As a wise man once told me, this is the most wonderful time of the year. And you can see it in all the Christmas traditions. Let’s face it, Christmas songs and movies are not the best written things ever, but yet each December we enjoy them both with a smile on our faces and not pick them apart like we do non-holiday themed entertainment the rest of the year. I know I will be cozying up next to the fire more than one night with ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas. Here is the complete schedule for the 2009 holidays:
(7:00-7:30 AM ET/PT) A GARFIELD CHRISTMAS (7:30-8:00 AM ET/PT) THE LITTLE RASCALS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – ABC Family Premiere (8:00-10:00 AM ET/PT) I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS (10:00 AM-12:00 PM ET/PT) SNOW (12:00-2:00 PM ET/PT) Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2:00-4:00 PM ET/PT) A CAROL CHRISTMAS (4:00-6:00 PM ET/PT) HOLIDAY IN HANDCUFFS (6:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA BABY (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA BABY 2: CHRISTMAS MAYBE - ABC Family Original Movie Premiere (10:00 PM-12:00AM ET/PT) SANTA BABY 2: CHRISTMAS MAYBE
Monday, December 14
(5:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) ELOISE AT CHRISTMASTIME (7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) WINNIE THE POOH AND THE BLUSTERY DAY – ABC Family Premiere (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) WINNIE THE POOH AND TIGGER TOO – ABC Family Premiere (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) MARY POPPINS
(7:00-9:00 AM PT/ET) Chasing Christmas (9:00-11:00 AM ET/PT) CHRISTMAS DO-OVER (11:00 AM-1:00 PM ET/PT) SONS OF MISTLETOE (1:00-3:00 PM ET/PT) THE CHRISTMAS LIST (3:00-5:00 PM ET/PT) UNLIKELY ANGEL (5:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) A CAROL CHRISTMAS (7:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA BABY (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA BABY 2: CHRISTMAS MAYBE
Quote of the Week: Physicians still do pretty well, we’re not murdering it like we used to. (Mick – Survivor)
Song of the Week: Someday Never Comes - Billy Valentine and the Forrest Rangers (Sons of Anarchy)
Big News of the Week: Scooter Commandeers a Wii: For whatever reason, my sister has left her Wii with me until she comes back for Christmas so that is a month of Mario Kart practice so the next time I play my cousin’s six year old, I’ll be the one doing the victory dancing. Anyone interested in getting beat like a red-headed stepchild over the next month, my ID is 2922-9425-4913.
How I Met Your Mother: Did anyone know the Slap bet was still going on? Just get it over with and get the final slap done. And let’s get Chris Elliott, who seemed to be playing the same character from Get a Life, back on the show soon and often. You can stream recent episodes over at cbs.com. You can also download How I Met Your Mother on iTunes.
The Big Bang Theory: What a silly sub-plot with Sheldon giving up, as we all know he is one lab accident from becoming a super-villain. But at least his revenge was worth it. You can download The Big Bang Theory on iTunes.
Castle: There is nothing I dislike about the show than seeing an actor I know because much like when the chick from Everwood showed out, as soon as the principle from Buffy, I knew he would end up being the murderer. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Castle on iTunes. Also be sure to check out my chat with Stana Katic.
Sons of Anarchy: Well we finally found out what happened to Tommy two fingers who added some decent comedic diversion for the episode. Now if we can find out what happened to Skinner. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Sons of Anarchy on iTunes.
Gary Unmarried: I am not suer what was less realistic, that Marissa Miller would hit on Jay Mohr or he would turn her down for his boss? You can stream recent episodes over at cbs.com. You can also download Gary Unmarried on iTunes.
Free Download of the Week: Sampler Claus (Amazon MP3): Now that Thanksgiving is over it is time to get into some Christmas music and here is a seven song album featuring Frank Sinatra and other classics to get you in the festive spirit.
Deal of the Week: You can still find plenty of Black Friday deal (which I assume will turn into Cyber Monday sales tomorrow) just click the banner below:
Video of the Week: This has been floating around the interwebs for the pasty week, but for the few of you that may have missed it, The Muppets doing Bohemian Rhapsody:
Next Week Pick of the Week: Sons of Anarchy, Tuesday at 10:00 on FX: After a season where many of sparks have flown, there is sure to be more in the season finale even if Henry Rollins and the Zobel clan out of reach of SAMCRO behind bars, of course will they have separate cells?
