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Everybody Loves The Sopranos: LOST inspires a series finale roundup
So as we all know, LOST has its series finale this past Sunday. Like all series finales, a lot of people pissed and moaned that it was horrible and that the final few minutes really sucked, blah blah blah. But you know what other iconic show series finale people complained this much about? The Sopranos.
Even if you haven’t watched the whole series yet, you probably already know how it ends because someone told you (Basically no-one knows how it ends and they play “Don’t Stop Believin’” on a jukebox in a diner while they’re eating onion rings or something).
Here’s the original:
As much as people didn’t like the finale at the time, I think naysayers have come around a bit, realizing that in the context of the whole show, the writers did a respectable job. It’s certainly quite a memorable finale, which is why when Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse put together the “3 alternate endings for LOST” shown on Jimmy Kimmel, they of course spoofed The Sopranos finale.
(video will jump to the scene in question)
This isn’t the first time that The Sopranos series finale has been spoofed, though. Check out the final scene from Season 4 of the terribly terribly underrated “Everybody Hates Chris“.
My favorite part is when they all get really into Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” and they start singing along with gusto. With gusto! (At least Terry Crews, who played the dad on Everybody Hates Chris is doing Old Spice deodorant commercials now.)
But you know who else did a Sopranos finale spoof? (more…)
Tags: bon jovi, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, espn, everybody hates chris, finale, focus on the good times, hillary clinton, jimmy kimmel, Kenny Mayne, living on a prayer, lost, old spice, onion rings, pittsburgh pirates, series finale, sportscenter, terry crews, the sopranos
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George is gettin’ naked!
Awhile back, Jason Alexander joined Valerie Bertinelli as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. This was all well and good. I mean, I’m all for losing weight and getting healthier. And then, this happened:I saw this on TV the other day, and, well, my jaw just dropped. Did I really just see what I thought I just saw? As if the singing wasn’t bad enough, did he really have to get naked? And then throw his crotchsweat stained shorts on Valerie Bertinelli’s face? What does getting thinner have to do with exposing your genitals to the world? And was anyone really clamoring to see Jason Alexander naked? This commercial raised more questions that the entire series of Lost, as far as I’m concerned. And I think we can all agree, this isn’t even Jason Alexander’s most compelling musical number for a commercial. That little gem can be found here.
If Jenny Craig’s goal is to make us lose our appetite so we don’t want to eat and therefore lose weight, well, then, mission accomplished.
Tags: 10s commercials, baring it all, george costanza, jason alexander, jenny craig, lost, valerie bertinelli
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Dr. Knicker Bocker Knicker Bocker Number 9
Last night was L O S T finale night at Matt’s. I won’t bore you all with the details of the show, as that’s been covered fairly extensively on the interwebs. This story takes place before the recap show even aired. Matt had grand plans to order takeout from El Guanaco. We all looked over the menu, made our decisions, and everything was coming together. Then, the unthinkable happened. When Matt called to order the food, there was no answer. He tried for 15 minutes, 5 or 6 times. Nothing. Even though their website said they would be open for business, we were being ignored. A plan B had to be made. That plan B was D’Angelo’s. So we started looking over that menu, and I caught site of their sandwich simply entitled “Number 9“. When I saw this, I started singing the Wiggles tune, “Dr. Knicker Bocker, Knicker Bocker, number 9…” (having a 5 year old makes one do strange things). Matt had no idea what was happening. I tried to explain, but he doesn’t even know who the Wiggles are. It was one of my favorite numbers from the Wiggles show that we saw many times at Six Flags last year. So, without any further ado:
Oh, and for those who just can’t handle a story ending without answers (you know who you are)…I got the roast beef cheddar melt (with a free cup of extreme broccoli and cheddar soup; coupons rule!) and Matt and Kristen opted for the Number 9. It must have been my singing.Tags: d'angelo's, dr. knicker bocker, el guanaco, extreme broccoli and cheddar soup, lost, lost finale, number 9, roast beef cheddar melt, six flags, the wiggles
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Highlarious Target Commercials aired during LOST finale
Depending on which one of us you ask, the LOST finale was either awesome or not awesome, but one thing I think both Jamie and I agree on is that the LOST-ified Target commercials that aired during the 7,000 commercial breaks were awesome and amusing.If selling barbecue sauce, smoke detectors, and replacement computer keyboards to LOST dorks was your goal, then Target– you have replaced the rock in the rock hole to get that light to shine again.
