To Click or Not To Click, that is the REAL question.

I am, and always have been, a spoiler fiend. I equate it back to my days when I used to adore my "stories." And let's just forget about the fact that the content of the Young and Restless is hardly appropriate for a 12 year old, I used to be obsessed and I got that from my mother. One day when Soap Opera Digest showed up in the mail and there was a picture of my favorite couple Nick and Sharon on the cover, I got so excited. And I opened it up and it was on that day that I read my first spoilers. Back when I was that young I didn't have the internet, so there were no places to go to find out more information. I just patiently suffered through Fridays at school and rushed home to check the mail and get my updates.

Fast forward to the year 2009, the invention of spoilerfix.com and spoilertv.com, constant tweets and my impending dilemna. As I was sitting here, a notification just popped up from Twitter that SpoilerFix added new spoilers for Chuck. Now as you all may remember, the end of last season left us with our everyman hero realizing (in a very Matrix type way) that he'd aquired Kung Fu skills. I wanna know what that's all about and I'd like to know sooner rather than later, ESPECIALLY since Chuck isn't coming back until March. That means that there's several months between me and my latest dose of Chuckers. I'm not sure I'm ok with that. But do I really want to click the link and find out what's in store for my fav Nerd Herder only to have to wait?

Spoilers Sometimes Mean Disappointment

There's a reason why they're called SPOILers after all and no greater lesson was learned both by fans and a show creator himself than the case of Hart Hanson and the seaon finale of Bones. Early last year, he bragged that this was the season Brennan and Booth would hit the sheets. Yours truly rejoiced and thanked the powers that be, as did millions of loyal fans who had been waiting for years to see this happen. All throughout the season, interviews talked about the pending hookup. Show front runners Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz even graced the cover of TV Guide.  It was going to be awesome. Until...it wasn't

While the finale was creatively done in a way that would not disemate the sexual tension between Booth and Bones (and done quite well, if you ask me), it wasn't what everyone was looking for. Hanson described it as a "love letter to the loyal fans" and though many loyal fans did get it, the alternate universe approach which saw Booth and Bones not as themselves, but as married nightclub owners has been deemed by many the "fail-nale." It didn't sit well with those who were looking for the anthropologically awesome crime fighting duo to hit the sheets in their own universe. And it's not surprising that at Comic-Con, Hanson firmly stated "I've learned my lesson with spoilers!" In fact, now there's a heavy debate regarding one spoiler leaked earlier this season regarding something that may or may not occur in the first episode. When Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly openly posed the question to Emily Deschanel, Hanson quietly told her "Don't answer that. Or do answer that and lie. Or tell the truth." The question was left unaswered.

And it's for this reason, that after 15 years of needing to know everything I'm on the fence about spoilers.

I don't know if this event is going to happen and truth be told, the way it stands now with Hanson's approach to spoilers, there's really no source that can answer that unless it's a member of the cast or crew. And while I do follow Hart Hanson on twitter (@HartHanson) I know he ain't giving it up. Unfortunately, as much as I would love it I don't have a relationship with David Boreanaz, so I can't find out from him. But the fact of the matter is I don't know whats what and I have to watch. Hanson just secured himself a viewer and while I'm just one lowly viewer out of millions, I'm still watching and I'm actually looking forward to the element of surprise.

Could I possibly be going spoiler-free? If you equate spoilers to crack, I'm a crack head. And now the possibility of going spoiler-free has me as hyped up as Jessie Spano in the classic saved by the bell episode where she's addicted to caffeine pills. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so....scared. There needs to be some sort of spoiler rehab, where one can de-tox. After all, tv shows are made so people can watch them and be entertained. How entertaining is it to know everything already? If I take an honest approach to the situation, I've gotta say that life would suck if I had psychic powers. So thanks Hart Hanson for putting me and others on the straight and narrow.

I'm sure life will be much more pleasant once we stop jonesin' for a fix and the twitching subsides.

Jimmy Fallon wanted it and Zack Morris agreed. The world has been patiently awaiting the arrival of an official announcement. And with the below issue of People Magazine on stands, hopefully it's not far off. Yes kids, that's right...

