Sigh. It's good to be back. And while I generally didn't look forward to tonight's episode (as I usually don't), this one was not too shabby. Not too shabby at all.
But first, since a lot of tonight's episode was a look back at where we've come from, I decided to go back to my first post to see what my first impression's were of the final Cats. Here goes....
Ed - One of the five additional cats.
Kiptyn - An early favourite of mine. Good-looking. Freely admitted that he takes ketchup on his hot dog, but I'll let that slide. He doesn't know that she doesn't give a f#$% what anyone takes on their dog anymore.
And just for fun...
Wes - a guitar-playing county western singer. That's pronounced sing-ger. A little bit Kenny Chesney, what with the hat on backwards, but without the shirtless, barefoot, corona-drinking in Mexico lifestyle. No shoes. No shirt. No service.
Reid - I wrote his name down while watching the show, but to be honest, don't remember him. Having said that, he'll probably be the Last.Man.Standing.
Now back to the show. While most of the show was filler and re-hash of stuff we've already seen there were a few good moments. What I learned tonight:
Guys who play basketball with the Harlem Globetrotter's should probably stick to their day 'jobs'. In a never-before-seen moment, we see Special K (WTF kind of nickname is that?) doles out relationship advice to Jillian. More specifically, he tells her that Kiptyn is not the one for her, since he cheated during the game, that Mike has great hair so the best test would be to see if would cut his hair for her or not, and that Juan is a good guy. And so is David. Thanks, Special K, maybe just stick to whistling and spinning the ball on your fingertips or whatever. Yowch, I'm on it tonight.
Ed is probably a lot more fun than I originally thought. He's a fun drunk. Love the scene where she's doing her usual talk about relationships and connections and yadda yadda yadda (really, who wouldn't tune out after awhile?) and Ed pauses, and then slurs: That was a lot of words you just threw at me there. Gold. The dancing in the hallway also won me over to Ed even more. And while I'm on the topic of Ed....
Fart jokes still make me laugh. They probably always will. Admit it, blog reader, they make you laugh, too. Maybe not in a group. Maybe not at work. But when you're at home, watching this show, with your husband/boyfriend lingering in the background, *pretending* not to be watching the show with you, you laughed when Ed farted at the Rose Ceremony, when Michael went off screen and then had his fart 'follow him back', and when Jillian pulled Chris-Bot's finger. You might be laughing right now. I'll admit it: they make me laugh.
Since when is Jason Mesnick the 'Most.Controversial.Man.in.America'? I kid you not, Chris-Bot said that. Seriously. The sappy cat who still, as a grown adult, plays leap-frogswith his family on Sundays and knows how to run full speed, in a squat, arms open wide to hug his son, is controversial? The cat who has a perma-snarl/nostril flare that only a mother (or Molly) could love is controversial? Although I did like good ol' Moll as a brunette. Don't forget to check out www.jasonsplace.com.
Man-code. Really, how much time was spent wasted on this topic tonight? Too much, in my opinion. Because Chris-Bot called it: isn't being on the Bachelorette, in and of itself, a violation of the man-code? I totally lost interest in this part of the show, accidently hit the stop button on my PVR, and noticed that Katie Couric's hair is slowly evolving into a Kate Gosselin hairstyle. Shudder. Press play and I'm back to the show.
Women will always love men like Jake but I'll never understand why. I mean overall, Jake is a good guy. Right? He's got to be. But he just, I don't know, grinds my gears. I said it before and I'll say it again, he reminds me too much of Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Never a hair out of place, shirt tucked in at inappropriate times, insincere chortling, too many gosh darning, saying things like 'aviation is a big part of my life', and probably calling his mom three times a day (on a bad day). He might just be the next Bachelor. And while we're on that topic...
I wouldn't mind Kiptyn as the next Bachelor. I'd also take Ed or break-dancing Mike. Actually, along with my husband, who lingers in the background and pretends not to watch the show, I'd really like to see Mike as the next Bach. Does anyone have Chris-Bot's cell phone number? I'll put in a good word or two. I have a strange sinking feeling it might be Jake, though. Ug.
ABC should really axe the whole lets-talk-the-audience part of these shows. They're always terrible and slightly embarrassing, especially if you're the one guy in the audience, wearing a blue shirt and khaki's picked out by your wife and who was just dragged to the show by said wife and then you're put on the spot and you give the perfect answer that totally outs you as the Biggest.Fan.Ever.
Enough has already been said about Wes. But I'll say a little more. Bad press is still press, my friends. I guarantee that Wes' record sales have skyrocketed, despite his tarnished reputation. Actually, probably because of his tarnished reputation. The musical montage during the show was golden. You just can't go wrong with slow-motion clips of dudes playing guitars. Also, by now most of you have probably heard about Laurel being the ex-girlfriend of both Wes and Brad Womack so what more is there to say? Maybe just this:if I'm ever in Austin, I'm hitting the Peach Body during the day, and then the Chuggin' Monkey for an all-night bender. ABC should be selling tickets for these tours. Better yet, it would make a great date for next season's Bachelor. Right, because Jake would really let his hair down at one of Brad Womack's bars.
I'm calling it now: Jillian will pull a modified Mesnick at the finale. She'll say no to Kiptyn's proposal (leaving it open for him to be the next Bach), say yes to Microsoft Ed (that joke works on a few levels, no?) and then Reid will come back and propose....leaving her to pull back on Ed and probably go for Reid.
Anybody else want to predict how the finale will go down?
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