Tuesday Tidbits

I’m in the process of gearing up for a move back to my beloved Madison and my beloved beloved, so the blog may get a bit scattered here this month but rest assured the 2008 Oscar Preview, Runway Roundup and Throwing Down the Gauntlet segments will appear as planned. Any columns In addition to those will be like today filled with random thoughts about various pop culture items. Honestly my head is just swimming right now so the best I can do is pour out a little alphabet soup.

Item 1: Lost is officially no longer lost.
I defy anyone to tell me that Lost has lost it. The creators, writers and actors opened the 4th season with a spectacular episode that had purpose and drive. Jorge Garcia gave an Emmy worthy performance (other then the odd Pam Anderson Baywatch homage). The flash forward element has reignited the shows narrative structure and given us plenty of new mysteries. Meanwhile you sense that we’re going to get some answers fast and furious as the season goes on.I think Cuse and Lindeloff truly know where the end of the show is and they are not going to waste any time in getting us there.

Item 2: Diddy teaches kids about disease.
Last night on Making the Band 4, Sean “P Diddy” Combs gave an inspiring lecture to his new boy band about a dangerous disease in the music community called “Bitch-assness”. It was a stirring lecture where he listed symptoms, such as acting like a bitch, acting like an ass, and acting like a bitch-ass. Sounds serious, get yourself checked today.

Item 3: Late Night Superfriends Unite
Stop reading this blog go over to YouTube and search for clips from last night’s Stewart/Colbert/O’Brian triangle of doom. The brewing issue of who made Mike Huckabee might have started as a way to kill 90 seconds of writerless shows but last night each host used it to kill damn near 5 minutes of their respective programs. As the three hosts made their way from show to show promising a brawl to end it all, we were treated to great commercial bumps and awkward pauses. In the end of course we saw a fight of epic proportions and a dance display that would make Carrie Ann and Bruno proud. Seriously some of the best stuff since these shows came back on the air.

Item 4: Terminator finding its groove.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles gave us their best ep yet last night and the show has certainly become TiVo worthy. The character of John is still a bit too whiney but he’s showed progress plus the writer’s are smartly putting all the focus on Lena Headley and Summer Glau. Let’s all join hands now and hope that the rumored WGA settlement is for real so shows like this and Lost can flush out their full order of episodes prior to the summer.