Scream Queens: Ice Cream Becomes a Banana Split

Time to head back to our favorite sorority!  Scream Queens is back this week and it's official:  Dean Munsch and Gigi are moving into the house!  The two ladies have decided to move in keep an eye on things.

Other than the two ladies joining the unimpressed Chanel, the episode entitled "Chainsaw" gives us some glorious tastes and scenes of the Red Devil using one...and Zayday, which was hilarious.

Enough of my randomness, let's focus on the recap!  This episode shows us that the students of the university are making sure people know that they are not a part of KKT, by holding a march and showing the killer that they are in no way affiliated.  Munsch then announces that the Red Devil will no longer by the mascot and it is now an ice cream cone.  But the cone then leads to the most gruesome murder of the show in my opinion.

That's right, the ice cream cone gets cut in half!  Good lord that was gory, shocking and brilliant!

Now it's time for a breakdown:

My favorite character: Denise Hemphill believes that Zayday is the killer.  She saw a tweet that Zayday sent to the writer of How To Get Away With Murder that spoke of her liking how killers worked in cohoots.

#Cahoots may a thing as we say the members of Chad Radwell's fraternity fight two chainsaw wielding Red Devils in an attempt to gain some revenge for Boone's death in an amazing Backstreet Boys fight sequence.  The big thing Denise found on Zayday though is that she had a chainsaw under her bed.  Zayday claimed her grandmother sent it to her, which Denise just believes...I love Denise Hemphill.

Chanel needs a new minion.  But who would be willing to do this?  Why Chanel #6 obviously.  Lea Michele goes from brace to hottie in this episode.  We all knew it was coming!

Chanel #3 gets some character and becomes "alibuddies" with Sam.  This seems to be like Brittany and Santana from Glee but poorly acted and written.

Chanel #2 is still posting pics on her Instagram from an unknown location.  But Denise discovers the blood stains in her room and her tweet leading her to explain to Grace and Zayday how she's been murdered...or maybe not.  

The episode ends with Dean Munsch forcing Gigi out of their shared room with loud murder noises.  Gigi leaves to sleep on the couch and meets a chainsaw wielding Red Devil.  

Gigi with little help from Wes' attempted rescue, saves herself with a pretty impressive kick.  When she and Wes go to check on the Devil who had flown behind the couch, he was gone, leaving only his chainsaw behind.  From there Munsch runs downstairs to check on them, Wes accuses her of being the killer and she looks stunned.

This episode was fun!  I really enjoyed seeing the characters come to light more.  At this point here's my thought on who the killer is.  Chanel #2 seemed to fake her death possibly and Boone definitely faked his.  There are two chainsaw wielding Demons and the one did not take out Chad Radwell (Boone?)  This theory will probably change by next week, but for now: Chanel #2 and Boone did it.

Good night and good fright everyone!

Give Eva A Chance

Wrestling and reality tv fans...it's time to talk Eva Marie.  I'm not too big of a Total Divas fan anymore, first season was ok, but I fell off that bandwagon.  So let's talk All Red Everything on the wrestling side.

Two words that seem to spark instant rage in any wrestling fan seems to be: Eva Marie.  As to be WWE's complete antithesis to the Diva's Revolution, Eva Marie arrived on WWE NXT with her sights set on becoming the next NXT Women's Champion.  The red-haired bombshell was met with a chorus of boos after taking one step onto the NXT stage.

Let's be honest, this girl was never really given a chance.  She arrived as a pretty girl for a reality show and was thrown at the mercy of wrestling fans who were absolutely over seeing the "Diva Search" era of girls wrestling.  So, naturally she was facing a mountain of criticism from day one.

Now that she's actually attempting to be somewhat competent in the ring, the fans are giving her nothing but backlash.  As a fan of women's wrestling, I've watched since I began in 2000.  I've seen the glory of Lita and Trish, as well as, the low point of Kelly Kelly beating Beth Phoenix for months.  I've suffered through Diva Search contestants, through Halloween costume dance competitions, and through Maria Menounos.  I will now though, say this: Eva Marie is not the worst thing I've seen.

Eva Marie is doing something at the moment that you can't discredit her for: she's trying!  This woman is putting in effort to actually become something more than what she is, she's trying to become better, why are we so content with throwing her under a bus every chance we get?

