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I’m currently high addicted to Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banuke, has this happened to another else, both shows come on G4 in the evening, they have been added to my DVR and I couldn’t be happier to be able to watch an episode whenever I feel like it since they come on about 4 times a day.  Jax has even gotten into it.  Yesterday I had posted a link about 10 summer shows to watch and catch up with, but those weren’t enough give these Japanese Game Shows a shot.

 Some News

Hooray, the Simpsons has been renewed for its 20th season, to think this show was controversial at one point and parents wanted it off the air ways.  20 years, wow, and still a great show.  And ultimately when you hear the word Simpsons you start to think of your favorite episodes.  For me I have 2 that will always stick out in my mind.  One, ‘The Lemon of Troy’, Shelbyville steals Springfields Lemon Tree, and its up to Homer and the gang to got a get it back:  highlights form the episode

Shelbyville is just like Springfield, just a little less lucky, in fact they have a Millhouse also, and the 2 Millhouses meet for the first time, here is the exchange

‘I thought I was the only Millhouse, So this is how it feels when doves cry.’

Also on this episode we discover that Shelbyville has its own Homer, voiced by Hank Azaria, him and his son are the same as Bart and Homer, good stuff.

One other funny quote fromt he episode, the Cops of Shelbyville, similar to Springfields, discover all the Springfield kids which leads to his quote

‘Looks like Springfield has a discipline problem,’ other cop ‘Yeah maybe that’s why we beat them nearly half the timein football’

Also one more thing about this episode, I was once intoxicated in a dorm room in Dallas, when some kind of food fight began, not a complete food fight mind you, just a few thrown items in a drunken haze, well one was a lemon, which prompted me to quote the show during the fight ‘You got citric acid in my eye’

If you want to check out the show, here is a link to it at Surf The Channel - the site is in Japanese but you should be able to figure it out, i have smart readers

My second all time favorite Simpsons episode is -The Cartridge Family, but I like to call it, Homer gets a Gun

After attending a Soccer match between Mexico and Portugal, a riot breaks out because of a lack of interest,  Marge fears for her family and wants a Security System installed, instead Homer buys a gun.  When it is revealed he has to wait 5 days for the gun, Homer drops the funniest line of the show, ‘If I had my gun right now, I’d shoot you’, while waiting the five days, Homer sits in his front yard as things fly by like a carnival shooting gallery, including Ned, hilarious stuff.

There are countless more Simpson favorites, I may even try to post some more later this week,  If you have one oyu are fond of, send it over and I will draw a quick review up for everyone

Some other news of the day

Sophia Loren is 73 years old, and looks great, at 73 I’m hoping to A) Be Alive B) Not need a machine to help me be alive C) Have ankle transplant surgury D) Be able to fart without the fear of death

This is one whiny reviewer, grow a pair buddy, they are just movies, meant to be fun - Why Super Hero movies make me mad, Boo Hoo Bitch

Not sure if I like the idea of Minisodes, but at least Rescue Me will be back on the air June 24th

Last, Kevin Johnson, aka KJ form the old Phoenix Suns, will be ina  run off for Mayor of Sacramento, whatever, you still got the KISS OF DEATH fool!!!

Later Guys

Jaxwing

As my unbelieveable string of crazy days continues, I feel as if I haven’t had an original writing here in forever, I long for the days when I had enough time to complain about MADD, the Government, Blue Laws, HipHop’s Death, and eventful DVD viewing. 

here is something though

Greatest cinema bars of all time…  somehow the Cantina in Star Wars is not recognized, although a picture os shown, nor is Cocktail with Tom Cruise represented

More Celeb Rehab News, the show is really shaping up

OK, so this has really gotten crazy now, you concede the victory but won’t stop the campaign?

Top 11 signs you are on vacation with a geek

Top 10 Summer TV gems to catch

Ah KISS and the Devil

And check out this story from Mexico

Bye Guys

Jaxwing

Good Morning, Moday has begun and it appears to be a crazy one for me from the start.  Weekend went better than expected, even  got to play a golf with tercel last night.  Before I zone out at work, here is some news from world

Sci Fi channel has launched a site devoted to gamers (that be me), here is an article about the site from Wired, and here is a link to the site

Wow Beetlejuice is 20 years old

Courtney Love got Kurt Cobain’s ashes jacked from her home, wonder if the ashes will get a Stanley Cup like treatment

This article compares British ‘Office’ versus American ‘Office’

