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Bored? Big Brother 10 announced its cast today.

Of the 11 members, Angie is from Orlando. Jerry is 75 years old. Keesha works at Hooters. Libra had twins: one white, one black.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

Thanks Jayson

Last week (Season 4, ep 11) called “Cabin Fever” produced what I think is the funniest scene the writers have ever put together.  Ben, Locke, and Hurley break into a 3 Stooges routine!

Funniest Moment Ever on LOST - daily LOST

I think LOST will go down as the best show ever. The reason is because this show has a way of changing the storyline over and over in a way that we care about it.

Amazed by LOST - daily LOST

UPDATE: I got my numbers wrong.  I didn’t remember to “carry the one” so to speak.  Thankfully commenter Andy Saunders (who hangs with Ken Jennings!) stopped by to correct the numbers and answer my final Jeopardy question.

Here’s my nerdy trivia for the day.

I just figured out what the maximum dollar amount one could win playing Jeopardy!

It’s $352,800 $566,400 in one game.

The first round can max at $35,600 but it has to work like this:

• One person gets every question right, no one else gets anything correct
• The Daily Double in the first round has to be under one of the $200 clues and found last
• The contestant wagers everything on the Daily Double

The second round (Double Jeopardy) is a little trickier, but it can max at $140,800 if it goes like this:

• One person gets every question right, no one else gets anything correct
• The two Daily Doubles in the second round have to be under two of the $400 clues and found as the last two clues
• The contestant wagers everything on each Daily Double

If this “perfect game” were to happen, there would only be one person playing Final Jeopardy and they would have $176,400 $283,200. If that contestant wagered everything and got it correct they would finish with $352,800 $566,400.

Only trouble with this scenario is I’m not sure if they would allow only one person to play Final Jeopardy alone or not.

PS> In case you were wondering, the record for highest one-day total is $75,000 by Ken Jennings.

Guess what? Yeah, LOST starts up for real tonight. But you knew that.

Yeah, there was an “enhanced” replay of the season 3 finale last night. But you knew that too.

Here’s what you don’t know: I’m a new blogger for the Daily LOST!

I made my first post today about the start of the 2008 LOST schedule.

So I won’t be posting about LOST here anymore, however, every time I post anything on the new Daily LOST blog, I’ll let you know here too.

Now go get LOST tonight!

The Super Bowl is known for great commercials. Well, another great one is going to be shown that I think everyone should catch. Fortunately it’s online already. It’s called Bob’s House. Unfortunately I can’t embed the vid here so follow the link.

Bob’s House. Don’t adjust your speakers; this upcoming Super Bowl ad was created and enacted by deaf people.

Lost - Season 4 Promo

I know you’re all sitting on the edge of your couch waiting for LOST to get started, so set your DVRs and schedule your evenings this week. It’s a 4-hour LOST week!

Wednesday is Season 3’s finale (9-11 EST). It’s a repeat but they are adding little bits of tid throughout the show.

Thursday starts with a series recap to date (8-9 EST).

Thursday ends with Season 4 premiere (9-10 EST).

To be sure, check your local listings.

via TV Squad

My wife and I finished a ‘24′ marathon this weekend. We borrowed the DVDs for season 1-5 in December. This weekend we knocked out season 5. Friday we watched 8 hours. Saturday was 9 hours. Today was 7 hours.

A friend at church said, “That’s like a full-time job!”

I almost feel as tired too! But it was fun. We’re going to take a break before Season 6 for a few reasons: 1 - we don’t have the DVDs and 2 - it’s time for LOST and Survivor. But it’ll be fun to pick it back up soon.

In the meantime, Patricia posted 24 observations about the show “24″. They’re pretty good.

24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot

It’s time for the LOST countdown.

GOOD NEWS: In just 8 days we start season 4.
BAD NEWS: We only get 8 episodes.

We still have last season’s finale recorded on our DVR. Maybe we’ll watch it tomorrow night so we can milk the season an extra week.

It felt like everyone I know was all abuzz about American Idol starting tonight.

Peoples, I implore you. Pay no attention to it. Focus. If you wait your patience will be rewarded for we have upcoming:

• Jan 31 :: LOST Season 4
• Feb 03 :: Super Bowl 42
• Feb 07 :: Survivor 16
• Feb 12 :: Big Brother 9

Okay, so 3 outa 4 ain’t bad, right?

PS. Or indulge in American Gladiators. I smiled and enjoyed it the whole time!

Smurfs celebrate 50th birthday

To mark 50 years of Smurfdom, organizers are planning everything from a 3-D animated feature film, expected to be released next year, to new comic book collections and a remastered release of the popular 1980s television animated series

Start saving your smurf-dollars in your smurf-bank now.