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Sarah and Lori's Video Blog: "Army Wives" "Burn Notice" "The Best Years" and more.

It's time for another video blog roundup of what my girlfriend Lori and I watched this week! Yes, it's just as riveting as it sounds.

We covered this week's episodes of Army Wives and Hell's Kitchen, the premiere episodes of Burn Notice and The Best Years, and what we thought TV Guide left off their list of The Top 30 Cult TV Shows.

As usual, we ended up wandering way off topic, to things like Birds of Prey, Felicity, Lena Headey, volleyball player Gabrielle Reece, and why you should give Jessica Alba another look. Plus Lori managed to sneak in more Xena references, and I got to make some Arrested Development jokes, which always makes me happy.

But all of these tangents somehow made this episode even longer than last week's video blog, when we were actually trying to make it shorter. Sorry about that — next time, we're going to use an egg timer!

Watch the video here now:

Oh, and one more thing: we need a short and pithy name for this vlog, so if you have any suggestions, leave them in the comments. Thanks!

MONDAY MORNING UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the great name suggestions in the comments (and the great comments)! We like several of the names — some, like Black Leather Blog and Lesbian Gangster Couch Potatoes, really made us laugh, but probably won't make the cut — we're going to noodle over options this week and roll out the new name next weekend.

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  • Aya's picture

    We have a winner

    Another great installment guys, really enjoyed it. Go off topic as much as you want. Looking forward to the next one. As for a name how about Sori tv roundup, or We watched what? or couch warriors. Anything to get the ball rolling.
    SugarMagnolia15's picture

    title

    i think you guys need a great "lifetime channel name" like 'all lori and sara do is watch tv........then tell you about it' or something like that.

    i like how long the show is! leave the tangents in! or if you really wanted to make it shorter, you could do a short one, and then leave an unedited one?

    looking forward to seeing you next week!
    B

    mnskb's picture

    Blog name

    Not much subtext that needs to be made text. Hence,

    *Sarah and Lori's Video Blog* - does what it says on the tin;

    although Lori's right eyebrow seems to be angling for a show of its own.

    Ashley Green's picture

    Ok, this is by far the

    Ok, this is by far the greatest video blog I've ever seen. Everything you gals say is spot on. You are both officially my heroes.

    So, concerning Jessica Alba, you are completely right; me and my friend have actually spent hours arguing back and forth about whether Dark Angel alone can redeem any bad career move she makes (well Sin City could too, but we're comic book geeks, so...). And just like you I spent half the evening trying to figure out just who Charity Shea looked the most like (we settled on Carly Pope). Seriously, this blog is genius, and I see no need to shorten or change it a bit. It's completely perfect as it. Thanks for the entertainment!

    BTW- Possible Blog Titles (Warning- they're all pretty corny):

    -Watching TV with Sarah and Lori

    -Lesbian TV Watching Gone Wild

    -Where Did All the Good Shows Go?

    -Sarah and Lori's TV Roundup?!

     

    "The quick to think are never sure"

    --Tiresias, Oedipus Rex

    Hel's picture

    title ideas

    Well, here is some ideas off the top of my head:

    SL Revue

    Talking TV Tangents

    Two Chicks Talking TV

    The Daily Rewind with Sarah and Lori

    Sarah and Lori's
    Rant.Rave.Review

    rarticalsista's picture

    Sarah and Lori's Rant.Rave.Review

    I'm all for this title. It kind of sums it.

    Reign's picture

    I vote for...

    My vote goes to Talk TV Tangents!!!!

     You just have to love the alliteration.  :o)

    _mcCutcheon's picture

    title

    what about: "Lori doesn't listen, Sarah doesn't care!"

    Shan D's picture

    "We're out of vodka!"

    Lena Headey! *flails*

     

    "You absorb tears good". I loved Arrested Development. Best show ever nobody watched.

    xenafan71's picture

    Sarah ?!?!

    I can’t believe your apologizing for the Vblog being longer??? WHATEVER… you know we love you and Lori. Keep up the great work!

    netgirl1983's picture

    Yay!

    Well, great to hear there's gonna be a weekly show (when time allows). It is a great addition to the site and to my weekend!

    As for the length of the VLog... The longer the better hahaha, but hey. keep it between 10 and 20 minutes is all good. But not shorter.

     

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    vigild69's picture

    Jessica Alba

    I keep wondering what all you silly lesbians are talking about when you don't get the Jessica Alba appeal. OMFG! She is soooooo HOT! She is on my list. Have you seen those lips?