I'm not saying you can't boo her as a character on TV.  Her character is basically who the WWE Universe thinks this woman is: an undeserving hot chick who is having everything handed to her.  Maybe that used to be the case, who knows really?  But I don't think that is how it's happening anymore, that's the reason she's on NXT.  She's making publicity, she's huge on Total Divas, but that's not all she needs to get over in the wrestling world.  Now, she's trying to learn the craft and prove she's not just a hot chick.

We're having to witness her growth in the ring: you're seeing this girl learn the business.  She's trying, cut the girl some slack.  That's all I'm asking.  If next year, we don't see an Eva Marie that can actually put on a quasi-decent match at least (a-la Rosa Mendes) then by all means, boo her out of the building.  But right now: #GiveThisDivaAChance

Elle King Wows On The Today Show

Have you heard of Elle King?  If you haven't, you need to check your radio, because her single Ex's and Oh's is blowing up!  King recently took her sultry yet smokey vocals to The Today Show as a part of Toyota's Summer Concert Series.  Check it out below!

Phenomenal right?  This lady has vocals that far surpass many vocalists twice her age.  This Ohio-born lady has every chance to be a new age Joplin.  Yes, I know that's a pill that some will have a hard time swallowing, but just listen to this again and tell me you can't hear it?

Keep on rocking Elle!  Can't wait for more!

Bob's Burgers: They're Baaaack

Above is just how I feel because Bob's Burgers is back and it's one of my favorite shows!!

Now for the bad news...this season premiere was not one of my favorites, in fact, it was far from it.  The episode goes back in time as the kids do their own takes on what it would be like if Bob and Linda never met.

Before you go ballistic on me, first off let me say that I'm a huge fan of this show, but this episode doesn't do it for me.  It reminds me of Season 4's The Frond Files, where we see the stories the kids wrote for school projects.  

This episode shows what would happen if Bob never had a mustache and in turn, never met Linda.  Gene's take on the story is that Bob would become Robo-Stache.  Louise says the two would just be honest with each other and meet later on.  Tina takes about how they would never have met, which leads into the most interesting part of the episode by far.  Tina's flashback/side story/whatever leads to an alternative universe where Linda marries Hugo and Bob becomes a health inspector.  This situation leads to a lot of fun callbacks to Human Flesh aka the pilot episode.

The bit thing here is that in all the scenarios, Bob and Linda always end up together, proving that true love does exist.  (Linda Voice:  Awwww, just like Mary and Joseph, having baby Jesus)  

An episode that didn't hit a home-run, but still managed to bring in some fun moments.  Hopefully the rest of the season brings in some magic, because of the adult animated shows, this one is by far my favorite and I can't wait to see what they have in store for us in for season six.

Till next week, I leave you with Kuchi Kopi!

Family Guy: I Wrote This Review On Adderall

Ever thought that you couldn't really pay enough attention?  Ever felt jittery, unable to sit still?  Well, this episode of Family Guy Stewie gets diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed Adderall.  It's prescribed by Dr. Hartman in a scene where Stewie gives my favorite line of episode, a throwaway while pointing in the corner of the examination room and proclaiming, "There's a cat in here."  I died. Sorry, I got sidetracked, maybe I need Adderall.

This oddly seems like an early episode of South Park where all the kids get diagnosed with ADD.  The storyline is insanely similar, but has a twist to it, when Brian starts taking it too.  Brian becomes riddled with energy and becomes increasingly "creative".  The contrast between Stewie and Brian provides a lot of fun, culminating with Brian trying to pitch a fantasy world he created to George RR Martin.  Martin gives a great line saying, "Medication doesn't make you write well, it just makes you write a lot."  At the end of the episode, Brian and Stewie proclaim that neither of them have attention problems, they're just normal people who don't need medication.  Hopefully this gets a point across to the family guy viewers.

In B-Plot news, Quagmire gets a spot as a chef on a local TV show and Peter is cast as the goofy sidekick.  Peter is the reason Quagmire lands the gig, because the executives loved Peter's antics and wanted them as a duo.  The story seems like the Beefsquatch episode of Bob's Burgers.  

Peter and Quagmire of course split after they can't work together and then end up with individual cooking segments.  This ends up with them going Iron Chef on each other, with the loser leaving the Network.  The episode ends with Peter sacrificing his win for his friend and then together, they say the N word to get banned from food related television Paula Deen style.

Overall, I thought the episode had its funny points.  I was able to pick out storylines from two different shows that seemed to be picked from though.  I'm sure that's not the case at all, but you can't help but wonder sometimes.  Hopefully this season of Family Guy proves to be as good as its predecessors.  But only time will tell, until then...

