Archive for November, 2008

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I’ll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points!

Name the mid-’90s movie in which one character notes another character’s appearance and jokes, “Been shopping with Dr. Seuss?”

• Fox has School of Rock
• NBC has The Incredibles
• CBS has repeats of Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs
• ABC has The Polar Express and is new with 20/20
• The CW is new with Everybody Hates Chris and The Game
• USA is new with Monk and Psych
• MTV has Rudy
• E! has The Soup
• Late-night highlights include Tom Arnold and Faith Hill on Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; John McCain on a repeat of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on NBC; and Megan Mullally on a repeat of Late Night With Conan O’Brien on NBC

It’s most likely that Four Christmases wouldn’t be nearly so funny or endearing (though that may be slightly too strong a word for it) if it didn’t take place around the holidays. Just watching these family members be mean to each other would probably be merely sad if it weren’t juxtaposed with this holiday that is supposed to be at least partially about family togetherness. The premise of the film is gimmicky for sure (four Christmases in one day?), but what happens during those four Christmases is actually a lot of fun to watch.

I didn’t expect much from this film and I was delightfully surprised. It’s funnier than I thought it would be, and while Vaughn and Witherspoon are pretty much devoid of chemistry, there is an undeniable quirky charm to their pairing, though their best and funniest moments are when they’re not in scenes together. The two play San Francisco couple Brad and Kate who go on exotic trips for Christmas each year in order to avoid their families. This year, however, they find out at the airport that all flights are canceled for the day. When a television news crew approaches them for a comment about the cancellations, the cat is let out of the bag: Brad and Kate are, in fact, in town for Christmas. Zaniness, of course, ensues, so

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Wow! This week’s Private Practice has many a heart-pounding moment, including an actual punch-out in the Oceanside Wellness lobby and a gun-wielding SWAT guy protecting Addison. I feel satisfied with how a lot of the different plot lines turned out in this episode, as I think many of these threads were due to either end or hit some kind of dramatic climax. And yay for the addition of Addison’s brother Archer! I have to admit the prospect of yet another character seemed daunting, but after talking to Grant Show about this guy, I was intrigued, and now I think he’ll be a great addition to the show. Ready to talk about it? Just

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On this week’s Pushing Daisies, Dwight Dixon is getting dangerously close to the truth about Chuck, tempting Vivian into giving up more details than she should about her niece’s tragic death. Meanwhile, the gang investigates a murder that involves do-gooders doing more wrong than good. (Is that a lesson for Ned?) To chat about it, just

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Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I’ll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points!

Complete this line from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles:

“I’m not spending my Thanksgiving in ________.”

Hello, dear readers! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! May your day be filled with delicious food and family warmth and, of course, your favorite forms of entertainment. Today I am thankful for all of you!

For the special holiday, I’m posting clips from a Thanksgiving episode of Scrubs in which JD has to have his appendix removed and can’t enjoy Thanksgiving. The best line is toward the end, from a wistful JD: “Ah, uncomfortable silences and alcohol, just like Thanksgiving at home.”

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• Fox has Click
• NBC has The Incredibles
• CBS is new with Survivor and has repeats of CSI and Eleventh Hour
• ABC has Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and a repeat of Grey’s Anatomy
• The CW has repeats of Smallville and Supernatural
• VH1 has Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew
• MTV has 50 Cent: The Money and the Power
• Late-night highlights include Dave’s Mom, Denis Leary, and John Mayer on Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Michelle Obama and Chris Rock on a repeat of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC; and Adam Sandler, Werner Herzog, and Jewel on a repeat of Late Night with Conan O’Brien on NBC