    Great vlog Sarah and Lori.

    Sarah, Arrested Development ROCKS! I often do the "chicken dance" and whenever I hear The Final Countdown the only thing I can think about is GOB's magic act (Free Chicken.)  That show was genius!

    EleetheGreat's picture

    omg, jesssica alba.

    okay, i think objectively she is one of the most gorgeous women i've ever seen. and i hate to say this but i think she is also one of the least intelligent. i was dragged against my will to the new fantastic four crap movie and she was so ditzy and girly and wimpy in it i wanted to jump in and kick her ass for making all women look like idiots. and yes, i'd also want to kiss her ass....arg the pains of being a lesbian feminist. :P
    ten37's picture

    Sorry, not title suggestion,

    Sorry, not title suggestion, but you guys rock!!!

    Omega II's picture

    My ass-kissing post.

    I was going to mention that you already made the perfect title LSOC (Lesbians Sitting on the Couch), but you beat me to it. How about "Smoothies". Don't worry about the length of the Vlog. You take as much time as you need.

    So, to make a medium-short post short-

    LSOC (Lesbians Sitting on the Couch) - I second this title.

    Smoothies - complete in-joke for anyone who read/watched from the beginning.

    Check this out- http://www.myspace.com/marchinghome_documentary

    Hoop skirts!! (Yes, I will shamelessly plug a friend's stuff. What of it?)

    Omega II's picture

    Charity Shea

    I finally watched "The Best Years" off my DVR, and I say she looks like Sara Ramirez(Callie of "Grey's Anatomy")

     

    "I can explain why I like, but not why I love."

    XSaraXPoeX's picture

    That was great!

    Very cool indeed.

     

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    oscarwildette's picture

    vblog name

    • square eye for the red eyes or
    • square eye for the queer eye

     

    • and by the way, the length of the blog can never be too long ;-)
    clumsyabi's picture

    Loved it

    Just wanted to say I really enjoyed this week and last week's and am looking forward to many more. :) I sat here for a good few minutes trying to think of a name and only came up with "Best. Lesbian. Vlog. Ever"...so um. Yeah. Everyone else's suggestions are good!
    BrownEyedGirl's picture

    I like to process too!

    I like to process too! For instance, when i first started Bad Girls i forced my friend to listen to a 30 minute in depth analysis of the show (minly the helen/nikki storyline) even though she had zero interest in the show.

    Keep up the vlog. and sorry :( i have no intgeresting title ideas.

    ~I've been watching your world from afar, I've been trying to be where you are, I've been secretly falling apart...~

    cdybedahl's picture

    Name suggestion

    "Sharing the TV Pain".
    gooby's picture

    I'm with Lori on the whole

    I'm with Lori on the whole Xena thing, I'm rewatching season 3 right now on DVD. Awesome! Although having just watched Burn Notice and then watched the episode "King of Assassins" with Bruce Cambell on it, man has he blown up... he used to be so fit. Dang. Anyway, I loved Burn Notice.

    I actually remember Gabrielle Anwar from a little British TV show called Press Gang. back in 1989. Love a lady with an accent :D

    Also, 20 minutes ISN'T long! More is better, in this case at least.

    newbie's picture

    nice!

    Great V-blog!  THought of a couple names as I sip my cup of joe this morning:

    “She Said, She Said”

    “Vagina Dialogue”

    “The L-Review”

    “Babes on Couch”  (hehhehe!)

    AoiSora's picture

    :)

    It's nice to just listen to the chatter even though I don't watch any of the shows and it's funny how Lori can look so very bored and not interested XD

    Dig the text comments :)

    Looking forward to next weekend! (...summer holidays :P)

    I can't even come up with something to put in "Subject: ", so not even going to try to come up with a title :P

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    shadowboxer's picture

    Fun

    The printed quips are brilliant, thanks!

    As for titles, how about:

    Sn'L TV Talk

    (subtitled: When Sarah and Lori talk about TV, but really tell us more about their relationship)

    Byock's picture

    title you say? ahmm...what about....

    "AfterTheShow" by Lori and Sarah

    or

    "What's on TV?"

    or

    "What's on TV? Our Take on......"

    or

    "Lori & Sarah Sums it Up" or just "Sums it Up!"

    Btw, great work! two thumbs up on both of you....

    deathbyblonde's picture

    In honor of Bill O'Reilly...

    ...you could call it "Lesbian Gangsta Couch-Potatoes".  Just a thought.

