Posted by Rob on January 15, 2012 – 11:58 pm
It’s flippin’ sweet
I’ve been cautiously optimistic ever since FOX announced they were developing a Napoleon Dynamite animated series. I’m a huge fan of Napoleon Dynamite and was bowled over by this news. At the same time I was a bit scared of how it would end up being. The series premiered tonight with two episodes, and I have to say that I was very happy with them.
The “entire cast” from the movie returned for the show, which was a very big draw for me. Most of the characters sounded great, particularly Napoleon, Kip and Rex. I was a bit put off with Uncle Rico, and Summer didn’t sound like Summer at all. However, what was touted as “the entire cast” was a bit off, as the actor who portrayed Don in the movie was the only one who did not return for the show. Also, Lafawnduh’s character does not make a return at all, and Kip is soon seen chasing other women on the internet. Overall, the voice acting was top-notch, even if Uncle Rico sounded like he was dazed and and spaced out (more so than his character was in the movie.)
They’re about to receive a roundhouse kick from someone wearing those bad boys
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Posted by Rob on January 1, 2012 – 11:52 am
Filed under Music, My Personal Life, Randomness, Sacred 2, Site Updates, TV Shows, Video Games
Tagged as 2011, american idiot, big bad bob, bigbadbob, character build guide, firefox, ghost, google analytics, google chrome, green day, high elf, internet explorer, jurassic: the hunted, nedna, oneonta, PlayStation 3, PS3, ps3 review, rogue, Sacred 2, safari, shadow warrior, Simpsons, skyrim, stumbleupon, top ten, undertaker, web traffic, wrestlemania, wwe
With the start of the new year, I will once again take a brief look at my ten most popular blogs of the past year (thanks to the cool tools available through Google Analytics. I’m really curious to see which old blogs are still getting activity, and which new ones were strong enough to make their way into the top ten. Before I get into that, I just want to spout out some statistical info:
- My site had 69,771 unique visitors over the past year
- 9,536 of these visitors liked my blog so much that they became repeat visitors
42,852 of these viewers found my blog off of a typical Google search, while 16,831 came across my site via StumbleUpon
42,969 visitors were from the United States, 6,282 were from Canada and 5,536 were rocking from the UK
The average visitor spent 31 seconds looking at a particular post before leaving the site
31,240 visitors used Firefox, 20,858 used Chrome, 11,540 used Internet Explorer and 8,665 used Safari (I wonder if next year will be the year that Safari beats IE)
Now on to the blogs!!!
Posted by Rob on December 9, 2011 – 12:31 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as a christmas carol, bart, big bad bob, bigbadbob, charlie brown, christmas, christmas with the simpsons, christmas with the simpsons 2, dvds, funzo, gary coleman, grift of the magi, holidays of future passed, homer, lisa, marge, marge be not proud, miracle on evergreen terrace, mr. burns, ned flanders, santa, santas little helper, Simpsons, simpsons roasting on an open fire, simpsons world the ultimate episode guide, tickle me elmo, tis the fifteenth season
Every December Shell and I get ready for the holidays by pulling out all of our Christmas movies and begin watching them. Of course I consider my two “Christmas with the Simpsons” DVDs part of this tradition and it’s nice to get to watch a bunch of Christmas-themed episodes back to back without having to switch through all the DVDs. Unfortunately not all of the episodes on the DVDs are Christmas-related but are included as a filler mainly because there is snow in the episode, or if Christmas is briefly mentioned but not the center of the episode. So I decided to put together a list of my five favorite Christmas-themed Simpsons episodes. Most of these can be found on the DVDs, but one is not present for some unknown reason.
5. Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
How You Can Watch It: Season 9 DVD, Christmas with the Simpsons DVD
Rundown: This episode is based around Bart ruining Christmas. He decides to open his presents early and ends up burning the tree down on accident. Rather than tell the family that he ruined Christmas he buries the remains outside and then tells the family that he saw a burglar steal the tree and toys. The townspeople gladly donate money to the family a la “It’s a Wonderful Life” but once Bart confesses and the truth is known, the townspeople feel like they’ve been scammed. The Simpsons are shunned until the townspeople believe that the only way to make things right is to steal stuff from the Simpsons to get their money back, and the episode ends with the family fighting/bonding over their last remaining possession: a washcloth.
