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Friday, March 25, 2011
Mythbusters
The show Mythbusters is another smash hit show on Discovery. The show consists of a cast of five crew members: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara. The show's plot is to "test" myths, urban legends, and popular movie scenes in order to see if they're true/false, and/or possible/impossible. The cast usually divides into two groups. Group one is Adam & Jamie, and Group two is Kari, Tory and Grant. The groups are given a myth, then they get all of the info that they need, and then they try to recreate the scenario to see if its actually true, and/or possible. There are a lot of scientific fatcs, as well as explosions, alot of explosions. Viewers can even submit their own ideas, and the team may tackle the ideas presented. The show airs Wednesday nights on Discovery.
From left to right. Fron row: Jamie, Adam. Back row: Grant, Kari, Tori.
The Colony
The Colony is a reality show on Discovery, that portrays the end of the world. The show consists of a cast of a dozen or more volunteers trying to survive the portrayed apocolypse. The cast is placed in an abandoned area, with abondoned buildings. They are given limited supplies in the beginning of the experiment, and are left to fend for themselves and after the supplies run out they have to provide there own food, water, and electricity. The experiment lasts for a set amount of days, typically 50. The cast also has to face "outsiders" who are a gang of thugs that attack the colony periodically, and the colony members have to fight them off, to keep their supplies & shelter safe. Once the show is over, the cast can go home, and see their families. The show airs Tuesday nights on Discovery.
Pitchmen
Pitchmen is a show on the Discovery channel that shows the wonderful world of Info-mercials. The show came to an abrupt end in 2009 with the death of Billy Mays, one of the stars. Billy has been in such info-mercials as Oxy Clean, Mighty Putty, and Orange Glow. The other main star, Anthony Sullivan, has been in such info-mercials as The Swivel Sweeper. The show did come back this year, but with Anthony Sullivan (Sully) working alone.
The show consists of Sully meeting inventors with their inventions, and seeing if the invention is worth manufacturing and making a info-mercial on the product. Only two to three inventions make it, out of the hundreds, or even thousand that Sully goes through at invention conventions.
Sully and other co-stars then go to the streets for product testing, to see if people would buy it, use it, how much it should cost, and possible improvements for the product. This is where Sully gives the final verdict on whether its ago, or no. And about 75% of the time, its a go, and then they shoot the info-mercial. Then Sully brings back the inventor to tell them if they've made it to a million or not. And again, about 75% of the time the inventor makes a million. The show is full of drama, creativity, and people making it big time. They may even be products where you say, why didn't I think of that? The show airs Tuesday nights on Discovery.
The show consists of Sully meeting inventors with their inventions, and seeing if the invention is worth manufacturing and making a info-mercial on the product. Only two to three inventions make it, out of the hundreds, or even thousand that Sully goes through at invention conventions.
Sully and other co-stars then go to the streets for product testing, to see if people would buy it, use it, how much it should cost, and possible improvements for the product. This is where Sully gives the final verdict on whether its ago, or no. And about 75% of the time, its a go, and then they shoot the info-mercial. Then Sully brings back the inventor to tell them if they've made it to a million or not. And again, about 75% of the time the inventor makes a million. The show is full of drama, creativity, and people making it big time. They may even be products where you say, why didn't I think of that? The show airs Tuesday nights on Discovery.
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is a name that everyone knows. Its a smash hit cartoon on the fox network thats been on air for twenty-four years. The show is wildley popular, and has even been on the big screen. The Simpsons movie premiered July 27, 2007 and grossed $527 million worldwide. Not only has the show been on DVD, but on game discs as well. The show has had a couple video games made, based on the show. The Simpsons live at 742 Evergreen Terrace in the city of Springfield. Where in the U.S. Springfield is the major mystery of the show, and is wildly debated.
Homer is the Husband and father of the family. He is an avid drinker, and is known for making idiotic decisions, and comments. His common, world famous catch phrases are: "D'oh!" which he says when he makes a mistake, "Why you little!..." which he says when he's angry at his son Bart and then proceeds to strangle him, and finally "MMMmmm Doughnuts (drooling & gargling noise)" and he sometimes replaces doughnuts with another food or drink item.
