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SHE MADE ME WATCH THIS! November 2, 2007

In this episode, Lori and I discuss the week's Best Lesbian TV Moments That Actually Were (for a change!); the Best Halloween Episode (Bones); Kathy Griffin's new E! True Hollywood Story, and why we would never, ever go on The Amazing Race.

Plus we ponder the all-important question: what type of woman does Angela (Michaela Conlin) go for?

Leave your guesses in the comments below!

She Made Me Watch This! November 2, 2007

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  • MontyCello's picture

    Marvin the Martian t-shirt

    Marvin the Martian t-shirt for the win!

    Amazing Race with Sarah and Lori. I'm thinking this would be a great new vlog.

    TheWeyrd1's picture

    Hot on the heels of Halloween and lists of all things scary...

    I always found Marvin scary on the Saturday morning cartoons. He reminds me of the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz and his voice didn't make it better....eeeeeeekkkkk
    IfOnly's picture

    You rule!

    WOW! I ask for a little ranting about Bones, the week after I get almost 10min! Wunnerfulll!

    And a referance to Profiler?!? One of my very first TV-addictions! I tell you, Sam and Angel (was that her name?) may have made me wonder about things in life! =)

    Thanks for the best topics ever!

    Edit: I sure hope Angela's type is of the hot, geeky, brunette kind! But I think her type has more to do with the inside than the outside.

    boundtostone's picture

    Angela/Season One semi-lesbian moment

    There is the episode of Bones called "The Man In The Bear" in the first season (I just started obsessing over this show, partly because of your vlog), where Zack and Hodgins are fighting for the affection of a female delivery woman. Hodgins states that after 3 package deliveries, a coffee date is fair game. A bet begins between the two guys, and guess who the deliverywoman decides to give her third package to? Yeah, Angela. It's a great moment. And it was my first hint that she might have experimented at least a few times. She accepts the package, but she doesn't end up making a date (at least, in the canon of the show). 

    If y'all have the dvds, I'd go back and watch the episode, searching those specific scenes out. Angela's reaction to the package is priceless!!

    Love this vlog! 

    lunakiss's picture

    I remember that episode too!

    I remember that eposide.  I was completely turned on by Angela's response b/c the womyn was majorly hot. So I think that would be Angela's type a hot womyn with some wild ways about her. I'm glad they dropped another hint about Angela's sexuality. I hope the producers and writers keep unfolding the truth about Angela. Dreams.   Sarah, Angela too is my favorite character on Bones.  Oh how I miss that show. Angela is sooo cute and mysterious and great.

    This vlog rocks.

    panacirema's picture

    mise en scene

    I am America and So Can You!!!

    that's really all i wanted to point out.

    You guys don't want to be on Amazing Race? Where's your sense of adventure?? :-P

    omg, inbd

    perfectflaw75's picture

    Oh, can't wait for the eps to air

    ... in my country!

    Lori, yer Tee rocks :) And thumbs up for Stephen Colbert watching over your shoulders. 

    _ _ _ _ _

    "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." (Dr. Seuss)

    Cyber Diva's picture

    Waiting...

    I want someone to fast foward and show me only the good parts too!!!

    Oh, so many fine shows to watch... Maybe around next year they'll come down here to Brazil. =P
    This is actually kind of frustrating... we have to wait and see when and if those series will come down here to the south... Well, what can be done... Await I will!
    LuCaro's picture

    Angela...

    Can't you just see Angela with a less conflicted version of Shane? I'm also with you about Bones and that costume. I couldn't get over how unlike her it was to be wearing that thing. I think she may be a little more on the "adventurous" side in her private life.. but never at work! Do you remember the episode where she made that snarky comment under her breath about being amazing in bed.... she clearly isn't quite so Bones-ish all of the time. Either way I love her.

    I loved the Roxy grin. Fantastic.

    stephcologne's picture

    nice

    first nice shirts you two :)

    Roma Maffia on Profiler was great

    what type of woman does Angela go for?  maybe someone like "Bones" or not ???

    Angela´s costume rocked, and Bones trying to spin like Wonder Woman(cute)

    great vlog :)

    Pyewacket's picture

    Thanks for including scene clips!

    The vid clips of the scenes from the shows are a VERY nice touch!  I don't usually watch Sharks and I forgot about this week's Bones eppie!

    And Lori (love the tee!) I agree with you about Nip/Tuck and not watching the surgery scenes.  I think they purposely try to make them as gory as possible so I skip them and just catch the good parts!

    Natazzz's picture

    Yes, please keep showing clips from the scenes

    you guys talk about.

