Since when do the outtakes of a movie, shown during the credits, warrant raising a movie rating 1 star? Well, The Dude on the Right explains during his review of “Superhero Movie” as he added a star to his rating. He also wonders how a nationally syndicated movie reviewer can think, and write, that Tracy Morgan has two roles in the movie. The heck with you Kevin Hart!
Author: Andy Labis
You Don’t Need “Earth Hour,” You Just Need My Mom.
By:
The Dude on the Right
So, tomorrow, Saturday, March 29th, from 8PM to 9PM, if I want to participate in
"Earth Hour," I’m supposed to turn off all of my lights, but what confuses me is
that at the Earth Hour web
site there is a link of what to do when the lights are off, but the link
doesn’t really tell me anything to do during that hour. And with turning
off the lights are they expecting me to also turn off my TV and my computers,
which I consider essential appliances? And with turning off the lights,
and as they add, non-essential appliances, which must not include my TV nor
computers because I consider them essential, I think my microwave oven is
hard-wired so how am I supposed to turn that off? And with turning off the
lights and non-essential appliances (except my microwave), yet leaving my
computer and TV on because I consider them essential, and changing to energy
efficient bulbs, what if, during that hour when I’m trying to change my light
bulbs, I drop one of those new compact fluorescent bulbs, thereby releasing
toxic mercury into the air, how am I supposed to see what I am supposed to clean
up without the lights on? And with turning off the lights and
non-essential appliances (except my microwave), yet leaving my computer and TV
on because I consider them essential, and breaking that compact fluorescent bulb
that I can’t see how to clean yet breath in the mercury, when I fall down the
stairs and break my leg how am I supposed to call 911 since I unplugged my
cordless phone, which at the time I was unplugging things I considered
non-essential?
Suddenly "Earth Hour" has become very complicated, but, as I
reflect back on my life, I’m thinking none of us need an "Earth Hour" to help us
remember to turn off the lights, we just need our Moms, or at least my Mom.
You see, my Mom is the Queen at knowing when we leave lights on, no matter what
part of the house. She will be sitting in her living room chair, see a
large glow as we are leaving the kitchen, and tell us to go back and turn off
the light. She will be sitting in her living room chair, see a subtle glow
from around a corner, bounced off a door and a ceiling, leaving just a smidge of
brightness on a wall that shouldn’t have a smidge of brightness on it, and say
"Did you leave the light on in the bathroom?" She will be sitting in her
living room chair, seeing the remnants of light (and I swear light leaves
"remnants" on your clothes, especially when you are coming from the basement),
thus instructing you to go back downstairs and turn off the light in the laundry
room at the opposite corner of the house. "Earth Hour" pales in comparison
to the "turning off the light" power of my Mom.
Since, though, Mom is in Ohio
and I am here in Illinois, there I will be, tomorrow night, with no lights on,
although my computer, TV, and microwave will still be working. I’ll be
inhaling toxic mercury complete with a broken leg and a non-working cordless
phone, still wondering what I should do with the lights off because the Earth
Hour web site never gave me instructions on something to do during that hour.
And if those Earth Hours folks had at least said something like "Plan to be with
the one you love, turn off all of your lights, pretend it’s a blackout, and do
what you would do in a blackout with the one you love," or in the words of
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "If you can’t be with the one you love, love the
one you’re with!", well, I’m thinking the worst of my problems might begin to
show about three months from now.
You know what, screw that being with the one
you’re with in a forced blackout like this "Earth Hour," and I suppose the word
"screw" isn’t the appropriate word. Maybe it’s better being curled up at
the bottom of the stairs, with a broken leg, inhaling mercury, knowing my TV,
computers, and microwave still are working, rather than child support some nine
months from tomorrow.
The thing is just listening to my Mom will resolve all
of these potential problems – Turn off the lights and wear a Jimmy Hat (my Mom
is hip, she has an iPod). Listening to her saves money, and future money.
Maybe we just need to listen to my Mom rather than worrying about turning off
the lights for an hour and not knowing what to do.
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Podcast of: Welcome “Tripping the Rift” Fans, Poor Chikezie, and “The Biggest Loser” Talk.
The Dude on the Right keeps this podcast kind of short, but he finds enough time to welcome visitors finding Entertainment Ave! thanks to looking up sixsells.com, the website for “Tripping the Rift,” which is in the site because of their DVD review. He is also getting frustrated with “The Biggest Loser,” and thinks Chikezie was robbed on “American Idol.” Hopefully The Dude will quit worrying about the singers and get back to making fun of Paula Abdul.
Welcome “Tripping the Rift” Fans, Poor Chikezie, and “The Biggest Loser” Talk.
By:
The Dude on the Right
This podcast is a little shorter, which is surprising because I usually have
so much to say, but it kicks off welcoming fans of "Tripping the Rift" thanks to
our recent DVD review of
"Tripping the Rift: The Movie," and its web site,
www.sixsells.com.
