Smallville

COME ON PEOPLE get up and change your TV tonight for SMALLVILLE on the CW!!!  If you didn't already know it's the last season of SMALLVILLE a show that in my opinion has redefined the legend of Superman.  It is hard to believe that I started watching Smallville ten years ago.  Wow a lot of time has passed.  I have went from being in college to getting married to having children and yet Smallville has always been there for me to fall back on and it's going to be hard to believe that next year it will not be there!  Smallville is the veteran show on the CW.  Heck Smallville has been around a lot longer than the CW.  Remember when Smallville started out it was actually on the WB before the WB became the CW.  Sure their has been tons of cartoons, comics, and even movies about the man of steel yet Smallville is the first in depth look at Superman before he was actually Superman and I think the writers at Smallville have done an excellent job in plot development!  Not only have they done a terrific job at writing but what a wonderful job casting as well from the main characters to the guest stars that have all been apart of the show.  Tom Welling is spot on as Clark Kent the man that becomes Superman or as of right now The Blur.  Not only have we watched Clark Kent go trough the hardships of learning his powers and life lessons but we have also watch Tom Welling become Clark Kent.  In my mind Tom Welling is Clark Kent/Superman.  I know I know Christopher Reeve will always be Superman to millions, but for my generation I think it has to be Tom Welling.  When Superman Returns was made into a movie I have to say that I was little bit dissappointed that Brandon Routh was named Superman instead of Tom Welling and now that they are making other Superman movie I think the new Superman should be Tom Welling especailly since Smallville is wrapping up this year.  In all honestly I think that might have been one of the major problems in why Tom Welling was not in Superman Returns.  I dare you to go to any Superman website and check their polls as to who the new Superman will be and not find Tom Welling on that list.  In most cases I would almost bet that Tom Welling's name is at the top of any poll that you could find to be the new Superman.  What a great job Smallville writers are doing this year to tease you as to the fact that finally after ten years Superman is coming to Smallville, but when will it be?  Do you think they'll hold out to the very last minute to let the viewers see Tom Welling all dressed up complete with cape?  Or do you think they'll do that a few shows before only to leave you with a taste that you want more?  I also have to say what a great chemstriy that Tom Welling and Erica Durance (Lois Lane) have as well - WELL DONE!  I also MUST say that Erica is a HOTTY as well.  The whole Clark Kent/Lois Lane relationship is just one way that the writers have redefined the whole Superman legend.  I mean this season alone we have already seen the Clark and Lois relationship blossom and who would have guessed that Lois would already know that Clark is The Blur that becomes Superman.  If you are NOT watching Smallville you are MISSING OUT!!!  Smallville not only has GREAT writers and characters but a great message as well.  Two questions left.  When will Clark finally fly and when will he finally put on the cape to become the man of steel we all love.  Only you can answer those questions as you tune into the final season of Smallville Fridays on the CW.  Review 6 out of 5 KITKATS!!!  It is a MUST WATCH!!!

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris has become an honorary member of the Texas Rangers today and all is right in the world.  The honor was presented by Texas Governor Rick Perry.  Can you believe that Chuck Norris is 70 years old?  I still would NOT want to meet him on a dark street.  Who does NOT LOVE Chuck Norris?  I guess you could say I was a late comer to the Chuck Norris movement.  I was really to young in the 1980s to watch most of his movies but I did indeed tune in to CBS in the 1990s for Walker Texas Ranger!  After Walker Texas Ranger I really lost contact with Chuck Norris until 2006.  What happened in 2006?  Well I am a school teacher and I had an 8th grade student who LOVED Chuck Norris!  Every single day in class he would give me a fact about Chuck Norris.  For example, "When Chuck Norris does a push-up he is NOT pushing-up he is actually pushing the Earth down" or how about this one "When the boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris."  In honor of this student who brought Chuck Norris back in my life I actually went to Wal-Mart and got a poster of Chuck Norris Jokes and actually hung it up in my classroom.  On top of everything else I have the highest respect for Chuck Norris coming out in the 2008 presidential election to endorse Mike Huckabee.  I have to honestly say that the only reason I voted for Mike Huckabee in the 2008 presidential election was because of Chuck Norris leading me to believe in hopefully the next president of the United States in 2012 Mike Huckabee!!!  Did you see the youtube videos of Mike Huckabee and Chuck Norris if not check out this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUQW8LUMs8 because it is FUNNY!!!!  Please leave your BEST Chuck Norris joke and remember - "Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves!!!"

