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The Mole is Back!

Now there’s something I thought I would never get to say. After two seasons with regular contestants and two with celebrities, ABC canceled this reality show due to low ratings. But, thanks to the writer’s strike, they brought it back and gave it another life during the summer.

The premise is simple. 12 strangers are given a series of tasks to do. If they complete the tasks, they earn money for the group pot. However, one of the strangers is The Mole, working against the others to keep the pot as small as possible. The other 11 need to learn all they can about him or her to not only defeat their efforts at sabotage, but also to pass quizzes given every few days. If you get the lowest score on the quiz, you are “executed” (sent out of the game).

Given my love of mysteries, this show is right up my ally. But I have yet to figure out who The Mole is in any season. So I will welcome your theories as the summer progresses.

Tonight’s premier found the cast of new contestants jumping off a waterfall. Shall we get to it?Read More »The Mole is Back!

Disney Links for Monday Night Roundup

The Universal Studios Hollywood fire was started by a worker’s heating tool says the LA Times. Moviefone’s top 25 Animated Movies of all time. Yes, the Lion’s share are Disney. But I still think there are some bizarre inclusions and omissions. Plus how can you… Read More »Disney Links for Monday Night Roundup

Tuesday Trouble – Disney News and Links

One more day before the lives and friendships that were created in Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom are snuffed out. It’s beyond sad and irresponsible that Disney has not come up with some sort of plan to save the friendships and characters, even if the actual… Read More »Tuesday Trouble – Disney News and Links

ESPN – The Themepark

It may have slipped under your radar last week, but there was some big news concerning two of the Walt Disney Company’s big brands. ESPN and Walt Disney World come together once a year for ESPN – The Weekend, a weekend of fan interaction with… Read More »ESPN – The Themepark

Last night’s Dancing With The Stars

I was keeping an eye on the Florida fires last night and was unable to watch Dancing With The Stars. That’s bad because Mark is in Hawaii and won’t be able to provide his usual excellent report on the show. The short of it is… Read More »Last night’s Dancing With The Stars

Fun with Links on Saturday Morning

The Pixar Blog has more high quality screencaps from WALL-E. Click on each picture for the large (desktop image size) image. The excellent Twitter and Live Earth Maps mashup Twisney is getting hailed as a prime example of new citizen journalism by none less than… Read More »Fun with Links on Saturday Morning

Women’s Murder Club: And the Truth Will (Sometimes) Set You Free

I really didn’t know where they were going to go with this episode. I mean, not only are we dealing with a murder, but we were dealing with accusations of rape. I was afraid this would give us opportunities for politically correct lecturing. And yet they didn’t. They told us a great story that kept me guessing the entire way.

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Dancing with the Stars – Week Eight Results and Episode 100

I haven’t had a chance to watch the judge’s top 10 dances yet, but I did enjoy the jam packed, takes an hour to plug it, 100th episode.

I’m not going to give a blow by blow of the evening. I will say, however, that I watched more than I normally would. It was fun to see so many former contestants come back whether they were interviewed or actually danced. Anton and Julianne’s dance was incredible. And Mel and Maks’ dance was fun but extremely short. At least I’m guessing that it was short by how much of the band they showed.

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