End of the Week: 05/16/10- 05/22/10

END OF THE WEEK:

Final Season Of 'Lost' Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever

So after six seasons of episodes, "Lost" is finally coming to an end with a two hour recap of everything that's ever happened on the show, the two and a half hour finale and (after the local news, of course) a one hour "Jimmy Kimmel Live" special with cast members and the executive producers of the show in Hawaii. That's right folks, an event so big ABC's treating it like their Super Bowl (and with them having no NFL rights since Super Bowl XL, it's pretty much their biggest thing since then).Millions (I predict somewhere around 33-36) will tune in to see what will happen. Including me, though its not because I'm a fan of the show (in fact, today's re-airing of the pilot on ABC with the little notes about what happened late on in the series was the first full episode of the show I've watched). But it's not because of something gay, like how Bill Simmons "The Pacific" just because there's been too much WWII stuff that he thinks there's not much left to cover. I was a pre-teen when the show premiered and as the seasons rolled on and I kept hearing how confusing the plots were, I was too intimidated to start.

It's just going to be a huge event, and I want to be part of it. I mean, this has been the biggest anticipation of a episode for a scripted show in three years. It's why I tuned into the blackout at the end of the "The Sopranos" finale (and, yes, I was one of those idiots who initially thought my Dish was busted) in '07 and the "Friends" finale in '04. Should be interesting.

But, as you know, this column is not about the future. Unlike Marc McGwire, I came here to talk about the past, specifically the best moments from the past seven days. And here it is:

Video of the Week: "SNL Digital Short: Great Day"

A great way to close the 35th season of 'SNL,' with their best digital short of the year, even better than previous titleholder "On the Ground." OR WAS IT???

F-You Receiver Of the Week: NBC

There's a reason I have a specific tag for this type of thing. rHaving a woman in her second trimester like Amy Poehler and the rest of the cast of "Parks and Recreations" work their butts off to get episodes ready for the fall only to tell them that they won't premiere until midseason is one thing. Moving "Parks and Recreations," an established show on the network to midseason for a new show like "Outsourced" that looks bad just by the promos? Now that ticks me off! Also, renewing "The Marriage Ref" but not picking up shows like "The Strip (from the creators of "Reno 911" and "The State") and "Beach Lane" with Matthew Broderick and Patton Oswalt? Go f@$& yourself, NBC! Oh, and don't think I already forgot about the Jay Leno at 9 p.m. era!

Stories of the Week:

-The Actual Story of the Week (that isn't the BP Oil Spill): "Super Primary Tuesday" (or whatever you called Tuesday's mid-term election primaries)

Rand Paul (don't worry, we'll get to him) wins the Republican vote of Kentucky. Arlen Spector isn't the Democratic vote of Pennsylvania. And...there were others. Basically, in other words, more new guys won than the pre-2009 guys.

- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Food Network Star Juan Carlos Cruz Arrested For Trying to Kill Wife With Hobos

Soliciting hobos to murder? Come on, Juan! you're a food chef! Just cut a blowfish wrong, and make it into a meal that you could have made her the "first to taste it" or something like that.

Survivor of the Week: Julio Aparacio


I bet the guys at the New York Post were having a great time with the title of this story when they decided to put in on the front cover.

Person of the Week: Kentucky Republicans

for outdoing themselves and voting Rand Paul as their nominee for United States Senator. The same Rand Paul who thinks it's okay for buisnesses to not allow black people in. The same Rand Paul who thought that the BP oil spill was just an accident. The same Rand Paul who spoke out against the Americans with Disabilities Act. The same Rand Paul who once said he would like to abolish the Department of Education.

The same Rand Paul who is being held to account for strange beliefs that Canada and Mexico are planning on destroying the US. The same Rand Paul who wants to abolish the Federal Reserve. The same Rand Paul who is like Sarah Palin but with a doctor's degree. And you thought it couldn't get stranger than when they elected grumpy and old Jim Bunning!

And that's the way it is for this, the second to last week without "Lost" premiering a new episode. Enjoy the rest of your week, everyone!

Sincerely,

Your pal: mj15

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