Don't Watch Me, Watch TV - Juelz Santana

What's that great scent in the air? It's the smell of Emmy nominations! *stadium filled roar ensues*


My joy runneth over when I saw that Matthew Fox was nominated for Best Actor. Now, will he win? *fingers crossed* I am also thrilled about the best comedy this year (and it's really no competition, folks): "Modern Family". The whole adult cast was nominated except Ed O' Neil who plays sarcastic lovable prick, Jay Pritchett. That's a damn shame cause he's my favorite character after Cameron Tucker, who's played by Eric Stonestreet (thankfully and deservedly, he was nominated). Even though he would've been a loooong shot, I was still having hope that Rico Rodriquez would've been nominated. If anything watch "Modern Family" for him. He plays Manny Delgado, a 50yr old man stuck in a 10yr old body. Kid you not. He wears ascot, has tea time and speaks like we're in the year 1930 instead of 2010. I love him.


"Glee" and "Mad Men" were nominated multiple times. In fact, I think they had the most nominations. Due to the hype of these two shows, I tried to give both of them a try. I still don't get it. "Glee" is cheesy to the core. Don't get me wrong, great cast and very talented but sometimes the jokes are HIGH-larious and other times I'm wincing. The best thing outta the show is Sue Sylvester played perfectly by Jane Lynch. And the fascination with Matthew Morrison is quite bothersome. The dude is barely funny, not that great of a singer (and why oh why do they insist on making the dude rap every other episode...make it stop) and above all not that hot. Same goes for "Mad Men". I tried watching the 1st season and was stumped. Watched the 1st episode at least 3 times and always, without fail, pause it, do something else, and totally forget that I was watching it. So I watched the 2nd episode and onwards. I mean, it's alright but I just don't get the hype. I think people are drawn into the style of the show. I mean, the 60s had great style. And the best thing to come outta it is the sexiness of Jon Hamm and the va va voom of Christina Hendricks. I would LOVE to have a body like that. So whoever watches "Glee" and/or "Mad Men", please tell me what I'm missing out on. Cause me don't get it.


Since we're on the topic of TV, last night I was watching one of my favorite summer shows, "So You Think You Can Dance". Usually, I don't agree with one, maybe two judges of the night. There's usually a sensible one of the group. Well, not last night. The judges completely disgusted me with their actions. One thing I've noticed with SYTYCD and most definitely the pioneer of this, "American Idol" is that when the judges want a contestant gone, they will go to every extent to make that person evaporate. And that's what happened to poor AdeChike last night. I think he did great in his two performances. The judges, however, completely ripped out his heart, stomped on it, spit on it, tore it to little pieces, grabbed a stapler and proceed to staple the pieces back into a heart formation, crushed it and put it back in AdeChike's body. It was that bad. I have never seen a more blatant attempt to push a contestant out of the competition. I hope the judges look back at themselves last night to see how vile they appeared. America does not need that kind of manipulation. I think America is smart enough to think for themselves. (Pause) Ok, that's sorta not true. We had the Gore/Bush debacle. There was America prolonging Sanjaya's appearance longer than usual. J. Hudson voted off way too soon and in the "It Still Hurts So Badly" department, Chris Daughtry coming in 4th. Overlooking those missteps, America still deserves to be allowed to think and vote however they feel like. So for the judges to cater to that kind of behavior makes me *side eye* what their intentions really are for the show. I mean, how can one contestant who clearly is out of his element in a dance genre get a reprise because he has a beautiful smile and shows heart? Whaaa? Isn't the objective of the show to find America's best dancer? I'm lost. I'm not trying to view some horrible dancing on my TV set every week, however funny it would be. Also, Cat Deely not nominated for Best Host is just simply a travesty.


Well, the Emmys will be broadcasted live August 29th on NBC. You should watch it.


I'm out like Simon Cowell on "American Idol". You will be missed, my friend.


p.s. You can thank me later: Alex "Freakin'" Wong