Wrapping up the Oscars

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

It doesn't really seem like I did my post with predictions over a month ago, but I guess that's the way it is! I also don't feel like it should be March next week!

So I didn't do so well in predicting the winners, but I didn't see very many of the nominees, and we'll continue blaming it on that. I'll address the winners in the same order I picked nominees, just in case you wanted to compare like I did, hehe. I'm not doing a lot of commentary since my first post was incredibly long.

Best Motion Picture of the Year : I went with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and instead it was Slumdog Millionaire.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : I think Brad Pitt is hott, so I went with him. I did mention that Sean Penn was my backup, and he won. So... half point.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role : Meryl didn't take it, but it was clear from the ceremony that all of the younger girls were incredibly honored to be thought of on her level. Kate Winslet won the award, and her speech was quite eloquent, especially considering that EW was making fun of the fact she wasn't planning to prepare one.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role : and the world stops for another moment to remember Heath Ledger. And I'm now wondering if anyone will make a big deal about him ever again... besides when a special edition DVD comes out of Batman, of course.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role : I specifically voted AGAINST the winner,
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), because she annoys me. And I guess I am in the minority in that.

Best Achievement in Directing : well, as many people expected, Slumdog Millionaire took the Oscar. I still think it should have gone to Benjamin Button, due to the difficulty of the project.

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen : I went with a winner, although I was hesitant. I actually really want to see Milk, even if nobody else I talk to on a regular basis does. And I will, even if I have to wait it out til the DVD is at Blockbuster, LoL.

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published : "I'm going to go with Doubt, because it's a well-written play. LoL, silly circumstances, I know." But it went to Slumdog Millionaire, which was written by Simon Beaufoy.

Best Achievement in Cinematography : like I mentioned previously, I can only criticize poor cinematography, and struggle to appreciate wonderful cinematography. So, I went with a loser (Changeling), when Slumdog Millionaire took it.

Best Achievement in Editing : I refrained from choosing, and Slumdog Millionaire took yet another award. I still don't really understand all of the different awards for 'editing,' and my husband was unsuccessful in finding a concise and comprehensive explanation as well.

Best Achievement in Art Direction : I actually was making dinner when this category was on. Which saddens me, since it is one of my favorites. I chose Revolutionary Road, but the Oscar went to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Yet ANOTHER reason I need to see that film. arggh.

Best Achievement in Costume Design : I was between Australia and The Duchess (neither of which I saw, even after I had hoped to, for this specific category alone), and the latter won. half point for me.

Best Achievement in Makeup : As everyone (including me) expected, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won.

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score : I went with A. R. Rahman's Slumdog Millionaire on a hunch, and it won.

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song : well, I got this one right. And I chose it because of its name (A.R. Rahrman & Gulzar's "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire). But when I heard the song on Oscar night, I would have voted for it anyway.

Best Achievement in Sound : Apparently this is the same as Sound Mixing, a fact which to which I was previously not privy. I said The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for no reason, and it went to Slumdog Millionaire, also apparently for no reason.

Best Achievement in Sound Editing : I abstained from voting, but it actually went to a movie I saw, The Dark Knight.

Best Achievement in Visual Effects : I was most qualified to discuss this category, and I did a good job. I went with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button over Iron Man over The Dark Knight.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year : I was very qualified in this area too. I went with the winner (and a darn good movie), WALL-E.

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year : I couldn't actually pick one, and I didn't want to. Okuribito (Japan - Departures) won, and the acceptance speech was cute. But that's over-discussed in the blogosphere, so I'll leave it alone.

Best Documentary, Features : I chose Man on Wire because it sounded interesting, and it won. :)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects : I went with The Conscience of Nhem En and the Academy went with Smile Pinki. But again, I chose based on interest and nothing else.

Best Short Film, Animated : Well, I went with This Way Up for its humorous title. I should have gone with Presto, since that was really funny (the short in front of Wall-E). But it didn't realllly matter, since La Maison en Petits Cubes won instead.