Why I Like It: It’s a great Christmas story. You have the family all excited and geared up for Christmas until Bart ruins it. The Simpsons soon find themselves stripped of all their stuff but still find happiness having just the washcloth. It’s not the best Christmas episode but it’s more Christmasy than Mr. Plow. Read More »
Posted by Rob on November 17, 2011 – 4:01 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, mankind, mick foley, triple h, undertaker, wrestlemania 27, wrestlemania 28, wrestlemania xxvii, wrestlemania xxviii, wwe
In April I reported on how Undertaker had won his nineteenth WrestleMania match against Triple H. In that post, I had said that Triple H was one of the few left who I thought worthy of facing Undertaker at WrestleMania 20. Well, on Monday Mick Foley returned to the WWE. With “Mankind” back, I’m going to go ahead and say that Undertaker’s opponent at WrestleMania 20 will should be Mick Foley. When I was watching wrestling during the late 90s I loved watching Taker and Mankind go at it, and I would love to see them do it next year. As I’ve said before, I have a gut feeling that Undertaker will be retiring following WrestleMania 20, and I think Foley would be the ultimate final opponent to either break the streak or let it stand at twenty wins. The two of them had such epic rivalries that it would only seem right to have the Undertaker’s final match be against the “Hardcore Legend.”
So my prediction, stated on November 17, 2011, is that WrestleMania XXVIII will feature Undertaker vs. Mick Foley. Do you think Foley would make a good opponent for Undertaker, or would you rather see someone else take him on? Let me know, as long as you don’t mention John Cena.
Posted by Rob on October 30, 2011 – 10:09 pm
After sitting through the terrible Treehouse of Horror XXII episode of the Simpsons, I stuck around on FOX in order to catch the series premiere of Allen Gregory. I like Jonah Hill, and I think he’s a funny guy. I figured I’d give the show a whirl to see what I thought of it. I still don’t know what to think of it too much, but I do know I’ll give it a chance and see how the next few episodes develop the series.
The show follows the life of seven year-old Allen Gregory (voiced by Hill) who comes from a powerful family. Allen’s father is gay, and they live together with the father’s life partner and an adopted Cambodian girl. Allen and his father treat the life partner like a piece of crud, and one of the running jokes seems to be that he is not taken seriously, and neither is the adopted daughter. Allen’s father was wealthy, but he is running out of money and is forced to send Allen to public school as he can no longer afford home schooling.
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Posted by Rob on October 30, 2011 – 9:49 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as avatar, bart, big bad bob, bigbadbob, devil, dexter, dr. manhattan, fart, fox, halloween, homer, krusty, lisa, ned flanders, nick swardson, pretend time, Simpsons, treehouse of horror, treehouse of horror II, treehouse of horror XXII
In order to get into a Halloween state of mind, Shell and I spent the weekend watching a good chunk of the Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror episodes. I ended up caving in and actually watched each one from their individual season sets, so there was a lot of getting off the couch every twenty minutes to change out the disc. The Treehouse of Horror marathon ended tonight at 8:30pm EST after we watched the episode from the current season, Treehouse of Horror XXII. Unfortunately, it was chock full of three lame stories that were just horribly constructed and presented. Please note that the following contains spoilers, so read if you don’t want to be heartbroken on your own.
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Posted by Rob on October 29, 2011 – 4:56 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as abc, big bad bob, bigbadbob, brothers grimm, curse, demon, fairy tales, grimm, nbc, once upon a time, queen, snow white, TV Shows, werewolf
I was shocked to hear that not only one, but two new TV series based on fairy tales were premiering this season. ABC showed off its new series, Once Upon a Time, on Sunday while NBC aired its first episode of “Grimm” on Friday. Just from the title of both shows you can tell they both revolve around fairy tales of some sort or another, but the two shows are completely different. While Once Upon a Time is a family-friendly show that features many of the classic fairy tale characters, Grimm is a darker and more original show that uses fairy tales as the backdrop for totally original characters. Let’s look more into how these two shows compare. Read More »
Posted by Rob on October 27, 2011 – 8:09 pm
With Halloween fast approaching, Shell and I got into the holiday spirit by popping on my Simpsons Treehouse of Horror DVD. I remember buying it for like $5 at Wal-Mart way back in the day and it’s an annual tradition to watch it at some point every October. Only problem is that it’s limited; it only contains four Treehouse of Horror episodes: V,VI, VII, and XII (which some from seasons 7, 8, 9 and 13.) It’s good and all, but the earlier Treehouse of Horror collections are missing, and some of those are great (“The Raven” and “The Monkey’s Paw” vignettes being two of my all-time favorites.)
