A testament to the fact that every thing’s bigger in Texas, I dedicate this post to one of my favorite items of my high school life, the 7-11 X-treme Gulp, renamed Debbie Gulp for reasons that will go unmentioned on this blog.
I know you’re thinking this X-treme Gulp [pictured here with a DVD case for size reference] is ridiculous, but if you haven’t partaken in it, you can’t understand. You see, my heart had a big hole in it at the age of 17, a hole that only a giant insulated soda cup could fill. This giant coke cup that keeps cold liquids cold and hot liquids hot filled that hole, and was only made better with its ability to be filled with the soda of my choice at any 7-11 for the price of only $1. That’s right folks, the deal was that good.
The X-treme gulp doesn’t judge. The X-treme gulp is only there to please. It doesn’t even mind that it has fallen into disuse recently due to Oklahoma 7-11s’ refusal to honor the Texas $1 refill deal. It knows it’s still loved and it still has love to give; 52 fluid ounces of love.
In truth, it is perhaps the X-treme gulp SOLELY that makes my childhood home town of Garland the 67th best city to live in despite all of its… less attractive qualities.
I love television. I don’t care if it makes me dumb or stupid, because I love television and I watch a LOT of it.
Now that we have that out of the way, you should know that it is Fall and that’s a really exciting time for television shows, DVDs and movies. Why, just since last week I’ve recently acquired two new Blu-Ray titles (Baby Mama and Pushing Daisies). I’ve yet to delve into the latter, but just to briefly comment on the first–I love the movie and all, but why is it there are features listed on the back of the regular DVD that don’t seem to be on the Blu-Ray anywhere?!?! Not that I think the alternate ending to Baby Mama is like beyond exciting or anything, but I at least want to see it, especially considering I paid more than the DVD for the Blu-Ray.
The awesomeness on the DVD front really begins on October 7th. Sleeping Beauty is making its Blu-Ray debut, making it the first of the Disney classic animated films to make the jump. I think it’s a pretty good choice. It may not be the most entertaining of the Disney classics, but it is undeniably the most beautiful piece of art Disney has ever created. It’s truly a masterpiece and I hope the Blu transfer shows this off well. Mostly I’m happy about it because with Sleeping Beauty out of the way, we can get to much more exciting releases like Cinderella and the “modern classics” like Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid. Sidebar, if you have a Blu-Ray player, I would highly recommend picking up Enchanted in Hi-Def. There’s an interactive Disney trivia game you can play with it, and when they show clips of Beauty and the Beast you’ll be able to see that the title is clearly ready for the jump to Blu. By the way–it comes with a bonus DVD copy of the movie. Just in case you’re too dumb to understand what Blu-Ray is?
The FIRST thing I’ll be popping into my player come 10-7 though is Season 2 of my favorite television series, 30 ROCK. Now listen. I don’t know if you watch this show. I don’t know if you’re a Tina Fey fan. I DO know that you should be both. 30 Rock is simply the funniest new show I’ve seen on television since Will & Grace, bar none. That should mean more, but is it just me or has most television comedy of late been real terrible? This comment should not, however, diminish how hilarious and brilliant 30 Rock is. If you haven’t watched it, I am going to direct you to Hulu.com right now and specifically my favorite episode from season 2, Jack Gets in the Game. I would also direct you to iTunes, where you can download my personal favorite episode of the series, Hardball, from season 1.
Then way into the future, we have Sweeney Todd making its Blu debut to look forward to on October 21st (dangerously close to my birthday, hint hint) and my personal favorite movie of the year, Wall-E on November 18th. There’s also rumors of another Pixar classic making the jump to Blu on 11-18. Can we hear a “The Incredibles” please? Yes yes, I know. It should be Finding Nemo. That was pushed back to 2009, so don’t hold your breath.
So with all of these great DVDs to look forward to, why do I have a television at the top of my blog post? Because we are REALLY close to Fall premieres, that’s why! September 28th sees the return of Desperate Housewives, where we’ll get to figure out why the crap Gabby is so fat among other things abruptly presented to us in the last 5 minutes of last season’s finale. Later that week on October 1st, we’ll see the premiere of what will hopefully be Pushing Daisy’s first full-length season. The show’s beginning last year was both super entertaining and promising, but it did not make the return after the writer’s strike. I’m eager to see what else the show has to offer us. Flash forward one more week to October 9th, and we can see the series premiere of “Kath & Kim” on NBC. Now, as I’ve said, most new comedy shows are terrible, so don’t hold me to this, but I think this show could be really funny. I mean, after all, Molly Shannon (left) is pretty brilliant and the commercials have been pretty good. WAY WAY into the future (October 30th) 30 Rock finally returns. I actually don’t know if I can handle that wait. It’s way too long for my taste. [That’s what she said]
The moral is that I have a lot of waiting and anticipation ahead of me over the next few weeks, and that can only mean one thing: lots of electronic Phase 10 (which incidentally I also HIGHLY recommend).
A testament to the fact that every thing’s bigger in Texas, I dedicate this post to one of my favorite items of my high school life, the 7-11 X-treme Gulp, renamed Debbie Gulp for reasons that will go unmentioned on this blog.
I know you’re thinking this X-treme Gulp [pictured here with a DVD case for size reference] is ridiculous, but if you haven’t partaken in it, you can’t understand. You see, my heart had a big hole in it at the age of 17, a hole that only a giant insulated soda cup could fill. This giant coke cup that keeps cold liquids cold and hot liquids hot filled that hole, and was only made better with its ability to be filled with the soda of my choice at any 7-11 for the price of only $1. That’s right folks, the deal was that good.