I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Chuck, BBC America contest, Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil, Alice, Santa Baby 2: Maybe Christmas, and the FX Holiday Schedule.
- In a story I broke last week, Chuck is returning Sunday, January 10 for its two hour premiere before settling back in a Monday timeslot the next day and here is the latest promo:
Bonus points for Pretty Fly for a White Guy (and double bonus points for the Token Hot Chick climbing out of a pool like a Bond girl).
- Nothing like a $1000 shopping spree in time for Christmas shopping and BBC America is giving you a chance to win two $500 gift certificates, one for you and one for that someone special (for example me). The second and third prizes (two $250 and two $100 gift certificates respectively) are not bad consolations. Head to BBC America. Com to enter.
- Some titles you see and makes you want to check it out without knowing anything about it. Case in point: Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil. If you need more, here is a preview of the show that premieres this Sunday at 9:00 on the National Geographic Channel:
- We are inching closer to the SyFy event Alice (starting December 6) and here is a behind the scenes look:
- Coming Monday I will be publishing the schedule for this year’s 25 Days of Christmas and this year’s new original movie is Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe and to promote it, ABC Family will be attempting to break the Guinness Worlds Record for “The Largest Gathering of Santa’s Elves” Monday December 7 in New York City’s Bryant Park.
- FX also has some holiday scheduling as following:
Live Free or Die Hard premieres Tuesday, December 1st at 7:00pm e/p
Deck the Halls premieres Thursday, December 3rd at 8:00pm e/p
Spider-Man 3 premieres Thursday, December 10th at 7:00pm e/p
Firehouse premieres Saturday, December 19th at 3:30pm e/p
HAPPY HOLIDAYS MARATHON airs on Saturday, December 19th from 12:30pm – 3:30pm Get ready for the holidays with a marathon of holiday episodes from your favorite comedies! FX will be airing Christmas-themed episodes from The Bernie Mac Show, Malcolm in the Middle and That ‘70s Show.
Night at The Museum CHRISTMAS EVE/CHRISTMAS DAY MARATHON airs on Thursday, December 24th from 6:30pm to 2:00am e/p and Friday, December 25th from 7:00am to 7:30pm FX brings the family together for Christmas with a marathon of Night at the Museum. Beginning Christmas Eve and resuming Christmas Day, FX will be airing this family favorite eight times in a row.
To find out how to win an Amazon or iTunes gift card, keep reading.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, or as those outside the U.S. like to call it, Thursday. So I hope you have (or had depending on when you read this) a great Turkey Day. Just a heads up with the holidays upon us, here’s a look at the schedule the 9th Green will be taking the next couple weeks as well as a list of the best of 2008 and on day that are not listed, they will be filled by the regular reviews and such you have come to find at the 9th Green (card subject to change):
November 26-27 - Off for Thanksgiving November 30 – ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas Schedule December 1 - Induction into the Scooter Hall of Fame December 3 – Grammy Nominations December 7 – Previewing Men of a Certain Age December 15 - Lyrics Quiz: Best of 2009 December 22 - Worst Songs of 2009 December 23 - Best Albums of 2009 December 24-25 - Off for Christmas December 26 - Best Videos of 2009 December 27 - Best Performances of 2008 December 28 - Best Mash-ups of 2009 December 29 - Scooter McGavin’s Reader’s Best Songs of 2009* December 30 - 100 Best Songs of 2009 December 31/Januray 1 - Off for New Years January 2 - Induction into the Scooter Hall of Fame
*As you may have noticed, on the 29th I will have a Reader’s poll on what you all thought were the best songs of the year. So if you would sometime time before Christmas, e-mail me, ScooterKSU(at)aol(dot)com, your top ten songs of the year. If you need a refresher of songs from the last twelve months, check out the list of the albums I reviewed for my Terror Alert Scale as all the songs from those albums are eligible, look through the music videos I highlighted the past year and of course any song released this year is okay too even if I didn’t talk about it. Your nominations will be confidential and I won’t disclose it here at the 9th Green, so if you enjoy the 9th Green please send me an e-mail by December 26.
And as an added bonus, if you send me your list this year, you can win the top five songs of the year as determined by me. Well you can win a $5 Gift Certificate to iTunes or Amazon MP3. All you have to do to enter is e-mail me your top ten list and then tell me if you would prefer your gift card to be iTunes or Amazon. Please note, only people with American accounts can will, and let’s face it, with the dollar tanking $5 is pretty worthless everywhere else, but foreigners are still welcome to voice their opinions. Winners will be contacted sometime between Christmas and New Years.