Best Short Film, Live Action : hehe. this is amusing. Had I translated the nominees, I would have picked Spielzeugland because it means "Toyland." Instead, I chose it for its use of a 'z' and a 'g.' Regardless, it still won. :)

So, let's review. Slumdog took eight Academy Awards (which is fine by me, considering how many people got up on stage at the very end). I got 10 points (9 correct and two half-pointers). Out of a possible 24. I could've done worse!

Because the Oscars are such an interesting topic for many people, I did want to suggest some further reading.
Critical Confabulations is written by a colleague of mine from graduate school.
Sarcasm with a Light Cream Sauce is written by my other colleague from graduate school (yeah, there were only three of us my year, LoL).
The Critical Condition is written by Mark Blankenship. He writes for the Huffington Post.
Stuff White People Like. I get a real hoot out of reading this one. And although their article on the Oscars is from last year, it's amusing nonetheless.

Living in Beverly Hills

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

So I've been putting off this one for quite a while. Not for any good reason, but just because I didn't feel ready.

What do I mean by that? Well, although I had a 90210 (and I'll continue to refer to Beverly Hills, 90210 by the zip code, even though that now refers to a different show) t-shirt as a kid, I never watched the show. Until about this time last year, I could only name the guy stars, and only had a vague idea about the plot of the show. But then I was hooked, and have been watching SOAPNet for two hours each weekday since the summer, trying to catch up on all of the episodes. I've now caught a good chunk of every season except 10 (which starts Thursday, I believe), and have seen all of the episodes in several seasons. I've become a fan of Brenda, then Andrea, then Kelly. I've fake-crushed on David, then Brandon, and finally Steve. I hated Valerie, then Gina. I've been nonchalant about Donna from the beginning, even though she's beloved by many. Same with Dylan, I just couldn't get attached.

Now that I've already given some opinions, I should mention that there were other characters, and in fact there were so many supporting characters over the years that it would be foolish to consume this entry by mentioning all of them.

The show encompassed the 90s, running from 1990 through 2000, with the bulk of the characters being in tenth grade at the beginning, and ending up in that twentysomething phase of life, unsure of what they're doing and where they should be. Many of them had several different plans throughout the years, and nobody really became what one would expect from the beginning, except maybe Dylan (who is introduced as a carefree surfing rich boy, and is an unemployed wealthy man in the end). And maybe Brandon, who was a writer for the high school newspaper, only to later head to NY to work for a major newspaper. The fashion and hairstyles throughout the show span the gamute, and so did the topics covered. Rape was pretty big, taking up at least five episodes, probably closer to ten. Drugs were big, as Kelly, David, Donna, and Dylan all had addictions at one time or another. Steve, Donna, and Dylan outlined the outcomes of drinking. Dating professors, dating married women, abortions, pregnancies, miscarriages, interracial relationships, homosexuality, the mafia, loadnsharks, teen prostitution, murders, AIDS, and vanity were also addressed.

The draw of the show? Well, besides the fact that sex is so casual for these characters (even last-virgin Donna sleeps with both David and Noah by the time the show is up), the fact that they're pretty real does it for me. Sometimes it seems like there's a few too many things that happen to the main characters, but oh well. For example... David starts the series a year younger than everyone else and tries to be cool. He succeeds, leaving a friend behind who ends up committing suicide. He dates Donna on and off, but sleeps with a bunch of different girls (Clare, Valerie, and Gina for starters). He starts off a radio DJ, runs a club, becomes a one-hit wonder, works retail, washes cars, goes back to being a DJ. His mom's schizophrenic and his dad has been married a few times. He lives a bunch of different places, goes broke, loses his half-sister at the park, and considers jumping off a cliff. He got into some big trouble a bunch of times, but tried to right wrongs with parents (like Donna's and a high school kid whose parents disowned him for being gay. oh, and Mrs. Walsh loved him).

From being 15-16 to being 25-26, the show might still interest me because I take a lot out of it. When the gang had their five-year reunion from HS, I decided that I can drop all the grudges I hold against people who did me wrong back then. I certainly don't want to be Steve and getting pranked, or Kelly and end up still upset about a rumor someone spread. This spring will be seven years since my HS graduation, and there's no reason for me to ruminate on crap that I or others did when we were young and immature. I pretty much forgave anyone, and refuse to feel like I'm "not cool enough" to talk to people. Tell ya what, it makes Facebook a lot more fun. I accept all requests from my HS class, and I don't feel stupid friending people who I want to reconnect with.

