Now, EJ likes to think of himself as pretty manly. Testosterone courses through his veins in place of blood. But he’s forced to admit that the ‘Most Awesome Thing’ he saw last week was the Project Runway season finale.
The actual season was largely overshadowed by the battle over which channel would show future seasons of Runway, but it was still an enjoyable outing, with the usual famewhores who’ve bought into their own press releases (Blaine’s desperate attempts to coin a catchphrase, Suede referring to himself in the third person) mixed in with legitimately talented designers. And over the course of the season, the adorable Kenley gradually went from being sympathetic to becoming a snotty brat. She mouthed off to Tim Gunn, for Pete’s sake! Tim Gunn is America’s Sweetheart, and that sort of thing just isn’t done. She spent the last several episodes, whining, smarting off, and generally feeling sorry for herself. Oh, she also explained hip-hop style to LL Cool J, who seemed both irritated and endlessly amused.
The finale left us with Kenley, Korto, and Leanne. Leanne in particular struggled at the beginning of the series and only gradually emerged as a frontrunner. Now, if you’re familiar with Runway, you know that every finale brings a guest judge, often somebody who’s outlived their 15 minutes and who provides terrible input leading to the wrong person winning. (Debra Messing, we’re looking at you.) This year, it was supposed to be Jennifer Lopez. When J. Lo bailed at the last minute because her foot hurt, Runway brought in the best substitute ever, Tim Gunn himself. The look on Kenley’s face when she realized that a reasonable man to whom she’d been unaccountably rude for the past several weeks would be judging her instead of a self-obsessed diva who spends a lot of money to look as much like a prostitute as possible, well, it was the greatest expression of “Oh, Crap” ever seen.
It’s always nice to see a reality villain brought down, and even better when their own crappy behavior comes back to haunt them. Kenley wept her way to a third-place finish, and hopefully learned a valuable lesson about paying attention to people who know much more than she does. And in a week where spunky-buddies Mark and Bill were eliminated from The Amazing Race, it felt good to see the right person (Leanne) win and also to see the right person lose.
Close second for EJ? Amazing Spider-Man 573 – featuring a back-up story in which Spider-Man meets Stephen Colbert. Stephen, as usual, makes everything about him when he stumbles upon a fight between Spidey and obscure bear-themed villain, The Grizzly. Even though the Grizzly never actually acknowledges Stephen, he assumes that the bear is an assassin hired by the DNC to end his presidential campaign. The whole thing was pretty delightful, and full of great Colbert references. And yes, EJ paid extra for the variant Colbert cover.
The Soup enhanced the new Britney video and made Don feel OK about being at home on a Friday …and sober …
Don, because he’s a simple man, also enjoyed South Park. Here, Cartman devises a brilliant plan to get out of fighting Wendy Testiberger by getting himself thrown into after-shool detention.
