Edit: You can find an episode guide at HBO’s Entourage site. Note that they have a song-by-song music guide for each and every episode under “Music Credits.” For example, click here for the songs in the Season 2 opener.



Hey, I thought I’d write about Entourage Ep 9, The System, here although you can read my Season 1 ramblings here: Entourage Season 1. First off, I know what you want to know is what is the theme song and where can you find it. It is Superhero by Jane’s Addiction off of their album Strays. You can hear a clip here at Amazon.com. You can hear other songs from the album at the Jane’s Addiction site.

Next, what happened to Samaire Armstrong? Well, Monica Keener (of Undeclared fame) is funny and cool so let’s see where this storyline goes. Drama’s headshot from ‘92 was hilarious. I laughed a lot during this ep. Debi Mazar is so good! I think her credit is new this season. Um, what else…Turtle’s multi-tasking was cute. They have a lot of good material with Queen’s Boulevard. I know they filmed stuff at Sundance for the show. The fact that it is a half hour show should keep it fresh.

Did I mention that I re-watched all of Season 1 recently? Very entertaining.




Added 6/13/05: Episode 10, The Car (I think). Kevin Dillon had me in stitches, man, with his calf envy! Those guys really are sweet and loyal to each other.



So here’s my big discovery: I mentioned that I have a soft spot for Adrian Grenier’s teen movie Drive Me Crazy starring Melissa Joan Hart. Well, I decided it was time to have a viewing of it recently and the first thing that caught my attention was that Rob Thomas, the creator of Veronica Mars and writer/producer of Cupid (starring none other than Jeremy Piven, aka, “Ari),” wrote the screenplay (based on a novel)! He is just one of those people, like Joss Whedon, who can appealingly and convincingly bring the high school experience to the small and big screens. Then I noticed that Adrian Grenier’s character’s name is “Chase,” actually it is “Chase Hammond.” I had totally forgotten this and it made me wonder if his character’s name in Entourage is an homage to this, i.e., “Vincent Chase.” And then I saw Ali Larter and remembered that she played his girlfriend in Drive Me Crazy. Do you all remember how she played herself, “Ali,” in the series premiere of Entourage as an irate and jilted ex of Vince’s? I’m betting they are still friends from when they made Drive Me Crazy and thought it would be funny to be cast against each other like that.

Okay, so I just needed to tell you my Drive Me Crazy observations. But really, Kevin Dillon is so funny when he’s staring at that guy’s calves at Jaime Pressly’s party!

Added: 6/21/05 Ep 11 Aquamansion: Once again Kevin Dillon was it. The way he reluctantly yet forcefully marches up to Ralph Macchio’s door was Nick Cannon-hilarious. And that house, that mansion, beautiful. Next week is the Sundance episode. Looks fun.

Added: 6/26/05 Ep 12 An Offer Refused: I just noticed the chemistry between Shauna (Debi Mazar) and Drama (Kevin Dillon). So, I really hope Drama does not go through with the calve implants. I thought they went just far enough with that joke. I know that James Cameron is appearing in at least one ep of Entourage so something is going to happen regarding Aquaman. Oh the suspense… Um, what else? So Samaire Armstrong will be back in next week’s ep. Cool.

6/28/05 One more thing, Ari’s new assistant, Lloyd (Rex Lee), is funny. He gets good lines and has good delivery. I laughed the first time around but I was distracted by the absence of Emily (Samaire Armstrong) but when I saw his scenes again, I totally appreciated him.

I have to say it, Chappelle’s Show. I just watched the Wayne Brady sketch when he and Dave are driving around like Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke in Training Day. Hilarious. Speaking of “hilarious,” Nick Cannon showing up earlier in the ep was great. And so funny when Big Boi answers Dave’s call and then begs off the call. And Mos Def is always on the mark. Sorry, I just skipped to the next ep when they do the Black Bush sketch and Mos Def is head of the CIA and talks about the yellow cake. So sad…in the commentary, Neal Brennan and Dave talk about how tired and burnt out they were feeling at the end of Season 2 and were doubting if they would return or not.



So I know there’s other stuff to watch and talk about and I’m going all Chris Farley fanboy again, but I feel like we are allowed to dwell on this as long as we need. Also, yes, I watched Season 2 very sporadically on-air because I knew I could just do a marathon when the dvds came out. But watching it uncensored is a very different experience from watching the Comedy Central versions so I am back to watching those again to compare and contrast.



And there is the Ali G show, right? I have to say that while Madagascar was funnier if you were under the age of 10 (though pretty to look at and funny in parts), Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen), did a memorable turn as king of the lemurs. The kids loooooooooved him!



I just finished watching Angel Season 5 on dvd including all the bells and whistles. Of course I watched it religiously till the end. But I have to say it all again. So touching when Wesley dies. How Fred turns into Illyria is amazing. Brilliant turn of events. Jeffrey Bell talks about his take on the end of Angel. He said the writers figured that the non-humans would be most likely to make it. So we know that Wesley doesn’t make it. And he didn’t mention it but we know that Gunn has “10 minutes” left to live according to Illyria in the final scene. Jeffrey Bell says, the point is that these characters will go out fighting the good fight because that’s what they do. He says, it’s not important whether they live or die but that if they survived this fight, there would be another one and they would partake in that. Also, he says that Angel is Angel so he probably makes it out of the fight intact.

My fantasy for the end was that after Angel raises his sword and the screen goes black, Buffy and the rest of the slayers appeared in LA and helped Angel and Co. defeat the orcs, dragon, monsters, demons, etc. And they all lived to see another day together. So there is still room for a Buffy/Angel movie after Firefly the Movie comes out. Let me check on that… oh it is called Serenity, which is the name of the ship and it looks like it has wrapped. Another thing to look forward to…



I know I already told you my woes about how I didn’t make it to Williamsburg this weekend to see Sondre Lerche performing old and new tunes for his fans. But despite this change in plans, I had a lovely weekend and did not mind the sweltering heat. How’s that for good spirits? Of course, every other move I made was calculated to get me into air-conditioned space. So I went to see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and found it to be a really sweet movie. I must admit I had read the first two books beforehand.

Then I had a picnic in the park so I balanced it out.

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