Target + LOST: Numbers:
Target + LOST: Ribs
Target + LOST: Smokey
And, not surprisingly, spoofs are already popping up on the YouTubes.
Tags: ABC, barbecue sauce, bbq sauce, commercials, computer keyboard, dorks, finale, lost, numbers, ribs, smoke monster, smokey, target, TV
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Sarah Silverman interviews “huge fucking nerds”, LOST producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Becker and Tobias Funke… I mean Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, produce a little show called LOST, which comes to its nerdgastic series finale this Sunday, May 23rd, from 7-11pm. That’s right folks, 4 hours of just absolutely riveting worthless nonsense that will make you feel empty inside after you’ve realized you spent the past 5ish years watching a show that answers a question by asking five questions.Sizzle Alert with Sarah Silverman was on the case, opening the no holds barred interview by asking: “I couldn’t help but notice that you’re both huge fucking nerds. Do you think that that informed the writing of the show?”
This was directed by Scott Aukerman of Comedy Death Ray fame, who tweetererred about it earlier today.
Tags: carlton cuse, comedy death ray, damon lindelof, final episode, finale, funny or die, huge fucking nerds, lost, sarah silverman, scott aukerman, sizzle alert
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Hurley dances to Womanizer, rakes lawn at the ABC House
Have you ever thought to yourself, man I wish I could watch Jorge Garcia dance along to Britney Spears’ Womanizer while raking the lawn?Well today is your lucky day because your Hurley dreams have finally come true, friend!
The ABC House promos have been running a lot lately. They feature characters from various ABC shows living under one roof. Some of them are pretty damn amusing.
Here’s another one, featuring McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy and Charlie Pace from LOST (who is now on Flash Forward). The old guy from Modern Family the annoying cougar from Cougar Town also make an appearance.
Do you have any other favorites you’ve found on the interwebs? Let us know in the comments!
Tags: ABC, ABC house, britney spears, charlie, charlie pace, cougar town, courtney cox, ed o'neill, flash forward, house, hurley, jorge garcia, lawn, lost, mcdreamy, modern family, patrick dempsey, promo, rake
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Where do you where do you go, my lovely? Uhhhh, McDonald’s, I guess?
I had lunch at McDonald’s today.
And let’s see, I didn’t drive my Delorean there. I didn’t turn a giant frozen donkey wheel prior to leaving the office. I didn’t even get in a phone booth or anything. So why was I transported back to 1996 when I set foot in the restaurant?
As I sat down and got ready to sink my teeth into my double-quarter pounder with cheese meal and its two sear-sizzled grade-A beef patties of goodness, what do I hear playing over the speakers? Why, Where Do You Go? by No Mercy of course. You’d know the song if you heard it. It was one of those dance hits, the style of which was uber-popular in the mid to late 90’s. In fact, until just now, I thought No Mercy was responsible for the following, but it was really Haddaway:
All those friggin’ dance techno groups sounded the same, didn’t they? And who hasn’t bopped their head along to this kind of music like Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan? I’m not sure if that falls under the category of songspeak or dancespeak, but it’s definitely been ingrained in our culture thanks to Saturday Night Live.
And while we’re of the subject of techno dance music, let’s have a (much belated) moment of silence for Melanie Thornton, former lead singer of La Bouche. We never had a chance to be her lover. Be her lover.
