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July 14, 2004

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Funny shows you missed this week if you haven't been watching my DVR...

The Assistant
All the contestants on MTV's Apprentice-meets-Punk'd reality show fail to realize Andy Dick is fucking with them despite the fact that he's so over-the-top. One girl Anna actually CRIES on camera because she is so grateful for the opportunity to be on the show. Even Andy breaks character when he hears about that.

Reno 911
I'm a few episodes behind, and I just caught the one with Dangle's wife (Rachel Harris without glasses!). Her fiance is played by a former MTV VJ in his first acting role and he's actually funny. Here's a clip of Patton Oswalt's cameo in this episode. And here's another clip.

Real World San Diego: The S@#! They Should Have Shown
And I thought I couldn't be shocked after the double arrest in episode 6. Did you see how many times Cameran kicks Brad in the balls FOR FUN? The San Diego roomies officially out crazy every other RW cast. Next season they'll have to drink liquid LSD and perform amateur plastic surgery to keep us entertained.

I Love 1993
I didn't anticipate getting nostalgic about velociraptors and Branch Davidians. Beth Littleford has been really good in these shows. Also I like Jake's comment about Snoop and Dre making blurry clothes popular. My friend once told me Crystal Pepsi failed because most of it was shipped in cans.

Speaking of '90s, The N is showing repeats of My So-Called Life. I used to love that show. I was obsessed with Claire Danes. Here's some Brian Krakow desktop wallpaper.

Tomorrow I've got some all day and night workshop where we build human pyramids and fall into each other's arms or something. No updates 'til Thursday, sorry! Talk amongst yourselves. (But not about Cialis, penis-pills, or CHEAPVIAGRA please! I've already deleted about 200 comments from robots trolling my comments to shill dick medicine. If anyone knows how to prevent getting stereospammed lemme know. Wil offered to give me code to patch the comments.pl to prevent open proxies from executing the script, but I don't know what the fuck that means!)

Recommended listening:
My favorite song by Daft Punk ... and the R&B song it samples. Enjoy.
Daft Punk - "Digital Love"
George Duke - "I Love You More"

Posted at 11:04 PM




17 Comments

i love how in the n's previews for the upcoming week's episode they say "on an ALL NEW EPISODE OF MY SO CALLED LIFE..." wtf?

when i started rewatching the show this summer i started off thinking "man, why was everyone so mean to brian?" but after a few episodes i remembered why. krakow totally sucks.

Posted by: nicole j at 07/14/04 4:00 AM | Reply
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why watch it on The N when you can watch it on dvd?

brian is awesome. don't tell me you haven't been in love with someone and they think nothing of you. it's one of the few things everyone has felt at some time.
the only sucky character is tino because he never shows up.

Posted by: Ashley at 07/14/04 5:20 AM | Reply
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> why watch it on The N when you can watch it on > dvd?

'cause it's free! ... do the DVDs have extras? Like, Angela making out with me for example?

Posted by: stereogum at 07/14/04 9:02 AM | Reply
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> and did you see the allmusic website?

Yes. Flashy!

Posted by: stereogum at 07/14/04 9:05 AM | Reply
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The Assistant looks like the dumbest show in the world... Andy Dick is a super has-been. He was a good funny nerdy guy on Talk Radio at best. With his drug habit, the only gigs he's getting these days are periodic commentary spots on MTV and VH1.

This guy's so bad, 1-800-COLLECT said, "Let's go with Carrot Top... Andy Dick sucks!".

Posted by: Juggernaut at 07/14/04 11:48 AM | Reply
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I used to feel sympathy for krakow and all his unrequited goodness, until he changed his name, went to college and raped the pink power ranger...

Posted by: br at 07/14/04 12:07 PM | Reply
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I've been battling the same comment-spam problem for a while and have found that MT-Blacklist is probably the best solution for now. It's a MoveableType plugin that can both de-spam a site and also block new spam from happening.

Posted by: Adam at 07/14/04 12:36 PM | Reply
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Of course, I forgot to link the site. It can be found at http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/

Posted by: Adam at 07/14/04 12:37 PM | Reply
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THAT'S AGNOSTICS!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: randy at 07/14/04 1:11 PM | Reply
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I highly recommend the Reno 911! season one DVD, which I just bought a week ago. I am totally jealous of new episodes, though (no cable for me).

Posted by: meredith at 07/14/04 1:16 PM | Reply
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Hey Stereo, off topic, but here's some more Brit for ya.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004321529,00.html

If that doesn't work, just goto the main Sun page.

Posted by: Bibbi at 07/14/04 1:41 PM | Reply
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dude man. the real world special was AMAZING. i mean, i was literally cracking up out loud and i was by myself! i love that cast! and i love the fact that jaime couldnt remember the name of the guy she made out with... and that ja lights incense after pooing (of course, hes so zen!)... and that cameran has psychotic episodes... and that brad shaves his balls... holy shit this cast ruled. i hope they have a san diego reunion season in like 10 years. look for it.

Posted by: karen at 07/14/04 1:46 PM | Reply
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when and if you solve your spam problem without vast knowledge of perl and other programming, will you please post how you did it, or who helped you? i'm battling the same thing, and want to install one of those plugins that makes commenters copy a number before they can post, but haven't the slightest idea how.

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Posted by: jess at 07/14/04 4:11 PM | Reply
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know what this page could use? more dave. dave would be KEY.

Posted by: frankie at 07/14/04 4:35 PM | Reply
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San Diego fucking rocks! Last week, I had to interview a guy who lives in SD's Gaslight district. He told me Jaime was such a lush and the show does no justice to her debauchery.

I love how energetic and tight knit the whole crew was.

Stereo great TV recaps!

Posted by: AlexisT at 07/14/04 9:52 PM | Reply
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Damnit, I missed the San Diego RW special. Does anyone know of a BitTorrent site where I can grab it? Thx in advance :)

Posted by: leanne at 07/15/04 3:55 PM | Reply
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Did anyone find a site to get my so-called life episodes for free? Looking and cannot fin. Thanks for the help ^..^

Posted by: sabiem at 12/12/04 1:38 PM | Reply
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