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Liveblogging "As the World Turns": Mushroom for improvement
Fittingly enough, the synopsis of today's As the World Turns sounds like the ravings of someone on a mind-altering substance: Luke and Noah accompany Luke's grandmother (Lady Drumstick) and her homophobic/repressed/misunderstood boyfriend (Brian "Wheatables" Wheatley) on a camping trip to harvest mushrooms, where the gentleman caller tries to sleep with the boys and grandma gets burrs in her hair. Feeling anything yet? Yes, this all sounds utterly insane. And you know, it might be just the cuckoobananas shot in the arm that this storyline needs. If nothing else, it'll offer loads of location shots (which I happen to love for all their lo-fi charm), plenty of allusions to the boys' last ill-fated camping adventure, and more of the Lady Drumstick/Luke/Wheatables dynamic, which has been quite entertaining thus far. And while I'm really hoping that at least one of the involved parties accidentally ingests one of "those" mushrooms and winds up going on a Ruth-Fisher-esque drug-induced forest walkabout (complete with people in bear suits and Ed Begley, Jr.), I think maybe that's asking a bit much. Will it all be as camp as a row of tents? Click on through and refresh often to find out, as it happens! A-shrooming we will go ... a-shrooming we will go ... 2:56PM EDT: Blah blah blah rapist out of his coma doesn't remember Austin From Days trying to kill him blah blah blah. Just wait until you find his mom's head in your fridge. Meanwhile, Luke and Noah are clearly high on mushrooms and reviewing the footage of Lady D with twigs in her hair. Noah brings up completely out of nowhere that he's going to be going to Rome on a film school trip. He asks if Luke trusts him out there with all those hot Italian guys (what is he, Parker Posey in Guffman?) and they go to kiss, but Wheatables interrupts and they have to go shrooming with "magical Mister Mushroom". Oh, and by the way Lady Drumstick is in her tent, asleep. At, like, 4PM, which Wheats attributes to the fresh air. Yeah, he must have slipped some "fresh air" into her waterbottle, eh? And ... that's it? WTF? Preview Time! No Nuke. We know that due to vacation Noah will be "in Rome" soon, but are they really leaving us out in the woods with a creepy guy and a dozen throw pillows? Developing... 2:38PM EDT: Holden and Quaker Oats Lady are off making out in the horseyard, btw. Meanwhile, Gilded Lily and BOO have covered their respective nipples and are talking. Booo-ring.... Oh, we're getting all Blair Witch back at Gay Camp. Noah's videotaping Lady Drumstick and her burr-filled hair and they go back to camp, where Wheatsie has set up a complete piazza and open-air cafe. This guy's like a one-man Extreme Home Makeover! He goes to help get the burrs out of Lady D's hair and she moans, "I'm tender!" We bet you are, sweetie. Oh no - that Aussie shampoo commercial where the masseuse punches the shampoo bottle out of the kangaroo's womb. Right after a tampon commercial. Why am I feeling like I'm not the target demo here. Oh, a John McCain campaign ad, right on schedule! 2:30PM EDT: Okay, since I know it will come up in the comments anyway, what are we thinking of Luke's hair? I'm pro. Actually, they both look hot, no? 2:28PM EDT: AAAAH! Toaster Strudel commercial!! RUN LUKE RUN!!!!! Followed by denture adhesive and stool softener commercials! RUN DRUMSTICK RUN!!! 2:25PM EDT: OMG, Wheatables brought half of a Pier 1 Imports on the camping trip. Seriously, throw pillows?! He dumps a load on Lady Drumstick (of pillows, of pillows!!) and heads off to the guys' tent. To sleep there, apparently! Lady D goes off to take a cold shower. We cut to Luke and Noah having a pillowfight and wrestling in their tent. Wheatables pops in with his sleeping bag and looks disappointed to see that there's no Crisco involved. Yet. He assures them that he doesn't snore and does everything short of slather himself with Parkay and try to squeeze between them. Later, the four of them are wandering around and Noah spots a mushroom and pounces on it as though it were about to escape. Wheatables excuses himself, and when he's gone Lady D gets all complainy about how the tent is moldy and she ain't getting her ticket punched. Noah says that they're harshing his mellow ... did he eat that mushroom? ... and he talks her and Luke into sticking it out. Lady D gets into the spirit and pounces on a mushroom, and ends up getting caught in a beartrap or something. 2:16PM EDT: Ooh! Nipple-shot! Gilded Lily is mortified that Holden saw her naked with another man. Holden, however, hasn't complained. INSERT HOLDEN/GILDED LILY/BLONDE OBSTACLE'S OBSTACLE FANFIC HERE. Okay, where are Luke and Noah? Back at the diner, with the Payless Gilmore Girls. Yawn... Oh yay! Luke, Noah, Wheatables and Lady D are setting up for the camping trip. Wheats throws Nuke a tent and Luke asks, "two tents?" and Lady D stammers, "two tents! Two tents is good!" Yeah, not if you have an anxiety disorder. Get it? Too tense? I'm here all week, try the chicken. Noah drops the "ghosts of mushrooms past" line that was in the preview as the boys discuss whether or not they should Nukeblock Luke's grandma. Oh come on! Two maiden aunts are enough for one camping trip. Oh, and Wheatables has been shopping at Captain Pervy's Outdoor Outfitters, all the way to the sunglasses. Better check his bag for Toaster Strudel! And Playgirl! 