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Women's Herstory Month...See What I Did There?

2010-03-08T13:50:00.000-08:00

Hey there!

In case you didn't already know (and how could you not?!) March is Women's History Month! (I know you already have your decorations up, right?!)

Anyhoo, Will Forte wrote a great song that should definitely be taught in schools about Women's History. Click here, and enjoy!

Dancing with the Stars will start again on March 22nd on ABC. Here's a list of the celebrity contestants:
Jake Pavelka--The most recent Bachelor
Pamela Anderson--Baywatch
Chad Ochocinco--NFL Player
Aiden Turner--Actor on "All My Children"
Shannen Doherty--Actress from "Beverly Hills 90210"
Erin Andrews--ESPN
Buzz Aldrin--The First Person to Ever "Moon Walk"
Niecy Nash--Actress from "Reno 911"
Nicole Scherzinger--Pussycat Doll
Evan Lysacek--Gold Medal Winner (Men's figure skating)
And finally, the crown jewel...
KATE GOSSELIN! (Reality Star, Jon and Kate Plus 8).

Sadly, neither JoEllen, nor I liked Parenthood. We really wanted to see Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) in something new to love...but I don't think that this is it. The show was advertised as a comedy, but the show was anything but funny. It may be an overall good drama show, but that is not what I was expecting. We'll see if this survives after its first season.

Finally, the Oscars were on last night! Here's a list of the winners.

We'll be off air for a couple of weeks because of Spring Break! Join us for what will be our triumphant return Sunday March 28th.

Happy (Early) St. Patrick's Day!
~~Lou Lou

Is twitter a legit source for information?

2010-02-21T20:06:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to go into detail this week since if you listened to the show, then you know what we talked about and if you didn't, I'll just send you to some links and give a list of the topics we discussed.

Here's what was on the rocket docket:

-Talkin' 'bout trash: 16 & Pregnant, Tool Academy 3

-Steve Ward and I (Joellen) are pretty much bffs now. Just kidding. But here's his twitter (can you spot my question?). I'm a shoe-in for the next season after Tough Love Couples.

-@kathygriffin:

"WARNING!!! Gush moment. Taped a D List scene w Kristin Chenoweth. Wow! She knocked my sox off AND she's a Christian who thinks I'M funny!"

-Betty White for SNL!

-Comparing Sookie Stackhouse Series novels to the True Blood series

-Family Guy v. Palins

-Ausiello's list of renewals and cancellations

-Big Bang Theory- Stan Lee guest stars. Nice transition to the comic book show after ours. I'm just so considerate like that.

-Ending "song": Jimmy Fallon's "Bothered with Robert Pattinson" Valentine's Day edition.

That's all for now.

XOXO,

Joellen

(RIP Powerspace)

We're Not Here To Start No Trouble...

2010-02-08T13:20:00.000-08:00

...We're just here to do the Superbowl Shuffle!

This Sunday there was one thing on our minds...Super Bowl Commercials!

There were several ads this year that sparked controversy. The first was Focus on the Family's ad featuring Tim Tebow's mom. This ad was controversial because CBS had never allowed a political advocacy ad before, and this ad featured a pro-life message.

Another controversial ad was for Man-Crunch, a gay dating web-site. The ad was actually banned, and the reason cited was that CBS didn't trust that Man Crunch could afford the ad as they wanted to pay in cash.

Finally, a KGB ad was banned which featured some men with their heads "where the sun don't shine." While the commercial was kind of crude, I personally didn't find it offensive...but you can judge for yourselves here.

We were really looking forward to the return of Nanerpuss for Denny's...but all we got was a screaming chicken...c'est la vie.

Two other ads we were really excited for was the Betty White Snickers ad and the fiddling beaver. All in all, the commercials this year were a little disappointing. Better luck next year!

You can watch all of the ads on hulu.com

Next week we might actually get to our discussion of The Good Wife!

I leave you with a very cute video of a manatee, which Alec Baldwin wants us to save. Well, this manatee and all of his manatee friends.

Manatees and Headless Ghost Monkeys

2010-01-31T20:37:00.000-08:00

Guess it's my turn to write the blog for this week, but I threw my notes away after the show so let's see how much I can remember.

