The dog days of summer...
A hodgepodge of a weekend...Started it off on Friday night when Ted had a few people over to watch the premiere of the new "He-Man." It was enjoyable though I have to say that I didn't really watch the original show too much. Chalk up another in the string of 80s revivals. (Where's the new ALF show?!?!?) Our friend John brought his friend Mark who turned out to be a big board game fan. As a result, He-Man viewing evolved into a night o' games that lasted until 1 in the morning. Nothing like exposing a newbie to the wonders of "Blockbusters."
Saturday, Ted, Larry, and I went to the Burbank Animal Shelter to search for a dog. It was quite depressing seeing all these poor dogs behind these cages. There was one that only had three legs! :-( It's funny how some of them would "turn it on" as people would walk by their cages. We found this one reddish dog who was part doberman-part pitbull that was sooooo affectionate. He had this big goofy smile and walked around like a lunk. The problem is...the dog is a 'twee bit too big for the house. Plus, I wasn't too keen on bringing a dog that was part-pitbull into the household. We then stumbled upon this dog that was part-sharpei who got along with all of us. He had the cutest smile and wasn't too big. The catch was that he won't be up for adoption until next week. So alas, we wait...But that didn't stop us from starting the name game for the dog...Colby, Mercutio, Rocko...
After the dog hunt, we picked up Drew and went to Shorty's to all get haircuts. Nothing really too drastic on Ted, Larry, or my end but Drew walked out with a much shorter 'do that kinda makes him look Ethan Embry. We then went to Hollywood-Highland for lunch and continued the name game for the dog which we don't even know if we're going to get!...Silas, Will, Percy...
Headed back home where I got ready for a party in Beverly Hills for the Kato show FremantleMedia is doing. I brought my friend Mike along with me to the shindig. The party was all right. Spotted a few familiar faces including "Weird Al" Yankovic and Alan Thicke. I think I saw Kaya from "Temptation Island" as well. :-) We hung out at the party for a couple of hours. Somehow as we left the party, Mike convinced me to go with him to West Hollywood. Amazingly, we were able to find decent, free parking. We decided to head over to the Abbey. En route there, we bumped into Matt and Thomas. We talked with them for a bit before we headed over towards Santa Monica and Robertson. We then stood in line for about a half-hour outside the Abbey. We eventually got in, milled around, and took checked out the little eye candy that was there. In the midst of all this, we bumped into Mark from the "He-Man"/late-night game night. After our visit to the Abbey, Mike and I then headed to Mother Lode and called it a night.
Today, Ted, Larry, Drew and I headed over to CBS TV City to watch a taping of "Hollywood Squares." I've been kindly asked by my friends who work at the show to keep the details about the taping to a minimum. Here's what I will say...While the basic geographic layout of the set is the same, there are a lot of noticably new elements. There is more of a "square" motif to the set. There is a brand new bonus round, one that in my opinion works better in terms of building supsense and integrating the celebs more than the one from last season. It's also one that die-hard game show fans might appreciate. Ellen DeGeneres did a great job as center square in the episodes we saw. I actually found her zingers to be a bit more clever from a comedic standpoint than Whoopi's. She never went for the obvious joke. Hell, she even threw in a "no Whammys, no Whammys" reference in one of the shows! A cool side note...Betty DeGeneres (Ellen's mom) was sitting in the seat just across the aisle from us! :-) All in all, much like Feud's revamp for the new season, the changes to "Squares" have helped to bring some new life into the show.
We headed to The Grove and Farmer's Market after the taping. We stopped by the FAO Schwarz. I think FAO Schwarz does the near-impossible by making Kay-Bee look like a discount store. There was the beautiful game armoire there that while nice cost $5,000. Yikes...We grabbed some dinner at the Farmer's Market where I made an unsuccessful attempt at eating some beingets in a neat fashion (damn you, powdered sugar delights!!!).
Oh...and as it stands now...Toby is at the top of the running should we get this dog we're eyeing...
