Welcome, to another installment of "End of the Week" for this, the first full week of April, or as I like to call it: the best week in sports (MLB, final week of the NHL and NBA regular season, the Masters, the NCAA tournament final in basketball, women's basketball, and hockey, WrestleMania). We've got a lot to cover here tonight, including week-long panic in both Washington D.C. and Boston, another "Friday" parody (with a surpsing/dissapointing twist this time), every memorable TV comic actor since 2000 being brought together by the Beastie Boys, and more. So, without further ado, let's get this mofo' rollin...
"Friday" Parody of the Week: "Sunday" by Sadie B.
A parody worse than the original? No, I refuse to believe it. No! Why Community Christian Church? WHY MUST YOU BE SO SAFE?
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week (Besides the Fighting in Libya): U.S. Government Shutdown Avoided in 11th Hour
Who knew that Planned Parenthood was so big that it almost cost millions of government employees, from art museum workers to U.S. troops (of all people), their paychecks had it been another hour?
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Charlie Sheen "Violent Torpedo of Truth Tour" Bombs in Detroit
I feel zero pity for those people. "Hey, hunny, I got two tickets to see a drug-induced lunatic go on a self-pity tour to bank on his recent media binge! I think it should be great!"
Video of the Week: "Fight For Your Right- Revisited"
I'm not sure what was the point of bringing in every notable comedy actors and actresses of the past five years to shoot a thirty minute music video for The Beastie Boys's upcoming eighth album. Still, I'm glad for it, because it looks like the outcome should be fantastic.
The Most Shocking Voting Result of the Week: Frontrunner Pia Toscano Voted Off of "American Idol"
This is the worst voting results in American history since November of 2000! The worst, I tell you! In all seriousness, this did startle me when I was watching this live on Thursday night. Two quick possible theories as to why this took place.
a) Everyone thought she was going to move on, so they didn't bother voting for her (kind of like when Chris Daughtry was eliminated a few years back).
b) The majority of the voters, young teenagers girls, felt intimidated by her beauty and rocking singing voice, and decided to vote for the non-threatening, cute white guys instead of her.
Anyways, so it looks more likely that another David Cook impersonator will win this contest for the third year in a row. No point in watching this show anymore until the finale.
Snapped Losing Streak of the Week: The Boston Red Sox Winning Their 1st Game of the Season After Starting the Year Off 0-6.
The reaction in Beantown...
Person of the Week: Speaker of the House John Boehner
In what was the Speaker's first major task as Speaker, trying to work with both Democrats and the different factions of Republicans to agree on a budget deal by midnight last night, he not only helped complete the budget agreement on time, but also coming out of the negotiations as the winner (if there was such a thing for what transpired). He and the Republicans were able to pull out $39 billion in cuts ($78.5 billion below Obama's original budget, according to the Washington Post's Ezra Klein) by holding Planned Parenthood hostage funding. Furthermore, he was able to get his more radical-Republican constituents to agree on a deal that was leaning more to the left than they wanted while also gaining far more Democratic support than predicted. Now, as for the question of how does this "win" translate to any success long term? Well, that's a whole 'nother story, and one that looks like we're going to have to let time and history to decide in the future.
And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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