    I can't watch all the shows you mention, so it's great to actually see what you are going on about.

    stuck in podunk's picture

    Seriously?!?

    I am so disappointed in you two for not pointing out the 'Buffy' connection on Bones this week!! The PI, if you remember back, was the girl who predicted her own death, and then was used by the First to be a faux medium between Willow and Tara... Ok, maybe I'm a bigger nerd than I thought.

    Well, your vlog was still entertaining and I fully endorse your 'must sees'. Thanks again, as always!

    playthemusic814's picture

    Yeah!

    I don't watch Bones but, somehow it ended up on my TV right around that part. I was like, "Hey, it's Azura Skye... from Buffy." Then that Roxy comment, whoa. But, yeah, I did notice that Sarah and Lori didn't mention the Buffyverse connection. Tsk, tsk.

    P.S. The show clips are a welcomed addition and nice touch to the SMMWT vlog. Thank you.

    ~It means pride.~

    chloe121212's picture

    ....

    Hey I did the same thing.  I soo hoped they would mention she was from season 7 episode 4 (I think) and season 7 episode 7 "Conversations with dead People" (I think) from Buffy.  I saw her name in the credits when the show actually started and I immediately screamed Buffy, followed by Zoe Duncan Jack and Jane (if anyone remembers that show). 

    "I don't kiss girls who wear doilies"

    allgood2's picture

    Bones is Angela's Secret Type

    I believe its been alluded to a couple times that Angela would be willing to have a relationship with a woman—remember the FedEx girl? But the smile about Roxy was classic…"ahh fond memories." My second thought was, I'm not certain Roxy is remembering you with the same fondness, you heartbreaker, you. 

    I think, especially during her college days, Angela's type was probably just 'beautiful' and 'exciting'. She's the sort of girl that would flirt her way to your bed, and leave you in the morning. You'd hate it, but be lining up for more. But what always struck me was the story of how Angela befriended Brennan (Bones). Those two have some massive chemistry between each other, that they sideline for friendship. And yeah, I could totally see Bones going for Angela, her sexuality is definitely fluid, and pretty darn potent if her random comments are anything to go by.

    Just like 'stuck in the podunk', I was surprised you didn't get the Buffy connection either. Soon as I saw, Azura Skye's name flash, I thought about 'Conversations with Dead People'.

    I liked Angela's custom the best. Though I thought Cam looked hot. Bones made a good Wonder Woman, but not so hot in the outfit (which surprised me). But it didn't surprise me that she would wears the Wonder Woman outfit, or the fact that she ALWAYS wears the Womder Woman outfit.
    Harpy's picture

    She made me watch this

    What a tease!  You have Colbert's book in the background and Sarah is wearing a 'Vote' t-shirt when he failed to get on the ballot!   

    By the by, you should submit a screen (you two with the book in the background) to the Makemeameria book sightings page on the site, imo.  He's already mentioned AfterEllen on the show once, let's go for two.  :D

    Mmm, now I feel the need to watch Shark. 

    I'm becoming such a TV watcher.  Sheesh.

    Great vlog as usual and thanks for the link to LuckyBrandJeans last week, Lori!  :)

    _________

    "If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact." - Jack Handey

    Mari SanGiovanni's picture

    Great Vlog ----made me want to watch Shark

    Hey Sarah and Lori---

    LOVED the vlog----might have to start tuning in to Shark.  That scene reminded me of the old LA Law Abbey and CJ hook up ---hot for it's time....anyone around the age of 40 remember ???... (insert cricket sounds here).

    Wish you guys were doing vlogs back in the days of Voyager when I was just waiting with bated breath for Captain Janeway to lunge for all 9 of 9 (on 7 of 9)...that, my friends, is the last bit of math I hope to do this year. 

    Hey, if that Colbert Report takes a tragic tumble off your book shelf, I know of a book that would look mighty good up there...and might not even clash with the Marvin the Martian shirt....girls, you crack me up. 

    --Mari 

    Mari SanGiovanni

    Author of: Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer...

    www.GreetingsFromJamaica.com

    JuSt-mOi's picture

    :)

    Loved the vlog as usual, y'all are great....I've never watched Shark but I vote for her to be "a lesbian and doesn't know it" I would settle for a bisexual though since there are no strong lesbian or bisexual characters on network tv, right? but like u said 6 months will pass and nothing will be different, but there's still hope :)

    I love Kathy Griffin, she's hilarious but yes, she just says what she thinks, or more like she doesn't think when she speaks it just comes out but that's what makes her funny, I'll be looking forward to her E! True Hollywood Story ;)

    and Sarah, kids under 21? that made me feel young, thanks

    "i don't suffer from insanity...i enjoy every minute of it"

    Omega II's picture

    Suck it, Jesus...

