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Sordid Lives comes to TV

Sordid Lives was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Now it's coming to the small screen as a series. It premieres July 23 on Logo.

Out and Proud

        You might have spotted me earlier this week on WTTW, Channel 11, during their pledge drive and the airing of Out and Proud. I was answering the telephone.
        I did feel a little bit used, though. They told us we could take our time, and that we only needed to answer the phone during the breaks; all other times and overflow calls would go to their call center in Utah. Call center? Why then even bother with people on the phone? It just felt sort of old school fundraising--this is the way we’ve always done it, so let’s just keep doing it over and over and over.
        Regardless, it was a pretty good time. Even with the bomb threats and the occasional threatening call.
        The most exciting call I received was when I looked right into the camera. The masculine voice on the phone says to me, “I think that’s you on my screen right now.”
        “Oh really?”
        “Yes, it is you. In the blue and white shirt.”
        “That would be me. I should have shaved this morning.”
        “I think it looks nice on you.”
        “Well thank you, sweetie. Can I get your phone number and your credit card?”

        If you saw me, how did I look? Is television thinning on me? I practiced for a week in front of the mirror making my best telephone face.
        Out and Proud airs again on Monday, June 9 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, June 15 at 6:00 pm.

David Reduces me...

Jenna + David A 4evr!
Originally uploaded by BuckheadJohn.

...to a 16-year-old girl.

This American Life, Season 2

        Season 2 of This American Life begins on Showtime this Sunday. I’ve got mixed feelings about the TV show because I love the radio show so much. I love the radio show because it’s so unique in how it is delivered. Almost as if you, as a listener, is sitting around a dinner table, listening to these very real, touching stories. And while the TV show accomplishes the same storytelling technique -- and does so very beautifully -- it looses the intimacy of radio.
        Instead of a voice, clear, crisp, coming to your ear, you look into a box and see visual images that coordinate with the story line. There is a certain distance created between a viewer and the images on a TV, almost as if they are not really happening. Like 9/11. When the Towers came down. It just wasn’t comprehensible.
        Because the radio show was so unique, the TV show, while different, just feels ordinary, like everything else.
        Still, I’ll be downloading the show from the iTunes store on Sunday.

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Love Me, Love My Doll

Tonight on BBC America, 10 p.m. Eastern. I love when he launches into the "used to be sex, sex, sex, but now we're just there for each other all the time." Thanks, Buckhead John for the heads-up.

Jesus vs. Wiener Poopy

I love this.