A SAVED BY THE BELL REUNION

Just one step closer. Screech is noticeably absent, but  I know where Mr. Belding is...he was holed up at the NYC Marriot this weekend. I know that not because I'm awesome at stalking (I am but that's a whole nother story for another day) but because while out for a friends bachelorette party on Saturday night, our very own prep supervisor Kristen Gaubatz ran right into him! I receievd a text a few minutes later, because as she put it "I had to quickly think of the 5 people who would most appreciate knowing that I met Mr Belding." Thanks for keeping me on the list, KG.

So what's holding everyone up? There's a video by Tiffani Theissen over at Funny Or Die explaining her lack of participation. And there's the awkward Dustin Diamond sex tape scandal. But other than that, I'd say we're good to go. I have a feeling it's coming folks, it's coming soon.

And when it arrives, all the ladies are invited over to my life size Barbie dream house for a sleepover. Ok, so it's really a Barbie Dream Basement Apartment, but it's barbie in nature! We'll whip out the SBTB promotional games, we'll flip through our old Bop Magazines and we'll OD on Pixie sticks. I'm sure the hardcore fans will be decked out in promotional apparel and I'm sure Jimmy Fallon could do some serious promotion by having some sort of ticket contest. It'd be awesome.

No, you know what, it wouldn't be awesome. Awesome is not a great enough adjective to describe this momumental life changing event. It's better than awesome. In fact as far as I'm concerned there's not an adjective great enough in the English language to describe how awesome this would be. And as far as tickets to the reunion show are concerned, KG said this and I'm with her:

I would sleep outsde a building in a tent if i have to!

So if one day both Kristen and I are mysteriously absent from work, check outside the Jimmy Fallon studios. We're probably there.

For those of you that are hardcore Chuck fans, I feel that you will truly appreciate the following video from Comic-Con. Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz once again proved that they've got what it takes to give fans what they want. The Chuck panel at Comic-Con wasn't just a panel, it was an experience. This is a show that truly appreciates what fans will do for them, so much so that later on in the panel Zachary Levi himself personally shouted out the fan who started the Chuck Subway campaign. The cast of Chuck is awesome and they know how to truly invade Comic-Con. They know what works. They know what people want. And the people...they want Jeffster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I392IH9r58

Totally rocking out with their promotional t-shirts in tow (because after all there's nothing like Jeffster T-Shirts), Scott Krinsky and Vik Sahay certainly kicked the panel off right. And I won't mention my uber disappointment in another panel that rubed me the wrong way, although I can officially say that it was one certain individual's lack of attendance that allowed me to feel slightly better about missing the 'con this year. If he'd (yes, it was a he) been there, I'd have felt super disappointed all weekend. However, not as disappointed as if I'd been there and he hadn't shown. That would have been UBER disappointing. Especially since he seems like such an Angel.

Anyone have any guess as to who I'm referring or what show panel ticked me off royally?

Throughout the show I was disappointed with Daisy's ridiculous decisions just as often as I was excited by the VH1 promotional products placed in view of the cameras.

Just like Rock of Love gear, you can now find Daisy of love promotional apparel asking, "Wanna' Pluck? No thanks. Though, I may have been interested in plucking the hairs from her head after she chose London last night on the finale. This guy wasn't even around for half of the show after he rejected her during an elimination ceremony saying that he couldn't do it. Apparently reality television isn't his thing. However, just in time for the countdown to the end, London decided he wanted to give Daisy another try.

Get our your custom imprinted wall calendars and lets make a Daisy and London fiery break up countdown. For next season, I'll definitely invest in some custom stress balls for every numb brained decision the Daisy lady makes. While it's trashy television, this cast made for some memorable moments. Watching all of the "macho-men" running scared in their underwear when a skunk got in the house was a highlight. And watching the skunk spray them was priceless.

5-South is the wing of a dormitory that is run by residential advisor, Marshall Adams and inhabited by eight other main characters and a slew of passersby. For two seasons Dorm Life was released every Monday into the web world. Though the webisodes only last between 5 and 15 minutes, each captures a different experience of college. It followed the freshmen (Actors/Creators who are all actually former UCLA students) through their first two semester of college.