Kicked things off with For the Love of Ray J, the song from the soundtrack for the first season of.... For the Love of Ray J. Duh. Season finale of For the Love of Ray J 2 is tomorrow night. My money's on Platinum because Ray is so not ready to be a father to Mz. Berry's kids, but the better choice would be to just pick neither of them. Platinum's still in love with her ex!

Tough Love 2 finale was tonight. Very similar ending to the first season, but for updates on the girls after the show, you have to click here (no supertitles this time at the end of the show, but the girls say in their own words how they're doing). You can thank Lou Lou for that link. I couldn't find it, and it made me very sad but now that I've seen it it's okay. Not all good news, but they all seem to be doing okay.

Lou Lou talked about one of her faves, Real World DC. I'm not into Real World at all, but she plans to find their house and take a pic. So stay tuned for that.

Throwing out another buzzword: Ghosts. Of course. So over break I got really into The Haunted on Animal Planet. Obviously it's about animals and ghosts and ghosts of animals. My favorite is of the headless monkey ghosts in the candle shoppe. If that sounds interesting to you, that might be something to check out.

Another show I really got into over break was Better Off Ted. I guess I didn't explain this that well during the show, but it's just about these people who work for a company that... invents stuff? If you watch it, you'll understand better. But there's a character named Linda, which is a GREAT name, and she's young and pretty, which is rare for someone named Linda. Only a few of us can be that lucky. Portia De Rossi plays the boss, Veronica. I think she is the funniest character on the show. Especially when she says things about what she did to her sister as a child (steroids, force fed her while she was asleep... the usual).

So some sad news: Ugly Betty AND Greek have been cancelled.

But happy news: JLo and Carrie Underwood are going to be in upcoming episodes of How I Met Your Mother!

Aaaaannnd RuPaul's Drag Race premieres on Monday. Just for mentioning that, I have the right to post this link. Enjoy (it's worth it).

XOXO,

Joellen

TWITTER

2010-01-28T22:07:00.000-08:00

WE HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT.

@boobtubekrui

I AM SO EXCITED.

I ALSO WROTE THIS WHOLE THING HOLDING DOWN THE SHIFT KEY BECAUSE I AM AN IDIOT AND ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT CAPS LOCK.

Anyway, it'll be similar to what we post on Facebook with links and gossip and such. (Including sad news about show cancellations, one of which is EXCLUSIVE gossip that hasn't even been released to the press!)

XOXO,

Joellen

Back in Action

2010-01-24T20:00:00.000-08:00

Hey Y'all!

It felt really good to be back in the studio again! Well, the lab, tomayto, tomahto.

Today we talked about a lot!

First, Pants on the Ground...to know it is to love it!

CSI Miami (News Flash: we occasionally watch shows that aren't trashy, too!) had a popstar theme! However, we were very disappointed that Horatio had a lackluster zinger at the beginning, because who doesn't love Joel McHale's reenactments?

We talked about the Leno-Conan controversy...but you, like us, are probably over this story...so...moving on!

Shows coming up to look forward to:
Greek starts January 25th on ABC Family at 9!
RuPaul's Drag Race starts on Logo on February 1st! (Here's the winner of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race, Bebe Zahara Benet's premiere single!)

Upcoming Guest Stars on Glee:
Idina Menzel of Wicked fame
NPH (Fingers Crossed!!!!)

We have a big show coming up next Sunday! Don't forget to tune in on The Lab stream on KRUI at 5pm Sunday evening!

Later Days
~Lou Lou

More Changes than NBC's Late-Night Lineup

2010-01-14T20:45:00.000-08:00

I won't go into the Jay vs. Conan debacle just yet--we'll save it for the first show of 2010.

But to all our fans (especially the foreign princesses that need us to help them get their money back), I wanted to give an update on our situation for this semester.

The Boob Tube will be moving from Sundays at 5:30 p.m. to Sundays at 5 p.m. You may be thinking, Well that's not such a big change. Fruit you. You're wasting my time. I could be reading someone else's lame-o blog right now instead of this blabber.

Hush. I'm not done. Instead of being in the KRUI main studio, we have been moved to the KRUI Lab (exclusive stream). What does this mean? I'm not quite sure. From my understanding, the Lab was created last semester as a training studio for new djs and such. This semester, however, the "powers that be" are trying to evolve the Lab into an internet station in its own right. Honestly, I've never even been in this Lab place. I hope it's like Narnia and we have to go through a magical wardrobe to get there. Afterwards, we'll have Mr. Pibb and Red Vines because it equals crazy delicious.

