That's My Bush - - - and the NBA Playoffs!

Laura Bush in da hiz-ouse!

Yep, today was my own personal episode of 24, when Laura Bush (the First Lady for those of you not up on these things) invaded (ha!) the Tonight Show, and the usually casual corridors of NBC Burbank were flooded with all manner of Secret Service, security detail, and lots of ominous Men In Suits. Sweeeeet. Yep, as I taped off seats for the Tonight Show, I was in the company of bomb-sniffing dogs, and real genuine Secret Service dudes. How cool is that? Oh yeah, some undercover-ish ones were actually planted in the audience (they had a good sense of humor too, one of them jokingly asked to have his taped-off seat labeled as being for "Hidden Dragon" -- haha ... badass!). Sidenote: wait, can I even talk, let alone JOKE about this stuff? I hope so. If not, uh, sorry!!! But yeah one of the undercover ones kept getting out of his seat, and I lost track of where he was sitting. So I accidentally REPLACED him with someone else! Whoops ... So he comes back and was like "Oh, that was my seat." And I'm like "Oh sorry, I'll just put you somewhere else." And he's like "No, I have to sit here ..." [pulls me aside and loudly whispers] "... I'm SECRET SERVICE ..." Oh. Damn. Funnily, he whispered so loudly that everyone in that row heard him, and looked up quite amazed at this guy, who though incognito, probably knew like 50 ways to kill them with one hand. Luckily he got his seat and didn't have to bust out the Leopard Death Blow right then and there to teach me a lesson about not messin' with the Secret Service. Lesson learned.

Well, in any case it was fun to be among such a big time event. Especially all the usage of codewords and stuff. Fellow page and Tonight Show CB Diane was even overheard saying cool things into a walkie-talkie like "Repeat: the eagle has landed in the nest." Coolness. As for me, today was a good chance to dust off the ol' Dubya impression honed and done ad nauseum by my BU flatmates and I in London two springs ago. You know, back during the First Four Years (shudder).

Now I haven't actually seen the interview yet but I'm sure it's not exactly going to be The O'Reilly Factor. I was a bit disappointed while observing rehearsals to see Jay cut jokes just because they dealt with somewhat off-color subject matter, due to Mrs. Bush's appearance. I mean come on, have some backbone. Then again, ya don't want to get those Secret Service guys mad (see last night's 24 for why).

Anyways, forget about the First Lady, the playoffs are goin' on.

Damn, how surreal was it to see Shaq and 'Zo on the same team together, getting along, and combining to be a major force. Well it sure was nice to see one of the greats, Alonzo Mourning, come back and flex like old times, scoring a monstrous 21 points tonight.

And how funny is this whole Batman, Robin, Alfred thing with Shaq, Wade, and Damon Jones. Those graphics they are whipping up on TNT are downright hilarious. And Damon Jones is really milking his 15 minutes of fame, but ya can't fault him for it. Seriously, Ernie Johnson, Kenny, Charles and Magic are killing me tonight. TNT's Inside The NBA = funniest program on television? Could be.

Yesterday was all Ellen, all day.

No great guests though I did see Jason Alexander of Seinfeld - a notable BU alum, as well as a reunion of Loggins and Messina, doing, no not the Top Gun soundtrack (which would have ruled it) but a rendition of their classic "Your Momma Don't Dance," a perrenial favorite of middle aged parents everywhere.

No need to talk 24, since I covered THAT particular base in my last post.

But, LET'S talk VERONICA MARS.

Tonight's ep: was kind of losing me for a while, but the ending sequence was quite a shocker. First we see the evil Kane hitman guy threatening Wallace's mom, and then ... could it be? Veronica's new love Logan was revealed as having provided the drugzzzz at that fateful party one year ago, so does that mean that HE is the one who raped her? That would be an interesting twist, one which would have been expected a few weeks agobut now would really throw a wrench into things. Oh, the plot about the explicit video being released is kinda funny thinking back to the infamous BU porn video from a few years back. From what I hear that thing is STILL circulating. Could one of the Veronica writers have attended BU ...? Anyways, next week it's time to dispense with the mystery of the week stuff and get to the real plot -- where is Veronica's mom, where's Duncan Kane, and most of all -- WHO KILLED LILLY KANE? Can't wait. As far as this ep goes, kind of a mixed bag, but lot's of good stuff in there, and a hell of a cliffhanger. My grade: B+

Alright, there's a guy in a dark suit coming after me with a tazer. At least I HOPE that's a tazer. I didn't do it, I swear! I'm a good American! Um, the next post may be coming to you from a prison cell in Abu Gharib, where I'll be getting whipped by Donald Rumsfeld wearing leather chaps and a dog collar.

Blocking out that horrifying image ...

Let's think of nicer things ...

It may just be the Passover-induced bread-depravation talking ...

But who's down for some pizza?