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Monday, April 13, 2009

On my favorite TV shows

Just thought of doing this to update my Blogger account which has long been left in oblivion. Context is I am cross-blogging from Blogger so if you’re reading from blogspot, you can visit http://azureangelo.multiply.com which is updated more often as evidenced by the Photos section. Conversely, if you’re at my Multiply account, you can visit http://azureangelo.blogspot.com.



So on the top of my list is American Idol. I have been following this search since its third season and has always been a good source of songs that are new to my music palate. Among those songs that I never knew before but left me in a broken record stance at some points of my life were: Desperado (Camile Velasco), Son of a Preacher Man (Velasco and Mikalah Gordon),This Ain’t A Love Song (LaKisha Jones), Black Horse and Cherry Tree (Katharine McPhee and Megan Joy), Jolene (Brooke White and Alexis Grace), Blackbird (Carly Smithson), Love The One You’re With (all-time favorite David Hernandez). Moreover, most of my songs in my antiquated cell phone player are AI-inspired. I always make it a point to alarm every 6PM of Wed and Thu to catch this show, and I never get tired of YouTube-ing the performance over and over again.

Next is Amazing Race. I’ve been a fan since the Reichen and Chip season and I followed closely all the three Asian editions. This one is a good source of geography and culture information. I think this is one motivation why I am enthused to go places and try different people, I mean different things. India is a much-loved country if producers want to put contestants to the ultimate test. The current season boasts of unusual combinations such as mother and deaf son tandem of Margie and Luke, midget siblings Mark and Michael (who incurred another time penalty in this week’s episode), and gay father and son pair of Mike and Mel.

On to the local shows, another favorite is Eat Bulaga. I especially like the ‘Sa Pula Sa Puti’ segment because of the innate ability of the hosts to deliver jokes and punchlines a la comedy bar. Speaking of, haven’t been to one. Any taker who can bring me there? And months before, after watching this segment, I’d tune in to Studio 23 to catch the unparalleled Finding Rodrigo, a DVD/VCD copy of which remains to be so elusive. Any good soul who knows where to get one?

By the way, these four shows are what exactly appear in my Friendster’s Favorite TV Shows field --- www.friendster.com/azureangelo.