Some might say we are the Conan in this situation because we'll have fewer listeners as a result of this change. I say this is just another reason Iowa City cab drivers (my biggest fans from the late-night/early-morning shifts I had as a dj) should invest in cell phones with web browsing capabilities. Do the streams work on phones? I'm so technologically inept. Iowa City doesn't have Clear Internet, so you couldn't stream it from your laptop while you're in a car. That is part of the commercial for Clear in the Chicago area--because you can't go a whole commute without the Internet.

Sorry, I get more off-topic than some professors who shall not be named. Anyway, what this changes is pretty much nothing. All our listeners from outside the Iowa City area listened to us on the stream anyway. Now you just have to remember to click the Lab's stream instead of the Main Studio's stream. As for those in the Iowa City area, heed this advice: At 5 p.m. every Sunday, listen to us on your computer at home, take your laptop to one of the numerous places that has free wi-fi access, or go to the University's Main Library and hover over someone until they give up their computer. Do this even if there are open computers around. Hovering is so much more fun.

If you've been skimming, this is all you need to know: Boob Tube KRUI Lab Sundays 5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Also:

Today was my birthday.

XOXO,

Joellen InHale

Community Clips as Promised

2009-10-05T13:42:00.001-07:00

For a film by "Abed is Awesome" Pictures click here.

To see the cast Krumping click here.

Too Wonderful

2009-09-24T11:38:00.001-07:00

Click here to watch the football team on Glee rock Beyonce's "Single Ladies".

Skip to 2.28 for the really great stuff!

Let's Play Catch (Up)

2009-09-22T20:41:00.001-07:00

Uh-oh, it's getting to be busier this semester which means it is harder for Lou Lou and me to keep up with the blogging.

The last show was mostly about the Emmys--I made the prediction that host Neil Patrick Harris would incorporate Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in the middle of the awards show and I was totally right and, as NPH's How I Met Your Mother character would say, it was LEGEND-wait for it-DARY. I think I was most shocked by Kristin Chenoweth's win for best supporting actress in a comedy, the first award given away that night, but I think the general consensus is that the biggest upset was when Tina Fey DIDN'T win for best actress in a comedy. The award instead went to Toni Collette for United States of Tara (on Showtime). Check out the full list of Primetime Emmy winners here.

This Monday was a big day for fall premieres:

-Dancing With the Stars (I'm cheering for Donny Osmond... even though I don't typically watch the show, but I might watch just to see Aaron Carter, Melissa Joan Hart, and Kelly Osbourne dance... or attempt to? I know Donny will kick butt in the competish. P.S.--If you watch the Aaron Carter video, I would like to point out that his partner Karina Smirnoff is wearing a dead duck as a top and pants made out of the leftover material from her Emmy performance costume)

-Big Bang Theory (The guys come back from the arctic expedition and Penny and Leonard hook up! OMG!)

-How I Met Your Mother (I also predicted on our show that Robin and Barney would start dating and I was... sort of right. They hooked up secretly over the summer but when Lily found out she made them "define the relationship" so they lied and said they were bf/gf. But were they lying?... Also, Ted started his first day as a college professor. He went to the wrong classroom and started teaching to the wrong students.)

-House and Heroes also premiered but I haven't watched Heroes since the second season and I only watch House occasionally but FUN FACTS: Hugh Laurie played a detective in Spice World (the HIT movie) and Jesse Spencer (who is back on the team) was one of the love interests for Mary-Kate or Ashley Olsen in Winning London!

Upcoming premieres this week:

Wednesday: Cougartown!

Thursday: Grey's Anatomy

Friday: (JOELLEN'S HAPPIEST DAY) Ghost Whisperer AND Medium BOTH on CBS (NBC dropped Medium after last season but thankfully CBS picked it up so Allison doesn't lose her psychic abilities after she gets her brain tumor removed). I love ghosties.

Saturday: Saturday Night Live hosted by Megan Fox and musical guest U2 (I just saw Jennifer's Body and I loved it. But I love weird movies that involve paranormal things so maybe that's just me. The critics for the most part did not agree with my review.)