That or people keep trying to type in sexsells.com but can’t spell. I’m
also getting frustrated with "The Biggest Loser" because the show doesn’t need
to be two hours long anymore, and in keeping things brief, and not getting into
politics, I do some "American Idol" talk, being bummed that Chikezie got booted
last night.
See, short and sweet and
thanks for listening!
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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What’s New? A DVD Review of “Jimmy Carter Man From Plains.”
Go figure, there’s a DVD about the controversy that came about from Jimmy Carter writing a book called “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid,” and The Dude on the Right says, during his DVD review of “Jimmy Carter Man From Plains,” how he was fascinated at the look at what goes into putting on a promotional tour for the book, especially when the tour involves Secret Service dudes who have to remind autograph seekers to keep their hands out of their pockets and travel usually involves a police escort.
Is Seeing “American Idol” Live That Much Better than On TV?
By:
The Dude on the Right
So it is "Songs the Year You Were Born" night. Oh, goody, it is "Songs
When I Was in College" night, or thereabout. I’m sure flashbacks will be
in order, but I’ll only type about them if I think they will be okay for my Mom
to read. Here we go…
Ramiele Malubay – Born in 1987
– Sings – "Alone" by Heart
– A song I totally love, but man she doesn’t have the pipes to pull off the
chorus for this song and the bombastic sound the Wilson sisters had.
Totally wrong song choice, and I’m sorry she is sick. Ramiele, quick
shaking hands with people and then touching your eyes or picking your nose.
That’s how you get sick.
Jason Castro – Born in 1987
– Sings – "Fragile" by Sting
– Does a good job by playing the guitar, it keeps him behind the mike and not
having to perform. The singing is good, the song is sort of boring, but it
should be enough to keep him going, especially because I think the dudettes dig
him.
Syesha Mercado – Born in 1987
– Sings – "If I Was Your Woman" by Stephanie Mills, I think.
– A really nice R&B performance. Vocal range was good, performance was
good, and this was a great performance that should keep her to the next week.
– What the hell is with all of these 21 year olds? I remember, sort of, my
21st birthday, and I wasn’t singing in 1988. Thankfully the picture people
supposedly took of me on my 21st birthday has disappeared, I hope.
Chikezie
– Born in 1985
– Sings – "If Only For One Night" by Luther Vandross
– Chikezie is showing he might be the next R&B singer to blow up across the
Universe. From week to week he shows differences he can tackle, and he
actually needs to lose this competition to make his own career, a la Daughtry.
Brooke White
– Born in 1983
– Sings – "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
– How boring can you get. Sure, it’s nice on piano, and she screwed up the
start, but unless she does something special to get her butt off the piano
stool, or straddles it like Tori Amos, as much as I think she is purty, sings
purty, and has talent, this week wasn’t her best. So much potential that
went away.
Michael
Johns – Born in 1978
– Sings – "We Will Rock You " by Queen
– Only a few words need to be written – You are no Freddie Mercury. I
guess a few more words are needed – the band didn’t help. I don’t know
what the judges heard, but he just doesn’t seem to have the persona to be
Freddie, at least on TV I guess. For whatever reason I thought he wasn’t
that good. Maybe I should just wonder what is wrong with me, or I need to
be there, live.
– I was 10 or 11 when this song came out, the first album I ever bought was
"Night at the Opera," and I found "News of the World" fantastic as the years
went on, especially with the album art. I always loved reading "No
Synthesisers!"
Carly Smithson – Born in 1983
– Sings – "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
– A simple choice for her, but for me it just brings back flashbacks of high
school. Ugh! Okay, singing wise Carly was good, but she just seems
to be singing, not performing, and for Jim Steinman songs, as much as it is
about the song, it’s more about the performance of the song. She just sang
it, whereas Meat Loaf knows how to perform. She needed to really find Jim
Steinman history and how Meat Loaf made those songs performance art. That
is what Jim Steinman did.
David Archuleta – Born in 1990
– Sings – "You’re the Voice" by Farnham Johnny?
– Is he just trying to get other people money by singing obscure songs?
That said, I really like the song, like the performance, and I was graduating
college when this dude was being born. He tried to branch out, but I’m
guessing in 1990 there are better songs, that people might actually know, that
he could have really blown out of the competition. We’ll see if his good
looks still keep him in the competition.
Kristy Lee Cook – Born in
1984
– Sings – "God Bless the U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood
– Gosh girl, I like you, but how the hell did you get this far in the
competition. You sing nice enough, at least this week, sort of, but you
aren’t a performer in any sense of the word. Thank your lucky stars you
got to the final 10 to go on tour because a lot of other singers are better than
you. And from the judge’s comments, what the hell am I not hearing nor
seeing on my screen tonight.