Once Upon A Time: Evil Black Swan Emma Arrives

It has returned!  Once Upon A Time has returned and this time, Emma has become...Evil Emma.  (Dun Dun Dun!!!)

Last season's finale let audiences witness Emma become the new Dark One.  It coined Emma's new internet nickname of: The Black Swan.  (Really original internet.)  The show opens with us seeing Arthur and Lancelot come to pull the Excalibur from the stone.  Arthur does, but sees the sword is broken.  Where's the tip of the sword?  Why it's just the Dark One's dagger!  

Meanwhile, back in Storybrooke, the crew, in a fit of attitude that led to Regina calling Hook "Guyliner" (perfection), figures out that Emma is no longer in Storybrooke and they need to find a way to get to her.  The find a locator spell using Merlin's wand and instructions from The Sorcerer's Apprentice. (RIP)  Who do they need help from?  Zelina of course!

We head to the Enchanted Forest and Evil Emma rises from a portal...I think she actually stole her arrival from someone:

But then out of nowhere: Rumple appears and tells her that he is here to be her instructor in embracing her darkness.  Really?  Rumple?  This is a stretch, even for OUAT.

Then out of this confusion of, "What the...," a maiden with red curly hair, wielding a bow and arrow appears.

Merida has arrived!  Let me say that I love this character and Amy Manson knocks this out of the park.  She gives Merida a grown up feel and gives her just a bit more angst.  Plus the line, "Just be thankful you're not a bear," was just too good.  Merida captures a wisp that Emma needs to find Merlin, which will help her stop being the dark one.  (This season reaches a lot so far, but I like it.)  So anyways, Merida and Evil Emma venture forward.

We return to Storybrooke where to make a long story short: Regina tricks Zelina into summoning a tornado that takes you into other realms.  Zelina wanted to go to Oz and Regina made the tornado wisk her and the gang (including Zelina for some reason) to The Enchanted Forest.

Luckily they arrive just in time to stop Emma from killing Merida.  You see what had happened was, Emma and Rumple were discussing how the only way to use the wisp is to be the one to whisper to it.  If Merida does it first, the wisp becomes useless to Emma unless Merida dies.  Merida hears this and flees overnight, when Emma catches up to her, the two battle and Emma rips her heart out.  But Hook runs in and helps her calm her hatred.  Awwww.

Soon after that, they're randomly found by Arthur and his round table.  They promptly say that they knew of their coming based on Merlin's prophecy and they take the Storybrooke crew to Camelot.

But then all of a sudden, we cut to six weeks later.  Everyone is back in Granny's and in Storybrooke. Of course...nobody can remember what happened.  Emma then bust through the door in full Evil Black Swan Emma mode!  It's intense.

Overall the new episode has me wanting more.  I'm kind of over the "losing their memory" every season thing.  It's really annoying that nobody can every remember anything.  This season already seems to be grasping at straws and this is episode one.  I'm going to keep optimistic however, because this show always does tend to give me something to love.  This season I'm thinking it might be Merida, cause she's ballin!

Until next week, keep dreaming...and if you're name is Emma: stay evil :)

Scream Queens: Glee's Cover of American Horror Story

Can I just say that there is no way on this Earth I thought I would like this show...but I do.  That's the sad fact, I enjoyed the premiere episodes of Scream Queens immensely more than I'd like to admit.

Ryan Murphy, the creator of American Horror Story and Glee decided that both shows needed to be combined and let me tell you, the result is a wonderfully campy, star studded, slasher that is sure to delight even the most fickle of critics.

The show premiered to many favorable views and according to an article by Variety, the show garnered over 7.8 million views after its release on sites like Hulu.  (Which one of those views was from yours truly.

Basis of the show is this: Chanel is the president of Kappa Kappa Tau, a hoity-toity sorority full of bitchy plastics.  The sorority is littered with dirty history, in fact the opening scene shows a sister giving birth at party and then dying in the tub.  Years after the birth/death, there is now a Red Devil on the loose, killing all the sisters.

(He's creepy, yet not so creepy when you watch the show. I can't explain, you gotta watch.)