So how to we fix this travesty? Simple…I would love to see FOX release something like “the complete Treehouse of Horror” collection. You know, all twenty-one episodes (that includes this seasons, which airs on Sunday) on four DVD discs. I would gladly pay $40 or whatever a new season costs, just to have all the Treehouse of Horror episodes in one collection. Otherwise I have to take out the first disc of every season (except the first season) and watch that individual episode separately. I’m a lazy guy and I have no desire to do that.
Would anyone else love to see this happen?
Posted by Rob on October 12, 2011 – 6:20 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, cable, dvr, futurama, its always sunny in philadelphia, kindle, nook, Simpsons, terra nova, time warner, tosh.0, TV Shows
When we moved into our apartment in Albany two years ago, we were lucky enough to have the cable and internet provided as part of the rent. Since I never had to look at a cable bill I was pretty happy, and we were content with the 70+ channels we got, though I was a bit upset when they replaced the Travel Channel with the Golf Channel. So it was basic, but I wasn’t complaining.
We just moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, and our current apartment did not provide cable (as I’m sure most don’t.) This meant I had to give the ol’ cable guy a call and schedule an appointment. On the day he was scheduled, I spent that morning imagining that we would hit it off and end up going to Medieval Times for a night of feasting and fighting. While that never happened, I did end up getting a sweet hookup, via a free DVR upgrade. Read More »
Posted by Rob on September 26, 2011 – 10:24 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, carnotaurus, dinosaurs, fox, lost, series premiere, shannon, slasher, terra nova, time travel
Terra Nova is Fox’s new series which uses dinosaurs to attract viewers. Basic premise is that the world gets messed up so humans begin to travel back in time to hope to give humanity a second shot at life. I did enjoy the two-hour series premiere and I will definitely be tuning in each week. So what exactly is the show about in more detail? Read on to find out more.
The series starts off in the year 2149, in a world that looks downright disgusting. It’s cloudy and dirty as heck, and the people praise the lord when they find an orange. Overpopulation is also an issue, and families can only have two children or face the consequences. The series centers around the Shannon family who’s father is imprisoned for hiding his family’s third child from the government. Their only chance for a decent quality of life now is to head to Terra Nova, which is a commune that is located in a prehistoric era. Apparently scientists discovered a tear in time and use this portal to travel back to an age in prehistory. They have determined that it leads to an alternate timeline, so they have no fear of the butterfly effect. The Shannon’s head to Terra Nova to help this newly-developing flourish as it’s a better quality of life than being in jail.
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Posted by Rob on September 25, 2011 – 9:04 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as 24, big bad bob, bigbadbob, comic book guy, edna krabappel, fox, homer simpson, keither sutherland, maude, ned flanders, nedna, season finale, season premiere, Simpsons, skinner
Tonight was the season premiere of The Simpsons, and FOX promised to reveal what was going to happen with Nedna. If you missed out on last season’s finale and want to know what the heckeroonie a “Nedna” is, check out my recap of the episode here. If you missed this season’s premiere and want to know if Flanders and Edna are a couple or not, then continue reading past the break.
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Posted by Rob on September 20, 2011 – 11:27 am
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, charlie sheen, comedy central, gilbert gottfried, jeff ross, jon lovitz, lisa lampanelli, mike tyson, roast, seth macfarlane, stand up, steve-o, william shattner
Last night Comedy Central jumped on the Charlie Sheen bandwagon and devoted an almost two-hour special to him by making him the target of their most recent roast. I’m sure this will prove to be their most-watched one yet, since Sheen is fresh off the “crazy train” that was his meltdown. The dais had some familiar faces such as Jeff Ross, Jon Lovitz, and William Shattner, but also had some nobodies I had never heard of. I have to say that I was disappointed with the absence of two of my favorite past roasters; Lisa Lampanelli and Gilbert Gottfried. In the end, it was a pretty decent show as the jokes ranged from Sheen’s alcohol and drug problems to the fact that he lost custody of his kids. Below is a line-up of the comics and how they were: Read More »
Posted by Rob on August 22, 2011 – 6:41 pm
I was watching FOX’s lineup of American Dad and Simpsons last night and caught the teaser for FOX’s new show this Fall: Terra Nova. This was the first I’ve heard of it, but the images of people walking amongst dinosaurs in cages not only made me think immediately of Jurassic Park, but also got me off the couch and onto the interwebs to find out more about this mysterious show. What I’ve read gives the show an interesting, unique premise, but these shows always have the potential to be corny and underwhelming.
