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Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Pop Culture Jumbalaya

Posted on March 28, 2011 by sgottahurt

Remember your ABC's... sitcoms...

There have been a few things that I’ve remembered or discovered or wondered that didn’t warrant their own posts. So here they all are in one place!

What do Growing Pains, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, and Full House all have in common?

Well, they were all on ABC. That’s easy. But did you ~~know~~ remember ~~care~~ that Alan Thicke appeared at the beginning of Mark Curry’s new show to welcome him to the network as well as the old Growing Pains‘ set? Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper’s first show took place in the Seaver home – as is/was. That’s weird. But even weirder still was that the second episode featured Michelle Tanner (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) and Uncle Jesse (John Stamos) from Full House. Weirdest of all – the show lasted five seasons.

EMF and Andrew Dice Clay’s worlds collided.

I had no idea that the opening “Oh!” and titular line “That’s unbelievable!” in EMF’s Unbelievable were sampled from raunchy “comedian” Andrew Dice Clay. And that’s unbelievable.

Things that still make me go hmmm…

I haven’t been able to find anything one way or another about these possible Coinkydinks or Coinkydonks, but it doesn’t mean that they’re true (or not):

Did Huey Lewis and the News name themselves such as an homage to 60’s rock group Gary Lewis and the Playboys?

Did 90’s Britpop group Elastica take that name as a spoof and celebration of hard rock band Metallica?

Does anyone else besides me care? You’re unbelievable.

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Charlie Sheen’s Shared Histories Edition

Posted on March 16, 2011 by sgottahurt

Let’s get right into business, since this is ~~overdone~~ overdue.

Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer’s Shared History

Two and a Half Men wasn’t Sheen and Cryer’s first shindig together. That would have been 1991’s Hot Shots!

Everyone's thinking - "You were in that movie?"

Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones’ Shared History

Sheen and young co-star Jones each appeared in two different movies with the same title. Can you guess? No peeking below–too late.

The answer is... "The Rookie"

Charlie Sheen and Michael J. Fox’s Shared History

Everybody already knows that Sheen replaced Fox on ABC’s Spin City. But did you know that Fox had it in his contract that should he leave the show, he’d still get paid? And did you know that Sheen had this same “Michael J. Fox Clause” in his own contract? You did? Okay. Then did you realize that Sheen’s character in the Wall Street films was named Bud Fox? Is that enough of a Coinkydink or Coinkydonk for ya?

He should have said he has "fox blood" instead...

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Traffic Light Vs. Perfect Couples

Posted on March 3, 2011 by sgottahurt

Hey, gather ’round and let me tell you about a mid-season replacement…

Get this.. there are three guys… and they all went to college together… you see, that explains how they became friends… and then they all have significant others to varying degrees… begin ensuing hilarity!

That pretty much sums up the basics of two new shows – NBC’s Perfect Couples and Fox’s Traffic Light.

Light Couples and Perfect Traffic would be awesome.

But the Coinkydinks or Coinkydonks don’t end there…

Both feature cast-offs from other sitcoms

Well, this isn’t an uncommon thing, especially in the world of sitcom manufacturing. There’s a lot of a throw it at the wall and see if breaks through mentality that goes into producing hits. So let me clarify…

Both feature cast-offs from other sitcoms that I like

On Perfect Couples, we get Mary Elizabeth Ellis (Amy/The Waitress) from FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
On Traffic Light, you get both David Denman (Mike/Roy) and Nelson Franklin (Adam/Nick the IT Guy) from NBC’s The Office.

BONUS COINKYDINK OR COINKYDONK!
NBC and Fox/FX swapped Actors!

Both derive humor from the statuses of each relationship

Well, come to think of it, that might be a bit off as well. Howzabout…

Both attempt humor from the statuses of each relationship

On Perfect Couples, you have the perfect couple, the regular couple, and the crazy couple.
On Traffic Light, you have the red light couple, the yellow light couple, and the green light, um, single guy.

Both shows have an Actor! that starred in another show called “Heist”

Sure, one was made in America and the other in Britain, but David Walton (Vance) of Perfect Couples and Kris Marshall (Ethan) of Traffic Light both happened to be in TV shows called Heist.

BONUS COINKYDINK OR COINKYDONK!
Perfect Couples’ Kyle Bornheimer and Hayes MacArthur
(Dave and Rex) were in She’s Out of My League.

Oh yeah… both shows have Asian hotties

Olivia Munn (formerly of G4’s Attack of the Show, concurrently of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show) and Liza Lapira (formerly of Fox’s Dollhouse) both portray the better-half of the highest level relationships. Munn’s Leigh is in the perfect couple; Lapira’s Lisa is in the red light couple.

