Blagojevich - Governor Goofball

Okay, here's what caught my eye during season 3 of Celebrity Apprentice - Guv Blago. He just completely cracked me up! If Blago hoped to reform his criminal image by appearing on Celebrity Apprentice, it did not exactly work out that way. Reality TV is all about entertainment and Rod Blagojevich may just be the biggest buffoon in reality TV history. He just walked around as clueless as clueless can be with his goofy grin on. Ignorance must truly be bliss because this guy seemingly has no skills whatsoever and is caught up in a huge political scandal, yet walks around like he just ate up a huge bowl of sunshine. What surprised me is how Trump constantly promoted him and kept complementing him at every opportunity he got about how tough the Gov is. I wonder what the voters of Illinois — especially the ones that voted for him — think when they see how incompetent he is.

But I absolutely do not hate on Blago. Because all I want on a Sunday night from TV is to be entertained and as far as that goes, oh boy, he was the most entertaining person I have seen in years. And after watching the last few episodes without Blago, I am definitely not getting much laughs anymore on Sunday night. And in the defense of Blago as a goofball and reality TV superstar, I would like to present the following exhibits into evidence:

Exhibit A: I was honestly shocked at his Computer Skills. I don't know what was more awesome, the fact that he did not know how to turn on a computer, did not know how to put a DVD into a computer, knew nothing about email or the fact that it took him 30 minutes to type a few lines in word.

Exhibit B: What stunned me even more was he did not even know how to use a cell phone with speaker turned on. I almost fell off my chair laughing when his team mates were speaking on one end and the Guv was staring at the phone like it was a brick. I mean is he for real? To top it all, he openly asked what is a text message and admitted he did not know how to text and then fell asleep. Certainly a golden moment in reality TV history.

Exhibit C: The ability to turn any conversation into how he Was a fantastic governor. This guy never lets up! And why should he when he yields such unintentionally humorous results? In a matter of seconds — seconds! — He always goes from discussing the task to a list of all his amazing accomplishments as the Gov: Healthcare for children! Preschool for all! No raising taxes! Health care for seniors! The guy is a walking campaign ad. And yet I simply cannot get enough of him.

Exhibit D: My favorite quote "We're prematurely ejaculating. We need more foreplay". My second favorite quote was when it was revealed he would be getting on a plane “I don’t need a passport do I.” (Did he think he was getting a vacation in the Maldives? and then he got on the plane and went to sleep :) and finally on cooking for the celebrity-run diner challenge: "I didn't cook at all when I was governor. I was cooking up results for people."

Exhibit E: Every time Trump asks him who should be fired in his opinion, I am constantly amazed at how he keeps talking for 10 minutes and keeps beating around the bush and never actually answered the question. Guess this is the number one pre-requisite for politicians and he just proved it over and over again.

Exhibit F: The constant hand shaking. Looks like life for him is clearly one long campaign trail. Doesn’t matter if people recoil in horror or start yelling at him about how he should go to prison — he still wants to work the crowd. And I loved the way he viewed New York as one big vote base. It takes him approximately three hours to walk a single block as he goes and aggressively searches out everyone to say hi and kept swearing at his innocence. In television history, I have never seen anyone work a room, street, alley, elevator or storefront like our Blago did.

What else can I say.. When he was on the show, the celebrity apprentice was certainly entertainment at its best. I cannot get over the moments when he just walked around the street of New York and chatted up random people saying "Thank you, I appreciate it. I did nothing wrong" !!!!

24 - Simply Superb!!

What else can I say? After watching 18 episodes of Season 7, I am already ready to give my verdict to Jack Bauer and the rest of the 24 crew even before the season ends. Simply Superb guys!!

This season has been THE season to watch and it has so far outdone all its predecessors easily. Every episode has so many twists and turns with the right mix of action and suspense. The drama has consistently increased every single week and easily keeps you on edge wondering what will happen next. One of the other striking factors this season I loved, different from the previous ones, is that the story has been really built and revolves around the entire cast of 24 and not just Jack. Heck, Jack was even made to sit out a couple of episodes when Tony and Larry took over all the action and spotlight. But having Jack out of the field, was a good change of pace and refreshing.

While we have had to bid adieu to many lovable characters, Tony killing Larry was a bit disturbing to me (undoubtedly the most shocking twists of the season so far) as I always thought Tony is one of the good guys and was also really hoping Larry would be back the next season. With Larry gone, a Jack and Renee hookup seems inevitable (since she is already confirmed in Season 8 set in New York). As of now, it looks like a Jack and Tony showdown all the way to the end, unless something changes next episode (Which I am sure it will:) It is also interesting to see Jacks daughter back, but the father-daughter relationship probably won’t create much interest this time as I think the sole purpose of bringing her back is to save Jacks life. (Since season 8 has already been confirmed). There are still tons of questions which am sure will be answered in the coming episodes. But as of now, the writers and Kiefer Sutherland got us exactly where they want us.. Totally hooked and wanting for more.

This season is a phenomenal comeback for 24. (The ratings speak for themselves)

Is the Sun(TV) beginning to set?

OK. OK. This maybe up for debate, but whats going on with Sun TV??
I watched Sun TV over the last couple of weeks while I was in India and I must say all the programs are really bad…terrible to say the least. I could not watch for more than an hour. Every program on Sun TV seems to be copied (very badly) from some other channel (read Vijay) and what surprised me was I was seeing the same people who appeared in the originals.

Kalaka povadhu yaaru from vijay tv has become Asatha povadhu yaaru on sun tv,
Jodi no. 1 from vijay tv has become masthana masthana on sun tv (Incidentally Jodi no.1 season 2 became masthana masthana 2 (what did you expect) and Coffee with Anu from vijay tv has Anbudan (which was scrapped as there was no takers (surprise surprise) on sun tv and the list goes on.....

Kailaignar tv and Jaya tv seem to have the required party backing and vijay tv has all the talent. Sun tv seems to be left out in the cold and seems to be running out of options. Sun TV is running so low on creativity and seems to be satisfied with just blatantly ripping off other shows. The problem is however, they are doing a bad job at it. The only thing going for it is no doubt the mega-serials which it solely seems to be relying on. Sun TV has even poached the same artistes from the Vijay TV Show and roped in one of the judges (Madan Bob) for Asatha povadhu yaaru.
But what makes you realize that the sun is setting without a doubt is that for each show, they keep proclaiming and make every artist/contestant say that sun tv is the greatest channel and their shows are the best on this planet.

Talking about SUN news…well that’s another story altogether (it is so bad, does not even deserve to be written about)

Interestingly the stock has plummeted by over 50% over the last 8-10 months sending a strong message to the management. It has been a long time since they did anything revolutionary and if they don’t get their act together soon, the sun is not coming up anytime soon after it sets.... or in other words, start shorting.