wakefresh

God, SNL has not been relevant since the early 90s. Its only on air because it is a "tradition" now. Blah.

That Pharcyde song brings me back!!!!! Here is the skit right before that song. [media=''] [/media]

Who is the guest? They sort of look familiar?

That's why I hate Stabler. He always goes in and beats people up, even if they are the wrong person, and nothing ever happens to him. If I got to write the series finale of SVU, he would die a slow, horrible death. And yes, everyone on the show has been either molested or raped. The only person they don't go into the past details about is Ice T. He's never there but for three or four lines or when there is a racial element to the plot. Actually, the only eps that were about him were the ones with Ludacris playing the evil genius baby killer. But other that, you don't know shit about Finn. You don't even know where the hell he was born or what he did prior to joining the police.

Yeah, I read they were working on that awhile ago. I think it just aired or something. Ice T sure has mellowed out in his old age because if I got that script at the table read, I would be punching everyone in the mouth.

They used to say that Bushwick Bill was the spiritual core of the Ghetto Boys, and I think Questlove is the spiritual core of not only the Roots but all good music.

Way to go Marky Mark! This movie so boring to me. The only character I liked was Tyrese, and even though I like Andre3K, he's not the best actor in any stretch. He did ok, and I think he played to his real life personality. Way better movie debut than mumbling Nas had in Belly.

OH YEAH! That was Alex, I think. She's a blonde, isn't she. That was on the where the rich, successful women raped a male stripper and they were like, "he wanted it!!!" So heavy handed. I will always remember one ep where they had Mischa Barton playing a hooker. So, she is important in this case about a guy who goes around killing hookers. To get info on Mischa they talk to a little black girl, about 12 years old, who is also a hooker. Stabler says something about being disgusted that there are children on the street, blah, blah. But as soon as they get the info from this little girl, THEY LEAVE HER RIGHT IN THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY SAID WHERE SO DISGUSTING. They never call back and say, "hey, we're going to get this little girl out of a life of prostitution." They just leave her there so they can focus on Mischa Barton and SAVING HER INSTEAD! My mind is exploding right now just thinking about it, as evidenced by the all caps. And I guess that's why I really stopped watching it. The legal hoops they jump through for some people and the way they say, "there's nothing we can do. its the law" for others. Like there is no reason why that little boy didn't deserve to be charged. He killed someone. There was one where the teenager was doing camshows molesting his little brother. They didn't charge him because "he had been through enough already." WHAT THE FUCK!!! Its so stupid and sanctimonious and clueless at the same time.

Oh boy, I couldn't count how many hours I've spent scratching my belly looking at NCIS, SVU, Criminal Intent, and L&O eps. When I was working from home, they would have the shit on for three or four straight hours before the primetime lineups came on. TNT and USA program directors have the easiest job in television. Run 3 hours of Saved By the Bell or Seinfeld, followed by 4 hours of NCIS/SVU/CSI, followed by the nightly movie (TNT) or a couple of original programs, and then end the night with a block of King of Queen. I could do that in my spare time. C'MON USA CHANNEL, GIVE ME A FREAKING JOB!!!

On another note, Questlove is like the depressed musician's best friend. He goes to D'Angelo to try to get him to make music, and then goes to Fiona Apple to try to get her out of her funk. He needs to pay a visit to Jay Electronica, because Drake sort of took the spot that he supposed to be in, imho.

Yep, he was real torn up about that. He's basically a band geek that got ripped and then people wanted ripped D'Angelo instead of his music. I sort of liked the idea behind the video "Untitled", but it ended up biting him in the ass. He was objectified and it made him not want to do music anymore. Which makes it even more amazing the pressure that women are under. It is a matter of fact that they are going to be objectified no matter what they do and that their looks and music are going to be intrinsically tied to each other.

Have you always noticed that there is never any ghost activity during the day? All of those "ghost" shows are just people telling each other really creepy stories about a building they are going to into later that night. There was a comedian who said how come they never run into modern ghosts. Like, people who OD'ed while watching episodes of Alf in the 80s. It's always a ghost from the 18th or 19th century.