As Charlie Sheen might say about Olivia Munn, "Winning!" (Sorry Liza...)

BONUS COINKYDINK OR COINKYDONK!
Their characters’ names are Leigh and Lisa.
That’s pretty close…

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Is Robocop The Right Choice?

Posted on February 16, 2011 by sgottahurt

This has been pretty much everywhere lately, and I’m fine with it because it’s funny rather than tragic (well, maybe it is tragic). But as it stands, it looks like Detroit is going to get this:

"The Spirit of OCP"

Here’s the catch, though… Robocop was not filmed in Detroit (there are only aerial shots). It takes place in a future hell-hole version of this, um, hell-hole. The Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk comes into play because half of the funding for the strange project ($25,000 of the necessary $50,000) came from a donor out of state. So a movie about Detroit that wasn’t filmed in Detroit is getting a statue in Detroit funded mostly by someone not from Detroit.

To borrow from another 80’s film – if you build it, they will come. I guess. But why quit there?

Here are some other cops that should be memorialized in statue form because their movies took place AND were filmed in Detroit (at least more than aerial shots):

Nick Tellis (Jason Patric)

The Long Shot

Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy)

Could Be Likely

Action Jackson (Carl Weathers)

Build This Instead

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Running Beats (The Hanna-Barbera Way)

Posted on February 3, 2011 by sgottahurt

"Beans are indeed the musical fruit. Where's the nearest restroom?"

My quest to expose copycats in Hollywood is reaching a fever pitch. We’ve always known that these types of practices went on, but I feel like I’m becoming a champion for originality, even in the slightest of degrees.

And my attack is not always just against the producers of the recycled entertainment, sometimes the hungry audience is of equal blame. But what should I expect from a public that lives off fast food.

~~Probably unclear~~ diatribe over. But for some examples of my past battles, you can check here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. (There are probably more that I can’t recall at this moment.)

I recently wrote about producer Dr. Luke, and guess what? I’m/he’s at it again. This time, I believe he’s ripped off his own previous writing partner, Max Martin.

Max Martin and Pink co-wrote the song, Fuckin’ Perfect, which was released December 14, 2010. Y’know… just in fuckin’ time for Christmas.

Dr. Luke and Brit pop-star, Jessie J, co-wrote the song, Price Tag, which was released January 25, 2011. Y’know… one month after– forget it.

Listen to Pink’s chorus at about the 0:48 minute mark:

Now listen to Jessie J’s chorus at about the 1:01 minute mark:

For rhythmic comparison, Fuckin’ Perfect lyrics:

Pretty pretty please, don’t you ever ever feel
Like you’re less than f*ckin’ perfect
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you’re nothing
You’re f*ckin’ perfect to me!

And Price Tag’s lyrics:

It’s not about the money, money, money
We don’t need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the Price Tag

AM I CRAZY?!? It’s the same, right?

So rather than go on with this rigmarole, I’ve decided to think of this new style of music as a 70’s animation cheat. The technique is referred to as the wraparound background, and it was quite often deployed in the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

Here it is on display in Scooby-Doo. Watch the two hallways loop while Scooby and Shaggy flee:

Ladies and gentlemen… your modern music!

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Is Andrea Anders The New Ted McGinley?

Posted on January 22, 2011 by sgottahurt

Are these pics from Classmates.com?

Those of you unfamiliar with the TripleDoubleU are… a lost cause. Those of you that know your way around Al Gore’s vast array of electrical tubes and lights know the guy up above on the right (here’s a hint – he’s the guy name in the post’s title).

His name is ~~Robert Paulson~~ Ted McGinley, and he is the man most synonymous with the concept of jumping the shark even though he wasn’t the guy that actually jumped the shark (they were in the same show, though).

Shows that Ted McGinley was added to when they supposedly jumped the shark:

Happy Days
Love Boat
Dynasty
Married… With Children
The John Larroquette Show
Sports Night
Hope & Faith was on for three seasons, but it was cancelled for Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (he was the second person eliminated his season)

Now some argue (mainly McKinley himself), that the shows went onto more seasons in spite of him. According to Jim lasted eight seasons. Longevity does not equal quality. (And sometimes, I think networks forget to cancel shows.)

Now whereas the majority of the above shows McKinley was a late addition to them, Andrea Anders started all of the following shows. Well, as for Joey, that’s not entirely true. She replaced Ashley Scott as the will they, won’t they potential love interest.

Ashley Scott has no hard feelings.

But if Anders’ track record is any indication, Matthew Perry’s new show, Mr. Sunshine, might not fare well. So I guess she’s not really at all like Ted McGinley, the patron saint of shark jumping. Maybe she’s more like the dolphin that kills the shark.