    Is what Kathy said.

    Auzra Skye is always a welcome sight, be it Bones, House (last week getting under 13's skin[not like that, unfortunately]), Buffy, or a Smallville appearance (that squicks me out on the twincest front).

    Bones and sex- she has mentioned that she has role-played. I think the costume could have been an unresolved Linda Carter crush from her youth.

     

    "Bad jokes are us, ur me."

    Pyewacket's picture

    Azura Skye!

    That's her name!  She certainly has been making the rounds lately.  She was just in Ghost Whisperer tonight too!

    I remember first seeing her in the movie 28 Days with Sandra Bullock.

    shecallsherselfgarbo's picture

    better and better

    These vlogs just keep getting better and better... the graphics, video integration, and the fact that you guys picked up the pace a little is making this must-see-tv!
    notchegeva's picture

    Let's see...

    awesome tee-shirts              CHECK

    Bones                                    CHECK

    Profiler                                   CHECK

    Technical Wonders

    (video clips integration)         CHECK

    Use of legal crucial terms

    (allegedly)                              CHECK

    ....

    Soooo when do you come to Europe so that the other side of the pond can finally have the chance and the infinite honor of your presence?

    "I'm gonna give you all a nice, fun, normal evening even if I have to kill every person on the face of the Earth to do it"

    JuliaG's picture

    Oh, this intro...

    You know, I'll never get tired of this new(ish) intro... I just love it! I feel like dancing everytime... where did you get that song? =)

    Plus, the images really match the song and everything. It's perfect, IMO.

    I wish I could see all these shows you guys talk about. Someday... :P

    pecola's picture

    Another Great Vlog

    I think, for the first time ever, I can't really comment on anything in the vlog because I don't watch any of the shows you mentioned. I am excited, though, about the premiere of The Amazing Race...it's my favorite reality show...and given the impending writers' strike, reality TV might be the predominant source of entertainment for a while.

    Again, kudos on the vlog...I love the addition of the clips. I feel like I'm on the road to being hooked on even more shows.

    Halle B's picture

    Yea, don't go on The Amazing Race

    I met the cousins, Mirna and Charla, who were on the show (and the all-star show) a few weeks ago and they said each leg of the race was three days of little sleep, only a few power bars and bottled water! And they had to travel so light they even dumped their toothpaste. Doesn't sound like your kind of activity.

    :-(

    On the up side, you could be on it and work to lose quickly because all "losers" have to go to a posh seaside resort for a month or more while everyone waits for all the other contestants finish.

    :-)

    bluebl00d's picture

    Angela Montenegro <3

    I honestly wasn't surprise when Angela past with Roxie came about, even in season one I got hints she wasn't completely "straight"

    The Christmas episode (The Man in the Fallout Shelter) she said:

    "Angela: Okay you people listen to me.� There is a party going on upstairs okay?� A Christmas party.� We�re going up there.� We�re going to talk to some people.� We�re going to sing some carols.� We�re going to drink some eggnog. (to Booth) You are going to kiss me under the mistletoe on the lips. (to Zach and Hodgins) I might kiss you guys under the mistletoe too. (to Bones) Maybe even you in a festive non-lesbian manner but we are going to that party."

    and in another episode (The Man in The Bear)

    Some courier was sorta flirting with Angela ...

    [Cut to: Lab lobby. Zach and Hodgins are dressed up waiting for the currier.]
    Zach: Why do we have to face her together?
    Hodgins: You want this settled or what?
    Zach: I would definitely like this settled.
    (Angela comes walking up to them.)
    Hodgins: What are you doing here?
    Angela: Are you kidding? It’s like watching the clash of the horny titans.
    Woman: Who’d like to sign for this?
    Hodgins: Who wouldn’t want to sign for it?
    Woman: So the idea is whoever signs for this…
    Zach: Yes, the act of signing is an analog for choos…
    Hodgins: She gets it.
    (The currier goes up to Hodgins and looks him over then to Zach and does the same. She then looks at Angela who looks a little surprised.)
    Angela: Oh?

    (The currier hands her the thing
    Angela: Oh? oh, (laughs and signs) That is really sweet. Thank you.
    (She hands the electronic gadget back over to the currier. The currier leaves and Angela fans herself with the large envelope.)
    Hodgins: That is so hot.
    Zach: Why? Why is that hot? It would be hotter if she chosen me.
    Hodgins: No, this is definitely hotter. Phew.

