone watching Portlandia yet?

It's one of those shows that I think is funny, but in a subtle, almost smug sort of way. It's so subtle, in fact, that it's almost not funny, but because I'm so smug about not being from Portland, I think it is funny. Do you know what I'm saying? Probably not, because I hardly do.

It is humorous, so at least give it a try. It's on IFC, so it's easy to miss.

V, The New One

What's with this story line where Anna wants to destroy humans' souls?  Are the writers kidding?  I can understand why an alien would want to probe my orifices. The first question I'd ask if I ever met an alien would be, "What's in this hole?" But do these visitors from another galaxy not far enough away truly have the technology to ruin the metaphysical part of my being?  The whole thing reminds me of Count Rugen's contraption that sucked life out of poor Wesley.

They need to get this show back on track. The Vs should be hanging human corpses in their meat lockers ready to ship back to restaurants on their home planet. Then we'd cut to a scene on their home planet where some vegetarians are lobbying their congress to declare humans a protected species, thus regulating their consumption.

Instead we're still not sure what the Vs want from us. That's probably because the writers don't know either. It must be frustrating when your show gets picked up for more episodes than you expected.