Archive for the 'The L Word' Category

L Word’s Death and Bunnies

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Salon’s Video Dog has up another TV reenactment by the stuffed animal acting troupe, Hen and Bunny, this time of the farewell-to-Dana-at-the-waterfall scene. (You’ll have to sit through the commercial to watch, but it’s very, very worth-it.) Come to think of it, you’ll also have to sit through the actual L Word scene again, but […]

Reading The L Word in Paperback Now

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

You give lesbians a TV show, and you get back…a thoughtful collection of essays that process exactly what the show means in the contemporary heteronormative television landscape. No, really. Pick up your copy of Reading The L Word now.

Pilot Alert! Farewell Carmen?

Friday, March 31st, 2006

This week, Entertainment Weekly had a story about television pilots and how their casting often is a clear tip-off about who’s leaving established shows. For instance, Drea de Matteo getting cast in Joey left no doubt that Adriana was a goner. And of course, there’s Erin Daniels who got a job on that new bounty […]

The L Word: Into the Abyss

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Okay, uncle. We think we’ve had enough. We’ve given our energy, our enthusiasm, our each and every Sunday night, and all we’ve got to show for it is a sour mood come 11 p.m. Maybe we expect too much. Maybe we keep hoping The L Word will become a beloved weekend ritual like our long-lamented […]

Dana Lives!

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Well okay, not really. But you can buy a T-shirt expressing your dissatisfaction. At idgogay.com, home of the famed “I’d go gay for Shane” design.

Letters to Bette, the Final Chapter

Monday, March 27th, 2006

[In which Katie Halper wonders exactly what Bette thinks she’s doing.]
Dear Bette,
I really hope you have e-mail access on your kidnapping spree and that this letter reaches you. I am sooooo sorry that I didn’t write you. I was really busy, but that’s no excuse. I know the absence of my weekly council was […]

Gibson Girl

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

A music savvy FOH pointed us to the most recent Gibson Guitar news section that features the “Faces of Gibson.” Among those new faces? Elizabeth Ziff from Betty. (BETTY!) We wish we knew how to quit you…
(In case you haven’t been to the Betty site in awhile, make sure you check out the Middle-Earthish map […]

The L Word: Rest in Peace?

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

[Bette’s BFF Katie Halper gives us the lowdown.]
This week’s show was up there, or should I say, down there with last week’s episode. Dana’s funeral was handled with as much grace as her death. We all know that organized religion doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to accepting non straight relationships, but […]

Rumored T-Shirt of the Day

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

An FOH wrote in to let us know about their new T-shirt design that featured the slogan “Betty Sucks” over at Zazzle.com. Alas, when we went to the link, the shirt was no longer there. Were you just teasing us FOH? Because it sounds like a rockin’ T-shirt…

Letters to Bette, Part 5

Friday, March 17th, 2006

[In which our own Katie Halper breaks the news to dear Bette.]
Hi Bette,
Did you get my last letters?
Anyway, I know that you were away last week. (In fact I could tell you the exact time to the second you got on that bus back to California.) I’m sorry I’m only writing to you now. But […]