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What a year it's been. This seemed like as good of a time as any to switch things up. Instead of doing our look back and calling it a “Christmas Special”, we've decided to do our look back and call it what it is, a Year-In-Review Special. Being weary of this time of year these days coupled with the fact that the show was never really about Christmas and was always a yearly recap prompted the change.
So what all do we ‘review' today? Well I'm glad I asked that in the previous sentence. We forgo the new DVD releases because of time, but they are in the Show Links as always. First, we start with a listener E-Mail that does 2 things. First, he offers up his best/worst picks for movies, TV and radio. Then he nominates his choice for our first ever “Clip of the Year”. It worked out pretty well because I planned on playing a “Clip of the Year” and I too, was thinking of the same clip he mentions! You'll hear said bit, in its entirety, on today's show.
From there we get into the bests and worsts of things. As with many of our shows, we run out of time and don't make it through all our primary topics. But we make a pretty decent dent. And since we were all sipping brandy-laced egg nog, it's a miracle we got as far along as we did.
First on the list… movies! Some of our best picks include, THE RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, DRIVE and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. That's not all though. There's plenty more where those came from. One from Jabari wasn't even made this year. I think he was a little confused as to how a year-in-review show works. Or it was the spiked egg nog.
As you might imagine, the ‘worst' list for films in '11 was quite lengthy. Some of them included THE GREEN LANTERN and THE GREEN HORNET. Others brought up, TRANSFORMERS: THE DARK OF THE MOON, TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN and THE SITTER, which by most accounts, could very well be the absolute worst movie of 2011.
To the boob tube we go as we channel surf through the good and bad of televised content, or at least what qualifies these days as network quality programming. On the best list: IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (this is a given) and HOMELAND. On the worst list (let me take an Ace Ventura-style deep breath here): THE JERSEY SHORE, KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS, TWO AND A HALF MEN, most, if not all reality shows, the entire primetime line up on The CW… and many many more.
A few noteworthy events occurred this year in the world of comic books. Charlie and Jabari agreed DC's BLACKEST NIGHT was good while BRIGHTEST DAY was not.
We end this show and year with a recap of celebrity deaths. We lost folks like comedian Patrice O'Neal, Elizabeth Taylor, Arch West who invented Doritos, Andy Rooney from CBS's 60-MINUTES, Kill Keane, the creator of Family Circus and actor Michael Gough who is probably best known for his role as Alfred on Tim Burton's BATMAN movies. And of course, Steve Jobs died this year. As did singer, Amy Winehouse and Jack LaLanne. He's that buff old dude that sells juicers. Juicing jokes follow quickly on this one. Tune in for that.
The final moments of our year-in-review show reveals Charlie's New Year's resolution. And we want to know yours! It's this week's ‘We Ask You Poll'. And with that, I'll wrap by wishing you all a happy holiday and New Year. We'll be back right off the bat in 2012, Sunday, January 1st LIVE on ErrorFM.com at 8pm/PT. It's unknown how hungover we'll be. You'll just have to listen in and find out. See ya then!