A Lanky Dork to Brighten One's Day... Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory

Joe's recent post at Low Resolution addressing the definition of "adorkable" stirred my devotion to my favorite person living in my television box these days: Jim Parsons.
His singularly brilliant performance as the insufferably nerdy/needy/neurotic Sheldon just makes me happy. Hap hap hap hap hap happy. Happy! And then when I see pictures like this, and realize that he appeared in this play (directed by a college friend of mine no less), I get even haphaphappier. So, I offer this -- my personal definition of "adorkable" -- to share my haphaphappy with you.

Who's your favorite "adorkable"?

Ellen & McYummy

Viewing this actually made StinkyLulu a bit misty.
(Watch it quick before YouTube yanks it...)

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see also ongoing coverage from the ubiquitous towleroad

StinkyLulu's 25 Favorite Television Characters Ever...

Just bumped into this post over at TVSquad about a "List of 25 favorite TV characters" that Joss Whedon put on his blog. Paraphrasing James Gunn:

The RULES are...

• No puppets or cartoons.
• No mini-series.
• No reality show people.
• All characters must be regulars on the show.

Now, this could be a list that StinkyLulu could get into.

StinkyLulu's 25 Favoritest Television Characters Ever

1) Charlene Frazier Stillfield (Jean Smart) on Designing Women
2) Chris Keller (Christopher Meloni) on Oz
3) Endora (Agnes Moorehead) on Bewitched
4) Helen Willis (Roxie Roker) on The Jeffersons
5) Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr) on Freaks and Geeks
6) Mrs. Harriet Oleson (Katharine "Scottie" MacGregor) on Little House on the Prairie
7) Bea Smith (Val Lehman) on Prisoner: Cell Block H
8) Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton) on All In The Family
9) Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) on Sex in the City
10) Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper) on The Young and The Restless
11) Dee Thomas (Danielle Spencer) on What's Happening!!
12) Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) on The Bionic Woman & The Six Million Dollar Man
13) Georgie Reed Whitsig (Patricia Kalember) on Sisters
14) Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter) on Designing Women
15) Ada Hobson (Constance Ford) on Another World
16) Mrs. Lovey Howell (Natalie Schafer) on Gilligan's Island
17) Nicole Julian (Tammy-Lynn Michaels) on Popular
18) Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on Star Trek
19) David Healy (Johnny Galecki) on Roseanne
20) Sally McMillan (Susan St. James) on McMillan and Wife
21) Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) on ER
22) Phineas Bogg (Jon-Erik Hexum) on Voyagers!
23) Maria Figueroa Rodriguez (Sonia Manzano) on Sesame Street
24) Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr) on Ironside
25) Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White) on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

(Golly, how queer can StinkyLulu get...)

BB7 Faikus #2 #3 & #4

Screencaps "borrowed" unceremoniously from TVgasm. Click pics for direct linkage.


will attracts both but
will new retarded friend ride
will like seabiscuit

listen up danielle
janelle is unstoppable
kiss it allison

how did this happen
jase makes even packed spandex
unattractive wow

BB7 Haiku #1

For Big Brother 7: All-Stars, StinkyLulu will offer commentary only in fake haiku.

On the 07.06.06 Episode:

Doctor Will being
utterly irrelevant
to the game, ahh joy.

2006 Emmy Nominations: The Supporting Actresses

Prime Time Emmy's never been Lulu's favorite. To be true, PrimeTime Emmy's way down the list. But because Lulu's on a jag regarding all supporting actresses lately, it's only fair that Emmy gets some attention. This morning's Emmy nominations provide a perfect opportunity:

BEGIN EMMY RANT.
(ETA: see comments for more on BIG LOVE)
It's just wrong that the Big Love women & Mary-Louise Parker
got shut out of acting nominations. Love that Stockard Channing,
but why is she in MLP's seat? It's just wierd. And StinkyLulu just doesn't understand
a world where Jeanne Tripplehorn didn't get a nomination this year?
Is there some eligibility snafu that Lu's not yet aware of?
Jeepers. This kinda thing is where you lose Lulu every time, Emmy.
END EMMY RANT.

And now to our nominees...

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
• Cheryl Hines as Cheryl David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Megan Mullally as Karen, Will & Grace
• Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes, Weeds
Jaime Pressly as Joy, My Name Is Earl
• Alfre Woodard as Betty Applewhite, Desperate Housewives
This trophy should already belong to Jaime Pressly. As good as Perkins and Woodard are, they ain't flat out hilarious like Pressly. (Mullally can be, but puh-leeze release us from the torture of W&G already...) Cheryl Hines? Feh. (Lulu's convinced it's always a sympathy nod for putting up with the over-rated, in-joke idiocy of Larry David.) Jaime Pressly though -- adored by The Gays and Nascar Dads? Now that's a character for the ages...