The wife and mother of the Simpson family, Marge, is the typical loving, caring, concerned, American house wife. She has a horse voice, and her famous catch phrase her mild groan/growl sound she makes when she is mad, disappointed, or disagrees with another character.
Bart, oldest child, brother to Lisa and Maggie is a main source of comedy in the show. He is a little hell raising 10-year-old boy who likes to pull pranks at school, typically on the principal. He is also known for his prank calls to the local tavern, asking for a person who has a funny name, who doesn't exsist, and the bartender yell out the name, and the bar patrons laugh at the bartender, who goes back to the phone and makes a death threat to Bart, but he doesn't know its Bart. Bart's famous catch phrase is "Don't have a cow man."
Lisa, who is the middle child, often faces difficult challenges. She is an avid activist in enviornmental, political, and animal rights issues. She often faces these issues in an episode, and she tries to do the right thing, and usually succeeds. She is an eight-year-old genius, who wishes to attend Harvard, or Yale, and is an avid Jazz player of the saxophone.
Maggie is the baby of the family and has only talked once or twice in the entire series. Her only known catch phrase is the sucking sound she makes with her pacifier.
The Simpsons are a great example of fine American comedy, and have set the standard of the animated world, and are often refrenced to in everyday life. The Simpsons air Sunday nights on Fox.
Homer is the Husband and father of the family. He is an avid drinker, and is known for making idiotic decisions, and comments. His common, world famous catch phrases are: "D'oh!" which he says when he makes a mistake, "Why you little!..." which he says when he's angry at his son Bart and then proceeds to strangle him, and finally "MMMmmm Doughnuts (drooling & gargling noise)" and he sometimes replaces doughnuts with another food or drink item.
The wife and mother of the Simpson family, Marge, is the typical loving, caring, concerned, American house wife. She has a horse voice, and her famous catch phrase her mild groan/growl sound she makes when she is mad, disappointed, or disagrees with another character.
Bart, oldest child, brother to Lisa and Maggie is a main source of comedy in the show. He is a little hell raising 10-year-old boy who likes to pull pranks at school, typically on the principal. He is also known for his prank calls to the local tavern, asking for a person who has a funny name, who doesn't exsist, and the bartender yell out the name, and the bar patrons laugh at the bartender, who goes back to the phone and makes a death threat to Bart, but he doesn't know its Bart. Bart's famous catch phrase is "Don't have a cow man."
Lisa, who is the middle child, often faces difficult challenges. She is an avid activist in enviornmental, political, and animal rights issues. She often faces these issues in an episode, and she tries to do the right thing, and usually succeeds. She is an eight-year-old genius, who wishes to attend Harvard, or Yale, and is an avid Jazz player of the saxophone.
Maggie is the baby of the family and has only talked once or twice in the entire series. Her only known catch phrase is the sucking sound she makes with her pacifier.
The Simpsons are a great example of fine American comedy, and have set the standard of the animated world, and are often refrenced to in everyday life. The Simpsons air Sunday nights on Fox.
Family Guy
Ah yes Family Guy. One of the funniest shows in the world of television. Family Guy has been nominated for 12 primetime Emmy Awards and has won three of those. Family Guy is an animated sitcom on the Fox network. The shows main types of Humor are Blue & Black comedy, as well as its infamous cut away gags. The show makes many pop culture gags, and makes fun of trending topics. In other episodes, characters have their own story and/or challenge that they must face.
Peter is the husband & father of the Griffin family, and is the main source of comedy in the show. One of Peter's more famous bits was repeatedly singing the song "the bird is the word".
Lois is the wife & mother of the family, and not as mcuh of a big comedy source as Peter, but she still has her moments.
Meg, the oldest child, and sister of Chris and Stewie, is mocked in the show consistently by other family members.
Chris is the middle child of the Griffins, brother of Meg and Stewie. He adds additional comedy to the show by either making fun of Meg, or going off on his own story.
Stewie is the baby of the family, and is a very popular character. He was born an evil genius, and has a strong intent on killing his mother, Lois. Stewie is an aggressive character, who talks a lot of trash about other characters in the show, celebrities, and other pop culture refrences. He sometimes creates great inventions, but they almost always back fire on him.