Her track record:

"How you doin'?" "Not so well."

See? Classmates.com!

Get it? Should have been called "Better Off Dan-celed."

Miss Chanandler Bong!

BONUS COINKYDINK OR COINKYDONK!

Andrea Anders is currently dating Matt LeBlanc who will be in the new Showtime show called Episodes… in which she’ll have a guest appearance. So I wouldn’t get too used to that show either.

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonks Unleashed!

Posted on January 9, 2011 by sgottahurt

It's all connected... like whatever this toy is.

You know how people say…

You don’t choose books; books choose you.

Well, maybe the same thing happens with movies. I mean, I know when it comes to books, it’s usually about how the incidents in the book reflect something in your life. For movies, it always seems that there’s a connection. Not between me and the movie, idiot. Between the consecutive movies!

For instance, on the flight to Prague, I watched four movies: The Other Guys, Despicable Me, Salt, and most of Knight and Day. While I had downtime the last two weeks (actually, it was the nights I stayed up late because I couldn’t sleep… because I didn’t drink enough, I guess), I saw Dinner for Schmucks, Eurotrip, Easy A, 17 Again, and Bolt. On the last day, I almost went to the theater to see Megamind. There’s one anomaly film in the mix, but that will get a special shout-out at the end.

Onto the Coinkydinks Or Coinkydonks!

Traitor!

Mr. Katie Holmes

World- (and possibly universe-, if the Scientologists know what they’re talking about) famous Actor! Tom Cruise was originally attached to star in Salt, a flick about a spy and possible traitor to the government. But he feared the character was too similar to his Ethan Hunt character in the Mission: Impossible films, who was a spy and possible traitor to the government (at least in the first one). So he starred in Knight and Day instead… as a spy and possible traitor to the government.

Keepin’ It In the Family

Michelle Trachtenberg

Cutie-pie Michelle Trachtenberg needs to sit down and have a talk with her agent. In Eurotrip, there’s a pretty funny scene where her character, while tripping on absinthe, makes out with her twin brother on the dance floor. In 17 Again, she tries to make out with her dad. Sure, it’s Zac Efron as a younger Matthew Perry, but still!

Did These Get Made on the Same Lot?

Steve Carell

Of course, both Despicable Me and Dinner for Schmucks star the grinning goof above, but isn’t it weird that both Flight of the Concorde’s Jemaine Clements and Saving Sarah Marshall’s Jason Segel are in both?! That’s a lot of boths!

When You’re Good, You’re Good…

Malcolm McDowell

…and no one’s, um, gooder at being bad(ish) as Malcolm McDowell. He portrayed the villainous Dr. Calico in Disney’s Bolt, and the ~~villainous~~ thorn-in-the-side Principal Gibbons in Easy A.

Easy, Eh?

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell headed-up The Other Guys and Megamind. Isn’t that enough?

Oh yeah, and about that special shout-out… we also watched The Graves. What’s that? you say. I’ll let the preview explain it for you, because it was even worse and incomprehensible than I could have ever expected (you need to at least see the 0:47 second mark):

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? One Taylor Swift Headlight

Posted on December 26, 2010 by sgottahurt

Okay. Get this.

I was driving to pick my buddy up at his new place the other day, and I found myself daydreaming as I was passing through a well-known speed trap. I’ve trained my eyes to catch cops by the side of the road, and this occasion was no different, hence my rapid deceleration. By the time, I looked at my speedometer, it was reading 53, 52, 51…

I was in a 45 MPH zone, and I knew I was going way faster than I should. I’ll pulled quickly onto the angled embankment between the bridge and the freeway entrance below it. My hands were displayed promptly empty out the window as the officer approached the passenger side.

I rolled the window down on that side and placed my hands on the steering wheel. He said,

This your ride?

I answered, “It’s mine.”

Can I see your license?

I answered, “I was waiting to get it safely.” It was then I dug out my wallet.

You were going 58 in a 45. How’s your driving record?

I told him it was good, even though it wasn’t long ago I was pulled over for something*.

Then I’ll take care of you.

I ended up getting an impeding traffic ticket which still costs $116, but… no points.

Ah, the part I’ve dreaded. I was daydreaming, listening to this song:

I was trying to figure out the line:

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter

Because this later line confused me:

I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter

I thought all the choruses went that way, but it was only the last one that “the boy” is singing to her.

Nonetheless, what makes this a Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? is that (My Boss) Paul pointed out that the cadence (which also happens to be his daughter’s name) is Taylor Swift’s Mine is almost the same as The Wallflowers’ One Headlight: