Bar Rafaeli (and I guess I could look up the right way to spell her name if I really cared) kissed a fat nerd on a Super Bowl commercial and everyone thought it was the worst thing in the world. I still don’t get the “outrage” over this commercial except that, clearly, more people think…
The Second Annual Underrated/Overrated Awards!
Just like last year, I’ve grown tired of all the other awards shows that come out this time of year…The Golden Globes, the Grammys, the Screen Actor’s Guild, the Producer’s Guild, the Director’s Guild, hell, Betty White’s birthday is going to be televised on NBC this week. So, naturally, it’s time for Alabama Liberal’s underrated/overrated…
Mom Jokes: Gun Control
Since Obama’s trying to get rid of the guns, I decided to drive out to my local hunting store and stock up on new guns and ammunition. Once I’m ready to pay the young cashier says “Strip down, facing me.” Well, I was outraged that they would search me naked like this. I was complying,…
Bubba Explains Why Rednecks Don’t Care About Pro-Football
[Note: This is updated and slightly tweaked from an article I wrote this time last year.] So today doesn’t necessarily bring a “sex tip” but many men in Alabama would rather watch football than actually have sex (in fact, the two aren’t mutually exclusive and probably trigger the same parts of the brain when doing…
Live-Blogging the 30 Rock Series Finale #30Rock (Missing the Show Already)
I watched 30 Rock the first night it aired, have seen every episode since, and it’s only fitting that I’d live-blog the series finale. It’s been a terrific run. 30 Rock is one of the few shows to expertly balance a great main cast (I’ll always wish Jane Krakowski had won an Emmy for the…
TV Review: The Series Premiere of “The Americans”
Last night, FX premiered their new show “The Americans,” and I think it’s great to see them get back into the drama game. FX’s programs of late have been either stale sitcoms (Anger Management), dirt-cheap talk shows (Totally Biased/Brand X), “raunchy” stale sitcoms that pretend to be edgy (Legit/Wilfried), or crazy horror shows that feel…
Petty Issues: Obama’s Popular Again, Coca-Cola Isn’t, China Takes it Personal, and a Pastor is a Real Asshole
A new poll shows that Obama is at his highest popularity rating since 2009, his first year in office. There’s no real joke here (unless you want to say “Suck it Bush”) but it is nice to see a return to reality. Despite the best brainwashing attempts of Republicans, it looks like people finally remember…
Will Mississippi Become the Only State to Have No Abortion Clinics?
Last week was the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that finally made abortions legal in this country, regulating an industry that was killing thousands of women every year in illegal, unsafe back alley abortions. Well…you would think this matter would have been settled by the fact that FORTY years…
TV Review: The Strong Second-Season Premiere of “Dallas”
TNT’s reboot of “Dallas” is back, and that either means nothing to you, or means a lot to you (especially if you’re a fan of both the original and the reboot). The original Dallas was before my time, but I thought the first season was surprisingly decent, I wouldn’t say I really loved it, but…
The 10 Best Characters on TV [And the 5 Worst]
Just like last year [http://alabamaliberal.com/entertainment-editorial-the-ten-best-characters-on-tv-in-2011/] I decided to count down the list of the Ten Best Television Characters of 2012. Although I also added in some special awards and the 5 worst characters on quality shows. So that means only characters that were on the air in 2012 (sorry, Enlightened) are eligible, and I even decided…
Bubba’s Sex Tips: Bubba Hacks Al-Qaeda’s Twitter Account
In one of the craziest stories in recent memory, an Al-Qaeda linked group in Somalia (Al Shabab…and I’m as surprised as you that I took the time to look that up) set up a Twitter account. A quick search on “Al Qaeda Twitter Account” will catch you up to speed on this story…no need to…
Romney is World’s Sorest Loser, Spain Officially Sucks, Beyonce Fakes It…
Spain’s unemployment rate shot to 26 percent this week. That means 1 in 4 people are actively looking for a job and can’t find one. This news was startling to me, since I had no idea Spain is still a country. I thought they had already been bought and sold by Coca-Cola, and their economic…
TV Reviews: The Series Finale of “Last Resort” and the Premiere of “Do No Harm”
We’re just seeing all kinds of series finales buried in January aren’t we? In the last week, we’ve seen the goodbye episodes of Private Practice and Fringe, and next week will see the final episode of 30 Rock. I’m not sure why shows that have been on the air so long can’t make it a…