David Cook – Born in 1982
– Sings – "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson
– Nice change of a Michael Jackson song. If anyone ever says "How do I
make a song my own?" this is the performance they should show. He works
the stage, he sings like a rocker, and if he doesn’t win he will probably have a
fantastic career anyway. He actually got in touch with a song with the
year he was born, and if I had a dollar I might actually download that song
version from iTunes. (Dude note: As I laid in bed last night I couldn’t sleep because
I just had to figure David’s version probably wasn’t his own arrangement. Sure enough,
I did some quick research this morning and guess I missed at the beginning where
they said it was Chris Cornell’s version. Thought he did a good job, anyway. DOTR)
Let’s wrap this up…
From a lot of the comments I’m guessing that the performances came off a hell of
a lot better live than on my TV because, well, when I thought some of them
didn’t do well, Simon-Paula-Randy thought they were great. I know
live is better than TV, but is there that much of a difference. If the
"American Idol" folks want to prove it to me, fly me out for next week’s show,
otherwise, I don’t think anyone did that well this week except David Cook.
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A DVD Review of “Tripping the Rift: The Movie.”
When the Dude on the Right was watching “Tripping the Rift: The Movie,” and then reviewed it, he wondered how he never was pointed towards the series when it was on TV. The Dude, being all things movies and pop culture, loved all of the spoofs and making fun of things we watch daily on the DVD, although he did think the “Frankenstein” segment was a little too long. That being said, if you are in touch with pop culture today, “Tripping the Rift: The Movie” should be on your DVD “Must Watch” list.
What’s New? Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up Podcast: The Dude’s a Handyman and Stu’s Bad Days.
Both The Dude on the Right and Stu Gotz survived their respective Easter Weekends, and here they are for their Weekend Wrap-Up Podcast! Stu has been having some bad days, with today’s reason being because he had to poop, while The Dude shows he still can be a handyman although he isn’t very good at picking winners during March Madness. They both talk about movies they didn’t see, talk about “South Park” which they did see, and Stu celebrated Easter on Friday – Find out why by listening.
Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! The Dude’s a Handyman and Stu’s Bad Days.
By:
The Dude on the Right
Easter weekend has come and gone, but
Stu Gotz and I are still here and podcasting. Aren’t you excited?
Well you should be because during this podcast I relate how during the weekend I
found I can still shovel snow and am still a handyman (much to the surprise of
my sister), while Stu, and I, I suppose, forgot that stores are closed on Easter
Sunday, much to the dismay of the little Gotz’s.
In the meantime I relate to
Stu my inability to pick the NCAA March Madness Final Four, why quitting the TV
show "Survivor" is lame, while we both discuss "South Park" blowing off the top
half of Britney Spears’ head and no one going to see "Drillbit Taylor" yet still
seeing
"Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who." Stu, meanwhile, has been having a bad
day because he had to poop, learning a valuable lesson. Listen to make
sure you learn the lesson, too.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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Davidson and San Diego – I Hate You. And I Love You.
By:
The Dude on the Right
I’m
back! It was an Easter Weekend, and with
my Dad’s passing in January, and my sister making her way to the cold
weather, instead of normally visiting a week earlier to avoid the holiday
traffic, well, I ventured to Ohio this Easter Weekend just in time for about 6
inches of snow to shovel. I also changed a bathroom sink faucet, but those
are both stories for another blog or maybe a podcast. This blog is about
basketball, and my not being able to scream at my internet screen.
You see,
for the first time in years, I wasn’t able to sit at work and waste the bosses
money, umm, my money, by paying attention to the first weekend for the NCAA
March Madness tournament. And then, when I was able to take a look, my
picks were already looking bad. Siena beating Vanderbilt hurt me a lot,
although it probably hurt a lot of people, except those folks who were Siena
alumni, but what really hurt in that first round was San Diego beating U Conn,
one of the teams I had in the final two. I figured I was sort of screwed,
but who, other than San Diego fans, were actually thinking San Diego could win?
And as my brackets started to fall, it was today that I knew I was done,
because, well, my final four is left at a final two, with one of them not
getting to my finals.
That said, Davidson College, University, whatever the
hell you are, I hate you, because my last chance for maybe a couple of big
screen TV’s, or some cash, well, was left with Georgetown. If you had a
fun college name like Gonzaga, or a fun mascot name like the Saluki’s, or maybe
a name referenced with God (Like St. Mary’s who didn’t seem to have God on their
side losing to Miami), I would have picked you, but you were playing
Georgetown, Hoyas, and you were a 10 seed, v. a 2 seed, whom I had at least
going to the final four. In my goofy name category, Wildcats v. Hoyas, I’m
picking a Hoya.
And I lost.
And so, pretty much, I’m done with this year’s
NCAA March Madness season. Davidson and San Diego, you both took me out of
winning cool stuff, but with that winning I can quicklier get back to my life
after one weekend.
For me it’s one weekend and done for my NCAA Tourney picks,
and now I have to go back to the Mega Millions this week, with a jackpot of $95
Million on Tuesday. With numbers like 65, 87, 69, 87, 96, and a Mega Ball
of 102, I know I can win. Oh, wait, I don’t think I can pick any of those
numbers. Maybe I’ll just go with 1,2,3,4,5 and a Mega Ball of 6. I
think it has the same odds.
Happy March Madness! Umm, it’s almost April.
That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!