sammi says

This past Thursday evening I sat down to watch what felt like a million hours of television. Here's what was on my schedule....

I started off the evening with "The Office." This episode, "Gossip," was everything I had been missing from TV all summer. From the opening sequences of Michael, Dwight and Andy trying their hand at parkour, to finding out Stanley is a cheating whore, Jim and Pam being as cute as ever and Andy questioning his sexuality. "The Office" has not lost any steam since last year's comeback season. I almost cried from laughing too hard during this scene where Kevin confronts Andy about the rumors he's heard about his sexuality.



Next, was the premiere of "Community." I'm still undecided about this show. I love Joel McHale but the pilot didn't give me the haha feelings I expected. It could be because it had to spend too much time establishing characters and situations. I'm not giving up but I wasn't thrilled. Oh, and why was Joel wearing a sweater and a blazer with adidas track pants?

After "Community" it was time for "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." It did not disappoint. Is it just me or was Dee looking a little haggard? Regardless, I loved her scenes meeting with the couple who wanted to use her as a surrogate.

"Project Runway," was somewhat exciting with an interesting challenge to create an outfit completely out of newspaper. I was disappointed when Irina won, I thought her trench coat looked like something made for Cruella Deville. My favorites were Chris, Carol-Hannah, and Althea's designs. The whole Johnny lying situation was laughable but totally blown out of proportion. "Models of the Runway," is still dumb and I don't know why I'm still watching it.

Then came the much hyped episode of "Chelsea Lately" with Jennifer Aniston as her guest. Chelsea always defends Aniston like crazy and so I was thinking this was going to be a really interesting interview with Chelsea making Jen squirm by bringing up some dirt. It didn't happen. It was interesting to see how Chelsea reacted to an A-list celebrity on her show, but it was the same interview Jen's been giving all of town this week.

Finally, John Mayer tweeted Thursday afternoon that he would be appearing on "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory" that evening. I knew Rob and John were friends so I of course had to tune in. Wow. This episode exceeded my expectations. It was basically the behind-the-scenes look at the paparazzi stunts these two have pulled in the past and how much they upset Rob's mom (see drunk Rob and classy gents). These two are a hilarious pair and the episode was great. It ended up with the two recording a song for Rob's mom to apologize for embarrassing her.


You should probably just youtube "Rob's Mom" for the full version of the song and other funny clips of the show. Or just watch the full episode next time it airs on MTV which I'm sure it will be rerun a thousand times.

"The Project Runway All-Star Challenge," "Project Runway Season 6," and the brand new "Models of the Runway" aired on their new network, Lifetime, last night. Needless to say I was sucked in for all 3 1/2 hours. You probably shouldn't continue reading if you haven't watched the show yet or if you have never watched the show and don't give a crap what happened for that matter. Should you wish to review the designs with me go to Project Runway and click on the designer for their piece. Anywho, Let's start with the All-Star Challenge...

I was pretty pleased with the people they chose to bring back. I loved Chris, Mychael, Uli, Jeffrey and Sweet P during their individual seasons. Notice that all of these people were from Season 3 and 4, which happen to be the only seasons of the show I've watched religiously. Everyone else I really didn't care too much about. Santino annoyed me by his cockiness, but I gave him a pass because I figured he was an amazing designer but it turns out his pieces were awful.
I love, love, loved Uli in this challenge. During her season I did like a lot of her designs but the wild print maxi dress design got completely stale. During this challenge she went a different direction and I would wear any one of her pieces. Not to mention the fact that her models flaked and she had to fit her clothes on herself.

The final four came down to Chris, Korto, Sweet P and Daniel. I really can't believe Sweet P and Chris's pieces made it. I was shocked by how much the judges loved Chris's outfits. I thought they all looked so similar and absolutely drab. His red-carpet dress was probably one of my least favorite designs of the whole show. I may have liked it better had he chosen to use some color. Sweet P's dresses were ok, certainly not my style but eh, whatever. I loved Korto's designs minus the stomach-showing vest/pantsuit outfit. When it came down to the final two between her and Daniel I knew Daniel had won because a. His designs were more innovative and cohesive as a collection and b. the editors made too much of a point about the fact that Korto came in second during her season and how she needed to win as validation, blah blah blah. And let me tell you, Korto was pissed when she lost!!! The judges went crazy over Daniel's red carpet dress and I agree with them...It was gorgeous and fit perfectly into the rest of his collection.

Ok, now on to the season 6 premiere. We got to meet all the new designers and wow, it sure felt like there was a lot of them. I hate when there's so many people and I don't who everyone is and so little time is spent on each designer. Here are some of my highlights...Johnny, the former meth addict, can you say baby?! Ok, I'm being totally insensitive but was his mental breakdown really necessary for his first design? Thank God Tim Gunn was there to talk him off the ledge. Speaking of his design, I thought the finished product was hideous. It looked like what Denise Richards would wear on "Dancing with the Stars." Malvin, the androgynous Asian with crazy hair, made me miss Christian Siriano! Ra'mon, former neuro-surgeon student, his parents must be pissed!!

On to the judging...The challenge was design a dress for any red-carpet ie. Oscars, Emmy's, Grammy's, VMA's etc...Dresses I loved- Althea, Carol Hannah, Gordana, Irina, Ra'mon, and I totally agreed with Chris's win. The worst dresses- Ari, Johnny, Mitchell, Qristal and Louise. When it came down to Ari and Mitchell's designs being the worst I felt like the judging went a little awry. While I think that Ari is a total space cadet who bears a striking resemblence to guest judge, Lindsay Lohan's, girlfriend Samantha Ronson who designed a horrible garment, I think that it was wrong for her to get eliminated when she had a finished garment. Mitchell draped some shear fabric over his model and sent her down the runway. As for Lindsay's judging, I actually thought she seemed pretty well spoken, well, by Lindsay Lohan standards anyway.

And finally, "Models of the Runway." Maybe it's because it's a new show and it was the first episode, but as of right now, this show is completely useless. I do appreciate the insight of the models that get picked but I feel like they could squeeze it into the existing show. After an hour of "Project Runway," I don't know that I want to sit around for another 30 minutes watching Heidi pull buttons out of a bag and the designers picking their models.