PSYCH

Are you looking for a NEW show to watch since your show got CANNED!  Well let me recommend a little show on the USA Network called PSYCH.  PSYCH comes on Wednesdays at 9pm Central Standard time.  According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych) PSYCH is an American criminal comedy-drama mystery television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's captious father, Henry.  PSYCH is GREAT TV because the cast has so MUCH chemistry together and this is especially true for the two main characters Shawn and Gus.  Every episode is like reliving events between you and your best friends.  The question you have to ask yourself here doesn't everybody have a friend like Shawn Spencer and the answer is YES!  Who doesn't have an outgoing, smart, cleaver, CRAZY, and funny friend all rolled into one!  My Shawn Spencer would be one of my very BEST friends George Alexander Hartline III.  George was my crazy outgoing FUNNY friend growing up.  Every week George would come up with a plan and NO matter how CRAZY it would be I would of course go long with it much in the same aspect that Gus goes long with Shawn on PSYCH every week no matter how CRAZY or how much trouble we would get into.  If George was Shawn then I was most certainly GUS.  I was the reasonable one when it came to George's CRAZY plans.  When George ran toward the crowd or TROUBLE I would always be the one to turn away and walk away or at least play dead.  But again doesn't everyone need a friend like that.  Take my buddy George for example.  If it was NOT for George I would have NEVER went to the college that I wanted to go to my entire live, I would have NEVER stepped out of my apartment at college, and I would have never did the things I did it college without my buddy George pushing me along.  In a sense I would have NEVER become the man I am today without my CRAZY friend George.  That's Shawn Spencer in a nutshell!  Gus would have never  become the man he is today without his CRAZY friend Shawn!  Think about it without Shawn, Gus would still be in his BORING old job in which viewers knew from the start that he hated with a passion.  The show is a winner and has been a winner since it started way back in 2006.  PSYCH also works because of the relationship between father and son.  Shawn Spencer's dad Henry Spencer played by Corbin Bernsen is the pushing force behind what makes Shawn, Shawn.  I mean really how many of us has dads that push us to become the people that we become later in life.  PSYCH works on so many levels.  Review 5 out of 5 KITKATS so watch PSYCH on Wednesdays on the USA NETWORK!

Billy the Exterminator

Billy the Exterminator is all new tonight on A&E at 8:30 central standard time.  I have to say that his is one show that you accidentally stumble upon one night while flipping through the channels and you become engrossed with the whole concept of the show and you can NOT take your eyes off of it.  If you have not watched Billy the Exterminator it is appointment TV or at least TiVo it and watch it later!  Billy the Exterminator is about a family of Exterminators in Louisiana.  The show consists of Billy his brother Ricky his dad "Big" Bill his mother Donnie, and his wife Mary.  So how did I stumble upon this show?  My mom and dad actually hooked my three year old daughter on Billy the Exterminator.  How do I know that my three year old daughter is hooked on Billy the Exterminator?  For this blog I was trying to think of what Billy's mother's name was and I couldn't think of it.  So what do I do?  I ask my three year old daughter and without hesitation she replies "Donnie".  I proceeded to ask her trivia questions about the show in which she answered every single question correct.  My daughter was also asked to name a community helper at daycare and what does she reply?  Billy.  Her teacher took her to the front office to get the head lady to explain to her that Billy the Exterminator was not a community helper, but the head lady actually told my daughter that in some cases she was actually right!  How about that!  So what makes this show worth watching?  I think it has a little bit of Steve Irwin crocodile hunter to it.  Why do I watch?  I really think I watch to see what is going to attack Billy or Ricky next.  Is it bad that I always like it when a bee, raccoon, snake, or even crocodile attacks them?  My FAVORITE episode so far has to be when Billy is called out to a zoo like farm to catch mice in the workers house.  Everything goes smooth on the first day of this assignment.  Billy does his inspection and sets all his mouse traps.  On the second day he goes back to clear all the traps with this brother Ricky by his side.  As he is going through the house clearing all the traps he makes it to the bedroom of one of the workers.  He lays down to clear one of the traps under a dresser when all the sudden he JUMPS up screaming.  Attached to his hand is a LONG SNAKE!!!  The girl that lives there RUNS screaming SNAKE out of the room and Billy is screaming for his brother Ricky.  Billy tries to get the snake off his hand but fails.  Ricky rushes in and is able to remove the snake from his brother's hand.  Billy is needless to say FREAKED OUT!!!  He keeps asking Ricky is it poisonous???? Do I need medical attention???  After several seconds Ricky tells Billy that he should be ok because this is just a KING snake and that is NOT poisonous.  This episode lets you in on just how dangerous this job can be, but at the same time you almost want to tune in to see what in the world is going to attack either Billy or Ricky next!  Review 5 out of 5 KITKATS!!!  This is MUST see TV!!!!  Please your thoughts or comments on Billy the Exterminator