A hodgepodge of a weekend...Started it off on Friday night when Ted had a few people over to watch the premiere of the new "He-Man." It was enjoyable though I have to say that I didn't really watch the original show too much. Chalk up another in the string of 80s revivals. (Where's the new ALF show?!?!?) Our friend John brought his friend Mark who turned out to be a big board game fan. As a result, He-Man viewing evolved into a night o' games that lasted until 1 in the morning. Nothing like exposing a newbie to the wonders of "Blockbusters."
Saturday, Ted, Larry, and I went to the Burbank Animal Shelter to search for a dog. It was quite depressing seeing all these poor dogs behind these cages. There was one that only had three legs! :-( It's funny how some of them would "turn it on" as people would walk by their cages. We found this one reddish dog who was part doberman-part pitbull that was sooooo affectionate. He had this big goofy smile and walked around like a lunk. The problem is...the dog is a 'twee bit too big for the house. Plus, I wasn't too keen on bringing a dog that was part-pitbull into the household. We then stumbled upon this dog that was part-sharpei who got along with all of us. He had the cutest smile and wasn't too big. The catch was that he won't be up for adoption until next week. So alas, we wait...But that didn't stop us from starting the name game for the dog...Colby, Mercutio, Rocko...
After the dog hunt, we picked up Drew and went to Shorty's to all get haircuts. Nothing really too drastic on Ted, Larry, or my end but Drew walked out with a much shorter 'do that kinda makes him look Ethan Embry. We then went to Hollywood-Highland for lunch and continued the name game for the dog which we don't even know if we're going to get!...Silas, Will, Percy...
Headed back home where I got ready for a party in Beverly Hills for the Kato show FremantleMedia is doing. I brought my friend Mike along with me to the shindig. The party was all right. Spotted a few familiar faces including "Weird Al" Yankovic and Alan Thicke. I think I saw Kaya from "Temptation Island" as well. :-) We hung out at the party for a couple of hours. Somehow as we left the party, Mike convinced me to go with him to West Hollywood. Amazingly, we were able to find decent, free parking. We decided to head over to the Abbey. En route there, we bumped into Matt and Thomas. We talked with them for a bit before we headed over towards Santa Monica and Robertson. We then stood in line for about a half-hour outside the Abbey. We eventually got in, milled around, and took checked out the little eye candy that was there. In the midst of all this, we bumped into Mark from the "He-Man"/late-night game night. After our visit to the Abbey, Mike and I then headed to Mother Lode and called it a night.
Today, Ted, Larry, Drew and I headed over to CBS TV City to watch a taping of "Hollywood Squares." I've been kindly asked by my friends who work at the show to keep the details about the taping to a minimum. Here's what I will say...While the basic geographic layout of the set is the same, there are a lot of noticably new elements. There is more of a "square" motif to the set. There is a brand new bonus round, one that in my opinion works better in terms of building supsense and integrating the celebs more than the one from last season. It's also one that die-hard game show fans might appreciate. Ellen DeGeneres did a great job as center square in the episodes we saw. I actually found her zingers to be a bit more clever from a comedic standpoint than Whoopi's. She never went for the obvious joke. Hell, she even threw in a "no Whammys, no Whammys" reference in one of the shows! A cool side note...Betty DeGeneres (Ellen's mom) was sitting in the seat just across the aisle from us! :-) All in all, much like Feud's revamp for the new season, the changes to "Squares" have helped to bring some new life into the show.
We headed to The Grove and Farmer's Market after the taping. We stopped by the FAO Schwarz. I think FAO Schwarz does the near-impossible by making Kay-Bee look like a discount store. There was the beautiful game armoire there that while nice cost $5,000. Yikes...We grabbed some dinner at the Farmer's Market where I made an unsuccessful attempt at eating some beingets in a neat fashion (damn you, powdered sugar delights!!!).
Oh...and as it stands now...Toby is at the top of the running should we get this dog we're eyeing...
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