Back With Some More

1) Slowly, The Office is creaping back. I thoroughly enjoyed last week's episode. Pretty much I am going to be on board for anything that involves Michael trying to act "cool" with his "boys" while quoting Swingers out on the town in New York.

I also love Ryan's reincarnation as a coke-head douchebag.

2) Definitely a bit disappointed in the most recent 30 Rock. Even the Dr. Spaceman appearance was a bit sub-standard.

3) Recently I caught up with the two most recent South Parks which were the internet and Frontier Village episodes. A couple of good moments in each, namely Randy soaking himself in his own "matter" and the gratuitous violence at Frontier Village. I LOVE when they do gratuitous violence. By far the best - and most graphic - was in Imaginationland.

4) God I am a pathetic loser. A potential Stephen-Lauren reunion (can he call her "LC" for old times sake?) on The Hills has me way too excited. I am a 27 year old, married, heterosexual male. I should not be looking forward to that this much. Guess what though, I am! Bring back Trey and his hats! I'm sure Dieter's got some time on his hands too. Let's get the gang back together. Dieter's official title after all was, "Stephen's Wingman".

And did I mention the extra spring in my step that Justin-Bobby's return gave me? God I'm a loser!

Oh yeah, and has anybody had a quicker and more whirlwind fifteen minutes of fame than Kristin Cavileri? Was she too much? Didn't she single-handedly bring about the act as dispicable as humanly possible while flaunting your hotness movement which seemed to be all the rage circa 2005-2006? Was MTV afraid of the repercussions of more Kristin on society so they in turn possibly had her killed and then replaced her with a dumbed down, toned down, and less attractive version of her in Heidi Montag? I say yes and the only way we will ever know if Kristin still is in fact alive is if she shows up on Celebrity Fit Club or a dating show involving the lead singer of one of those punk/whine bands that were popular five years ago.

5) I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall on Saturday night. Must say I was less than impressed. It had a few good laughs, but nothing like Knocked Up or Superbad. My main beef is that I love the conversational elements in the other Apatow movies where guys crush on each other and because FSM was pretty much a one-man show that element was more or less non-existent. Let's just say there's no telling Fogle he looks like a "latin" or running beard jokes.

Still, it's worth a rental to see Paul Rudd and Billy Baldwin, the two funniest people in the movie in my opinion. Paul Rudd is clearly one of the most underrated comedic actors of our time and we best start recognizing the man sooner rather than later. If you don't believe just watch Wet Hot American Summer. A tour de force from Rudd.