Brian, the talking pet dog of the family, is another main contributor of comedy. He is often entied in comedy bits with Stewie, and they will face a long challenge that they must face together. Brian is a seven year old dog, who likes to have a smoke and a martini.
The show is a big hit amongst teens and is often talked, praised, and even refrenced to in every day conversations. The show airs Sunday nights on Fox.
Peter is the husband & father of the Griffin family, and is the main source of comedy in the show. One of Peter's more famous bits was repeatedly singing the song "the bird is the word".
Lois is the wife & mother of the family, and not as mcuh of a big comedy source as Peter, but she still has her moments.
Meg, the oldest child, and sister of Chris and Stewie, is mocked in the show consistently by other family members.
Chris is the middle child of the Griffins, brother of Meg and Stewie. He adds additional comedy to the show by either making fun of Meg, or going off on his own story.
Stewie is the baby of the family, and is a very popular character. He was born an evil genius, and has a strong intent on killing his mother, Lois. Stewie is an aggressive character, who talks a lot of trash about other characters in the show, celebrities, and other pop culture refrences. He sometimes creates great inventions, but they almost always back fire on him.
Brian, the talking pet dog of the family, is another main contributor of comedy. He is often entied in comedy bits with Stewie, and they will face a long challenge that they must face together. Brian is a seven year old dog, who likes to have a smoke and a martini.
The show is a big hit amongst teens and is often talked, praised, and even refrenced to in every day conversations. The show airs Sunday nights on Fox.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Tosh.0
Tosh.0 is a wildley popular TV show on Comedy Central. The show is about mocking popular videos, pictures, posts, and tweets on the internet. Mocking pop culture as well. The shows violent and sexually inappropriate viral videos from across the web.
In the first part of the show, the host, Daniel Tosh, goes through a series of videos, making jokes dirty comments, or even doing a remake of the video, replacing the main character with him self.
Then Tosh will do the weekly "Video Breakdown." This is where he will break down a video, going through each key event in pieces, slowmotion, or even replaying a certain part of it over & over for a couple of times.
Then comes the "Web Redemption." This is where Daniel invites the main person in a viral video, to redo the same act, but without ending in failure. The people always redeem them selves.
After the "Web Redemption", the show varies from many different skits afterwords. One of the shows more popular skits is entitled, "Is it racist?" This is where Daniel will show a video or a picture that is questionably racist; and the audience votes on it.
Nearly every week, Tosh presents the "Viewer Video of the Week." this is where a random video from a viewer is shown on the show, that is either comedic, violent, or contains sexual scenes.
This show is highly praised by teen not only across OHS, but across the US. The show has been on Comedy Central since June 4, 2009 and has grown ever since. I myself am an avid viewer, and I enjoy the show alot. Its quick snappy comedy, with a dirty twist. For anyone who likes racist, stereotypical, toilet humor; this is the show for you.
In the first part of the show, the host, Daniel Tosh, goes through a series of videos, making jokes dirty comments, or even doing a remake of the video, replacing the main character with him self.
Then Tosh will do the weekly "Video Breakdown." This is where he will break down a video, going through each key event in pieces, slowmotion, or even replaying a certain part of it over & over for a couple of times.
Then comes the "Web Redemption." This is where Daniel invites the main person in a viral video, to redo the same act, but without ending in failure. The people always redeem them selves.
After the "Web Redemption", the show varies from many different skits afterwords. One of the shows more popular skits is entitled, "Is it racist?" This is where Daniel will show a video or a picture that is questionably racist; and the audience votes on it.
Nearly every week, Tosh presents the "Viewer Video of the Week." this is where a random video from a viewer is shown on the show, that is either comedic, violent, or contains sexual scenes.
This show is highly praised by teen not only across OHS, but across the US. The show has been on Comedy Central since June 4, 2009 and has grown ever since. I myself am an avid viewer, and I enjoy the show alot. Its quick snappy comedy, with a dirty twist. For anyone who likes racist, stereotypical, toilet humor; this is the show for you.
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