Friday, June 12, 2009

Around the Tubes vol. IX


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 Hammertime, Raising the Bar, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, The United States of Tara, America: Wild and Wacky, Wedding Day, World’s Toughest Fixes and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

- Step up MC Hammer, you’re the latest has been to get their own reality show. The show premieres this Sunday at 10:00 on A&E. If you cannot wait that long, you can download the first ten minutes of Hammertime on iTunes. I will give the show props for creating the vial video below:

Hammer Pants Dance (HD)


- Hammertime isn’t the only show going with a flash mob for promotion as this “mystery clip” instead goes with the hall and Oats classic You Make My Dreams Come True for their promotion. Of course it is not such a mystery to who put on the clip because the show’s logo is not so subleably shown. But anyways.

"You Make My Dreams Come True" at Mall of America


- You may remember during my preview of Raising the Bar, I mentioned Zach Morris has a run in with a new judge, here is a first look at his courtroom from Monday’s episode:



- I am still working my way through season three of Weeds, but apparently they just premiered the fifth one. Thoughout the season, Andy will be sharing some his knowledge at they newly opened University of Andy like Surviving a Bear Attack, Starting a Band and Holding Your Liquor (see below):



- In other Showtime news, they must have really been impressed with Nurse Jackie because they have already renewed it for a second season. But then again they like renewing their shows early. Much like The United States of Tara who will see Academy Award nominee Viola Davis (Doubt) show up for seven episodes when the show returns.

- Out of the 1000 channels I have, I don’t think The Smithsonian Channel is one of them. But if you do, on July 5 at 4:00 they will be celebrating the seventy-second birthday of Spam on America: Wild and Wacky.

As altruistic as it sounds, as a dude, I think I will pass on Wedding Date, the new reality series from Mark Burnett where they give deserving couple a wedding they deserve. To keep with that altruistic theme, for those that take the subways in New York City, you may just get a free cab ride next Monday as a collection of 25 dressed-up brides will stand in front Grand Central Terminal (8 a.m. to noon), and Penn Station (3-6 p.m.) to direct cab riders to specially outfitted Wedding Day taxis for a free ride. Also, TNT will be screening the first episode on the CNN board in Times Square at approximately 8:00 p.m.

- If you tuned into Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last week to see the Dave Matthews Band perform, you may have seen Fallon interview World’s Toughest Fixes host Sean Riley. You can find behind the scene photos over at NationalGeographic.com and check out the interview below:



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