From what I’ve gathered, something happens in the 2100′s that makes Earth unlivable for humans. So what do the scientists of the 22nd century propose? Find a solution to the problem on Earth? Build some rocket ships and colonize the Moon or other planets? Just give up and die? Read More »
Posted by Rob on May 25, 2011 – 11:38 am
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as bart, big bad bob, bigbadbob, edna krabappel, fox, homer, ned flanders, nedna, season finale, Simpsons, skinner
This past season of The Simpsons has been better than previous years, and Sunday night’s season finale supports this. In the episode, Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel begin to date after a chance encounter. The two begin to get serious, despite Flanders being against pre-marital sex while, as most Simpson viewers know, Edna tends to get around. The thing is that, as Flanders says in the episode, “we’ve never been formally introduced”, so he does not know about Edna’s chance. Eventually he does find out, and they have an argument, with Flanders saying that he forgives her while she angerly tells him her past is nothing to be ashamed of. The episode ends as Homer and Marge take control and urge viewers to go to the Simpson’s website and vote on whether “Nedna” should remain an item or not. The results on the online voting will be integrated in time for the season premiere this Fall.
So what’s my take on this? I’m all about the Nedna. Flanders has been alone for awhile now, despite his brief encounter with the country/church singer. I think it’s high time he have a woman, especially since he is one of the more central characters (being the Simpsons’ neighborino and all.) And they do say that opposite’s attract, which is exactly why Edna is a good match for him. Yeah, she is “easy” and a number of the male (and apparently a few of the female) citizens of Springfield have spent at least one night with her. Yet if you look at her character, she’s really just a romantic who wants to find Mr. Right. I guess I feel that Ned can indeed trust her, because even though she may put out on the first date, I don’t think she’s one to cheat on her current attachment. After all this time being a desperate single woman (when she wasn’t involved with Skinner) she deserves to finally find a good guy, and I think Ned can be that. Plus it will be hilarious to have two very different people together and living right next door, with Flanders being Homer’s foil while Edna is definitely Bart’s arch nemesis in a way.
So what do you guys think? Do you think Edna and Flanders are a good match not just for each other but for the general show as well? Or would you rather both of them return to their miserable lonely lives? Leave a comment with your thoughts, and be sure to vote and voice your opinion (the link to the site is embedded in the first paragraph.)
Also, if you missed the season finale and want to watch it before you judge for yourself, you can check it out right here on Hulu for free.
Posted by Rob on April 14, 2011 – 3:52 pm
When I first got into wrestling in ’98, there were quite a few superstars I enjoyed. Undertaker, Triple H, Ken Shamrock, “The Lethal Weapon” Steve Blackman…just to name a few. These were guys who I enjoyed watching simply because I thought they were awesome. Then there was another group of individuals who really stuck out to me…three guys who were relatively “young” in their careers, but I would turn to my friends during PPVs and say “this guy is going to be WWF Champion one day. These three guys were Edge, Bradshaw, and Test. I didn’t call it with Test, but I was right on guessing that Edge and Bradshaw would enjoy the championship gold in the future. But the one person I do want to talk about is, obviously, Edge.
On Monday, Edge came out to the ring and announced his retirement due to injuries. I was shocked when I stumbled across the news on Tuesday. Here’s a video of his speech:
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Posted by Rob on April 1, 2011 – 7:02 pm
Filed under My Personal Life, TV Shows, Video Games
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, co-op, dead nation, farscape, firefly, force unleashed ii, free realms, gamefly, job, mmo, netflix, north carolina, online, PlayStation 3, PS3, review, RPG, Star Wars, work, wwe allstars
So as you can see, it’s been pretty quiet around here lately. I blame the new job, which has definitely been kicking my butt since I have to get up at 2:45am. I usually don’t get home until after 12, so by that time I’m just so exhausted that I drag myself into the shower and then flop down on the couch. Yet it saddens my heart to see this blog not being updated, so today I started up on a few posts which will be finalized over the coming days.
