Wasting precious time of my life

[Football_Bat]

Or you could watch a rerun of "Junction Boys."


When's that on again?

 

[Double J]

I thought this was going to be about reading the Cobain thread.

That's what I thought this thread was about.

Exactly what I thought too -- and I'm the idiot mainly responsible for the monstrosity it became.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Watching new Degrassi makes me feel dirty. My kingdom for one quasi-normal person on that show. I guess the guy in the wheelchair is the closest, mentally at least. Emma reminds me too much of Stephanie Tanner. Bring back Radio Free Roscoe; for statuatory goodness*, Kate Todd > Degrassi girls every day and thrice on Sunday.

* -- for entertainment purposes only, so don't go reporting me to my bosses to suck up to them if you're a soon to be former freelancer of mine who has that proclivity.

 

[Flash]

Hey, when I heard Spike was having to deal with teenage problems with the daugher I remember her pregnant with, I almost barfed.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Yeah, one day they're playing in their crib, the next day they're spreading throat yogurt. To everything turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn.

 

[ballscribe]

Flash, be happy our government won't let us watch that.

It is the ex-wife and ditsy nose-jobbed daughter of a former mongoloid NFLer (and former flame of Brigitte Neilson), looking for some way to keep themselves in plastic surgery and handbags now that the big salary and alimony days are over.

A major train wreck.

 

[Double J]

Hey, when I heard Spike was having to deal with teenage problems with the daugher I remember her pregnant with, I almost barfed.

I hardly ever watch the new Degrassi but I thoroughly enjoyed the episode a few years ago where Emma went to visit her father Shane, who was left brain-damaged after tripping out on acid and jumping off a bridge. Remember?

Anyway, they couldn't get the original actor back to play Shane for whatever reason, so they gave the role to Jonathan Torrens, who of course is better known for playing the wiggerific J-Roc (the Microphone Assassin) on "Trailer Park Boys." Truly classic stuff, knowhumsayn?

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Look at it this way cougargirl: You could be a Braves fan with the starter out of the game. Talk about wasted viewing time.

 

[Flash]

Hey, when I heard Spike was having to deal with teenage problems with the daugher I remember her pregnant with, I almost barfed.

I hardly ever watch the new Degrassi but I thoroughly enjoyed the episode a few years ago where Emma went to visit her father Shane, who was left brain-damaged after tripping out on acid and jumping off a bridge. Remember?

Anyway, they couldn't get the original actor back to play Shane for whatever reason, so they gave the role to Jonathan Torrens, who of course is better known for playing the wiggerific J-Roc (the Microphone Assassin) on "Trailer Park Boys." Truly classic stuff, knowhumsayn?

OK, hang on, didn't Jonathan Torrens used to host some consumer show for kids? Do I have the right guy? If it is, a girl with whom I went to J-school dated him for a while ...

 

[21]

What is Gastineau Girls?

Exactly what 21 said. Older, but with more expensive handbags and more plastic surgery.

Ex-wife of Mark Gastineau and their daughter bicker over botox appointments, whether to sue the bikini waxer for an ingrown, and what to do about the housekeeper who put the red Dolce tank top in the wash with the white Frette towels. During May sweeps I think they compare nipple size.

 

[Double J]

OK, hang on, didn't Jonathan Torrens used to host some consumer show for kids? Do I have the right guy? If it is, a girl with whom I went to J-school dated him for a while ...

If you're thinking about "Jonovision," it's the same guy.

 

[Flash]

Dear God ... he went from uber-prep to being an extra on the Trailer Park? Wow.

 

[Double J]

To be fair, he's more of a supporting player than an extra.

The episode where he got caught masturbating and pirating tunes from established rappers for his own album (not in the same scene, mind you) was freaking hilarious, as were the shows where he branched out into making porno films -- "The Blair Pimp Project" and "From Russia With The Love Bone."

 

[Double J]

Reach for the remote control. Now.

But there's no hockey on. Besides, a small part of me wants to see if Heidi falls on her face as a fashion school dropout.  : "I didn't know this was a full-time job ... it sucks stuffing envelopes."

Haha...just saw watched a couple minutes of this crap. That Heidi girl, while smokin', fits the "dumb blonde" stereotype to a tee.

Never heard of this before seeing this thread last night. Then I found a two-day-old Toronto Star article about it. After reading the article, I'm sure the writer would rather have chewed glass than interviewed Lauren, who is apparently a retread from another show called "Laguna Beach."

Of course, maybe he's into train wrecks and lapped this up like a kitten with a saucer of milk. Who knows?

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...le&cid=1150452120949&call_pageid=968867495754

But LC - er, excuse me, Lauren - is nothing if not determined about her fashion future. After all, she was designing for her Barbie doll since she was a tween.

Pal Heidi is rather indeterminate about her future. She gets into this marvelously surrealistic chat with the college dean.

It turns out Heidi forgot to read the curriculum and wants to major in PR so she can plan big parties for the rest of her life. The frown on the dean's face is a marvelous TV moment as she suggests maybe Heidi try retail sales. Or perhaps this gal is at the wrong college?

Of course, there are boy toys everywhere. Like Brian, who hates the very thought of full employment, stating "Hey, I have a full-time job. I go out every night." Like, that's so heavy, dude.


I can't believe I'm about to write this, but give me Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie any day over something like this. At least they put some amount of work into their TV show. Maybe not a lot, but certainly more than these wastes of skin and bone seem to put forth.

 

[Madhavok]

Heidi, what a trip. Skipping classes on the first day, taking advice from what seems to be her boyfriend-with-no-job-but-shares-a-huge/expensive-condo-with-some-other-seemingly-jobless-rich-kid.

Lauren seems to have a good head on her shoulders but we'll find out when it appears she goes goes for seconds with Jason.

I can't believe I typed all of that.

 

[cougargirl]

Heidi, what a trip. Skipping classes on the first day, taking advice from what seems to be her boyfriend-with-no-job-but-shares-a-huge/expensive-condo-with-some-other-seemingly-jobless-rich-kid.

Lauren seems to have a good head on her shoulders but we'll find out when it appears she goes goes for seconds with Jason.

I can't believe I typed all of that.

You know too much about The Hills. ;D

 

[Flash]

To be fair, he's more of a supporting player than an extra.

The episode where he got caught masturbating and pirating tunes from established rappers for his own album (not in the same scene, mind you) was freaking hilarious, as were the shows where he branched out into making porno films -- "The Blair Pimp Project" and "From Russia With The Love Bone."

The girl who has been the cop on TPB ... I went to high school with her ...

 

[Double J]

Shauna MacDonald as Officer Erica Miller.

You should start your own TPB Appreciation Society, you've got mad ties to that series. And that's a very good thing. ;D

 

[Flash]

Yup, that's her name ... would love to talk to Jonathan and see if he knows where JS is these days.

 

[Perry White]

Degrassi's great. The original anyway.

Speaking of E!, let's talk some more about Chelsea Handler. ;D
It's like Chappelle ... only with a white woman. Sort of.

Chelsea Handler update: http://www.nypost.com/seven/12152006/gossip/pagesix/funny_situation_pagesix_.htm

E! President Ted Harbert, who is separated from his wife and headed for divorce, is said to be sampling his talent pool. According to Jossip.com, Harbert is seeing comic Chelsea Handler , who has a painfully unfunny self-titled show on the network which he personally ushered onto the air. "Well, this explains why she has a show in the first place and why it's still on," quipped one wag. A rep for E! declined comment. But what could explain Ryan Seacrest's relentless exposure on the channel?