Has anyone noticed that the guy in the new Palm Centro commercial changes accents during the course of said commercial?
The next time you see it, take a listen, and you’ll notice it. They guy starts out with what I would classify as an Eastern European accent, and when he gets to the line about, “people wondering how many of you there really are,” he’s gained a British/Scottish/Irish (somewhere in that neighborhood) accent.
Weird.
Two weekends ago we traveled to Scranton, PA with Danielle’s Aunt and her cousin to attend the first annual The Office Convention. We had a blast, even though it rained most of Friday evening into Saturday afternoon.
We were able to meet 3 of the characters (Jan, Kelly, and Phyllis) and get some autographs and pictures taken with them. The girl who plays Kelly is actually friends with a guy Danielle went to high school with, who is now a writer for My Name is Earl.
Our tickets got us in to 2 limited admission events - Cast Q & A and a character look alike / Scrantones (the band that performs the theme song) concert, which were both a blast.
The biggest thing that impressed me was how down to Earth the cast members were. They all seemed genuinely happy to be there and seemed to be having just as much fun as we were.
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a video must be worth much more, so the following are some clips I posted on YouTube as soon as we got back.
For some of our favorite T.V. shows this season, it seems there is no closure.
It all started with the season finale of The Office tonight, where a lot happened, but little closure took place. Michael didn’t get the job at Corporate, he and Jan got back together, Jim left Karen in New York City, and then rushed back to Pam, and asked her out on a dinner date for later that evening. And the episode and season ended.
Then we have Scrubs, where the season (and almost the entire series) ended with JD and Elliot in a familiar on again off again role. However this time it’s a little more serious, since JD is having a son, and Elliot is about to get married. From what little I’ve seen of the Scrubs fan base online, had the series ended with tonight’s episode, there would have probably been some sort of nerd rioting in the streets.
And finally we have CSI: Las Vegas. Tonight’s season finale dealt with the “miniature killer” who has been popping up here and there throughout the season. We finally got to see who this killer was tonight, and how her final “creation” dealt with the death of Sarah Sidle, who (according to Grissom) is the only person he ever loved. Of course, the episode ended with Sarah trapped under a car in the desert in a rain storm.
I’m sure when we watch the finale of 24, there will be some sort of cliffhanger that won’t get answered until next season also. Plus there will be lots of different subplots that I’m sure won’t get addressed in the two-hour finale.
Hollywood producers, here’s a tip. You can wrap up story lines at the end of the season. And guess what? People will come back to watch more next season - trust me. There doesn’t always have to be something that doesn’t get wrapped up as some sort of teaser to keep us tuned in next season. Really, there doesn’t. I understand why you do it, but it doesn’t need to be done ALL the time.
At least American Idol won’t have any cliffhangers…