2:07PM EDT: We start off with Austin From Days having a nightmare that at Camp Crystal Lake and the hairless little Jason Voorhees jumps out of the lake and yanks him off the boat, or something. Lucky for us, he wakes up soon and he's shirtless. Wait, is this a Gillette commercial? Meanwhile, Diet Juno notices that Dammit! looks a wreck and says she looks like she's wearing half the diner's menu. INSERT DAMMIT! SPLOSHING FANFIC HERE. Meanwhile meanwhile, Quaker Oats Lady has one of her patented "feelings" that AFD is somehow involved in the whole Leo-in-a-coma look. Oh, okay - she actually saw him go into the kid's hospital room. So I guess the "feeling" was just gas. OH MY! Out of nowhere we cut to the Lily Pad, where The Blonde Obstacle's Obstacle and Gilded Lily have been walked in on in their altogether by Holden. Are we doing shots whenever there's a nipple today? Because if so I'll be in rehab by the second commercial break. Submitted by on Thu, 2008-09-04 13:56. |
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Luke's hair...
Shrooming storyline
Killing me not so softly
Hold it! I was distracted by
Hair and mushrooms...
Luke's hair looked like some giant cow licked his face. Yes, moulding putty. Noah looked very relaxed, like he's been hitting that yogurt on a dailey basis. I liked his bit of scruff. He looks less like a scrubbed teenager. The "almost kiss" had potential to be the best one yet...very loose lipped and generous. Curse that Brian for interupting!
Indeed, mushroom hunting can be very dangerous. Even experts use spore identification on everything but the most obvious species. Also, gathering them has to be done properly to not damage the habitat. If the writers want to write about something they know nothing about, they could have borrowed a pig off the farm and gone truffle hunting. Slap stick comedy could have ensued- pig drags Lucinda...Brian rescues her....dip in the creek to wash the mud off...huddling in sleeping bags to warm up...boys are left alone in their own dance hall sized tent....
I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.
speaking of hair...
She has fabulous hair
I was taken aback, when I noticed the commercial the other night. I thought to myself, "Why does this model look familiar to me?" and then I said.....out loud....It's Back in Iraq.. My roommate looked at me very strangely.
Nuke Block
LMAO
Get it? Too tense?
I'm here all week, try the chicken.
LMAO Brian you are FRIGGING HILARIOUS!!
OK, ALRIGHT, BUT I AM PICKING ONE AND I'M DONE!...
I just really want to know what brand of tent that is because I HAVE TO HAVE IT!
Clearly Brian is a covert gay operator who has been hired by Deadly Faux-Dead Daddy Dearest to do his damnest to keep the boys from EVER BEING ALONE TOGETHER AGAIN!
I wouldn't be surprise if WHEATABASTARD had something to do with Noah suddenly getting a spot on that Rome trip...
Plots, plots, everywhere and not a drop to drink.
Oh, and Luke getting all fabulously DIVA about going home, PRICELESS!!!
I think that mushroom
I think that mushroom probably WAS trying to escape. I would be, too!
I am in favor of Luke's new hair. I don't know if it was the natural lighting or the light stubble, but they both looked pretty hot today.
Any guesses on why Wheatablock is trying so hard to come between Luke and Noah (no pun intended)? Because seriously, he seems a little TOO interested in being in the tent with those two. Why weren't Luke and Noah having horrible flashbacks to camping with Pervy? Didn't he also go out ahead of time to set up the campsite, which turned out to mean "set up his sniper position"?
Frustrating moment of the episode: Luke and Noah in the tent, Noah says something like, "I like the way you do a lot of things," stares at Luke like he's a delicious mushroom, and... end scene.
Also I thought for a second Lily was going to invite Holden to have a threesome with her and Mike.
Luke and Noah and the Hair makes three...
Hair aside, Luke and Noah were pretty cute together. Granny getting no action parallel to Luke getting none seemed like the writers trying to get the older audience members to be more sympathetic towards Luke-Noah. And the Boy Scout Manual reference was funny. Now if only they'd hook up.
Also, they need to keep changing Luke's hairstyle while having everyone else continue to pretend not to notice. I'm think the next few episodes they need to have Luke with a buzz-cut, then long moustache with a samurai's chonmage hairstyle, then pigtails, then flatheaded frankenstein hairdo, then bald, then conehead, then his regular hair but with a squirrel tangled in it, etc. :P
gutting myself laughing!!!