    Gargy's picture

    Title

    S-N-L's V!Blog
    deathbyblonde's picture

    Or

    "The Hardcore Lesbian Couch Gangstas"

     

    Tallulah71's picture

    Birds of Prey

    That Birds of Prey trade that Lori holds up in the video is a thousand times better than the show and that's the main reason that the comic is still running today.

    Show title suggestion:

    Bruce Campbell's Soup and Me

    gali's picture

    I suck at naming too so

    I suck at naming too so can't help there. Do want to say...please don't make it shorter!

     

     

    "call me old fashioned but I prefer feminism that leaves a little something to the imagination!"

    evilkinkysheep's picture

    How about..

    "She Made Me Watch It"
    Reffering of course to Lori who in the name of smoothies is made to watch tv shows she's not interested in. :P

    ooor (this is gonna be dumber than my first idea)
    "I love my L-TV"
    And it can have a little introduction with random rabid lesbians singing that to the tune of the Dire Straits song :P



    Ps. Star Wars <333




    They're screening "Anal Pandemonium" at the Velvet Illusions adult theatre.

    You know where to find me. 
    teclo's picture

    "She Made Me Watch It"

    gets my vote.
    netgirl1983's picture

    LMAO

    "She Made Me Watch It"

    Definitely has my vote!

     

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    kiss_hester's picture

    Gosh

    I love these blogs!:D How terrible to have to choose between Helen Mirren and Catherine Deneuve... I both reallylove them! And I've been thinking about titles, but I'm just so terrible at it... Sorry!
    Gobias Somecoffee's picture

    Hell's Kitchen

    I watch that show!  It's very entertaining.  Gordan Ramsay or GRrr as they(TWoP) call him seems like a pretty nice guy outside of the kitchen.  I find it funny (well I do kinda feel bad for them but they applied) when he yells at them because of all the quotes you can get and his impersonations of them.  I just wish they wouldn't bleep it out and blur his mouth though.

    Maryann's one of the Soup Chefs and she's pretty cute. 

    Oooo, yay! Arrested Development shout out!  I quote it all the time and no one will know what I'm saying except for my friend who also watches.  One of my favourites was the random..."Beads. Beeeessss? *buzzz*".  Oh and also "Analrapist".

    Walking_Contradiction's picture

    Well all my suggestions got

    Well all my suggestions got taken by previouse comments so I'll just throw my vot in for one of the following

     

    Some version of "Lesbians Sitting on Couch"

    "Smoothies" or mabey "Bribed with Smoothies"?

    or "S&L TV round-up"

     

    "Nothing is impossible and there is no such thing as a lost cause"

    XWP_TLW_SoN's picture

    LORI you're awesome! You

    LORI you're awesome! You give great comments and keep the Xena comments in the V-blogs, love that show (so as you can see in my name). And you're right Kate Winslet has a lovely voice. Could listen hours to it, and only watch a movie because she's in it!!!

    Sarah you're adorable. I absolutely loved Imagine Me and You too, and love love Lena Heady in it.Already have seen in a dozen times. And the chemistry between Lena and Piper....just amazing. And love the style of Sandra Oh

    If I lived in the States, I would follow a lot of tv-shows that we don't get here in the Netherlands.

    Lori, Sarah, you're a great couple, really adorable,sweet and complete each other with comments etc.!!! Keep on going!!!

    Names:  

    •  Sarah+Lori= Sori's v-blog (or L-blog) or Sarohi's v-blog
    •  URL-blog : Ultimate Resource for Lesbians

                 

    moviescriptending's picture

    woot.

    yay! for another famazing (fantastic/amazing..although i had to replace the original word, it wasnt fantastic. lol) vlog. now here are my comments on a few things:

    * Lori, you have nothing to feel bad over...i watched 10.5 too. and i like it. ...alot. haha

    * Sarah, dont make fun of snapping. i think ya'll should do that. its very reese witherspoon in legally blonde 2. :] plus, i do it all the time "snaps for sarah and lori's vlog" *snap snap*

    *i actually want to watch burn notice now. which is surprising. i dont watch too much tv. but yet i make time to watch a video blog. lol

    *the degrassi season will get a little better. well..at least with the paige and alex scenes. (thank god for the internet. without it, i would have had to wait to see the rest of the degrassi season)

    *haha, i love bring it on too.(no not 'bring it on 2' that was stupid) and i love how you refer to eliza as faith. lol (and i also like how you arent a fan of "teen" shows...yet you love SoN. haha)

    *and by all the rest of them you really only mean paris, lindsay, britney so its really 3....not 2 lori. (..and then all the other ones that are in eating disorder rehab...you know who you are *cough* mary kate)

    *woo! a hilary duff shout out! 

