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About annette farmer

Writer, editor, TV watcher, raconteur, poker player, cynical optimist.

The Bachelorette**The man that got away

She lets her desperation and heartbreak show

The Bachelorette

The Bachelorette

Every so often, a television show will come along that is the equivalent of a car wreck on the side of the freeway: awful to look at yet so compelling that I just can’t look away. So it is with The Bachelorette. I have not been a regular viewer of this show but I decided to partake of the current rotation and got stuck with the blubbering mess named Ali Fedotowsky. Continue reading

Update: Steve Carell leaving “The Office”: Another NBC fiasco in the making?

Michael Scott gone from Dunder Mifflin? That’s what she said…

UPDATE: It was confirmed today that Steve Carell would be exiting his multi-nominated role as Michael Scott on The Office upon expiration of his current contract.

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New Life for Tim?

In mourning for The Life & Times of Tim

Photo: HBO

Earlier this month HBO canceled The Life & Times of Tim, the animated series that features a lovable loser named Tim whose life consists of one awkward situation after the next. Its cancellation upset the small but devoted following that loved it who eventually created a Facebook page dedicated to saving it.

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American Pickers ** The History Channel

One man’s junk is another man’s livelihood

The History Channel appeals to my inner history geek, particularly when it features history that wasn’t taught when I was in high school which generally means anything after World War Two. Continue reading

Why I won’t be going to see Sex and the City 2

It’s time for these girls to do some shopping at the TV and movie oblivion boutique

Like the host burdened with the houseguest from hell who won’t leave, I have had enough of these women. And because they are fictional, it’s time for them to die. Continue reading

Retro review: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

  • Director: Russ Meyer
  • Writer: Roger Ebert

Time for a quick cinema pop quiz. What do you get when you cross all of these: a tale of young women trying to break into show business; lots of references to ‘60s and ‘70s culture including pot smoking, free sex and scantily-clad women showing lots of boobs; a noted director of X-rated movies, and a script authored by a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, five years before the Pulitzer showed up on his doorstep? The answer to this riddle is the  trainwreck called “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.” Continue reading