I'm think the next few episodes they need to have Luke with a buzz-cut, then long moustache with a samurai's chonmage hairstyle, then pigtails, then flatheaded frankenstein hairdo, then bald, then conehead, then his regular hair but with a squirrel tangled in it, etc. :P
Yes!! Yes!! oh my god, yes! It must be a set joke, along with the Bert and Ernie shirts the poor guy is always wearing.
I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.
And...That's it?
For their one episode for the month, we got six and a half minutes of the same old same old! It was like there was a second half of the story that wasn't shown, in which Luke and Noah grab a blanket and head off to a hillside where, under the stars, they express their true passion for each other. After which, Noah says he REALLY likes the way Luke does things, and Luke say he just wants Noah to realize what he's going to miss while he's away in Rome. Meanwhile there's a comedy of errors back at the camp site between Lucinda and Brian, and realizing they ARE alone, they DO end up in the same tent, and in the same sleeping bag.
I remember when TeleNext Media took over production of the show on July 1st. Everyone was writing about what a good thing that was. Would there be a shake-up of the staff at ATWT? Would they hire some new writers? Possibly we would see a new head writer come in. Production value would inprove...etc...etc....
I realize it's only been two months, and at least four week of that had all ready been shot, and it's very hard in that short period of time to make any script changes. Yet, if all they have come up with is some new "bumpers" (which I appreciate) and a recycling of James Stenbeck and Dusty, is there any reason for hope. As I've said before, this show is stuck in the 90's and needs someone to come along and kick it into the 21st century.
When the new Luke and Noah story line starts up in October will I see any improvment? Will there be any meaningful change in the quality of production, and stories? Is there any reason for me to continue to hope?
Luke's Hair-Don't
Loving Luke's New Look and Noah's
sexy come ons. Luke's hair finally looks youthful and hip and not like he stepped out of 1970's singer-songwriter album cover.
As for the stripey tees, LOVE THEM. Some folks like stripes. Apparently Luke likes stripes. He's 19 and in college.
What's he supposed to be wearing?
Oxfords and penny loafers?
I'm just happy their clothes aren't 4 sizes too big for them and their jeans fit properly.
Lalala
So, the *only* choices.....
....of clothing for Luke is his stripey tees or oxfords and penny loafers?? You can't think of anything else you'd like to see him in???
I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.
Not the only choices
but I think his clothes make sense for his character.
He's not living in Chelsea or the Castro so I wouldn't expected his outfits to be super gay chic. He also doesn't seem to be the least bit interested in fashion so it makes sense he'd go the simple way
His style is a lot like what my students wear, funky or patterned t-s and jeans with the occassional polo or rugby shirt thrown in. But then again, I think he looks good so I'm biased.
Luke is a very wealthy kid, but he lives his life much more like a Snyder than a Walsh.
It is Noah's clothing that drives me crazy (or did in the past) because his shirts were all 8 times to big. He could definitely do the western inspired snap button shirt look that's so popular. He has the look for it.
I just can't stand it when youngs guys on TV are super dressed up all the time and I absolutely hate ties!
Let's just be thankful that they aren't dressing them exactly alike...
I Dunno.....
oh god no
The only accoutrement missing was the robe that William Hurt....
If Enid Nelson only knew what her son Greg was up to - Non-AMC Greg and Jenny fans from the 1980s can ignore the throwaway Enid reference.
For the first time in eons I actually laughed my butt off watching anything Nuke related as I thought that they both looked very handsome, they got to say "mushroom" several times, and looked like they were into one another.
Since I never expect them to be allowed to be seen doing anything together, the tent thing made me laugh as I did not see it coming so overtly.
I'd rather have this silliness over having to endure Luke and Noah c*ck blocking one another, as it would have been so ATWT to have them fight while alone for no reason, have Noah get an unusually constipated look as he worried about making too much noise (sock in mouth would take care of that) and waking Lucinda, or (if the writers were feeling unusually sitcom-randy) they would have had a skunk sneak into the guys' tent and spray it. We'd see a shot of the guys running into the other tent and being forced to sleep with Lucinda and Greg Nelson.
It would have be nice to see them more than make a cameo in their own story, but I prefer little to no air time than painful appearances. I am guessing that Ali and HL's new puppy got more airtime the day before than Nuke, but hey it's just a show of boys without crotches. Throw them a syringe once in a while and I'll be happy.
I was more bummed about Elizabeth ("Dahlin'") Hubbard being stuck in this mess as her character would never be getting all giddy about Brian and would have a James Stenbeck-type or an intelligent HL on speed-dial. Poor Emily should hold on to Butters as long as possible as she's reaching that magical age in which the women of Oakdale get the Nuke treatment and are seen eating alone in dark corners or serving as ashtrays for their straight offspring.
I hope that Lucinda still has Dusty on speed dial as those two would rock that tent. Oh yeah!.....
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How's this? Luke's hair dumps him for Byron York's hair!