tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1427425 2009-07-09T05:57:46Z Television recaps and discussion. What happened last night on your favorite show? TypePad http://images.zap2it.com/html/zap2itlogo_144x29.gif Zap2it.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011570ecba60970c 2009-07-08T22:57:46-07:00 2009-07-09T07:33:40Z

I dont think Ive ever seen so many Dances Of Doom on a single So You Think You Can Dance episode. At least half the dances could submarine any couple at any time. The Best Intro Award goes to Jason, Brandon, and Kupono. I liked Ade, Evan, and Phillips intros too but not as much as the other guys. Host Cat Deeley, looking very 40s Casually Fabulous, introduces our judges - staples Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe and Tyce DOrio. Whats great about that is it means he wont be choreographing this week. 1. Melissa Ade Style/Choreographer/Song: Disco/Doriana Sanchez/Move On Up by Destination Seeing as Janette Brandon were ridonkulous when they did it, these two have a high bar to reach. Melissas hair is awesomely huge. Ade looks a lot more natural doing the moves. Not to say that Melissa looks unnatural, its just that their styles arent syncing up all the time. Both the...

Tamara Brooks http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/a-plethora-of-doom-on-so-you-think-you-can-dance.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011570ec35ce970c 2009-07-08T22:08:23-07:00 2009-07-09T05:09:09Z

Top Chef Masters invades the Magic Castle to cook for Neil Patrick Harris and friends -- after enduring a particularly bone-headed quickfire. Our chefs: Douglas RodriguezRestaurants: Alma De Cuba, Philadelphia; Deseo, Scottsdale, Arizona; OLA Miami, Miami He practices tortilla-free Latin-American cooking and coined the phrase Nuevo Latino cuisine. Anita LoRestaurant: Annisa, New YorkShe may have an edge since she spends a lot of time on the line, actually cooking. I would hope that ALL chefs spend a fair amount of time actually cooking, but perhaps Im being naive.John BeshRestaurants: August, La Provence, L¸ke and Besh Steak, New OrleansHes a real cajun boy and former marine who used his military training to cook mass quantities of red beans and rice and deliver it via boat after Hurricane Katrina. Mark PeelRestaurants: La Brea Bakery and Campanile, Los AngelesJames Oseland calls Campanile one of the best restaurants in LA. I immediately add that to the list for my...

Sarah Jersild http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/top-chef-masters-anita-lo-and-neil-patrick-harris-are-magic.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011571e091a1970b 2009-07-08T21:29:13-07:00 2009-07-09T14:22:36Z

Tonight on Americas Got Talent, a 75 year-old female comedian named Grandma Lee is just delightful.Were back on Houston tonight for auditions and a trio of cowboys are our first act. They call themselves The Texas Tenors, which is a cute name. I hope they can sing. They sing Mountain Music by Alabama. Honestly? Its not that good. Their harmonies on the Hey, hey, heeeeey part are off and on the verses whichever one is carrying the melody isnt strong enough and is being overpowered by the high harmony. That was pretty meh for me. Theyre cute and very excited but the vocals just arent strong enough. Since they are new, Ill give them another performance before I suggest we get the hook.The next act is Bruce Thomas, a handyman who farts with his hands in the tune of Yankee Doodle. Next! This leads into a Bad Montage that includes Ruby Revue, a burlesque troupe...

Andrea Reiher http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/americas-got-talent-grandma-lee-for-president.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011571df0d91970b 2009-07-08T19:15:20-07:00 2009-07-09T02:20:40Z

This week on “I Survived a Japanese Game Show”? Action! Tears! And an unfortunate display of flesh! It’s shows like this that make me happy. “The Price is Right” is filmed right here in America, thereby assuring we’ll never see Drew Carey in anything other than a conservative suit.The show starts off with the first coupling of the season: Drew and Jamie. Didn’t see that coming. Why? Because the show barely shows these people off the show’s set. I understand this isn’t some intense drama, but shouldn’t we be invested a little bit in these characters? Because we only get snippets of personality via talking head segments, not in terms of their interaction off the set, it’s impossible to truly care who gets a face full of flour while hordes of Japanese hipsters laugh at them. Sad, really. Onto the games…First Game: “Snap Attack!”The gist? The two teams are on opposite sides of a table,...

Ryan McGee http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/zapcap-aliens-attack-on-i-survived-a-japanese-game-show.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011571d7bd05970b 2009-07-07T21:05:58-07:00 2009-07-08T14:32:47Z

Tonight on "America's Got Talent," Bri and Lawrence Beaman are two more excellent singers.For all those out there who think I'm some sort of evil witch... my house is free of bells so I don't contribute to any angels getting their wings. I push old ladies down in the street and then I steal their purses. Hitting puppies and kittens with my car is what I like to call "Tuesday." Mwahahaha.We kick it off in Los Angeles tonight with Nasty Nate, a singer who looks like a beefy lady but is not. He sings "Simply the Best" and it's ridiculously off-key. I get enough of these during Idol. Next!Bad Montage. Zahid Khan, the one-man instrument tool; Leland Faulkner, who has, apparently, just graduated Kindergarten; and Iota Arcane, Son of Micro Machines.After a break, Hasselhoff returns to the theatre with his Baywatch jacket and floatation device. I'm not sure why, but I do enjoy that he...

