Where are the Videos?

So, it's superbowl weekend. Where the hell are all the music videos? Where is Eli Manning sporting some shades and rhyming?

"My name is Eli,
my name's not Peyton.
I'm fuckin' all the bitches,
'cause I'm the straight one."

Football players used to care about the fans in the 80's. Just look at that video up there. Those guys cared.

The King of All Bad Words

My six year-old came up to me the other day and told me that he learned the "King of All Bad Words" from friends at school. Mind you, I'd never heard the little bugger say anything worse than "poop" at this point. I was expecting him to say "Shut Up" or "Booger" or something.

Instead, he gathers himself, smiles, and proudly enunciates the word "Fuck."

Now, Deuce has some speech issues, so my first thought was actually, 'Wow, he really pronounced that word well. You could really hear the strong "c" sound at the end.' Then, my next thought was, 'At least he's making friends.' Then, I came to my senses and acted appropriately horrified.

"Deuce!" I said, "We never, ever use that word! Especially around grown-ups. That will get you in big trouble with teachers..."

"....besides, that isn't the "King of All Bad Words. Grown-ups use that one in normal conversation all the time. There is one word that will make any civilized man cringe, instantly cause a woman to stop talking, and children to weep."

And then I played him this old Isiah Thomas video.

Knowing is half the battle.

HEROES

I'm at least a year late getting on board the Heroes bus. But, here I am. For those of you who haven't seen it and are thinking about renting a new television series......(DVD sets really are the best way to watch television).....I highly recommend this show. It's certainly not as well written as Deadwood. It is heavily influenced by Lost - lots of characters with seperate and intertwined story lines, flashbacks and flashforwards, a "previously on Heroes" introduction to get you up to speed, a potential main character getting offed now and again, to name a few. But unlike Lost it actually resolves a question now and then.



HOWEVER, there is a huge, burning, obvious issue I am still waiting for them to address. I'm on the last disk in Season 1, and there hasn't been a hint that the writers have a plan to acknowledge the 800 lb gorrilla in the room. Perhaps it's taken up in Season 2.



For those of you who don't watch the show yet, I don't think I'm giving too much away to tell you it's about people who have different powers. They are the next stage of evolution. There is a terrible Indian actor with an English accent who tells us this every episode. One person might be able to fly, another can make toast with his fingers, another can teleport, etc, etc.



The lovely Hayden Panettiere plays Claire Bennett. A 16 year-old cheerleader. Her special power is the ability to heal. Any injury. Immediately starts healing. ANY injury........

................... sooooo, obviously they have to address the fact that this girl is an eternal virgin, don't they? Isn't that the first thing that just jumps out at you as soon as you are introduced to the concept of this character?

I mean, this girl has a magical hymen! That thing gets busted, and 30 seconds later it's back! Just like that. Whammo! Every time. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing (it's a good thing) but how can the writers have all the characters parading around without talking about this, or thinking about this, or having a flash-forward about this? I'm willing to accept some plot holes, but this is just torture. It's much, much worse than that 4-toed statue on Lost.

Again, this might be addressed in Season 2. It might be the crux of Season 2. If it is, I retract this entire post. But don't tell me, I want to see it for myself.