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
• Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt, Boston Legal
• Blythe Danner as Izzy Huffstodt, Huff
• Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Grey’s Anatomy
• Chandra Wilson as Dr. Bailey, Grey’s Anatomy
Jean Smart as First Lady Martha Logan, 24
Notwithstanding the loathsome omission of any of the Big Love women (especially the underappreciated genius of Grace Zabriskie)... This is a pretty solid field, with two old reliables (Bergen & Danner) up against two plucky upstarts (Oh & Wilson), but StinkyLulu's constitutionally incapable of endorsing anyone else when Jean Smart's in the mix. Smart's easily StinkyLulu's most very favorite actress on the teevee box. And she's done the near impossible in this role: gotten Lulu to watch an episode of 24. (Not even Shohreh could do that...)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
• Kelly Macdonald as Gina, The Girl In The Café/HBO
Shirley Jones as Aunt Batty, Hidden Places/Hallmark
• Ellen Burstyn as Former Tarnower “Steady”, Mrs. Harris/HBO
• Cloris Leachman as Tarnower’s Sister, Mrs. Harris/HBO
Alfre Woodard as Mrs. Brown, The Water Is Wide/CBS
This one's a toughie: a British newbie up against 3 women who've been kissed by Oscar (+ 1 who at least had a date). So StinkyLulu's gonna err on the softie side of Hallmark. Woodard is the leading contender here. Emmy loves her & this year she's a double nominee/potential spoiler in the comedy category. Here, though, Woodard plays a tough black woman whose character arc maps the redemptive journey of the sentimental story. It's the kind of role that's guaranteed trophy bait for actresses of a certain age & of this particular ethnic derivation. But -- as strong as Woodard is in this race -- the ringer here really could be Shirley Jones. The movie did great business for a 2nd (3rd?)-tier cable channel & Jones is supposedly great in it. So -- barring an unforseen health crisis for Burstyn or Leachman -- Jones just might snatch it in an "I'm Still Here" kinda coup that this category in particular is always ripe for...

So. There. StinkyLulu's preliminary thoughts on Emmy's Supporting Actresses...
Now it your turn, lovely reader. Do tell...

Lulu's Stinky Picks: Big Brother 7 - All Stars

In the summer of 2000, when everyone got all gaga over the first season of Survivor, StinkyLulu fell in love with a different CBS show: the lower-than-lowbrow reality fandango, Big Brother. Ever since -- through dizzying schedule shifts, the evolution of the ChenBot, each cast's ever increasing idiocy -- StinkyLulu has (somewhat inexplicably) remained a devoted fan. And this season -- a purported "All-Star" edition in which past "hamsters" are invited back for one more shot at the $500k -- lowly idiot-boxers like Lulu get to vote on who'll get locked in a house (really a series of conjoined trailers) on a Hollywood backlot somewhere... Well. Suffice it -- Lulu's just gosh-darned excited. (It's summer on the teevee!!!) And after much deliberation, StinkyLulu has settled on...

Lulu's Stinky Picks for Big Brother 7:

Bunky is just the definition of "duh-Rama" (hairiest back ever notwithstanding). Way back when, Lulu termed him "that sobbing sissy"cuz...goodness. Lulu was leaning toward the bunkster as an early sacrificial hamster, and now that StinkyLulu's aware of the reddish68 connection... itsa done deal that Lulu wants the crybaby in the mix.
Danielle -- one of the best BBers ever. Totally smart, naturally beautiful, sneakier than sneaky. Gives good diaryroom. A house with Danielle'll bring on the entertainment.

Janelle -- whose signature "Bye bye, bitches" established her as the only legendary BBer. A bimbo with brains and ability. Among her competitors, Janelle inspires loathing and fear in equal measure -- what's not to love?
Jase -- the only truly awful BBer who was also truly entertaining. His preening macho preciousness remains one of the funniest BB running gags (!) ever...

Nakomis -- if not for the appalling Cowboy "twin twist" Nakomis would've likely never made it on BB at all. Too normal, plus her commonsense quirkiness trips up the skulking of the average famewhore. Plus she -- like Danielle & Janelle -- really gamed the game... Good times.

Will -- arrogant & clever & vain beyond all measure. Sure he won, but -- golly -- it'd be great (a) to watch Janelle/Danielle/Nakomis wipe the floor with his pompousness OR (b) to see him really play the game against equally devious competition. Plus he's pretty in an underwear model kind of way. And it would be fun to see him & Jase in a manscaping competition...

Golly. It's gonna be fun. (Now if only StinkyLulu could figure out how the voting actually works and/or when the dang show's agonna be on...)

How Lulu Got To Be All StinkyLulu-ish...

10@10: Ten clips of StinkyLulu at age 10.
A Cultural Autobiography via YouTube.
(meme if you wish -- 'tis fun)

StinkyLulu, The Early Years.

That's right close to the whole story...