Blog From The Bench

Greetings DVD Fans!

I spent the last two weeks working as a lowly PA on an independent movie with one of my favorite TV stars. You'll find a clue here within. (Big secret though, I'll reveal details later)

Gidget 2006

Have you checked out Falcon Beach on ABC Family? Gotta give kudos to the network for moving away from endless reruns of Under the Tuscan Sun and Home Alone and on to something original (one of several new series they have in the works). Falcon Beach has a WB-light vibe. It's a teen soap opera set in a small lakefront community. Lots of beach volleyball, bikinis and wakeboarding – which is the show's signature sport. Not quite hip enough to be One Tree Hill or The OC but a play nice version for younger teens or teens with stricter parents. There's still sex, drugs and rock and roll but it's understated and there are lessons learned. Falcon Beach has a really great website at http://www.falconbeach.ca/ (yes, it's filmed in Canada). Lots of videos, music, photos and places for fans to interact. A great official website always pushes a show up a notch in my book.

Breathless Anticipation

I'll wrap up with a list of the three most anticipated TV DVD on my list.

Blue Collar TV: The Complete Second Season on August 1st - this may seem like an odd choice for me, but I'm dying to see it for one simple reason. I'm IN it!! Three episodes actually. I had a fairly big part in several sketches including Fuglies and Cindy Crawford Gym and I've never seen them. Filmed it ages ago but the show was canceled before the eps aired. The WB claims to be showing these "missing" episodes this summer so it's a race to see what gets here first me on TV or me on DVD.

Supernatural: The Complete First Season on DVD on September 5th - this one should be a real hoot, as it has bloopers and A Day in the Life of Jared and Jensen. Talk about guys who really love their job! And here's a hint CW network – if you want the fangirls to stop slashing Sam and Dean, you gotta tell Jared and Jensen to keep their hands off each other in public! These two are just a bit too comfortable with each other and we love it.

Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Second Season on September 12th – this is the season of the Denny storyline (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, be still my "still beating" heart). I missed a few eps in this storyline so I'm anxious to see it from start to finish. And with five hours of extras including extended footage (some of Denny, I'm hoping), I may need a tranquillizer while I wait.

So that's it for this week. Come back next week and come wearing your favorite fannish t-shirt. Time to come out of the closet my friend and join the rest of us fangirls (even if you're a guy) because it's a whole lot more fun over here than over there.