And with Christmas coming fast upon us, if there are any readers out there wondering what they could get their favorite blogger this year and have way too much disposable income, here is my Amazon wishlist (or check out Amazon's Black Friday page for your loved ones):
The Prisoner: This was someone entertaining, but a little too David Lynchy at times. And it didn’t take me that long to figure out what The Village was, although I wasn’t able to figure out what 6’s part in all of it. Still I would have preferred the show to play across six straight Sundays rather than the six hours over three days like it was. But in the ends I wish networks would do more of these quick one and done shows like this.
How I Met Your Mother: How stupid are these people, I knew from the very beginning that the Scuba Diver would end up being an elaborate plan to pick up a chick. Seriously, have these people not met Barney before? You can stream recent episodes over at cbs.com. You can also download How I Met Your Mother on iTunes.
Trauma: In an episode that saw a dude get slammed into window, a baby get delivered on a helicopter, and a few protruding bones, still the most disgusting part of the episode was a dude drinking from a shoe. Ewww. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Trauma on iTunes.
The Big Bang Theory: The show is always at its best when Penny and Sheldon are together but this was a little force, c’mon, Penny should have known that calling an ambulance would have been faster than having Sheldon drive. We even get a repeat of the “Check Engine” light discussion. But all is forgiven thanks to Penny making Sheldon sing Soft Kitty. You can download The Big Bang Theory on iTunes.
Castle: Even though Castle and Beckett’s relationship is entertaining by itself, I wouldn’t be opposed to them bringing in the black dude for more ride-a-longs. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Castle on iTunes. Also be sure to check out my chat with Stana Katic.
Sons of Anarchy: Wow, I never imagined Tig cracking like he did and just blurt out that he killed Opie’s wife right to his face. My jaw was dropped for most of the rest of the episode. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Sons of Anarchy on iTunes.
Mercy: Dawn Summer’s reactions are priceless, in fact I wouldn’t mind if she doesn’t say anything and all we get from her are reaction shots all episode long. Too bad she wasn’t the one that discovered the chick had a little something extra growing down there. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Mercy on iTunes.
Modern Family: I knew that Edward Norton was going to be on Modern Family sometime this season but I am glad I didn’t know when or who until he showed up as the bassist for Spandau Ballet. Norton has never been this funny (although, has Norton ever been funny before). And we get the triumphant return of Dylan (although he didn’t get to sing this week). All that and the funniest moment may have been when Al Bundy started spaying down his step-son when he started hitting on his granddaughter. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu.
Real World-Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins: Over the past decade, the drunken morons of this show have done some pretty some things yet Brad by far takes the cake for dumbest cast member ever but goading Durrell into fighting him. He just kept at it until he finally cracked and go his skull crack. Seriously, I was not prepared for Brad’s “after” look. And you have to ask the question, at what point do producers step in? You don’t see anyone get booted for fighting except this one. There has to be a reason for that. You can stream recent episodes over at mtv.com. You can also download Real World-Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins on iTunes.
Survivor: Samoa: They really need to get rid of that stupid tie breaker. It makes the baseball deciding home field advantage in the World Series with the All-Star Game seem fair in comparison. They should go back to fire making as a tie breaker. And how do you not switch your vote if you are in that situation? You may not vote out who you want, but I rather that happen then possibly be voted out. You can stream recent episodes over at cbs.com.
Community: It is interesting that NBC goes through all this trouble to have a “Green Week” yet most of the shows that participated basically just make fun of it. Nobody participated in the bike ride to work on Mercy and here the dean wasted all that paper to promote Envirodale. But there are very few things more entertaining than a teacher pulling a student around in a desk while they are still in it. You can stream current episodes on Hulu. You can also download Community on iTunes.
– Basic Cable Premiere
– Exclusive Television Premiere
– ABC Family Premiere
– ABC Family Premiere
– Basic Cable Premiere
(Animated)
– ABC Family Premiere
(Live Action)
– ABC Family Premiere
– ABC Family Premiere
(Gene Wilder version) 
(Amazon MP3): Now that Thanksgiving is over it is time to get into some Christmas music and here is a seven song album featuring Frank Sinatra and other classics to get you in the festive spirit.
