Our man on the inside, Dusty Bottoms, reports that his dispatches from the set of Firefly: Serenity have made him powerful enemies: “Note to self. Find out who this Dusty Bottoms is and destroy him, have him eaten and then kill him!” — Joss Whedon Hee! Oh, today is a wonderful frabjous day. I wonder what kind of wine goes best with Dusty Bottoms? Hint: probably the one in the biggest bottle.
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As seen at Around The World In 80 Days: The Meet Market” href=”http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3047100&st=3690&#entry1629994″>TWoP Forums -> Around The World In 80 Days: The Meet Market on TWOP: chat tonight! All those acronyms actually mean: “a chat for fans of The Amazing Race from the Television Without Pity website will be on America Online Instant Messenger in room “TWOP TAR.” Edited to add: The room name may be either TWOP TAR or TWOPTARChat Oh, and I am SO commandeering David’s laptop for this. I’ll be chatting as my old AOL standby/persona: Red fifty-seven.
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Of all the reality shows I’ve watched — and that’s all of them — “The Amazing Race” might be the most difficult to sell people on, sight unseen. When you explain how teams of two travel around the world together, completing various tasks, and the first team to reach the final destination wins, it ends up sounding like some kind of vaguely educational bore. You just can’t do justice to how well this show is edited to create suspense, or to the great feel you get for the exotic locales that the players visit, thanks to some first-rate, frenetic camera…
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I keep checking the countdown at TARflies Times and it’s just a few more hours until TAR5’s premiere. It’s not Tuesday, it’s TARSday, so: Happy TARSday to us, Happy TARSday to us! It’s most advantageous to go for it, happy TARSday to us! …yeah, I’m stupid like that.
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Something I often do, but haven’t mentioned before: I sing in the car. Yes, I’m one of those annoying people you see in traffic, sitting at a light that’s just turned green trying to hit the note AND remember the words AND get it in gear AND get their ass moving. That’s me. It’s how I gird up on my way to work, or de-gird on the way home. I often think that good songs at the beginning and end of my day act like bookends. I usually listen to WBEZ for news, but WXRT for music. In fact, you…
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The title of the upcoming sixth Harry Potter book will be Harry Potter ********************, author J.K. Rowling’s official Web site revealed. Fans had to solve a series of puzzles to open a door on the site, revealing the title. Okay, if you want to try to solve the puzzle unspoiled, go here. If you just want to know the damn title already, go to the Sci Fi article cited above.
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The following is why I (heart) TWOP and Miss Alli Stuff from the Mod: READ ME, PLEASE” href=”http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3111702&st=105&#entry1603112″>TWoP Forums -> The Racer and Racer Accessory Posting Manifesto. It’s entirely likely that we DO have a TWOP ringer on the fifth installment of The Amazing Race (which will be known henceforth as TAR5), so I “get” why Miss Alli is putting the heads up where Racers and their Accessories might see it just now. TWOP is a place where past Racers hang out with fans, if they happen to have thick enough skins to overcome the natural tendency to get defensive…
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TAR5, Episode 1 is set to record automagically on TiVo: (2004) Eleven teams begin their race around the world at Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles; a medical emergency has one team racing to catch a flight; tensions between teams mount as one team tries to keep an alliance; two teams battle to avoid elimination. Tuesday 7/6 8:30pm 2 WBBM Duration: 1:30 Ahhhhh!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Insert mental image of me running around and around going “Aaaaaah!” here. Insert mental image of David making plans to spend that evening in the basement with the door closed here.
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Of the various Amazing Race teams, Dennis and Erika seem the most interesting of the “models and beauty queens” set. After all, nekkid skydiving is quite an accomplishment for a girl. Over at TWOP, we’re wondering about this photo, which was taken at TARcon3, the fan-and-racers party that took place the night of the TAR3 finale in New York (yes, that’s right, the Racers show up – some of them come straight from the CBS party as soon as the winners are revealed). As we’re coming up on the fifth season, TARcon5 will be held in New York for the…
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Ooh! Look at the pretties! This blog operates as kind of a digest of castmembers’ posts from something called the “original board” and also from the Fireflymovie.com fan site. It points to yet ANOTHER blog that is hosted on the official SerenityMovie site. It’s a mite confusing keeping all the kinblogs and message boards straight but if you’re a fan of Joss Whedon’s short-lived Firefly television series (and soon-to-be Big Damn Movie coming to a theater near you), you’ll have to read it all. I don’t know who’s doing it, but I hope they got permission for all the reposts……