The show also features a line-up of young Hollywood royalty including: Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande (whose scene with the Red Devil is absolutely Oscar worthy), and Keke Palmer.  It also has the original horror icon chick Jamie Lee Curtis, SNL star Nasim Pedrad and the always hilarious Reno 911 alumni Niecy Nash. But my favorite person might just be Deaf Taylor Swift:

(May She Rest In Pieces)

Scream Queens is going to have its critics, because at its heart it is a teenage show.  This series will probably have its ups and downs, but I see it as something that will be fun for the Halloween season.  The bonus of having intriguing characters, as well as hilarious dialogue, with some gory deaths thrown in...it's just a beautiful concoction of happiness.

I'm going to keep on top of this show and hopefully bring reviews out to you every week..  So until next week...

SHONDELL!  WHY YOU GOT A KNIFE IN YOUR THROAT!?!

Ear Porn: Ex's and Oh...God Elle King is Amazing!

Welcome to this edition of Ear Porn!  The wonderful blog that I do where I talk about songs that I like!  This wonderful post is going to bring you lots of songs that make my ears happy!  And as always, the titles of the songs are also links to them on Spotify! (Cause I'm so kind)  Here we go!

Ex's & Oh's - Elle King

This is my current driving song.  Her voice is just amazing!

Quesadilla - Walk The Moon

She said, "Shut up and dance with me," then we went out for a Quesadilla.

Glacier - Youngblood Hawke

Some very nice easy listening for your day!

After The Morning After - Todd Carey

This is my slow jam right now.  Plus the lyrics really hit home in certain parts.

Faded - SoulDecision

Here's a throwback for your enjoyment!

Shanaynay Is Back!

I am indeed a Shane Dawson fan.  No, I'm not 14.  No, I don't have a vagina.  I just think this guy is funny as hell and I've been watching him for years.

But what hooked me you ask?  It was Shanaynay: a ghetto chick with one too many eyebrows.  Shane has recently kept this gem of a character on the backburner so he could release music videos that seem to model themselves off a Disney Channel version of Adult Swim, but she's back!

Shane released a new series featuring her called Viral Infection.  It's basically a Shanaynay version of Tosh.0 or Willam's Beatdown or Ridiculousness or...you know what, you get the picture.

But here's the latest episode!

Funny as hell!  Did you enjoy it?  Sound off in the comments. 

PS: Shane, keep em coming!

Ear Porn - One Direction Is Better With One Less Member

Welcome folks to another rousing edition of Ear Porn!  This is the blog where I dig through Spotify and then I deliver you the gems that make my ear buds smile.  This week I bring you six songs from global superstars to relatively unknown artists.  Also, if you click the names of the songs, it will link you to the songs on Spotify, so you can hear them yourself!  Ain't I nice?  Here we go!

Drag Me Down - One Direction

So maybe having four members is what this band needed?  This song has actually made it so I have One Direction on my work out mix.

Lemon Eyes - Meg Myers

The Fix - Nelly feat. Jeremiah

Fly - 5 Seconds of Summer

There new singles are bringing a fresh facelift to mainstream pop punk!  Love it!

Girl Crush - New Politics

Bitter Pill - Gavin James 

Move over Sam Smith and make way for Gavin James!

Who's Gonna Win Tough Enough?

Tough Enough is always an interested prospect when it comes around, sometimes it produces future WWE Champions like The Miz and sometimes the winners go on to do nothing, but the loser remains on the roster. (Yes, that was a Cameron reference.)

This season has been an interesting format for me in the fact that I personally haven't actually watched any full episodes, other than the casting special on WWE Network.  My entire Tough Enough experience has come from the Youtube extras that WWE puts out after each show.

But with the competition now narrowed down to the Final 5, speculations are swirling around who is going to be the male and female winner of this season.  But let's be honest, we're all winners cause we get to see Lita on our screens every week again.

(See look at that face.  She agrees.)

But who is going to be the next Superstar and Diva?  Let's get to analyzing!

Amanda is hot.  She's a model and if you Google her, you're gonna get your fair share of eye candy.  She fits the mold that WWE wanted for a Diva 6 years ago, but with the current crop of NXT girls, that landscape is changing.  She looks like she wants it and with only two girls left, it's really a matter of if the WWE fanboys want the hot blonde or the cute girl next door.

Josh is huge.  He calls himself The Yeti, even though it makes no sense at all.  He looks more like white Roman Reigns.  The guy is huge and brings some charisma to back it up.  He and Tanner are really the toss ups to be the guy going home next in my opinion.  Josh has the body of a WWE Superstar, but the problem for me is there are too many guys who look like him already, notably Reigns who is already a headliner, so where would Josh's place be.