Andrea Reiher http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/americas-got-talent-lawrence-beaman-what-a-voice.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011571d5398e970b 2009-07-07T19:31:28-07:00 2009-07-08T18:01:28Z

Hey, NYC Prep fans! Tired of the summer heat? Well sit back and chill out because its December and snowy on the Upper East Side. Since no one stays on the UES for the holidays, PC is headed to Mexico for some fun in the sun. Once in Cancun he meets up with his old boarding school friend JP, and them together is far too many initials for two people to possess. PCJP go to a club in Cancun (which PC calls trashy which is the only kind of club they have in Cancun, as far as I know) and we learn that the drunker PC gets, the douchier he gets, all up until a certain point when he gets so drunk he no longer remembers hes a douche and starts to have a good time with the lesser folks. At least until the grain alcohol wears off. PCJP spend the rest of the weekend...

Carrie Raisler http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/n.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011570dc1f26970c 2009-07-06T22:44:54-07:00 2009-07-08T01:47:34Z

Tonight on The Bachelorette, Jillian finally smells what Wes is shoveling.We join Jillian in Madrid, Spain. Wow, must be nice. She voiceovers that there isnt just one guy shes falling for. Yeah, but I bet one is floating to the top. And if its Wes, hes floating to the top like a turd. Theres a montage recapping each of the remaining Bachelors: Kiptyn, Reid, Ed and Wes. Nothing earth-shattering is revealed. Kiptyn is a sweetie, Reid is very opposite Jillian, Ed is wishy-washy but cute and Wes is... well, you know how I feel about Wes and we try to keep it clean here at Zap2It.Kiptyns Date in MadridIt is a gorgeous Spanish day and I am so beyond jealous, I just need to get that out right at the top. Ill try to rein it in a little, guys. Ive done northern Europe (England, Ireland, Germany, France) but I really want to go to...

Andrea Reiher http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/the-bachelorette-welcome-to-the-club-jillian.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011571d08c97970b 2009-07-06T21:54:22-07:00 2009-07-07T04:56:04Z

Its Disco week on Dance Your Ass Off and all the hard work has one contestant burning all right. And by burning I mean flipping her lid. Host Marissa Jaret Winokur starts the show off by saying everyones feeling the pressure already and we see video evidence. Alicias working hard to get her routine down and was practicing extra hours. Frustrated, she went to vent to some of the other contestants which turned into a fairly epic meltdown that involved screaming, throwing pillows, screaming into pillows, and angrily throwing stuff in the Cheat cabinet away, occasionally while screaming. One of the contests was even filming part of it on her cell phone. Im betting it went on for at least ten minutes. Good times. Next, Marissa reintroduces our judges Mayte Garcia, Lisa Ann Walters, and Danny Teeson. As is the format, the two contestants with the least weight loss will be in the bottom and...

Tamara Brooks http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/weightloss-inferno-on-dance-your-ass-off.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011571d089b0970b 2009-07-06T21:48:50-07:00 2009-07-07T04:49:18Z

"The Closer" hits us with one heck of a depressing series of events, and then tries to show us the good that may come out of them. Do you buy it? Are you a Sanchez or a Flynn? Reggie Gray is found shot in the back of the head, execution style, outside the Crenshaw Community Center. He's a former gangbanger, an ex con, and he's got a record a mile long... but by all accounts, he paid his debt to society and is working to turn his life around and improve his neighborhood, in part by working at the center. His biggest champion? Father Jack. Yep, that Father Jack. Oooh boy. Father Jack is convinced the cops are more interested in blaming the victim (thanks, Flynn!) or destroying his ministry than solving the crime. He's unwilling to help, which is problematic, since Reggie was living in Jack's church, and Jack won't let them search Reggie's...

Sarah Jersild http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/the-closer-random-death-or-meaningful-event-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b92469e2011570dbab0a970c 2009-07-06T21:34:51-07:00 2009-07-07T04:38:20Z

It was time for Marshall Bowman's funeral on this week's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." Grace would not be attending, at least, that's what she told Jack at the start of the episode. You and I knew better, didn't we? Why did Grace not want to attend? As she herself stated, Grace has begun to hate herself for what happened to her father. She blames herself, so that statement wasn't surprising, but it would also (obviously) be a wrong decision long-term for her not to be at her own father's funeral. Thankfully, Ricky talked her out of the car and into attending. For the past few weeks I've found myself agreeing with Adrian all too much, that changed tonight. She was wrong, completely wrong about Grace not having to go to the funeral if she didn't want to. Haven't we all heard of closure? No, the funeral wasn't going to provide closure for...

Josh Lasser http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/07/the-secret-life-of-the-american-teenager-marshalls-funeral.html