Gilmore Girls season finale. American Idol top three. Me with no thoughts whatsoever. I offer, however, the most multifaceted statement I have heard uttered in years:
"Look what Jane Fonda has given us."
- Taylor on Gilmore Girls
Please discuss.
Leave 'em laughing: "The penile system isn't something we enjoy; it's something with a name that makes us giggle." - Lorelai on Gilmore Girls
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Ok no comments about Jane Fonda but here's my 2 cents anyway.
Richard and Emily were out of line. Speaking as the mother of a child who's grandparents overstep boundries on a daily basis (well, my dad does anyway) I was outraged at how it was handled but I agreed with them. Sad.
I was also surprised by the ending...not what happened, just how it happened. It's about freakin time.
And that part with Layne's mom? I haven't laughed so hard in ages. She is one of my favorite characters and I'm glad that she and Layne are speaking to each other again.
This is good tv. With GG, Charmes, and Veronica Mars all on the fall schedule, I'm in tv heaven.
You are an evil woman, teasing me like this. I've just found out that due to evilness of cable providers, I am to be entirely without Gilmore Girls OR Charmed OR Desperate Housewives until the beginning of July. No, I don't need your pity, stop that.
I do however have an answer on what Jane Fonda has given us: Barbarella, the mainstreaming of eating disorders - no, wait, that was Princess Di; okay, the mainstreaming of workout addiction - and the most perfect tabloid headline ever, viz:
"Jane Fonda: My three-in-a-bed ordeal". Courtesy of the Daily Mail, I believe, earlier this year. Look, you've got a movie star, an "ordeal" and slightly kinky sex, all in one. Perfect.
Jane Fonda gave my dad someone to call "The Bitch" for all eternity.
I must know - What on earth was the lead up to Lorelai's statement?
Sam - Layne and her mom are some of my fave characters (like I could choose 1 on that show...). Their scenes were precious. GG is truly the best little show on TV.
Scroob - I missed you! How was the move? Sorry to be so cruel. It was a spectacular season of GG. Sorry for the spoilers - but Lorelai is my hero. My dream is to one day have someone say, "You know, you really remind me of that character Lorelai Gilmore on TV..." Oh, the fantasy! BTW - stop reading now, 1 more spoiler.
Cate - Rory did something on the wrong side of legal with her adorable yet mischeivous boyfriend. Her mom was torturing her for it.
This is probably going to be the most unbelievable thing you’re ever going to hear me say, and given our 32 year history, that’s saying a lot… here goes… I don’t actually watch Gilmore Girls. I’ll give you a few minutes to let that sink in. In the mean time, I will sit silently content with the knowledge that I can still look myself in the mirror and only half grimace.
I will forgive GG since you're a guy (I suppose) but only if you provide at least 3 contributions of Jane Fonda to modern society.
BTW - GG hijacked my comments!
Three Jane Fonda contributions? That’s easy…
1. She cured cancer.
2. She invented brail.
3. She got all the world’s children to sing a song of peace.
None of this makes up for her partaking in the movie “Leonard Part 6” though.
I have always held her most accountable for Barbarella. That movie makes up 75% of my nightmares.
Speaking of your profile, my PE teacher was over weight and was a slave driver every time Jump Rope for Heart would roll around.
Goddammit he knew what he was talking about!
I'm not sure about Fonda, though. I'll have to evaluate her entire body of work once she passes away (Fonda is reportedly 50.5% Heaven-bound, 49.5% Hell-bound at time this comment went to press).
Blake
I think it would be fun to see 'Monster-in-Law' just to see someone stick it to JLo...I can't stand her...but I'm not sure Jane Fonda is someone I want to pay money to see...I'll have to ponder this.
I love being random.
Don't forget work-out videos. Jane Fonda brought us work-out videos.
Seriously.
Jane Fonda brought us workout tapes, yes, which became a family obsession, and to this day I can't hear "Can you feel it" without screaming "Yes I can bloody well feel it, bitch!"
Ahem. Not to lower the tone or anything. Sorry.
Glorious, so kind to say you missed me. I missed you too (sniff). Really. All of you. Move was pretty easy, left me with only 11 new grey hairs (not that I'm counting...), which isn't bad going.
To continue the GG hijacking - imagine my woe: discovered GG in Joburg on pay TV; watched most of first series with darling friend who had such luxuries and didn't mind me moving in every Sunday afternoon; moved to UK. A year and a bit later, discovered GG on satellite and watched religiously again, although it was, again, the first series, and although the picture on that particular channel was frequently almost unwatchable. Moved, ceased to have satellite, but gained cable. A year and a bit later, discovered GG on cable - being shown EVERY WEEKDAY at exactly inconvenient times - but since I'm a part-time working slacker, was still able to watch at least once a week. Which meant that, again, I got to watch about 20% of the first and - mirabile dictu - subsequent series. I have no idea how far we are now. I keep missing important plot points. I am painfully aware that we are racing through all there is to show, and then what? No more? And WORST OF ALL we have now moved again, lost cable, and because Beloved will qualify for free Sky+ (that's Tivo to you) after his probationary three months at new job, I have to wait until JULY to get GG back. It could all be over by then. Seriously. How many seasons are you on, over there in TV-farming land?
Bit long, that. Sorry.
Look, Tivo, DVR, Sky+, whatever you want to call it, is the greatest thing ever, period. If you’re computer savy, you can just make your own with a decent video capture card and plenty of space on your hard drive. Life is a lot more enjoyable when you put TV on your time and you never miss what you want because you either forgot or got tied up somewhere. And I cannot emphasize enough how great it is to fast forward through commercials. Of course, Tivo is the reason we now have those huge pop up ads in the middle of shows, but whatever, I’ll make that sacrifice.
of all the quotable characters the gilmore girls has to offer, i can't believe you quoted taylor. the guy's a freak...and i totally pegged the loralei proposal thing. damn the wb for leaving us hanging for 4 freakin months.
Sorry to choose Taylor, but he was so profound...
Thanks for carrying on without me, guys! You're the best. I'll get something new up by this afternoon (if this silly work thing will stop intruding).
Before I forget, welcome to all the new posters. Please stick around.
You guys are fabulous! You always make me laugh. But Scroob's story made me cry. I have officially killed my London dream - had not realized the sacrifices one must make to live in trendy European flat.
On the plus side though, G-Lo, we do occasionally get utterly brilliant shows here that you totally miss out on.
If a little gem called Green Wing ever shows on, say, BBC America, you HAVE to watch it. Especially as you work in a hospital, and all.
Oooh! Thanks for the new rec. I am so addicted to Coupling that most of my giggling revolves around something I remembered from an episode. I am still in mourning over the end of the The Office (as usual, the American version missed the point).
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