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  • Monday, May 7 2007
  • So that's it, huh?  Amanda is gone?  Look I saw it coming just like anyone else who's eyes hadn't fallen out of their head, but somehow I expected something a little bigger for her send off.  (Don't worry, people whose eyes have fallen out won't be reading this.)   I thought we'd see her and Ari go toe to toe at some big public event or that Vince would catch her railing Owen Wilson and Antonio Banderas in a hot tub.  But no, instead the writers decided to wrap up an entire four episode story arch in one quiet conversation with her and Vince.   And I know When Vince asked, "what do we do now?"  he was hoping for "makeup sex" as the answer not the dramatic "we say goodbye" crap that she says as she walks out of the show forever.  Look, no breakup is ever that short and simple, and never do people say poetic eloquent lines as they walk away.  That's the kind of line you wished you had said later but could never think of at the time. 

     

    So where does that leave us Entourage fans?  It leaves us with one less pretty face to look at, but with Ari and the crew reunited.  And all in all, I'm just fine with that. Because much as in life, women are like buses, if one leaves, there's another one coming in twenty minutes.  And with the casting folks at Entourage, somehow, I'm not too worried.

     

    A few other questions to ponder from this episode... Could they have thought of a dumber b storyline then Drama buying a racehorse?  Look, I understand loyalty, but somehow I don't think you have to be loyal to a 3rd generation

    race horse who's grandfather won you money.  My friend Gleib once wanted to buy a turtle at some asian flea market we ended up at while we were stoned, and even in that state we had the good sense to talk him out of it.  Where did he

    think he was going to keep the horse, in his room?  Did he not notice the stable and ginormous piles of hay everywhere?  Drama may be an idiot, but where were his friends on that one?

     

    And since when is Ari or his wife so religious that he can't make a phone call on Yom Kippor?  And why would anyone in the industry give a sun down deadline on a day where no one can do business until sundown?  That sounds like a plan!  It'll be too simple if we just mandate that complex contracts be signed within twelve hours, lets add extra difficulty by coordinating with Yom Kippor.  And somehow with all of that nonsense, E and Vince decide that this whole thing is Amanda's fault.  I think E was ready to blame her just because he was starting to feel like a third wheel, but Vince should have seen this a little more clearly. 

     

    Some Random Thoughts... 

     

    - We need an episode with just the boys chasing tail and getting into trouble soon.

     

    - Only cuz I'm Jewish can I say this, but what a quandry for a Jew!  Respect the high holiday or lots of money.   Respect the high holiday... lots of money. Hmmm...

     

    - I can think of about 6 dozen animals I'd buy before I'd get a horse.  Hell, if I was making an arc, and I didn't  have room, no horses.  Just polar bears and monkeys. We'll race the polar bears if we get bored. 

     

    - Over/under on episodes of Drama's "5 cities" is set at 3.  I'm taking all bets.

     

    - Watch Episode 3 of my animated show "The Melvin Bros" on gopotato.tv!! 
     


  • Monday, Apr 30 2007

  • Entourage Morning After – “Gotcha”

     

    Vince and Amanda

    So let me ask you guys something… in the history of men and women, has anyone ever really pulled off the “let’s just do it once to get it out of our systems then go back to being friends / agent and client?”  It has never happened in recorded history and it never will, end of story.  Only 3 things can happen when you try this like Amanda and Vince did…

     


    1. The guy ends up really liking the girl who wants nothing to do with him after his lackluster performance.  (ie he’s a minute man.)
    2. The girl ends up really liking the guy, who now having made his conquest, wants to move on.
    3. They both end up liking each other and they end up forgetting the whole part about going back to being friends and start screwing like drunk monkeys.


    It’s this simple.  You are not meant to fuck your friends and business associates.  Ok, quick screening question… who thought that Vince screwing Amanda would lead to them having a more solid and professional business relationship?  If you answered yes, then I’m sorry to tell you, but you are going to die from stupidity by the end of the week.  Stop reading and go say goodbye to your friends and family. 

     

    But really, who cares.  I want Vince to be back with Ari and if you have to phase out Amanda, it might as well be due to some great sex scenes, right?  So this week’s episode picked up the morning after last week’s Vince/Amanda indecent proposal phone call to find Vince in a bath tub with Amanda.  Although I swear he has his leg pinched in a very uncomfortable position with no circulation possible for the entire scene, I have never wanted to be an actor or take a bubble bath more in my life.   While bathing, Amanda and Vince have one of those guy/girl BS conversations where they both say that this was a one time thing and mean it zero percent. 

     

    Once she gets to her office less then an hour later, Vince backs up his one time only feelings by buying her just the heads of two dozen roses.   Why no stems? Don’t know, must be a Hollywood thing.   She goes all go go over them and Vince and her gush like teenagers on a phone call.  By the looks of things, we are watching a classic #3 scenario from the friends having sex possible.  Not good for Amanda as their long term agent, wonderful for a few episodes of adult content.  

     

    Ari has Company

    In one of the more boring Ari plotlines of this century, Ari has an old college buddy stay with him while he’s in town.  But his old loser buddy (played by Artie form Howard Stern) has finally gotten it together with a hottie fiancé and buckets of cash that he made investing in stamps.com.  Basically Ari has a bbq for the entire episode and doesn’t like the fact that his buddy is doing better then him. He has one mildly entertaining blow up at dinner, but all in all, it was a very slow and boring episode for Ari.

