It’s our first live eviction show of the season!Hi, Julie Chen!Hi, live audience inexplicably gathered together to watch the show on a monitor!The Voice-Over guy recaps the last week for us, but Myndi’s already take care of that.I will say that I’m still freaked out that they had a rave-themed […]
Reality TV
Big Brother: Nominations and POV Week 1
It’s been a weird first week in the Big Brother house. Sunday’s episode was almost like watching paint dry, as we had to endure Jessie’s preening and annoying banter in the DR, as well as the horrible ass kissing by his fellow houseguests to avoid the chopping block in week […]
Big Brother 11 Season Premiere
Julie Chen greets us with talk of “in crowds” and “out crowds”, “rumors and romance”. She promises a big twist, and makes a pregnancy joke,without mentioning that she’s the one with child. I’m not sure why; it’s not like she’s a sitcom character who will now have to be hidden […]
Big Brother 11: Snap Judgements!
It’s July, and around here, that means the return of Big Brother to the airwaves! Yes, it’s season 11 of the addictive reality franchise, which is really the ultimate show about nothing. This season, the house is being divided into cliques: the popular kids, the jocks, and the “brains”. The […]
Dancing With the Stars Extra!
Here at spunkybean, we tend to become obsessed with pop culture. If we didn’t, we just wouldn’t be us. Right now, we’re sort of missing Dancing With the Stars, and we thought you might be, too. What follows is a special summer treat: reviews of both the Dancing with the […]
Celebrity Apprentice Smackdown: Season Two Finale, Part Two
Previously on Celebrity Apprentice: A whole lot of recaps. I don’t have the strength to re-recap them, though. We return to the task, as Annie Duke harangues Tom Green at length about how awful Joan Rivers is. Tom keeps interjecting pro-Joan comments, and Annie tries to incorporate them into her […]