Happy Birthday, Summerhill Gang!

Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us...It's the one year anniversary of The Summerhill Gang podcast and we've put together an awesome show for you!
This week in the happenings on Summerhill Drive we discuss the end of school and the beginning of summer, we talk about Jamie getting his wisdom teeth removed and we share about recent game night hilarity we had with some friends. In TV, we discuss Summer Reality TV and continue to follow the saga of Jericho. In Music, we each have some new artists to share with you, Matthew Ebel and Everyday Sunday. In Movies, we talk about Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Dreamgirls, Lady in the Water, The Day After Tomorrow and the DVDs of the Battlestar Galactica TV show. We also look forward to seeing Evan Almighty, Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille and Transformers. Finally, in our Pop Culture Confessional, we confess our recent iPod dirty little secrets.

It's a celebration and it's all for you...

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TV

• CBS has relented to the Nuts Campaign and is bringing back Jericho in 2008 for 7 episodes. Will you be watching? We will...it is like a bad habit...we just can't give it up! You can read about the renewal over at The Hollywood Reporter and you can follow the saga of viewer complaints at the Jericho Wiki and the Nuts Campaign website.
  
• We've seen some great short movies from up and coming directors on the TV show On The Lot. Check out the website for all of the shorts and find out who your favorites are. Some of our recent favorites are "Glass Eye", "Sunshine Girl", "Polished" and "Broken Pipe Dreams."
  
• Have you caught Creature Comforts on CBS this summer? Well, if you haven't, you are too late. Apparently, CBS has pulled it from the air. You can read about it over at TV Squad.
  
• America's Got Talent is the #1 show this summer. Check out NBC's website to find out more about the show and watch video clips. Does Jerry Springer do a better job than Regis Philbin? Why have the judges put Boy Shakira through to the next round, but they passed on the dude who breaks things with his butt? It's a conspiracy!
  
• The World Series of Pop Culture is coming back to VH1 on July 10th. If you did not catch this game show last summer, try to catch it this summer. It is a fun trivia competition on all things Pop Culture.
  

Music
We've got some new artists to share with you guys this week...

We played a bit of Matthew Ebel's song "Drive Away". Jamie discovered Matthew on the Lifespring Music Show hosted by Steve Webb. Check out Matthew Ebel's website for more great songs. He also does a music review podcast called the High Orbit Podcast. Check it out to hear new music and Matthew's take on it.


We also played a bit of Everyday Sunday, a new group that Doug was introduced to by our friend, Bart. They have a rock edge with pop sensibilities and a fun sound with a positive message. Check out their website and also their MySpace page for information on the band, their music and gigs they are playing in your area.

Movies
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is in theaters now. Jamie saw it and thought it was better than the first film in the series. It is rated PG and is less violent than its predecessor. All of the actors are back (Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis) and Laurence Fishburne adds his voice to the Silver Surfer. Jamie rated it a MATINEE PRICE movie.

Other movies we are looking forward to seeing and talked about in this podcast are:

• Evan Almighty
  
• Live Free or Die Hard
  
• Ratatouille
  
• Transformers

On DVD, we have watched the following:

• Dreamgirls (2006) - stars Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce Knowles, Danny Glover, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy. Hudson won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Murphy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The movie is rated PG-13 and is a musical. Jamie rates it a MATINEE PRICE movie.
  
• Lady in the Water (2006) - stars Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard and was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Not as good as Shyamalan's previous movies (The Village, Signs, The Sixth Sense), but Doug thought it was better than the C rating it is getting over at Yahoo Movies.
  
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - stars Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal and Sela Ward and was written and directed by Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot). The movie has great special effects, but a weak storyline that seems overly simplistic for the huge implications of a new Ice Age. It brought in over $186 million at the Box Office during its run. Worth checking out to see the special effects.
  
• Battlestar Galactica: The Mini-series (2004) - the 1970's science fiction TV show gets a reboot in this Sci-Fi channel mini-series that launched a TV show that has completed its third season. Doug and Christine watched it on DVD and were so engrossed, they did not notice that 4 hours had gone by.
  

Pop Culture Confessional
This week: What is your current iPod dirty little secret?

Jamie's confession: He is listening to Josh Groban and the African Children's Choir singing "You Raise Me Up" from the American Idol: Idol Gives Back TV show.
Check out the video below:


Doug's confession: He loves elevator music! It helps him work...can't you see him swaying to the groove? We played a clip of Brazilian organist Walter Wanderley. Sorry, no video clip of him, but you can check out his Wikipedia article to find out more.

New question: What annoying song from a children’s TV show do you find yourself humming throughout your day?
Call or write to us with your confession about a children's TV show song that you can't get out of your head. We know you have some, now it's time to confess...

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