Uh, No, the Bird is Not the Word

Ugh, Elmo again?!

I know today is Mardi Gras, but Elmo dressed this way is ridiculous.

For those of you new to this blog, I am not and never will be a fan of Sesame Street Muppet Elmo. I just don't like him. He irks me. The way some people are irked by clowns.

So I just saw this on the telly today: now there's this new Elmo doll being advertised, with him in Toucan Sam's feathers or something, singing "The Bird is the Word".

And the point is?

BIG BIRD IS ALREADY A BIRD and Elmo is the one singing this song.

I cannot stand this furry little red menace!! Enough of Elmo already.

Yes, Bears Do Poop in the Woods

I wish the following commercials would just go away already.

Those damn pooping Charmin bears!! Ugh!! Sometimes when I have to tend to the call of nature, those bears poop-...I mean, pop into my head, with them shaking their poopy bottoms at the camera. Then I get even more disgusted at that pooint. I sure hope they wash their paws afterward. Mr. Whipple would never shake his dirty butt at the camera...those were the days. If you want a good laugh, click onto inkblots.craniumleakage.com.

The NutriSystem ad with Bachelor reality TV star, featuring Zora What's-Her-Face. Okay, I get it, you love chocolate, and any diet that lets you eat chocolate is a diet that works for you. I GET THE POINT.

Cortislim!! So I see, that nasty little stress hormone is why I'm overweight!! It's nothing more than a placebo which has not been evaluated by the FDA. Shuddup already!! I'd rather watch Bowflex commercials (and those seem to take forever).

Strangely somehow, I do end up getting sucked into those late-night informercials -- especially the ones featuring Ronco and the George Foreman Grill. "Just set it...and forget it!!" I also sit up at night watching those long commercials pitching any CD collection from the '60s or the '70s. Commercials like these intrigue me for some reason.

But I also don't get exposed to Mr. Ronco or George every single day. Enough of the poopy bears, already. Sheesh.

Remakes...Sequels...and Bad Acting, Oh My

Is Hollywood running out of ideas? I can understand Kill Bill, Volumes I and II, but I can't quite understand why these people in Hollywood feel the need to remake a classic or turn out a horrible sequel. The examples are endless. I loved Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, but Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was pretty lame (I did like AP: Goldmember, but it still didn't quite stack up to the original). Scarlett was a made-for-TV miniseries based on a book of the same name, as well as a sequel to Gone With the Wind...awful. Just awful. Bewitched, The Dukes of Hazzard, Scary Movie 2, all stinkbombs. Grease was the word in '78, but why Grease 2?...Love Michelle Pfeiffer, but girlfriend can not dance.

There are a few exceptions. The latest King Kong movie is getting rave reviews.

But Hollywood remade Psycho, with word-for-word dialogue starring Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche, and it still sucked.

H'Wood!! You're boring me here!! The Class of 2005 was by far the worst year in movie history.