Sara Lee is the girl next door.  She's cute, she's a tom-boy, she's got that nose ring that is pretty much perfect.  Sara Lee is the next best thing to AJ Lee.  She's not the best in the ring, but the WWE Universe has really taken to her, probably because she's the most real person in the competition aside from ZZ.  Like I said before it's a toss up female wise, but with the voting percentage Sara Lee gets when's she's in the bottom 3, you can tell she has the fan's support.

Tanner is athletic.  The problem is that he's also boring.  I really want to support Tanner cause he's a college alumni, we both went to Limestone College in Gaffney, SC.  So while I really want to cheer him on, he just doesn't give me much to cheer on.  He's really brash and incredibly arrogant, the problem is, he's got the personality of a dead cat.  Athletically, he's top notch, he's like a living representation of Crossfit, but you gotta show the world something dude.  

ZZ is The Waterboy.  I can't really describe why I like ZZ so much, but I do.  It might be that he talks like Dusty Rhodes and it might be that I just have this urge to root for the underdog, but the WWE Universe seems to like him just as much as I do.  This alligator wrestler from the bayou has really earned a spot in the fan's hearts, as well as one on the trainer's hate lists.  While he might not be the most athletic, ZZ has that natural charisma that you just can't teach.

Question is though:  Who are my picks to win?

I'm gonna place my bet on ZZ and Sara Lee.  If it ends up truly being the WWE Universe's decision, then I see these two earning what I presume is a NXT contract.  But we'll all know for sure in 5 weeks!

6 Stars I'd Love To See As The Riddler

The world tends to overlook The Riddler as a great and iconic Batman villain.  With the newer movies taking a darker turn, The Riddler has drifted to the wayside in the film world along with other iconic villains like The Penguin and Mr. Freeze.  

But I think The Riddler is a bad guy that could really bring something interesting to the silver screen.  So if DC Films are thinking about bringing this character into all our Blu-Ray collections, here are 5 actors that I think could grab that iconic cane and run with it!

Neil Patrick Harris

Already a famous super villain from the cult classic: Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Neil Patrick Harris has shown via film and stage that he can pull off eccentric roles quite easily.  Harris would pull off a different kind of Riddler, something dark yet comical in my opinion.  I also entertain the idea of a psychotic musical number.  His portrayal would be Legen...wait for it...dary.  (Sorry, had to do it.)

Jim Carrey

Call me a sucker for the classics, but he did a great version of The Riddler before, I think seeing him play a darker version of the same character would be interesting to say the least.  While Carrey is known as Hollywood's all time great funny men, he's also proven he can do crazy pretty good as well.  Carrey is also a bit older now and it would be cool to see a new take on an old gem.  I also really wanna go watch some 90s Batman movies now!

Benedict Cumberbatch

I slow speaking, more menacing Riddler?  I see that being just what Mr. Holmes himself would offer us if we saw Cumberbatch take the role.  Cumberbatch is somewhat of a darkhorse in my mind because he would offer up a completely new take on The Riddler than what tradition sees him as.  Alas, it may not happen, Benedict has already announced he'll be portraying Dr. Strange and usually in show business, it seems you only get one superhero.

Max Riemelt

A star from Netflix's new series Sense8 has been taking the internet by storm, mostly because in the series you get to know him...really well.  Riemelt has shown from that show alone that he can play the unstable role well.  I picture his version of The Riddler as more of a street made villain like he's made out to be.  Now I'm looking at comparisons between The Riddler and Aladdin...weird.

Zachary Quinto

Already a villain (a pretty dang evil one too) from NBC's Heroes, Quinto has the makings to become The Riddler and really make this character marketable.  His portrayal of Spock in the new Star Trek films really showed me how amazing this guy is, because honestly I didn't know it was him till the credits of the first film and I was a huge Heroes fan!  If Quinto was The Riddler, get me some popcorn, it's gonna be a good night!

David Tennant

While I respect all my other choices as Riddler, I true to my heart believet that The Doctor himself would be the perfect casting for the role.  After seeing Tennant portray my favorite version of The Doctor on Dr. Who, I quickly made comparisons between him and The Riddler.  One reason and one reason alone: delivery.  Tennant delivers lines and quips in the exact way that the iconic Batman villain should.  I see him producing lines that would become instantly iconic, such as Ledger's, "Why so serious?"  If anyone deserves this role, I again say that this man is tailor made!