WWE

The WWE is holding a three hour live RAW event tonight for their King of the Ring event on the USA Network (check your local cable and satellite providers for channels).  What has happened to the WWE?  I remember back in the late 1990s when the Monday Night Wars were are the rage.  Do you remember Monday Night Nitro?  So what started the raged back in the 90s?  It was one little pay per view event called BASH AT THE BEACH in which Hulk Hogan turned "BAD" and created a little thing called the NWO (New World Order).  Hogan who was a goody too shoes for all the 80s was suddenly the worse of the worse and NO one could believe it!!?  How could Hulk Hogan turn on all his little Hulkamania fans?  It was pure ratings GOLD!  A clever move by the WCW at the time.  People would watch every Monday night to see A. what Hogan and the NWO would do and B. if it was going to be this week that Hogan would go back to his yellow tights and be a good guy again!  To compete with WCW the WWE soon caught up with WCW with he likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and DX and they eventually went on to buy WCW.
     When the WWE bought the WCW this marked the beginning of the end for the Monday night WARS and the end of a GREAT run for Wrestling.  WWE's purchase of the WCW might have been the worse move the WWE could have done for the success of their own company.  With that single purchase their was NO more competition to win Monday night or even Thursday night (now Friday night), and they flooded their own company with to many wrestlers in one company.  The WWE did have some success but eventually they had to create three versions of the WWE to make all the new wrestlers work with RAW on Monday night, ECW on Tuesday night and Smackdown on Thursday night (which was later moved to Friday night).  After Stone Cold Steve Austin stopped wrestling, The Rock leaving for a movie career, and the demise of DX the WWE was left without any real gimmicks.  WWE has tried to bring newcomers like John Cena, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho to the front of the company with success, but yet still lacking what I call the NWO/Hogan turning bad factor.  I think the WWE has realized these lacking factors over the last year with the introduction of the Nexus.  Did they have a working formula?  Was the Nexus the second coming of the NWO?  Almost.  John Cena this generations Hulk Hogan was forced to join the Nexus yet the WWE FAILED to make CENA the bad guy.  The WWE got it wrong!!!  CENA should have turned to the Nexus.  Cena should have become the bad guy like Hogan did.  If the WWE had made CENA the bad guy viewers would have tuned in for the same reasons viewers had tuned into see Hogan and the NWO! 
     So what has the WWE got going for it right now?  The WWE finally got something right by making The Miz the Champion.  I think the Miz is the future of the WWE.  He is very confident and a very well-spoken individual that can cause trouble for the WWE.  The Miz needs a group like DX, the Nexus, or even the NWO to join him.  It is a proven fact that groups have ALWAYS worked better for a storyline in wrestling anyway.  But the question remains has the WWE lost its MOJO???  Right now I would say for you to TIVO Monday Night RAW so you can FAST FORWARD through most of the BORING storyline right now.  Please leave your comments and questions - Has the WWE lost its MOJO???
REVIEW 3 out of 5 KITKATS (AS OF RIGHT NOW)

Leslie Nielsen

Sad news to report tonight that Leslie Nielsen has died in Flordia at age 84.  One of the very first movies that I remember growing up was Airplane!  In fact it was on TV just the other day.  Leslie Nielsen was an actor that did not care to make fun of himself and that is what made him great.  Besides Airplane Nielsen also starred in the Naked Gun series as well.  Leslie Nielsen dead at age 84.  Please leave your comments and thoughts about the late actor and what role made you laugh the most.

NCIS

     The USA Network is currently airing season seven of NCIS through 11pm Central Standard Time tonight (check your local cable or satellite providers to see if you get the USA Network and for channel listings).  NCIS has proved over the years why they are a ratings hit.  Mark Harmon's character Leroy Jethro Gibbs better known as just "Gibbs" will be one of those characters that will go down in TV lore like Archie Bunker.  Did you know that NCIS actually is a spin off from the long running NBC/CBS hit JAG (Judge Advocate General).  NCIS has also has produced its on spin off NCIS Los Angeles.     
     NCIS started out rocky but really picked up a following around season five.  NCIS works for several reasons. NCIS has a GREAT cast that makes the show a hit.  The chemistry between the characters makes the viewers want to watch because it is so believable to think that this group actually works together and generally like each other as a family should.
     Gibbs’s team is composed of Special Agent and Senior Field Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), Special Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) and Probationary Special Agent Ziva David (Cote de Pablo).  Gibbs and Tony have your basic father-son relationship on the show.  This was proven when Gibbs suddenly retired leaving Tony in charge of the team at the end of season three giving viewers an insight on how Gibbs always knows everything by watching how DiNozzo learns about everything before his team tells him making him very much like Gibbs.  DiNozzo and McGee have a GREAT brotherly relationship that would almost make you think that they are indeed brothers (they are NOT though).  DiNozzo and Ziva have this love hate relationship that makes my think of the 1980s hit "Moonlighting".  The question that many NCIS fans want to know is "will they or won't they" get together.  My guess is that they will and it will be long before the show ends.  Other characters that make the show a hit are Chief Medical Examiner Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), Medical Assistant Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen), and Forensic Specialist Abigail Abby" Sciuto (Pauley Perrette).
     Should you watch NCIS?  Yes.  NCIS is a great show and the reason you know that it's a GREAT show is because it has only gotten better over time and that's something that you CAN see in the ratings.  NCIS broke into the top 10 in the TV ratings by the end of season four and now in season eight is in the top five weekly.
*REVIEW - NCIS gets 5 out 5 KITKATS
Watch NCIS Tuesdays on CBS - NO REALLY it's a GREAT show!