Author: John Paulsen (Page 75 of 79)

Kudos to Allstate

November 20, 2005 /

I have to give it up to Allstate, who recognizes that morons exist in every demographic. Over the last decade, it has become an advertising trend that only white males can do anything dumb in commercials. Usually these idiots are married to hot, smart women who like to roll their eyes at their dumber half. However, Allstate’s latest commercial features a black man dancing around with an open bottle of lighting fluid as he tailgates before a game. The fluid spills all over the place and once he lights his grill, the flames follow the fluid back to his SUV and it explodes.

Thanks, Allstate, for bucking the trend. Next time, feature an idiot woman, and you’ll really be pushing the envelope.

TV

Why am I still watching this show?

November 18, 2005 /

I realize that pointing out the plot holes of an episode of “Alias” is much like pointing out the spines on a porcupine, but in last night’s episode there was one too egregious to ignore. Towards the end of the episode, Sloan enters the APO interrogation room and kills Gordon Dean by stuffing a cyanide tablet down his throat. Later, as a summary to the extensive investigation that was apparently conducted into Dean’s death, Jack tells Sydney that Dean must have had the tablet hidden under the skin in his mouth and that his death will go down as a suicide.

One problem – wasn’t the room being monitored by a camera? They had a bunch of equipment monitoring Dean and his vitals earlier in the episode. Did they purposefully turn them all off and leave the room completely unsecured? How about checking the timestamps on the security keypad outside the door to see if anyone entered the room around the time he died?

Oh that’s right, they were conveniently doing a system scan that shut down all the security systems right at that moment.

Let’s get home and build that crib.

TV, TV Action, TV Dramas

I love Pam.

November 17, 2005 /

I don’t mean I love Pam. I mean I love Pam like I love warm crab legs and an ice cold beer on a Friday night. I love Pam like Ron Burgundy loves scotch. Who’s Pam? I’m talking about the receptionist on the US version of “The Office.” I am a big fan of the original UK series, and while the US version continues to improve, the UK version is superior in just about every way – except for Pam.

Don’t get me wrong, I liked Dawn in the original. But Pam is great. I suppose a lot of the credit has to go to the actress who plays Pam, Jenna Fischer. I see from her IMDB profile that she also appeared on “Six Feet Under,” “Cold Case” and one of my all-time favorite (and prematurely cancelled) shows, “Undeclared.”

What’s so great about Pam? Well, she’s cute but doesn’t know it, she’s got a sick sense of humor and she likes to mess with people. Just about the only thing wrong with her is that she’s engaged to a guy who, on their first date, accidently left her at a hockey game.

Actresses, The Office, TV, TV Comedies

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