Big Brother 8 – Post #5

Dustin Dustin Dustin.  What have you done to yourself? 

I don’t think Dustin was thinking straight.  Maybe he’s not too smart because I don’t think he was being strategic.  I wondered why anyone would have spent their money no matter what the prize was.  I was really confused at first and thought maybe I didn’t hear the rules correctly or something.  If the winner would be the one with the most money, and you had the most money, why would you subtract money on purpose?  It was a pretty dumb thing to do and now everyone is mad at him.  He’s not a bad guy and I really don’t think it was deliberate, but I don’t know if everyone else feels that way.

Now then, Jameka.  Don’t make promises you may regret.  That’s just my advice as an outsider and with 20/20 hindsight…LOL!  At first I didn’t understand why everyone was mad at Jen, including Jameka.  It took me a while, but now I see that since Jameka gave her word that she’d take Jen off the block, Jen answering that last question wrong on purpose guaranteed safety for herself.  If it was anyone other than Jameka, Jen might not be so sure, but Jameka made a promise and we know her word is good.  That Jen is a pretty smart cookie… I think she’s so smart and so great at playing dumb that no one suspects that she’s smart.  Even when they accused her of doing that on purpose, she acted as if she didn’t know why she would do it on purpose.

OK, and now for Nick’s nomination.  I don’t know why most of them want him out.  Dick, yes, but it seems like they all dislike Zach so much and neither one of them has been competitive in the game.  So, whatever.  I wanted him out so I’m happy, I just wish I understood everyone else’s motives. 

Poor Daniele.  I feel bad.  I think what I said before about Nick leaving being better for her is still true, but he is an ally, so strategically maybe not so good for her.  She’s got a lot of friends in the house so I think she’ll stick around without him for a while.

Anyone watch Entourage?

I love Entourage.  I don’t know what made me start watching it.  I think it had something to do with Mark Wahlberg.  I love him and he is the executive producer of the show and upon whom the main character is supposedly based.  I was instantly hooked the first time I saw the show.  It was on HBO On Demand and I think it was an episode with Mandy Moore.  After that, I watched every episode available. I didn’t plan on keeping HBO past my $5 per month for three months offer, but this show and Sex and the City changed my mind. I can watch Sex and the City on TBS, but it’s far from the same show as on HBO… you know what I mean, I’m sure. And Entourage would never be the same either.  Ari Gold would not be the same.  No broadcast network could handle Ari Gold. 

I have to say that right now he has to be my number one most favorite character on TV.  A while ago, maybe a year or two, there was a list. You know, one of those probably on VH1 or Bravo.  It was a list of the top 100 TV characters of all time.  I don’t think Ari Gold was on it.  A couple of my favorites at the time were in very good standing: Lennie Brisco and Andy Sipowicz.  Of course Archie Bunker was at the top. The cast of Seinfeld for some reason was counted as one character… that’s cheating. Anyway, where I’m going with this is that if I was to make a list of my favorite characters on current, non-cancelled TV shows, Ari Gold would be Number 1, hands down.

Here’s my top 10 CURRENT TV CHARACTERS:

1. Ari Gold “Entourage”
2. Betty Suarez “Ugly Betty”
3. Justin Suarez “Ugly Betty”
4. Barney “How I Met Your Mother”
5. Amanda “Ugly Betty”
6. Gabby Solis “Desperate Housewives”
7. Lynette Scavo “Desperate Housewives”
8. George O’Malley “Grey’s Anatomy”
9. Cristina Yang “Grey’s Anatomy”
10. Hurley “Lost”

I could come up with more, but ten’s enough.  As much as I love all 10 of these characters, Ari Gold is MILES above the other nine. That’s how much I like that character.

So, back to Entourage.  I love the other characters, too.  Lloyd and Drama are the funniest and E and Vince are great looking.  I love that the show has famous people playing themselves all the time.  I also love the famous people who play characters who aren’t themselves, like Martin Landau, Malcolm MacDowell, and Beverly D’Angelo.

One great thing about this series is that it could go on forever.  With all the crap celebrities go through… rehab, relationships, bad movies, great movies, dry patches, scandals.  As long as they keep their agent, I don’t care what happens.