90210 is up on Hulu, where you can watch most of the first two seasons, although a couple episodes are mis-labeled as to which they are. Oh, and if you're wondering why I didn't really mention Brenda, the original female lead of the show... it's because she was pretty lame, and while I wanted her to leave, I also wanted her to return, and she never did. In fact, the clip I chose for below is the gang heading to Vegas for Brenda's "wedding to Stuart," and Brenda's not actually in it.

Chick Flick

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

So, not only did two of the blogs I read write about Chick Flicks this week, EW also had an article in the latest edition. AND I watched Enchanted for the first time yesterday afternoon. So, since it seems to be a current hot topic, I figured I'd do a bit of thinking on them as well.

I should start off by declaring that I am, by no means, an expert on such things. I don't watch chick flicks often, for two reasons: one, I don't really have other female friends with whom I am close, and two, I don't really care for the dumb storylines many of them hold.

• 27 Dresses. I love weddings. I was actually rather disappointed with the storyline, as I really have no compassion for most love stories.
  
• Sex and the City. Saw it against my will. But, my best friend B wanted to go, so I was there. I didn't understand it, as I had never seen the television show.
  
• The Women. Saw it because I was interested in seeing a film done completely with females, working hard to make sure male extras were not even included. The storyline was rather typical, and Debra Messing's character was strange.
  
• Mamma Mia! because I love musicals, and am a fan of the soundtrack. Want to talk about a lame plot, omg. But, it's a jukebox musical, so that's what is to be expected.
• Nights in Rodanthe. Saw it with my best friend T, hoping it would be good. I was disappointed.
• Bride Wars is on my to-see list. Confessions of a Shopoholic is not. and neither is He's just not that into You, which every girl in my high school seemed to have read.
  

Let's talk old-school.

• I can only watch part of Pretty in Pink, because all the damn pink freaks me out.
  
• I do love Sixteen Candles and the chemistry between Molly Ringwald and Jake Ryan.
  
• I loathed every minute I had to sit through The Notebook, as it was utterly stupid. There is no reason to love that movie. There is no reason to cry uncontrollably. The story reminded me of Big Fish. I can't believe I was actually talked into it.
  
• I couldn't handle watching all of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and I've started it at least three or four times. It's just a snooze.
  
• I fell asleep during Hitch
• Grease is one of my all-time favorite movies, easily in my Top 20. I have some of the songs on my gym playlists for my Zune.
  
• Flashdance Just can not get into it, regardless of how much I love the dancing parts, especially "Maniac."
  
• Footloose and I are pretty much inseparable, and not because of the obsession with Kevin Bacon from which many people suffer. I know a bunch of the choreography from the musical, LoL (although I must admit the dance audition piece is starting to fade)
• Dirty Dancing, which I only care for part of -- the dancing parts. I hate the "romantic" parts of the film, mostly because I find them extremely cheesy.
• Pretty Woman, which many see as quite the epitome of a chick flick, does not keep my interest. I've sat through the whole thing, but I can't pay attention to that garbage, even if my beloved Julia Roberts is the star.
• Father of the Bride (both the original and the sequel) are favorites. I love them both and turn them on whenever they're on. And Annie was so pretty, I wish she had done other films.
• A League of their Own, which I watched at my girl scout leader's house for my friend's ninth birthday. I hated it that first time, but now I love it, and can be caught with the dvd in my player from time to time.
• It Could Happen to You is also boring to me. The premise is good, the actual movie, notsomuch.
• Now and Then. When I was twelve or so and it came out, I wanted to see it soooo bad. I didn't see it until sometime in the mid 2000s, and I thought it was a letdown.
  
• Let's not forget The American President. I'm pretty much addicted to it, and I'm sure I've seen it ten times. With as much as it is on TBS, I still own it on dvd, LoL.
  
• Clueless. now here's a film that is undeniably chick flick that I absolutely love. The television show: loved it even more.
  
• Legally Blonde. same thing as Clueless, but replace "television show" with "stage musical." And add in the fact that my husband likes this one.
  