    *yes. def. kate walsh. although sandra oh made me actually think about my choice. that was a pretty hard decision...but sandra oh reminds me of my friend, so like both of you. sandra oh as a friend, kate walsh to date

    *steal 'talking with manatees' back. can we petition to have it? lol

    um over-all it was a great video blog. i love how it was "structured"...but then it gets off track. makes for fun lesbian giggles. ...yes i did just say lesbian and giggles together. lol

    maybe that should be the name "fun lesbian giggles" haha

    great job. very entertaining. the best 20 minutes of my sunday. it seriously didnt feel like 20 minutes.

    cant wait for next weeks "unnamed vlog"

     

    -Karen

     

    Cheryl's picture

    Vlog Title

    You might consider what most couples do when watching TV... and title it something like....

    "Hand me the remote" or "Give me the remote"

    apollo's picture

    I sorta like

    LSOC.

    Or, Pink Guns? Take that, O'Reilly.  (Not that he'd get the sarcasm.)

    printmafia43's picture

    Title

    How about something simple:

    "What We Watched"

    or "S.L.O.T"  for Sara and Lori On TV

    or "Black Leather Blog" because chicks in black leather makes for good tv
    fennelbird's picture

    Penultimate

    I vote for "Stevie Nicks Fajita Roundup." I know it has nothing to do with it, I just love that sketch.

    And Sarah, honey, penultimate means second to last, not super-ultimate or something. Rookie mistake. ;)

    Love the vlog & the blog!
    cosmiccowgirl's picture

    another Xena tie-in

    Lori, you actually missed a chance to mention Xena when you were talking about Army Wives. The creator of that show is none other than Katherine Fugate, who also penned the famous maintext Xena episode, When Fates Collide. She is VERY lesbian friendly, so I have high hopes for more lesbian content in Army Wives (even though I'm not actually watching it).
    electrocutie912's picture

    good stuff :) How about:

    good stuff :)

     

    How about:

    PPR: Pink Pistol Reviews

    Lesbians Taking Over

     

    Sorry, if you can't tell, the blog about O'Reilly really irked me. He is such a horrible person. Ah!

     

    love. peace. revolution.

    [["a small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead ]]

    slcpunkster01's picture

    Digging the vlog.

    Thanks for your insights each week.

    As for a title suggestion...how about "out on the couch."

    golferinjeans's picture

    Thanks Sarah and Lori :)

    Here are my dorky suggestions.

    1. The Best Lesbian Gabfest on Video

    2. Two Lesbians, a Couch and a Camera

    3. Sarah and Lori's Weekend Treat :P

    I couldn't come up with more clever ideas so I have to agree with a couple of suggestions mentioned above. I think Lesbians Sitting on a Couch Talking or Best.Lesbian.Vblog.Ever. are pretty good names. Thanks again for another entertaining video blog. No need to apologize for the time, we actually like it long. Keep it up.

    lezley noman's picture

    puzzled.

    I liked "Lori doesn't listen and Sarah doesn't care"

    or simply "Lori Interupts"

    I hate lori! Lori, I can't bear to watch more than 2 minutes because of you.  stop interupting! ever heard of taking turns? it's how most of the rest of the world interacts. think you're better than the rest of the world? well, I don't care, I won't be tuning in for any more of your crap! And Sarah I'm puzzled but I'll try not to judge you since you are usually fabulous.

     edited to say: I made myself watch the whole thing and it's not as bad as I thought.

    Twstdtrinity's picture

    hmmm

    You two are great together. You know each other very well and have awesome communication.

     

    Names

    1) Sarah and Lori's T.V Patrol

    I really liked what couple people above me had put. Like "She Made Me Watch It" and Sarah and Lori's Rant.Rave.Review. Whatever name you guys pick we'll love or we'll badger you to change it :o)~

    Aj

    opiateeyes's picture

    I'm totally with you on Lena

    I'm totally with you on Lena Headey. I was watching 300 with my Mum the other day (odd I know but bare with me) and she told me that one of her best friends at work went to Uni with Lena Headey! I nearly fell off the settee in shock. How awesome is that?

    I also wanna vote for "Lori doesn't listen and Sarah doesn't care." It made me giggle when I was scrolling down, and therefore gets my vote. I liked Rant.Rave.Review as well.

    You two should totally give snaps every week, you both looked adorable doing it.

     

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