Well, here it is: the long delayed edition of End of the Month for June that I finally had a chance to make. Please keep in mind that since this was supposed to be made by July 1st, I didn't include things that happened in the month of July (like the World Cup's July moments or the news that BP (finally) shut that leak. So, you're gonna have to pretend that it's June 30th all over again. Enjoy:
Videos of the Month:
-Best Post-Game Interview: Ron Artest After Game Seven of the NBA Finals
I already gave my thoughts on it a few weeks back. Let's just call this simply...the best.
-The Most Inspirational: Armando Galarraga Giving Lineup Card to Jim Joyce
This came a day after Joyce's blown call. This, Joyce's apology, and Galarraga's reaction is was the true definition of sportsmanship.
- The Best Return: "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like 2"
About five months ago, odor deodorant company Old Spice debuted its hilarious "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" commercial with former football player Isaiah Mustafa playing the manly man every man wants to be (and smell like). Not only is it one of the year's best and funniest commercials, but it also was a major hit. Well, they debuted a new one. And while it's not as funny and original as the first, it still brings the laughs (and features the best swan dive ever). I don't wana say Chuck Norris has some fair competition, but...
-The Most Suprising: "Tom Cruise Dancing as Jennifer Lopez at the MTV Movie Awards"
Les Grossman is Back!
-The Most Awesome: David Villa's Goal Against Honduras
Gets the ball...goes straight to the goal...passes two defenders at the same time...keeps going...jukes right before approaching third defender...dives...shoots....GOOOOOL! Simply the most beautiful goal of this entire World Cup. Other great goals in this World Cup (through June 30th):
-Maicon's goal against North Korea: The Most Difficult
- Landon Donovan's goal against Algeria: The Most Exciting
- Cristiano Ronaldo's goal against North Korea: The Funniest
- Robert Green's Cock-Up: The Softest
- The Funniest: "BP Spills Coffee"
Hey, wait a second! I think the coffee is more than just coffee in this sketch! Perhaps the makers of this video is trying to tell us something. But what?
Releases of the Month: The iPhone 4 and "Twilight: Eclipse"
Two products that made two companies (Apple and Summit Entertainment) filthy rich quickly. It also sparked some pretty good "Twilight Fans vs. Apple Fans: Who's Crazier?" debates which was pretty fascinating to read.
Stories of the Month:
- The Most Awesome: The Chicago Blackhawks Win the Stanley Cup
Seriously, was there really anything else?
- The Most Imperfect: Armando Galarraga's Perfect Game is Ruined On Bad Call From Umpire Jim Joyce
So, yeah, we missed an opportunity to see the fifth no-hitter this season as well as the third perfect game in three weeks. But at least we got a great example of humility, sportsmanship and great character that we could teach the younger generation for years, and that's pretty cool.
- The "Seriously, Is This Still Going?!?! OK, Now I'm Pissed" Story of the Month: The BP Oil...Catastrophe
Yes, I'm calling it a catastrophe now. I even changed the tags on all the post that say "gulf of mexico oil leak 2010" to "bp oil catastrophe" to prove it. After all, when you have a man made disaster that has ruined a region's ecosystem, economy, and beach shores, that's bad enough. But the fact that it's STILL GOING ON, well that's just the icing on the cake. Now, let's just hope that the people in charge of ending it and cleaning it up afterwards can finish it soon. After all, this is the fourth month the oil has been flowing out of that leak and I'm pretty sure no one wants to see it continue for a fifth.
- The Saddest (at least for fans of "The Office" like myself): Steve Carell Leaving "The Office" Once Contract Expires in 2011
Yes, the news that Carell hinted back in April to BBC Radio has been confirmed: Michael Scott will no longer work on the Sabre Scranton Branch. I'm not mad at Carell for his decision, though. Seven years is a great run for such a fine character as Michael Scott, a role that has earned Carell five Emmy nominations (including this year) and helped him become the big successful actor he is now. And it's nothing like when some second rate actor on shows like "ER" or "Mad TV" left their respectiveroles on the show. Carell is one of the biggest comedic actor in Hollywood with already eleven movies in his bag since season one of the show. He is not longer that little known funny man who spent five years working as a correspondent on "The Daily Show".
Now, if only the show itself can end on May 2011 as well. Despite it being nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Comedy Series yet again, it was still the show's worst season since it's first and I fear the next seasons should only get worse in quality. However, the show has been one of the NBC's most watched weekly program. In fact, just this year, the show has averaged 7.4 million viewers and a 3.8 demo in the 18-49 range (the second best demo this year in the packed 9 p.m./ET Thursday timeslot behind only "Grey's Anatomy"), basically the best ratings of any show on NBC without the words "football" or "loser". It's also the most important on the network in terms of lead-ins (it's basically the main reason why "30 Rock" has maintained a steady rating all these years and has been used to draw ratings to the pilot of "Community" last year and "Outsourced" this fall). So, knowing the sad state on NBC, it will just renew it for a few more years after Carell leaves and keep it on until the show is so unbearable to watch or until there is no more profit left in it. Shame.
- The Coolest: Ten Alledged Russian Spies Arrested by US
This is a great story. To recap: these people lived a double life for ten years in some New York suburb, used fake bank accounts and birth certificates, tried to intercept secret intelligence information from the US, used secret codes, passwords among other things, and still tried to live a normal life. This also includes one Microsoft employee and another sexy spy named Anna Chapman who posed for nude photos at one point. It's like a C-rated 1980's Cold War movie come to life!
- The Funniest: North Korea Asks for $65 Trillion from United States
Sure we CAN give you $65 trillion, North Korea...when you're a democracy! Oh yeah, we're playing hardball!
Yes, you read it right! in one month, the former Vice President has been accused of having an affair with the former wife of Larry David and former sexually assualting an Oregon masseuse. Looks like the environment wasn't the only place Gore put his "carbon footprints" during his marriage with Tipper, if you know what I mean.
Person of the Month: Soccer Fans
for finally getting that World Cup they've been waiting four years for. And what a World Cup it has been so far! You had officiating controversies, a Hand of Clod, teams like Paraguay and Slovakia shocking the world, North Korea doing North Korea things, an octopus making correct predictions, Germany's young guns representing, Paraguay's Larissa Riquelme becoming the country's biggest supporter, France's team getting out of control, Ghana over-achieving, Diego Forlan showing the World just how good he is, England dissapointing, South Africa hosting...and that doesn't even count what happened in July!
-Runner-ups: Vuvzela makers, Kobe Bryant, Future NBA Free Agent, Apple, Summit Entertainment
Congratulations on making it past the workweek. Long live the weekend!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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