So in case you were wondering, Gordon Ramsey is crazy

Tatum O’Neal, still falling into the stereotypes of child actors

Be Back Later

Jaxwing

WOW, that is the best possible way I can describe what i witnessed on LOST last night and early this morning (didn’t start watching it until after the Spurs lost, so i had to finish it up this morning with my man Jax by my side, Jax ‘Is that a bad guy, how about him’, Dad ‘I have no clue clue who is good or bad anymore on this show’).  What happened to Jin, Sawyer, Elizabeth, the island????  John Locke is a pimp, crazy Jack with psycho beard cracks me up, and as always Kate, simply Kate, weilding the gun, ready to strike.  One of the best parts of last night’s show for me, was the sweet fight scene between Sayid and the mercenary sent to kill Ben Linus, epic battle.   Oh, and Sawyer dropped a sweet line (as usual) went he referred to the lawn mower man as Kenny Rodgers, great stuff.  Ok, now that i got that off my chest, on to the news.

Good news, Mad Men returns July 27th, if you haven’t seen this AMC TV Drama, go buy season 1, or illegally download it.  Great show

100 greatest guitar songs of all time, I think number 2 should be number 1, but I love the left handed guitar genius

The Two Coreys returns June 22nd

Clay Aiken to be a father, this is not a typo

What is stranger?  Joan Jett to appear on Law and Order, or the fact that she survived her guest role on Walker, Texas Ranger in 2000

Here is a sweet link sent in by Hangtime79 - top 100 NES games of all time

And the follow up link to the top 20 worst NES games of all time - Thanks Hangtime

Photo sent in by superic, thanks man

OK, off to start the work day, wish me luck

Be back later, possibly

Jaxwing

There is a great article today on Entertainment Weekly, by the beloved Stephen King.   In the article he is talking about the a new bill pending approval in the Massachusetts state legislature, HB 1423, which if passed would make it illegal to sell violent videogames to anyone under the age of 18.

I am what you would call a gamer, I have been playing since before I could remember.  I had Pong to start off the madness, and I currently have an XBOX 360 (Although I did get the red rings of death last week, but that is a different write up for a different day).  I have owned Atari 2600, and 5200 (still have them, with about 100 cartridges), NES, Super Nintendo, N64, Sega Genesis (NHL 95 is one of the best games ever, and I could still beat anyone reading this with Eric Lindros, or the Red Wings), and Dreamcast.  A few other consoles in between as well, but my point is that I know a little about the gaming world, and I’m still in the community, even though the community is quite a bit younger than I now, like the bastards on Halo 3 that are 12 and laughing when they find me in the corner of a room and blast me.  Having played my whole life, I can easily say that I have played every type of game.  And because of that, my favorite type of game to play is a shooter game.  I love running around, jumping, hiding, and ultimately blasting the crap out of someone, I consider it a sweet release.  Even more now that I am older, since I need the escape from a work week, or a bad day, that happens more frequently as an adult than an adolescent.  Back to the point though, without this games and escapes growing up, it would not have made me what I am today and probably kept me from losing my mind.  No one really monitored what I played, but more over no one had to, I knew the difference between a fucking video game and real life, at no point in 34 years has the line ever been blurred.  I have never played a racing game, and jumped in the car slammed my car into a guard rail because I didn’t press the brakes to maintain my 180 MPH speed to get the bonus time.  Just like I never had a brink above my head in real life and decide that I needed to head butt it to see if a mushroom would come out.  What I want from congress and the government right now, is to stop with the bull shit, don’t waste people’s time with these bull shit bills for banned video games, when I just paid 40 bucks to get to work, and half of what I earned today will go right back into my tank later this week.  Stop bull shitting and hold press conferences and hearings to tell me that athletes have been taking steroids, I could give 2 shits about the steroid situation, if it is illegal, fine arrest them, but don’t parade people up there just to hear them say stupid shit like ‘He Misremembers’.  And for the love of god, stop trying to be parents, let the parents be parents.  I have a son, I know what I want him to see and what I don’t want him to see, and then I tell him why he can’t see it and ultimately why he can’t play it.  Can he run around as Wolverine and bash people until coins fall out of them, absolutely, can he steal a car, shoot a pimp, pick up his hoe and drive her around, not so much.  But allow me to make those calls, allow me to decide, and allow me to parent.  Stick with what you know, wasting time and spending too much money, and working too little of hours.  After 34 years of playing games, I have yet to lose my mind and blast people, fight space invaders, blast an Asteroid, kill a big centipede, jump over a pitfall, throw down a 3 flip dunk with fire coming out my ass, make an inside the park home run, win any race, or stop zombies swarming on a unsuspecting mall.  These things don’t happen in real life (minus the inside the park homer run), and at a very early age I knew it, long before I was 18.  At the age of 17 you can watch any movie you want, but yet you can’t play a fucking video game.  Dumb shit.

jaxwing