• Jerry Maguire. was given the dvd as a gift sometime in the middle of undergrad. HATED it. So much so that I'm kinda ashamed that I own the dvd.
• My Best Friend's Wedding... crap.
  
• Romy & Michele. I think it is really funny. So does my brother. And we like the movie sheerly for its comic relief.
  
• um, Titanic. duh. in my top ten favorites, easily. maaaaybe even top five. mostly for the costumes and art direction, let's not lie. but I do love me some Leonardo DiCaprio, even if he's not the cute badkid he was in that final season of Growing Pains.
• City of Angels. I can't believe the soundtrack is SO GOOD for a movie that is SO BAD. shut up and get yourself together, you cry too much if you cry at this movie.
• Meet Joe Black. love the concept of the film. love the dialogue in the film. the romance, no.
  
• What Dreams May Come. My family rented this when I was in high school. it could not keep my attention if I was being paid. snore city.
  
• Never Been Kissed. it's good. it's so good. it was sold out the first two times I went to see it, and had to wait all too long to see it. The storyline is unique, the last thirty minutes have some amazing lines, and the costumes at the Prom are beautiful. And it does indeed make me cry when Drew Barrymore stood on the pitcher's mound and the clock counts down before her prince arrives.
• What Women Want. man did this look good. And I also really hoped that it would re-launch Ashley Johnson's career. And it failed big time, on both counts.
• The Wedding Planner. are you kidding me? Jennifer Lopez can't do a good movie to save her life.
  
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding. again, love the weddings. and I have a special place in my heart for weddings with cultural flair, so this is a-okay in my book.
  
• Mona Lisa Smile. I actually love this one so much that I am planning to own it one of these days. I just think it's so fantastic, and such a great and true testament to the historic truth of women in college.
  
• you know, 50 First Dates actually caught my eye under its working title, 50 First Kisses. But it was completely beyond my ability to use willing suspension of disbelief. it was ridiculous and unbelievable in every way.
  
• Mean Girls. I saw it before it was in wide-release, thanks to the wonders of student cinema at FSU. I really don't like it, but I had a great time seeing it that first time, as I was in an audience that just laughed and laughed, and knew part of it rang true.
  

• And then there's I've only seen the orgasm scene of When Harry Met Sally (and that's thanks to the same professor I worked for when I wrote about in my South Park post. And it turns me off from wanting to see the rest of the movie.
• I haven't seen Sleepless in Seattle, as I've just never caught it on television.
• I can also say that I haven't seen the quintessential Gone with the Wind, mostly because I've never caught it on television from the beginning, and I don't know anyone who wants to see it (again).
  
• Same with Casablanca.
  
• And Breakfast at Tiffany's.
• English Patient. Haven't seen it, don't plan to. If it wasn't good enough for Elaine, it's not gonna cut it for me.
• As Good as it Gets. I borrowed the VHS from a friend for about a year, and never actually watched it. oops.
• Hope Floats. not planning on it.
• Erin Brockovich. not planning on that one, either.
• and Bridget Jones' Diary. hell no.
• Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I love Alexis Bledel, but the previews can't convince me to see something, regardless of "how good the book was"
• Working Girl and Baby Boom have also been on my list of things to see since I was in high school, but they just haven't happened yet. Tack on Love in the Time of Cholera, PS I Love You, and Music and Lyrics to this category as well.
  

I know that there are tons of other chick flicks out there, but that covers most of the ones that I've read about recently. Feel free to recommend others that I might like, based on my comments above.

Moving On Up...

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

The Jeffersons. I'm too young to have watched it in original run (since I wasn't even a toddler when it went off the air), but I doubt my mom would have let me anyway. But, it ran on Nick at Nite for years (it still runs on daytime television), and my brother and I got quite attached to the show. We even made up a dance of sorts for the opening theme (which I had the urge to do every time they showed Shark Tale at summer camp).