     

    As always it is such a pleasure watching you two :) 

    fee's picture

    Yes, YES that's what I was

    Yes, YES that's what I was getting it, but you explained it much better. Thanks 8) That was so awesome <3


    "Bad juju? Is that a voodoo-thing?"
    "Close...but with a 'j'." 
    - Malinda Lo & Sarah Pecora, 'the Lo-down'
    Missy2003sl's picture

    bones

    oh i loved this weeks bones episode and i loved that little angela tidbit but i gotta say i loved the p.i. more. Azura Skye? i love her .she has this wierd quirky energy and was in an episode of house a week ago, but i've loved her since that buffy episode 'conversations with dead people' where she gives willow her message from tara but it's really the first. so sad and creepy it makes me want to cry. the only thing i really dig about that episode.  ( i see others made the buffy connection. i'm in geek heaven)

    i have to say i thought Brennans costume was wierd because throughout the show's run she's never really gotten pop culture references. i mean in a past episode she doen't know woho mr Ed was but suddenly she knows every thing about wonder woman. but the episode was sweet .

    omg i so loved the profiler. i wanted to be a forensic profiler. you really don't see the lead actress much on tv nowadays.

    i just can't get into the amazing race, it's just so blah! aliens in america though is a good bet. Rajah is hiliarious.

    fee's picture

    Love Emily, Love Michaela

    Thanks so much for the whole Bones-part :D! I'm living in Europe, so I haven't seen that episode yet, but I'm definitely going to search for it on the internet now.
    I love Emily Deschanel SO much. She's my ever-lasting crush :)
    But Michaela Conlin, she's amazing too. She's so different, and funny and incredibly openminded (maybe even more openminded than we thought, seeing that clip!) which is so great. I have no idea what women Angela would fall for, though. Hm. Interesting. I keep picturing a Brennan-ish person as well (avatar!) but then again, if she was in art school...I do not picture a Brennan-type of girl.
    There was this Bones episode once, with this messenger-girl (in the first season) who kept delivering packages. Hodgins & Zach were betting who she would ask out, or who could ask her out (I don't remember exactly) and then she turned out to like Angela? :D It was so awesome. 

    I keep on using superlatives. Well, what can I say, I just love that show ;)



    "Bad juju? Is that a voodoo-thing?"
    "Close...but with a 'j'." 
    - Malinda Lo & Sarah Pecora, 'the Lo-down'
    julesss's picture

    my guess..is...

    sporty dyke
    imthey's picture

    You ladies Rock!

    I occasionally catch an ep. of Shark, but after your rave, I may have to tune in more often.

    I loved this ep. of Bones, then again I love every ep. of Bones.  As you both pointed out every one of the cast members brings a little something special to the table. 
    You both overthink things... until you mentioned the outfits not fitting in at the workplace, I never really gave it that much thought.  I gleemed right over all that and just sighed at the marvelousness that was Angela, Cam and Bones in costume.  Booth was adorable in his "squint" costume too. And who could resist grinning at how adorable Bones was doing the Wonder Woman spin? 

    I loved that little tidbit of information that comes out about Angela, but really, it wasn't all that much of a stretch to find out that Angela might very well be bisexual.  

    I loved seeing Azura Skye (who I fondly remember as Jane in the short-lived Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane and of course as Cassie from BTVS).  She has been popping up on various shows lately and always doing such an interesting job.

    As for what to watch next week... I have always been a bit ambivalent about NIP/TUCK, but have reluctantly watched it throughout its run.  I will definitely be watching this season, if only to see how the storyline with Portia de Rossi and Joely Richardson plays out.   


    "Think Sideways"
        I M THEY

    devil_lush's picture

    Addicted

     omg, i'm addicted to this Vlog... i look foward to friday.. always.. not only cuz of the weekend but also because of Best Lesbian Week Ever and because of She Made Me Watch This... i just can't get enough of this vlog... that being said, is it friday yet? lol

     

    "Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning"

    tootles's picture

    Mmm

    That Angela person in Bones has such a sexy voice.

    Awesome Lori's t-shirt and bunnies! :D and interesting comments from both as always.

    ***

    "I'm so sorry for the things that they've done
    I'm so sorry about what we've all become."

