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Happy Mardi Gras!

The party is going on down in New Orleans, though not as big as before. Part of me is happy it's happening, and part of me just cries at the thought. Either way, I kinda wish I could be there right now...

Clare Quilty

I loved Sunday night's episode of "#1 Single." When Lisa's friend Michael Panes grabbed her and kissed her in front of God and everybody, I squealed with delight. Being that I've always had a bit of a crush on Peter Sellers, it would naturally come to pass that I'd find Sellers-lookalike Michael Panes a cutie patootie, and I really hope he turns out to be a nice guy and not a cad (as the previews for next week's episode hint).

None of the TV blogs I read regularly have been talking about "#1 Single," and I was dying to read how other people reacted to the Kiss. So I bit the bullet and decided to check out "Television Without Pity" to see if they had a forum for it.

Big mistake. I was instantly reminded why I hate their forums so much. What a bunch of whiney haters. TWoP is not the place to go to if you like a show. But if you hate a show, have fun agreeing with the complainers. ('Cause if you don't, you'll likely get banned from the place.)

It Always Happens in Threes

A found farewell to Dennis Weaver, Don Knotts, and Darren McGavin, fine TV actors all of 'em.

It's Gonna Be Yooge

I've got a "Watches" post up on SFist now!

I promise it doesn't involve any cats.

Jump! Do It! GAAWWW!

I've got a season pass set for Vh-1's "Web Junk 20" because after spending an entire day at work looking at Internet sites, there's nothing I enjoy more than coming home and watching a TV show about stupid video clips found on Internet sites. The show is really just an updated version of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (which I'll admit to loving back in the early 90s) with Patrice O'Neal in the Bob Saget role.

This week they featured a clip of a guy yelling at his cats. Now, when I watched the clip on the show, I almost chocked I was laughing so hard. The guy's fake rage paired with the cats' reactions (some stared at him nonchalantly, others ran in fear) was just hilarious. On the show, they rarely show entire clips; it's a "top 20" show, and it's only 30 minutes long (really only about 20, minus commercials), and there just isn't time. So I decided to check out the show's iFilm site and watch the Yelling at Cats clip in its entirety.

For the first few seconds I was laughing as hard as I did while watching it on TV. But then it went on, and the yelling got more...disturbing. He screams that he's gonna rape one of the cats, and repeatedly calls them bitches. Also, some of the cats seem genuinely terrified of the guy, and I began to feel really guilty for thinking it was remotely funny in the first place.

I don't really have a point here, aside from finding affirmation that brevity is, indeed, the soul of wit.

Let's Go See Fatboy Slim!

My friend Tim just sent me this link to a Fatboy Slim video, and it's got to be one of the most awesome things ever.

If you hate kittens, you probably shouldn't watch it. Instead you can just sit there and ponder what happened to your soul.

Hey! When Do the Olympics Start?

Oh, yeah. They're pretty much over. I don't know if I should be proud of this or not, but I did not watch one single minute of Olympics coverage this year. Usually, I can't resist the pull of the ice skating competitions, but this time around, I just couldn't be bothered. Just give me back my regularly-scheduled programming already, OK?

Because All Other Roller Coasters Are Fictional

"Survivor: The Ride" is coming to Great America, and it's being marketed as the world's "first reality roller coaster." I don't know about that, but it sure sounds awful. One of my biggest peeves is any kind of "amusement" that requires audience participation and competition (unless said participation and competition comes in the form of anonymously answering trivia questions by pressing some kind of button).

But then again, I can literally SEE Great America from here, so I don't know if I'll be able to SURVIVE (har!) the temptation!

Fairy Police Stories

Tonight's episode of "Lost" is a re-run (of the two-hour pilot) so why don't you tune in to PBS instead, as they are starting their short series "Monty Python's Personal Best" tonight at 10:30pm. Those with digital cable will find plenty of other times to watch it as well.

None of the featured sketches will be anything new to fans of the show, but hearing what the boys have to say about them might be interesting, and amusing.