I had always thought the show only ran like six years or so, until I was in undergrad and started buying my brother seasons of the show as gifts. I think we're up to Season 6 now (feel free to correct me if you're reading, J). Turns out there were eleven seasons of the show, which had just a few characters and sets. And, considering it was a spin-off from All in the Family. It's also the longest-running comedy in history focused on an African-American family. As with Archie Bunker, this show also has a great deal of racial jokes, with George frequently poking fun at the Willis family, calling their children 'zebras.'

George Jefferson, Louise (affectionately called Weezy by George), their son Lionel, their maid Florence, and George's mother are half of the cast. It's rounded out by neighbors Mr. Bentley (a Brit) Tom and Helen Willis (interracial couple), and their children Allan and Jenny (who married Lionel. Mother Jefferson was only on the first two seasons (then died of a heart attack) and Mr. Bentley was written off the show after season seven, only to return in season ten.

Florence did try for her own spin-off (Checking In) after the seventh season, but it lasted only four episodes before she returned to The Jeffersons. In an interesting twist, the main characters appear in the series finale of Fresh Prince and buy the Banks' mansion in Bel Air.

There seemed to have been a great deal of controversy on the later years, and the show was canceled abruptly, without a finale or letting the cast know in advance ("George" found out from the paper, and "Louise" found out from a relative who called after reading a magazine!). Sherman Hemsley was hand-picked to play George, and did not appear in the first two years of the Jefferson Family's episodes in All in the Family as he was in the Broadway show Purlie during that time. Also interesting, the characters of Tom, Helen, and Jenny were recast between All in the Family and The Jeffersons. George often calls Tom "honky" in the early years, but at Hemsley's request, the writers eventually stopped using the word. Tom and Helen's kiss (he's white and she's black) was lobbied to be edited out, but an executive producer fought to keep it in, and won. There were also layout problems when you consider the Jefferson and Bentley apartments. Jenny and Allan have a number of moments, mostly because Allan can pass as white, while Jenny will always be seen as biracial. Lionel and Jenny were married for nine years before a divorce, partly because of differences of opinion in raising their daughter Jessica (who has a show-stopping episode when she runs away to the George and Louise's apartment and then tears up a drawing). Final troubling thing... in eleven years, The Jeffersons had fifteen different time slots, and were all over the ratings boards, up and down quite often.

Throughout the show there are flashbacks telling of George's humble beginnings and an alarming number of hostage-type situations or burglaries. George was a navy man who runs a bunch of dry cleaning stores, Lionel is an electrical engineer, Jenny is a fashion designer, and Mr. Bentley was a Russian translator at the UN. Tom and George often hang out at Charlie's Bar, and buy it together in the final season.

The actress who played Louise was actually 21 years older than the actor who played George, and she passed away in 2004, which is probably why the couple hasn't done a Denny's commercial since 2001, LoL. There are actually only a few surviving actors at this point, but you can catch Sherman Hemsley on all the time (even his voice in shows like Family Guy and the 90s Dinosaurs show).

As with many shows these days, good clips are getting harder and harder to find, since youtube is getting scavenged by the powers that be. Luckily, the theme song will always be there (and you can tell it's very early, since Mother Jefferson is credited).

Gidgits and Gadgets and Odds and Ends...

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

...and even some old string!

That's what you get when you look into your Barney Bag, a staple on the PBS show Barney & Friends, which has been on constantly, since 1992 and does not show signs of stopping, as far as I can tell. I only watched the first season or so (I had an eighteen-month-old sister, so it was the perfect excuse), but the show has long been prey to criticism.

It's actually taped in Texas for the most part, and I have a friend whose older sibling appeared on the show. I'm not sure how PBS decides to keep the show going year after year, but I guess that's why I'm not in television production. While it does not have the concentration on reading and counting like Sesame Street, there is a heavy emphasis on the imagination and creativity. There are many episodes where you learn new songs and dances, and other life skills - taught at a preschool level, of course. Kids move away, become big siblings, and visit grandparents whom they've never met before. There aren't really any negative emotions though... stealing and cheating are ignored, as are death and illness. The most serious thing the show tackles might just be "should I pick my best friend to play on my team even though he sucks at sports?" But usually they just played musical instruments, played pretend, and dressed up, with a spinkling of crafts.