    [Editors - Well worn hands]

    ufos_are_real's picture

    alien green with envy

    lori thats my favourite tshit yet. im jealous.
    kctraveller531's picture

    Amazing Race

    The blondes were Beauty Queens, not the cheerleaders! The Beauty Queens (Dustin and Kandice) were awesome and were almost the first all female team to win (2nd place :(). The cheerleaders sucked and were out the 2nd leg. Too bad the lesbian ministers will probably be out the first week. Oh well. Seriously, could it have taken the producers any longer to get a lesbian couple on the show?
    kiss_hester's picture

    joely richardson

    Although I love her, I have to agree with Lori that I prefer het sister Natasha. She's just sooo beautiful! And talented of course:p Especially in Nell I love her!

    http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=kisshester

    HotHandle's picture

    Your T-shirts are awesome!!!

    Sarah and Lori, you guys have the best and most extensive T-shirt collection of anybody on the planet (well, anybody in Manhattan, at least).  I always look forward to your weekly vlogs to see what T-shirts y'all will be wearing.

    I do the same thing as Sarah:  I too use my DVR to fast forward over the surgery scenes on "Nip/Tuck".  I read they use pieces of chicken and beef for the surgery scenes, but it is still too gross for me to watch.

    Why is Stephen Colbert in the middle of your vlog this week?

    Tara Smith's picture

    She said "Suck it Jesus!"

    Kathy Griffin's speech was hilarious! You can see it here.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=dgCjO51d8jw

     

    soliyoli's picture

    Portia Rocks!!

    I agree with you Sarah. Portia is a big reason to watch Nip/Tuck. I thnk she is so fantastic.

    I miss Arrested Development!!!!!

    Sara and Lori you guys rock too!

    --------

    "Piensa en mi cuando sufras. Cuando llores tambien piensa en mi."

                                                                ~Agustin Lara

    Niuxita's picture

    Blondies

    If by "cheerleaders" you mean the Blondies, they were actually beauty queens (affectionately known as the BQs) and I am so happy to find out you guys loved them too! They were the most awesome all-female team to ever run the race and I was absolutely heartbroken to see them lose. I wish someone had blogged about them here while the race was still on.
    elenchus's picture

    Anthropologists and Rituals?

    It sort of seemed in character for Bones to dress up, no? I mean remember the season one eps when she was criticized (read:insulted) by the attorney over some authentic piece of something or other Bones insisted on wearing in court? And how, among her innocently inappropriate comments, was included literal, even clinical, talk of sex (commenting once, for instance, that she's very good, to Booth's great discomfort)? I gather this is all a part of her anthropology gig: comfort discussing both the physiological and the cultural aspects of people. Well, Halloween is a ritual, a cultural thing-a-ma-bob. So isn't that just Bones goin' a little native?
    112358's picture

    What will you watch...

    If the WGA strike goes on for a while? I think a lot of the shows you cover only have a half-season or so done, so come February, it'll be down to slim pickings if the AMPTP doesn't shift.

     And what do you think about the WGA demands, anyway? It seems like they're getting hung out to dry on DVD and Internet residuals, particularly since TV on DVD has become such a hot commodity.

    explorergal's picture

    Did anyone ever notice...

    You never see Michaela and Ann Curry at the same time!!!!

    Separated at birth???

     

    Annann Michaela Michaela

     

     

    AnnAnn Michaela Michaela

     

    And on Bones as Wonder Woman....Halloween is the time to be what you aren't so it's totally plausible for her to be free and sexy and outgoing as Wonder Woman! Perhaps Halloween is the one day we all take OFF our masks instead of putting them on!

     

     

     

    Rituximab's picture

    Question...

    Love, love, love the vlog, ladies.  Just one thing:

    • Sarah on the left, Lori on the right
    • Glasses situated "just so" in front
    • Glasses half full with ??
    • Hands nicely positioned on the table
    • Interesting item centered on bookshelf
    • Bunnies set out horizontally

    Ladies!!! You're young, hot, successful, funny - live it up a little! Change is good! Chaos is unsettling and rewarding! Swap chairs!  Drink from the bottle!  Toss the bunnies over the shoulders!

    (Just a suggestion)...

    Natazzz's picture

    Geeks are us

    I actually like the Vlog just as it is, nicely structured, professional and organized...

    I get a secret pleasure out of seeing all the bunnies are nicely lined up.

    gali's picture

    LOL!

    You <3 anal!

     ( sorry, couldn't resist an open goal;))

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

    Natazzz's picture

    Uh huh

    (I'm just going to pretend we're not all 12 year olds)

    damn right I do!

    you should see my desk...no one makes piles like me ;-)

    gali's picture

    Haha! I'm more of a lists

    Haha! I'm more of a lists maker myself.;)

     

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

    Natazzz's picture

    I knew it!

    It takes one to know one ;-)

    I heart lists even more than I love nice neat piles...


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