     

    Drama Gets Got

    Tricking Drama has got to be about as tough as fooling a mentally challenged fourth grader with a card trick.  He’s just that easy.  Drama jumps at the chance to get on TV twice in one year when at breakfast he finds out that his mortal enemy, Pauly Shore, wants to put him in his new hidden camera prank show, “Gotcha!” Turtle sets it up and drives Drama down to the Santa Monica pier where Drama is not only tricked into thinking he has pissed off UFC champion Chuck Liddell, but also that a network prank show would have a segment where girl scouts mug a b celebrity.  When they get back home, Liddell has already left a voice message threatening to destroy Drama. The boys throw on some Chuck Liddell fighting highlights that they happen to have lying around and Drama craps himself while repeatedly rocking in place while watching.  But Turtle (come on Drama, think) just happens to know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody that once met Chuck Liddell and they’ll give the four of them tickets to see Liddell fight in a charity exhibition.  I didn’t know no holds barred fighting had charity events.  How nice!   May I suggest a title like “smashing faces for leukemia” or “broken legs fixing broken homes.”  Just throwing ‘em out there UFC, feel free to take them.

     

    So Drama goes to the event hoping to apologize to Chuck Liddell.  When Liddell sees him, he forces him to come into the ring where he gives Drama the choice of kneeling before him or fighting him.  After he kneels in fear in front of everyone, Pauly Shore runs out with the band of mugging girl scouts to laugh in Drama’s face.  Can I ask how during this entire time does it not once occur to him that it’s a little odd that he’s being threatened with violence by a famous athlete in front of a crowd of people and cameras at a charity event.  “My card is the six of spades.  Yeah!”  I take it back, the fourth grader would be harder to trick. 

     

    Some Random Thoughts

     

    -From the previews, it seems like we’re getting close to the Ari/Vince reconciliation.

    -Usually Vince has pretty cool clothes, but how come none of the guys told him how ridiculous he looked in that purple vest?  I thought Pauly Shore might jump out any minute around him and yell “Gotcha.”

    -This week’s E Vagasil moment… Letting two 12 year olds cut in front of him in the bathroom line.  Isn’t he supposed to be from Queens?

    -I hope the choice of Pauly Shore doesn’t mean their out of good celebrity cameos. 

    -If you have a second, check out my new online animated show  “The Melvin Bros.” on Gopotato.tv.  Episode 2 will be out tomorrow.


  • Monday, Sep 18 2006
  • War?

    People are always saying "war is not the answer."¯ Which sounds smart and makes a great bumper sticker, but doesn't that statement really depend on what the question is? Say for instance the question is "what's it called when 2 countries fight each other with armies?"¯ then the answer actually is war. Or what about if someone asks "what was World War 2?"¯ Or "What is the dumbest casino game?"¯ Again, war really is the best answer for those 2 quality questions as well. So now I know you are sitting there thinking that obviously war is always the answer. But unfortunately it is not that simple. You see there are many times that war is not even close to the answer. With real life questions like "What do you want for lunch?"¯ "Can I borrow your homework?"¯ or "Do you think Mariah Carey is a robot?"¯ There are many times when people will look at you like a complete and total retard if you just shout out war as your answer to their question. So what percentage of the time is war a legitimate answer? Well if you are a democrat, then it is he correct answer .003% of the time. If you are a republican, then it is the correct answer 6% of the time. And if you are a terrorist, then you can really answer any question with it, but you may want to call it Gihad or your friends will shoot you. I hope this helps in answering all of the war and non-war related questions in your life.


  • Tuesday, Sep 5 2006
  • In his prime, Jesus could walk on water, turn water to wine (he was good with water tricks), and disappear from caves about as well as anyone. As far as saviors go, he was one of the best. But it's 2006 now and Jesus is a lot older now. You see, most prophets peak between age 25 and 50. He is now a tad over 2000 years old. He no longer has his thin physique or thick brown beard. He probably looks more like Santa Claus or possibly Dick Clark if he's kept up with styles. Look, I hate to be the one to bring it up, but these facts beg the question "does Jesus still have it?"¯ By the time you are done reading this, I'm sure my inbox is full of Christians writing angry emails about how he'll always have it. But I ask you, did Michael Jordan still have it when he came back to the Wizards? Did Marlon Brando still have it when he did that stupid heist movie with Edward Norton? Or did Yoda still have it when he lived on that swampy dump of a planet? And they were all still very good! Yoda could lift airplanes with his mind, Jordan could lift the level of his teammates play, and Marlon Brando could lift a sandwich like he was gonna hump it as convincingly as any actor ever could. But none of them were what they were in their prime. Now in today's world, 25% of the world's population (Christians) believes that Jesus will return one day, rock like the old days, and fix things up all swell for him and his followers. But that's a lot of God damn (pardon me) pressure! Would you want the pressure of one fourth of the world expecting you to fix every problem on earth? What if he David Blaine's it and bails out of his staying underwater for 9 minutes trick? What if he accidentally turns Ed Bradley into a fish while doing sixty minutes or falls in a pool at Paris Hilton's birthday party? He would embarrass not only himself but an awful lot of Christians who've been shouting about his big comeback for years. That would be disaster! Pretty soon Tony Kornheiser will start arguing on PTI that Jesus wouldn't be a top 10 cover corner in the NFL. Christian churches would start saying that Peter was really the brains behind the whole calendar resetting and bible writing and that he's the man. So I will ask a tough question: Are we sure we want him to come back? If he never comes back then we will all remember him as the man. We'll all continue to strive to be like him. We'll continue to ask "What would Jesus do?"¯ and pretend to know the answer. (In most situations I think he'd turn a bunch of water into wine and through a huge party.) Sometimes things are better left in memory. Jesus Christ has done a lot for society as a symbol. He helps us through our lives, makes an excellent exclamation when something surprising happens, makes jewelry that is always fashionable, and carries us on the beach in tough times. Maybe it's time we paid him back by not being so demanding. He's no spring chicken anymore, so why don't we just let him enjoy retirement in peace. Check out more of scot's writing at scotrichardson.com


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