                 
The humor has been compared to The Office, which is natural because its concept is very similar. However, Dorm Life is clearly geared towards younger fans. And I'll guarantee that after watching a few episodes you'll be reminded of the friends, not-so-much-friends and floor mates you once had. At the Dorm Life website you can find promotional apparel donning some catching sayings and funny quotes from the show. I'm definitely interested in seeing more promotional products and think that an imprinted wall calendar with images of the Dorm Life cast would be a fun way to get through each month away from the college life.

Though there is no news about a future for Dorm Life, (Will the character’s make it to their sophomore year?) it was the most watched show on the popular Hulu website. I see a bright future and career for the cast and hopefully many more laughs.

Yesterday at approximately 9:14PM, I happened over to trending topics on Twitter and saw that Hell's Kitchen was one of them. I promptly let out an explictive because I was furious at myself for forgetting. I'd been watching a repeat of Bones while chatting with my cousin (a new Bones addict) online and completely forgot that last night, Gordon Ramsay was going to rock my culinary world. I couldn't believe I forgot! Thankfully, there were still 45 minutes left of the show for me to get to know all the chefs, and it didn't take me long to realize the following:

Now I'm what you would call a spoiler addict. I follow spoiler TV on twitter and love finding out what's going on at my favorite shows. I'm saddened that I can't be at Comic Con this year to see the Bones panel, but I think I'll survive (thank god for YouTube). However, when it comes to Hell's Kitchen, I don't do spoilers. I don't want to know who got kicked off, I want to see it for myself. I know it goes against my spoiler attitude, but there's just something about Ramsay's outbursts that make it worthwhile to see him blow his top without knowing what's coming. So I will not be spoiling myself this season and I'm just going to look forward to the ride.  Expect a full recap and more of my (and Anthony's) thoughts on the episode when we do a Motivators podcast about how using promotional kitchen items can prevent your own kitchen nightmares. I know, wrong Ramsay show reference, but still awesome nonetheless.

Sarah is right. The "offseason" for TV is rough. Especially this year with the way the CURRENT season for Mets baseball has gone. That is for another blog on another day though. So I am looking ahead to next season, and will keep blogging about next season till it arrives! The first new show of next season that has caught my eye is actually an ABC show called FlashForward.

The countdown is on: less than 1 week until an all new Hell's Kitchen. Now I should be upset because it'll be going up against NCIS when it's shown Tuesday nights at 8PM. But NCIS will be repeats, whereas Hell's Kitchen will be all new. Oh to see Gordon Ramsay being bleeped every few seconds. Oh to see him whipping poor newbies into shape. Oh to see him pick something up off a plate and yell at a chef "What is that?" It's going to be great.

It's not that I like watching him berate chefs to the point where they either cry or quit. Ok, I do. But the one reason I'm looking forward to Hell's Kitchen is because it, like all of the food in any of Ramsay's establishments, is going to be fresh. I'm sick and tired of repeats already! I don't do well with them and this summer has given me absolutely nothing to watch. I'm almost at the point where I would borrow Anthony's DVDs and try Lost again, just to have some fresh content in my life but I know I will never be that desperate interested. Just kidding, Anthony (and Bill, and Annand, and Khurram, and other Sarah and Carolina and Mike). I've pretty much seen everything else and there's nothing left. I have the same issue that Keri does in the way that when we like a show, we'll power through the DVDs and watch full seasons in a matter of weeks. So, I can't look to Bones or NCIS for anything new. It's up to you, Chef. Help me Gordon Ramsay, you're my only hope.

I wait, with baited breath until I can see that first custom apron hung on a hook because I know that you will have delivered a fatal blow to some poor, unworthy, chef's career. You will reem them out in front of a kitchen full of wannabes and a restaurant full of patrons. You will throw their food in the garbage and you will tell them, in the most graceless manner, that they're not worthy. It will be new. It will be exciting. It will be entertaining and I'll know that no matter what weather comes our way in the coming weeks, at least once a week I know I'll be able to say "It's hot."

Because after all, what's hotter than Hell's Kitchen?