Besides Barney (the purple one, obviously), there's Baby Bop (a green triceratops) and her brother BJ (yellow... I've never seen him in an episode, just in promos), and their cousin Riff (who I just found out about this morning and have never seen, but apparently he is orange). There have been a ton of different kids on the show, some staying only one episode (like Kyla Pratt) and others who stayed on for years (like Tina and Kathy).

You may be very familiar with the "Barney Song" that starts out "I Love You, You Love Me," which I disturbingly found out is used by US operatives to break the will of Iraqi POWs.

In doing a little bit of research, I didn't find much that was interesting enough to share with readers, so we'll go ahead and jump right to the clip for the week... you get to see the stuffed animal "come alive" for the kids, Baby Bop as well as a couple of the many random Barney songs (including the snack song they sing often):

Hey, Hey, Hey...

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

...it's Fat Albert! Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids ran for a whopping thirteen years, from 1972 to 1984 on CBS, and an additional year in first-run syndication. During this time, they only cranked out about 100 episodes, based on Bill Cosby's childhood memories. Cosby had roles at the beginning and end of each episode, and he also voiced the main character and a few of the others.

I first watched Fat Albert in the 7th grade, as it came on after Channel One in homeroom. At home, my brother and I were also big fans of the show, and caught it on the local school board channel, which in St. Lucie County was Channel 13. It doesn't seem to be all that well-known, especially in comparison to some of the other things I've showcased. This might be because you just flipped over it when you watched it (whether that was on the original Saturday mornings or some other time in later years), seeing how it was about a bunch of young boys living in poverty who hang out at a junkyard in North Philly. They played up the "ghettoness" of the show, too... even the instruments they played in their band were pieced together from garbage. The show was nominated for just one Emmy, which is something I don't really understand. It was educational (yet didn't run on PBS) and targeted an audience that was often overlooked by Saturday morning programming... minorities.

Characters:
Fat Albert was the conscience of the group, was the big guy, and wore an orange sweater.
Mushmouth was the one you had a hard time understanding. He actually uses the Pig Latin-ish language Ubbi Dubbi when he speaks, it's not gibberish. Cosby also voices him.
Dumb Donald is the one with the pink ski mask on his face. As his name suggests, he is the dimwit of the group.
Bill is based on Cosby, and Cosby voices him. He spends a lot of time keeping his little brother (Russell) out of trouble. He's the one in the jeans and white shirt.
Russell is the tiny guy in winter wear. He always tells it like it is.
Weird Harold wears the blazer and mismatched socks. He's Fat Albert's best friend.
Rudy is the one in the pink vest and orange hat. He seems to be a little better off financially than the rest of the group.
Bucky is the one with the overbite.

The episodes covered a lot of different topics, and the gang usually learned a lesson, which they often sing about in the end. Some of the stuff covered includes crushes, gun violence, racism, skipping school, con artists, child abuse, drugs, medical problems, alcohol, abduction, and white supremacy cults. They also made Christmas, Halloween, and Easter specials. The hooky episode is a little ridiculous, because the gang realizes they don't miss much and they have a lot of fun, but two bums tell them that since they didn't finish school they can't read, so the guys go back and start thinking school is cool. In another episode, Dumb Donald finds out his parents are having another baby, he freaks out, he gets used to the idea, and the baby is born all in the same episode. There are a couple divorce episodes, which do a decent job at looking at different aspects of the split. There's a funny episode about a kid who looks good, but doesn't know about personal hygiene, so the gang has to talk to him about not smelling, haha. They also have an integration episode, where the kids are bussed to a different school. There are a few gang-related episodes, and death is a big effect. And, in true 80s fashion, there's an episode about a kid who makes it to high school without learning how to read. (This and other shows with similar episodes intrigue me, since the "football star" aspect clearly wasn't an issue in first grade, so how did they pass back then?)

The did a movie in 2004, starring Kenan Thompson. I have yet to see it, but I've been meaning to for quite some time. The plot seems to be about the group helping out a teenager (Kyla Pratt) who is grieving over her grandfather. And, of course, Bill Cosby makes an appearance to give advice.

I can't find any of my favorites on YouTube, but I did find a very short episode from the later years, where the guys tour a prison and learn about how much it sucks to get arrested for a felony.