Hmmm... maybe next week's show will have a paranormal theme: review of Medium and Ghost Whisperer, Liza Minnelli's role on last Sunday's episode of Drop Dead Diva, and, of course, in-depth discussion of TRUE BLOOD?

I'll have to pitch this to Lou Lou.

Until next week,

Thank you for being a friend!

XOXO,

Joellen

VMAs...Woot!

2009-09-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

Hey All!

I'll take over this weeks post while Linda is a responsible adult and works...meanwhile I'm watching the VMAs instead of doing my homework...Yay Senior Year! ;)

On the subject of Tool Academy, Linda is quite right that it is "Toolier than ever." This season features not only men as Tools, but their girlfriends are quite "tooley" themselves. Ladies, if I can use that term accurately, it is not ok to use violence just because you chose to date one of the 15 most Tool-like men in the country. My favorite tool is "Giant Tool" who I would like to refer to as "Human Growth Hormone Tool" (Allegedly, of course). His official name is "Giant Tool." JoEllen's favorite tool is literally named "Special tool."

We are both anti Ellen being the new judge on American Idol to replace Paula. First of all, you can't recreate that kind of crazy. Second of all, Ellen has no claim in the music industry whatsoever. We've elected that Liza Minelli be the judge instead, she comes with the music credentials AND the crazy.

Drop Dead Diva has premiered on Lifetime!
Monk is in its final season!
Psych has started again!

And here's my favorite subject of all time! Tonight is the VMAs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russell Brand is back as host (despite a poor showing last year), and the awards are rightfully back in NYC!
Some of the performers include Jay Z, Beyonce, Green Day, Pink, Muse, Lady Gaga (with pants, maybe?), and Taylor Swift.
Here are some of our VMA Predictions

Best Female Video-
Lou Lou~Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
JoEllen~Katy Perrty "Hot N Cold"

Video that Should Have Won a Moon Man
JoEllen~ Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
Lou Lou~ George Michael "Freedom"

Rock Video
Lou Lou~ Green Day "21 Guns"
JoEllen~ ColdPlay "Viva La Vida" or Kings of Leon "Use Somebody"

Best New Artist
JoEllen~Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
Lou Lou~ Lady Gaga "Poker Face"

Video of the Year
Lou Lou~ Lady Gaga "Poker Face" (As much as I still love Britney...)
JoEllen~ Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

What do you think? Shoot us an e-mail at boobtubekrui.gmail.com

We'll post a full list of the winners soon so keep checking back!

I'm outty!

~Lou Lou

Technical Difficulties, Crime, and VMA predictions

2009-09-13T16:12:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all. We might've stumbled a little in the beginning of the show today due to some technical difficulties (stupid headphone delay) but we hope you enjoyed the show!

In case you missed it, here's what we discussed today:

-Tool Academy 2: Tool-ier than ever.

-Ellen DeGeneres an American Idol Judge?

-Drop Dead Diva: Smart, quirky, and... on Lifetime.

-Monk: The final season (Will he solve Trudy's murder?)

-Psych: Follows Monk on USA. Predecessor to the Mentalist, but funny. And not fake. If it was fake, it would basically be the same thing as the Mentalist.

-VMA Predictions (email us at boobtubekrui@gmail.com if you want to debate!)

I'll add more details about these (including some things not mentioned on air) and links later, but I gotta go to work so...

Thank you for being a friend.

XOXO,

Joellen InHale

(Almost) Labor Day Show!

2009-09-06T16:49:00.000-07:00

Hey all!

Linda (aka Joellen Inhale) and I (Olivia, aka Lou Lou) had a great time during our second show!

Here's a quick recap of all the show's happenings if you were unfortunate enough not to be able to check it out. ;)

First, we're predicting that Glee will be the greatest break-out hit of the Fall. It combines High School Musical with a more complicated set of characters. For example, the lead female character has gay parents who pushed her to be a performer her entire life. The Glee club is coached by Will Scheuster (played by Matthew Morrison) who we find to be quite attractive. Click here to watch the entire pilot episode which is not to be missed! The show is on Wednesday nights on Fox.

Another show poised for greatness this season is Community staring The Soup's Joel McHale as a lawyer who got his degree discredited and needs to go back to school. The show also features Chevy Chase as an older student who has lots of wisdom to share with the other students (and also an element of creepy old man...ness to share with his classmates.) In case you have been under a rock and haven't seen a preview, click here! The show will premiere on NBC on the 17th after The Office.

