Before I get started with several hundred words on my love for Worf from the Next Generation, here's a link for a bunch of different hurricane relief charities. For me, it's hard to fathom the effects of the destruction from that hurricane and how bad it must be for all of the victims. I knew that if I were in that situation, I'd appreciate whatever help I could get. If you have some money, don't be stingy; your mother would be proud.
Okay, back to the idiocy. Last night, I saw the 40 Year Old Virgin. The concept made me a little apprehensive, in that the joke seemed like it would get stale very quickly. Also, it made me uncomfortable to see a grown man ridiculed for his love of action figures. Thankfully, before I discarded it entirely, I checked the credits on imdb and saw two delightful names: Steve Carrell and Judd Apatow. Each of these men is responsible for an unappreciated classic. Steve Carrell currently heads the cast for the much-unloved US version of the Office. The hipsters hate this tv show; they think it doesn't compare to the British version. The hipsters are incorrect, and I vouch that what's shown on NBC is just as funny as what was shown on the BBC. Case in point: the basketball episode. Judd Apatow was the head dude behind Freaks and Geeks, one of my five favorite shows of all time. There's not enough space here to go into my love for that show, but you can safely assume that if I were to ever build a life-sized statue of a tv character from potato salad, it'd be Lindsey Weir. (I'd make it in potato salad because I refuse to eat potato salad, thus giving me weeks and weeks to admire my work until a coyote breaks into my house and eats the thing.)
Final verdict? I give it 4.5 shakes of a rubber chicken. (In case you're wondering what that means, I've decided that my movie-rating gimmick (much like Shawn's heads of Sergei Eisenstein) will be a scale of one to five shakes of a rubber chicken. Don't think of it as the chicken shaking itself, think of it as you finding a rubber chicken and shaking it enthusiastically to celebrate your new acquisition.) I found it incredibly funny, and I cannot wait for it to come out on DVD so I can sit in my living room, in my underwear, and watch it while drinking and sending emails with my favorite quotes. In case you're wondering, only 60% of the movies I watch qualify for that treatment, so it is high praise indeed.
Posted by Cody at September 1, 2005 6:48 PM