New Thing Of The Week: Watch something different

["I really love this director's cut of One Night In Paris"]

The other night something strange happened. I was up late at night watching the start of Letterman and then it occured - Letterman was not on Letterman.

Letterman has been sick for sometime now coughing and hacking more than a nerd on Jolt, but Adam Sandler was hosting!

Sandler's hosting of the show was... umm different, but he had a co-star of his recent movie on (as seen above). This made me think.

The usual stuff I see is comedies or obscure Australian dramas (obscure to the Australian public that is) so I thought well if Sandler can try something different in having a thought provoking drama I could go watch the thing.

So, (and this is a review of the New Thing, not a preview) I ended up going yesterday to the movie and it was awesome.

Yes, Sandler plays someone with a mental defect, again, but this time it is different.

It is a beautiful performance and something that inspired me later in the week.

A lot of my mates think that Sandler can't go to acting because there hasn't been that many good comedian>actors.

I say Robin Williams, but then they say "What Things May Come".

To them I say Good Will Hunting.

What an excellent performance! As was Sandler's.

So, in conclusion - I really do recommend going to see Reign Over Me because it is something different than the usual twaddle, it is a heart affirming movie and it is thought provoking.

And that's all we want in life - something to provoke thoughts!

I miss Fuzzy!

[The late night tv viewers lament.. Fuzzy (left) or Erin McNaught (right)?]

Last year there was a reason that kept me up at night on Ten.

It wasn't David Letterman, he was still on Nine at that time.

No, it was Fuzzy. She came out of nowhere and into the heads of late night viewers' minds and gave us information on gadget and games on Cybershack.

Now Fuzzy was extremely popular. So popular she spawned a new Ten TV show "Video Hits First".
With the new tv show Fuzzy left us and went to weekend mornings and this year we're left with some former Miss Australia.

Since when was there a Miss Australia? I know there's a Prime Minister and a Governor-General, but some chick in a bikini can represent Australia?

No I'm not talking about Lara Bingle.


[a gratuitous picture of Lara Bingle to illustrate her ummm... Bingle-ness...]

McNaughto just isn't the same as Fuzzy. Her voiceovers, her standard Adriana Xenides hand showing of products isn't the same as Fuzzy's (as seen up the top).

So for Cybershack it's time to tune out, because McNaughto is nothing special and it's an extra half an hour of filler before Letterman.