Next on the agenda was ABC Family's Greek. There was a lot of drama during this third season opener. This was also the first episode I had ever watched, and I can already tell that I'm obsessed! I won't go in to the intricacies of the episode, but I will mention a couple of the highlights.
-Cappie appears to reject Casey after she wants to get backc together with him after breaking with Max.
-Later we learn that Cappie wanted to get with Casey but was stopped by Evan.
-Rebecca (the Senator's daughter) made out with Ashley's boyfriend Fisher!

There is some tension this season on Top Chef because some of the chefs have a lot of professional experience and education while other chefs are self-taught. Some of the challenges seem unfair for those who are self-taught because they on the type of thing one would learn in culinary school. However, who knows, maybe there'll be an upset and one of the "novices" will take the whole competition!

Lastly, there are rumors circulating that Bravo is working on a Top Chef Junior featuring "Chefs" between 13-16. There isn't a lot of information available on this potential show though, so keep your eyes peeled, and we will too! Teamwork is the name of the game, people.

Be sure to turn in next Sunday when we talk about Drop Dead Diva!

I'm outty!
~Lou Lou

Suggestions for topics? Email us at boobtubekrui@gmail.com!

Bret at the Tonys, Megan [Won't Get A] Millionaire, and Real Housewives

2009-08-30T16:12:00.000-07:00

Back from our first Boob Tube show! Olivia and I had tons of fun chatting about some of our favorite summer reality show moments.

In case you missed it, here's a quick recap:

-Bret Michaels was almost "decapitated" at the Tony Awards after lip synching "Nothin' But A Good Time." After the fall, Michaels said, "All I remember is Shrek and the donkey helping me up and Liza [Minnelli] giving me a towel". Can you imagine Liza and Shrek appearing before you after being knocked unconscious? Awesome.

-"Megan Wants A Millionaire" was canceled after only 3 episodes because contestant Ryan Jenkins allegedly murdered his ex-wife, former Playboy model Jasmine Fiore, on August 15 before fleeing to Canada. He was found dead in his hotel room on August 23. VH1 has also cancelled "I Love Money 3" because Jenkins was also a contestant on the show. Sadly, we are never going to see the episode in which Sex Toy Dave gets busted for having been on Bravo's "Millionaire Matchmaker" TWICE. But isn't that a little hypocritical, Megan? You were on "Rock of Love" AND "I Love Money."

-Since Paula Abdul has quit "American Idol," guest judges for next season reportedly include Kelly Clarkson (duh), Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham (does this mean David will be in the audience? Drool...), and Kristin Chenoweth (*girl crush alert!*).

-A few celebs will make guest appearances on "Gossip Girl" next season: Tyra Banks will play Ursula Nyquist, an actress Serena must "control" and Hilary Duff will play a movie star who is also Vanessa's roomie. Reports are also coming in that Chuck will kiss a guy. Does this mean the TV series will finally be more like the books?

-NYC Prep, the "real" Gossip Girl, was interesting though possibly short-lived. Even though these kids are privileged and seemed to act more mature, it is refreshing to see their normal teenage awkwardness and how they actually did stuff other than drink and party all the time (though they did some of that too...). What was not refreshing: Jessie's crazy eyes. Reminds me of Ramona from Real Housewives of New York.

-Real Housewives:

-Olivia likes OC because they don't work but just hang out and have fun.

-I like NYC because they have jobs but still have fun. And I love Jill.

-We both like New Jersey because of Teresa's freak out during the season finale when she flips the table. I would probably flip a table because of Danielle too. Ugh.

-Neither of us like Atlanta because they argue too much and it's annoying.

Also, I said on the show that "Tool Academy 2" doesn't start for a few weeks. I was wrong. It starts tonight at 8 pm central on VH1!!! Unfortunately that is the same time "Drop Dead Diva" is on Lifetime. I hate having to choose between TV shows...

Coming up next week:

-Top Chef Masters

-Top Chef Las Vegas

-Glee

-Community

-Is TLC trying to be the Food Network?

-The final season of "Monk" :(

...

Suggestions for topics? Email us at boobtubekrui@gmail.com!

Thank you for being a friend!

XOXO,

Linda