As far as video games goes, my drought is finally over. For the past two weeks I’ve had nothing really to play, which was pretty sad. But this week has been nuts, and I’ve had a bunch of games thrown at me: Read More »
Posted by Rob on March 18, 2011 – 4:11 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, comedy central, donald trump, greg giraldo, jeff ross, larry king, lisa lampanelli, mike sorrentino, President, roast, snoop dogg, the situation
On Tuesday I was able to catch the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump, and it was a pretty good one. There were some decent roasters, ranging from the usual suspects of Jeff Ross, Lisa Lampanelli, and Gilbert Gottfried to some unexpected ones such as Larry King and Snoop Dogg (though I think Snoop Dogg was on a previous roast as well.)
Most of the comics were great…with one major exception. For whatever reason, Comedy Central made the stupid, bone-head decision to include Michael Sorrentino, better known as “The Situation” from MTV’s Jersey Shore program, as one of the roasters. As the roasters in front of him mocked him, The Situation would just make these doofy faces and just had the body language of an incompetent moron. Then when it was his turn, man did he make a fool of himself. His jokes were mainly comparing the other roasters to himself, and how much “cooler” he was than them. No one laughed, and if you did happen to hear a faint laugh coming from the audience, it was one of those uncomfortable laughs that people will sometimes do in awkward situations. The Situation appeared to take no heed of this and kept on trucking, only making matters worse. Eventually, to my delight, he was actually booed, and Jeff Ross went up to attempt to salvage what he could. Unfortunately, The Situation seemed to not realize what was going on, and acted as if he was the best roaster on the stage. It was an embarrassment not only for him, but for Comedy Central itself. I really don’t know who’s dodo-brained idea it was to allow this joke of a man (who couldn’t tell a joke if his life depended on it) to share the stage with distinguished comics, but I hope the culprit’s head will roll. Check out a portion of his failure here:
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Posted by Rob on March 7, 2011 – 10:29 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, canceled, heroes, my name is earl, nbc, netflix, no ordinary family, season finale, series finale, the cape, the office, TV Shows
I popped on NBC at 9:00pm EST tonight to catch this week’s episode of The Cape, and was shocked to find that it was not on. After doing some online researching, I found that the show was not just being pushed back a week (as has happened several times this season), but has actually been canceled. Thus I am left to make yet another rant about a good show getting canceled before it’s time, much like My Name is Earl and Heroes. It’s funny how Earl, Heroes, and The Cape are all NBC shows…
The worst part of this is that it happened basically mid-season. Yeah, the season was almost over, with only two weeks left, but it is still upsetting to know that I won’t be watching any new episodes of The Cape on TV ever again. However, all is not totally lost. NBC has confirmed that “…the show’s season finale, which was to have aired this past Monday as part of a double-header, instead will premiere online at NBC.com sometime in March.” Read More »
Posted by Rob on February 22, 2011 – 10:46 pm
Filed under TV Shows
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, comedy central, donald trump, greg giraldo, jeffery ross, jon lovitz, lisa lampanelli, roast, seth macfarlane, vince mcmahon
While watching Tosh.0 tonight, one of the commercials started with images of Donald Trump. Since it was Comedy Central, I quickly ruled out that this was yet another commercial for Celebrity Apprentice. Thus, I made the logical assumption that he would be the “guest of honor” at this year’s Comedy Central Roast. A few moments later my rationale was confirmed…Donald Trump will be roasted on Comedy Central in March (it will be filmed March 9 and will air at an as-of-yet undisclosed date in March). I like this year’s pick, and I think there will be plenty of fodder to go against Trump. It would be great if Vince McMahon would come by to get another haircut…
I always enjoy the Comedy Central Roasts, and I’m sure this years will be no exception. The only confirmed roaster is actually the “Roast Master”…Seth MacFarlane will return to do the (dis)honors this time around (he was the host of last year’s Roast of David Hasselhoff.) I’m sure the usual suspects will be present such as Jeffery Ross, Lisa Lampanelli, and others (I’m sure Greg Giraldo would have been there…RIP.) Personally, I always welcome the addition of Jon Lovitz…
