Oh my, so much to clack about week, everything from Ricky Martin’s gayness to the absurdity of The Pellicano Girls. Take a look, and clack to me in the comments below.
I don’t get 30 Rock. I might be run out of the cyber playground for this, but I just don’t get 30 Rock. I haven’t watched the entire series or anything, but the few episodes I’ve seen just don’t seem that funny. The kids and I were watching the Christmas episode this week, and we looked at each other half-way through and said, “This just doesn’t seem that funny. What’s all the fuss about?” So, I ask you, dear Clackers, what’s all the fuss about? And I LIKE Tina Fey (Alec Baldwin, not so much)! I just don’t like her in this series, at least not what I’ve seen. It’s really bumming me out.
The Pellicano girls get a reality show. Well, maybe. The Pellicano Girls is being pitched to the networks in the coming weeks. It follows Kat Pellicano and her three daughters as they figure out how to live large while the family patriarch, Anthony Pellicano, rots in jail. He was found guilty of racketeering and conspiracy earlier this year; he’ll be sentenced on Dec. 15. The show, which follows the girls’ attempts to run a private investigation company, is being called a mix of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Charlie’s Angels, with Anthony in the Charlie role. Is this for real? Does this seem the least bit ironic to you? He’ll be in jail! And, apparently, that’s a great way to get a reality show. Hulk Hogan was working on one for his incarcerated son, Nick. I’m sure Blake Fielder-Civil is next.
Does every celeb have a perfume now? Because it really seems that way. I decided to keep track of all the perfume commercials I saw this week: Hilary Duff, Britney Spears, Usher, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and Antonio Banderas. Yeah, I know some are for guys — it’s still perfume. And here’s the thing: you know those little perfume samples you get in magazines (which I hate, by the way)? They all smell like bug spray to me. ALL of them. I have yet to smell a magazine perfume sample that doesn’t smell like RAID.
Stevie Wonder might do Dancing With the Stars. I’ve been hearing rumors that Stevie Wonder might sashay onto the show next season. This could be fun, and I’m sure people will tune in to see whether he runs into anything. Oh stop, you know you’re thinking it too. Besides that, he won’t be the first physically challenged person to join the DWTS party. Deaf actress Marlee Matlin and artificially-limbed Heather Mills have spun around the dance floor. At least Stevie has a sense of humor about it. He says, “Come on. You’ve got to think. If I have seven children, I’ve got to be able to dance, right?” OK, unless I missed something in 5th grade health-ed, sex isn’t quite the same as dancing. And speaking of sex and dancing….
Ricky Martin is gay, right? I’ve heard rumors of his gayness for years, but now that he’s gone the way of Clay Aiken (sort of) and has biological twin babies from a surrogate … well, you can’t tell me you’re not thinking the same thing. Is it so bad to come out and say you’re gay? What’s the problem with that? Why not just set the record straight? You’d still have plenty of middle-aged women-with-cats as fans. Just sayin’….
What made you clack this week?
Clacked by Jane Boursaw 
on Dec 12, 2008 @ 13:00 EST5EDT
Actually, the christmas special was the least funny episode of “30 rock” I’ve ever seen, so you might want to give it another chance. Get season 1 from iTunes or something… It was a lot more consistently funny then.
“I haven’t watched the entire series or anything, but the few episodes I’ve seen just don’t seem that funny.”
Thank you! I have watched, or tried to watch, a few episodes of the show and for the life of me I don’t get the hype. So I came to the conclusion that NBC is paying for the awards, no other way around it. Weeds should have won Best Comedy countless times before 30 Rock has.
And It’s a shame because I loved Tina Fay for many years now, and not just because she did a great Sarah Palin.
Didn’t Ricky Martin come out like 4-5 years ago? Either way I don’t care because when asked the question he gave the right answer “Does it matter? Do people ask you if you are straight?” and he’s right, it doesn’t matter.
I hated Tina Fey before ’30 Rock,’ but I couldn’t help but love the show. The first two seasons of that show are consistently hilarious, but this current season is slacking a little bit. I suggest you go through at least the first half of the first season before you write it off completely!
The writers are fantastic on 30 Rock. I don’t love all the actors on the show, but Alec Baldwin (whom I never used to like) has captured my funny bone. He has the best one-liners on TV! I’ve grown to really like this show even though I was hesitant to be drawn in at first.
What Michael and Annie said.
Oh and don’t mind Oreo, he doesn’t get anything but “24”. His humor must lie somewhere between toothpicks under fingernails and daughters getting cornered by cougars.
I find the third season of 30 Rock lacking extremely too because they moved totally away from the writers’ room and “TGS with Tracy Morgan” (and the production of the show) to just focusing on Liz and Jack – both of them interacting, and only that. Before we had the joy of watching Liz in all kinds of weird situations regarding her love life etc., this season she’s only been able to show us a lot of Angst and gloating.
The X-Mas episode left me with a deep feeling of “meh” but it’s not as bad as on other shows (yet).
I don’t mean to be rude, but you either get 30 rock and realise that Alec Baldwin is a genius in this role, or you don’t. You need to see more of Jack and his mother (in previous seasons) before you get to the Christmas episode. These things build up even if there isn’t a tight continuity and the only way to get to know the characters is maybe to watch it from the begining.
Why don’t you watch the first season before you make up your mind? Watching a few episodes here and there won’t do it. Trust me, I did that the first season and diodn’t think it was that funny. But then I bought season1 on dvd and watched it from the beginning. Now it’s my favorite show along with HIMYM.
Ricky Martin is gay, right? Not right actually!
I’ve heard rumors of his gayness for years…yes rumours are what they are!
but now that he’s gone the way of Clay Aiken (sort of) and has biological twin babies from a surrogate … well, you can’t tell me you’re not thinking the same thing. No I doubt I’m thinking the same as you…all I know is that Ricky wanted to be a father and now he is!
Is it so bad to come out and say you’re gay? Not at all, but why would you when you’re straight!
What’s the problem with that? It’s only those who are convinced he’s gay that have the problem!
Why not just set the record straight? Ricky has said on quite a few occasions now that he’s not gay, this among others…Martin says, “I love women and sex. I am a real hot-blooded Puerto Rican, but have never been attracted by sex with a man.”
You’d still have plenty of middle-aged women-with-cats as fans. Just sayin’…. – well this fan is more than middle-aged and happens to hate cats!
Just sayin….
Peace
Ricky fan for life!