I’ve been writing about Summer Movies from 2008, so I figured I’d write a little something about an Oscar movie…
Slumdog Millionaire is the only Best Picture nominee I saw this year - and I did see it before it was nominated, just so ya know. I actually saw the thing with Janine and my wife [...]
Every year for a few days after the Oscar telecast I walk around muttering my own personal acceptance speech under my breath. I think about who I would thank and what I would say, how I would use that world stage to express gratitude for the people in my life who helped me along the [...]
I had this little yellow black and white TV in my bedroom when I was a kid. I have no idea where it came from, I don’t know whose it was before it was mine. It was this small sorry little thing with bent antennas and about two channels that would barely come through (after [...]
We here at The Devil’s Avocado know that everyone likes to rip A-listers down from their pedestals, and we all know that we know better than the Academy.
Here’s your chance. During the Oscars broadcast, Janine and I will be posting comments to this post right as the thoughts rattle into our heads. Now, we [...]
If only we could get a repeat performance of this on Sunday’s telecast of the 81st annual Academy Awards. Instead, multiple song-and-dance numbers courtesy of Hugh Jackman will cut into the time afforded to acceptance speeches. And, of course, a little thing called the FCC always gets in the way of anything truly spontaneous from [...]
I do a pretty wicked Kermit the Frog. I mean, it’s beyond good. I recently sang “Rainbow Connection” on karaoke night at a bar; when I finished, people’s mouths lolled agape until they exploded with applause. I got a standing ovation, and I can’t even sing. Yeah, it’s THAT amazing, and perhaps my vocal masterpiece [...]
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