Those characters are the best to play...those and the random people who will just give up information to keep the story going along. That would be a good way to get your SAG card and some of those residuals. Benson: "Hey, do you know this girl?" Me: "Maybe. I think she stays on the fourth floor." end of scene. sit back and collect the checks.

I also tried to put words to the theme song in SVU. That's real fun as well. "We're the police that get the.... We're the police that get the... molesters, rapists, wife-beaters and sadists, weirdos, perverts, and all of those in the betweeeeeeeeeen"

The most egregious is the redhead with the pixie cut. She was a teenage runaway in an episode in SVU and later became the partner to Vincent D'Anfrio(sp?) in Criminal Intent. That's a real success story -- from both the a crossover character standpoint and from the real-life actor's standpoint.

I give credit to my laziness and USA's NCIS/SVU all day marathons.

We're never super invested in SVU because we've seen about every last one of them. What we do now is try to pick out actors who have been in other episodes as different characters. "Hey, the woman that is playing the sadistic preschool teacher was the wife of the serial rapist who collected drivers licenses."

From what I understand, Badu was raising her and Andre 3K's son. Broke up with him, and met Jay Electronica. I think they have a child together or are married or engaged or something. But all through that, she was releasing music, although it hasn't been as big as her first two albums. D'Angelo is depressed, on drugs, and lounging in his house. He was supposed to release a new album, but there was nothing released besides one song. And I totally agree, the Dap Kings are the shit!

D has released two albums, "Voodoo" and "Brown Sugar," and each song on those two albums are good. None of them are skippable. He is literally a genius, but he is full blown into drugs and deeply depressed. He lives in a big house near Richmond, Virginia and plays instruments and smokes all day. It's very sad. There was talk that he was gonna release another album, and I remember hearing a leaked track, but I never heard anything else after that.

They don't see it as a mistake, so in their minds they haven't done anything wrong. I suggest you work on getting them to acknowledge that the accents are offensive and need to be stopped, or use other groups as analogies when you are trying to make your point.

Those two must have a sister-like relationship, because that is hard to share a small space with someone -- even the bed! -- work together, and be friends. Especially after the doomed trip to Charleston. At some point didn't they just scream at each other, "GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY FACE!!!!"

My favorite SVU eps are the ones where the writers want to make a social message about something other than sex crimes, so they hamstring a rape or molestation into what is really a diatribe about big pharmaceutical companies or newspaper publishers, or whatever. Stabler: "This guy just raped over 100 women and animals." Benson: "Why?" Stabler: "He says he took Cialis for erectile dysfunction and it made him extra horny." Benson: "Rape is not about sex." [insert rape stats from FBI crime report] Stabler: "Then he's probably lying!" [rages and beat the man in custody] Munch: [conspiracy theory about Cialis] Finn: "I'm going to give you the black perspective..." Hot Asst DA: "I'm going to give the rapist 30 days suspended sentence. The real criminals are the makers of Cialis. Why don't they have a warning on the box about this?"

From Ernie's IMDB page, it looks like he's a steady working actor, but yeah, he should have had more success coming off big roles in two really big movies, but that just goes to show you the dearth of parts for black actors and lack of access. But he was in Oz and in one of my favorite movies, Lackawanna Blues.

Erykah Badu still doing her thing and there is this new girl, Janelle Monae, and she's like James Brown reincarnated. I wish D'Angelo would get off that stuff and make music, because he's real good. I dunno, I'm old, so I suppose I would be singing a different tune if I were in my teens or early 20s. A song about partying would be cool. But I'm a grown ass man. Remember when JDR was on, and they asked her what her pop song would be? Mine would be, "Just paid my bills! Hooray!"

That R. Kelly song has the best line ever though: "I'm black, handsome, I sing, plus I'm rich, and I'm flirt"