Wesley’s Week (Dec. 11-17, 2006)

by Wesley

This is the time of year when most major media outlets are dispensing their lists of what was best and worst over the last 12 months. In that spirit, here is the first installment of what I am calling Wesley’s Wavering Winners of the year.

Most Irritating Single: Even the ladies in our office roll their eyes whenever you ask them if they like James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” song. The combination of that tenor voice with those sappy lyrics make most people I know want to tune it out. And the fact that it has a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year and “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley – the best song of the year, in my opinion – does not just aggravates me to no end. “You’re Beautiful” – you’re ugly.

Worst Commercial: Tie between the creepy masked king in Burger King ads (the guy who wakes up in people’s beds in the morning – what the ?!) and the obnoxious Pepto-Bismol spots where people indicate they have intestinal distress by grabbing parts of their bodies, including their butts, with their hands and start dancing. Both of them make me want to shoot out my TV, not to mention not buy the products.

Weirdest Entertainment Distinction to Happen to Me: I sat at home one Wednesday night changing channels during commercials for Lost (which merits its own column sometime about its ups and downs, but I digress), when I stumbled across The Rich List on Fox. This was another big money game show where teams of two competed against each other by alternating turns in naming elements of a list. For example, one duo had to say it would name a certain number of Broadway productions that ran over 1,000 performances, and if they reached their goal successfully, they won that round, but if not, the other team was a victor. As typical with this genre, the host took a little time in confirming whether a choice was right (“You say A Chorus Line ran a long time on Broadway. Well … YOU ARE CORRECT!”), followed by irrationally exuberant clapping from the audience. I thought it had possibilities, but the dopes they picked to be on the teams who fretted about every single answer they gave drove me up the wall, and quickly back to Lost. Well, little did I realize it then, but Fox cancelled the show after that one airing due to low ratings, making it the first time I actually saw a TV series that ran just one time! I missed such one-timers as Public Morals in 1993 and Lawless with Brian Bosworth in 1997, among other disasters, but I saw this one. Somehow I feel more complete for having had the experience, being the amateur TV historian that I am.

People I Never Want to Hear Another Word About in 2007: Britney Spears. Paris Hilton. Lindsay Lohan. Nicole Richie. TomKat. Brangelina.

That’s all for now. Anybody with their own suggestions, feel free to comment. And let’s hope for better things in 2007.

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