Tags: 90s music, A Night at the Roxbury, ABC, baby don't hurt me, back to the future, be my lover, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Chris Kattan, delorean, double quarter pounder with cheese, frozen donkey wheel, haddaway, La Bouche, lost, mcdonald's, Melanie Thornton, no mercy, phone booth, plane crash, saturday night live, sear sizzled, snl, what is love, where do you go, will ferrell
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Someone you know could be havin’ a stroke…act FAST!
There is a public service announcement commercial about strokes that’s been rearing its head often lately from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and no matter how many times we see it, it remains hilarious. The actual commercial, with the dude’s funky voiceover, can be seen here.
But in researching this commercial, I found a full three and a half minute cartoon music video detailing the stories of all the characters in full:
I know there’s nothing funny about strokes, but I’ll be damned if these commercials don’t try their hardest to make strokes hilarious. I mean, we even saw this commercial last week during Lost (though, to be fair, sometimes trying to figure out what’s going on on Lost can almost give you a stroke).
It appears that because it’s produced by the MA Dept. of Public Health that only us lucky Massachusetts residents get to see this commercial. Which is a shame. Because it’s gold, Jerry, gold.
And always remember, bof fry flew.
Tags: 00s tv commercials, act FAST, bof fri fleu, bof fry flew, funky voiceover, gold jerry gold, lost, massachusetts, massachusetts department of public health, public service announcement, stroke, stroke commercial
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Lost finds The Fray
I never thought I’d find myself remotely interested in The Fray, but then they had to go and release a Lost music video.
As a fervent Lostaholic, I’m counting down the days until the season 5 premiere on January 21st. In preparation for the premiere, ABC has been running promos constantly and building anticipation. One of the promos is a video for The Fray’s new single You Found Me.
The video incorporates clips from the previous 4 seasons of Lost, as well as some juicy new scenes that die-hard fans are already voraciously picking apart (see Ajira Airways, for instance).
And even though The Fray sounds like every other current pop/alt/rock band, I’ll be damned if any song doesn’t sound good when put to a montage of Lost scenes.
Tags: 00s music, 00s tv, ABC, ajira airways, january 21st, lost, lost music video, lost promos, lost season 5, lost season 5 promos, lost video clip, lostaholics, montage, season 5 premiere, the fray, you found me
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The Spirit of Freaks and Geeks
Watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall this past weekend and How I Met Your Mother on Monday got me to thinking about Jason Segal’s start on Freaks and Geeks, and some of the more classic moments from that show. Awhile back, Matt posted about Nick serenading Lindsey with the Styx classic Lady.
Well, one of my favorite Nick moments from Freaks and Geeks is when he’s drumming along with Spirit of the Radio by Rush. One would think he’s doing an awesome job, until his dad comes down the stairs and you get the perspective of the outside observer.
This scene is so great because not only is it an awesome song, but who hasn’t been singing along to the car radio, or doing karaoke, and thinking they sound awesome, when, in reality, they’re awful?
(Lostaholics note: John Locke’s dad makes a cameo in this clip!)
Tangential anecdote: Jo and I once shared a flight to Australia with Jason Segal (thankfully, it didn’t crash on a mysterious island). We noticed him waiting in the Auckland, New Zealand airport on our layover along with the rest of the passengers from our plane. Which is funny because the night before we had watched Can’t Hardly Wait in the hotel room, and he has a small cameo in that. And now, thanks to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I’ve seen his penis.
Tags: 00s movies, 80s music, 90s movies, 90s tv, anthony cooper, auckland, australia, can't hardly wait, flight, forgetting sarah marshall, freaks and geeks, how i met your mother, jason segal, jason segal's penis, john locke, john locke's dad, karaoke, kevin tighe, lady, lady of the morning, lindsey, lost, lostaholics, new zealand, nick, rush, singing along to the car radio, spirit of the radio, styx, terry o'quinn
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