Show #26!

The Summerhill Gang is back with a new show...just in time for the end of the Writer's Strike and Academy Awards season. Thanks for checking in with us here on Summerhill Drive for all of the pop culture goodness your brain can handle. Check out all of the good stuff below...

Show Links

Check out the first Nintendo commercial from the 1980's below...


TV

• Writer's Strike Update - It's over! It's finally over!! Catch up on articles over at Variety, TV Squad and CNN. Also, Yahoo has a photo slideshow to let you know which shows will be back this Spring.
  
• Season 4 of Lost started on January 31st. Are you watching? Yahoo has 5 Reasons to get into Lost.
  
• Knight Rider - There was some confusion over whether NBC was bringing this back as a series. Turns out it was a TV Movie for a potential series...and not so good according to Zap2It.
  
• Our hate-love relationship with Jericho continues. Yes, we did record the premiere...
  
• Did you watch the Superbowl? If you missed the TV commercials, you can check them all out over at MySpace. Some of our favorites:
  
  • Tide To Go - My Talking Stain

• Bud Light - Now with the Ability to Breath Fire

• Bridgestone - Screaming Squirrel
  
• Semi-Pro - Will Ferrell's new movie

Bonus video: Family Guy takes on A-ha's popular video for the song "Take Me On." Watch the clip below...


Music
Adele is a young singer from South London. She's big in Europe and is set to release her first album entitled "19" in the US. We played a clip of the song "Cold Shoulder". Adele's song "Hometown Glory" is also the free iTunes single of the week.

Movies
Discussed in this show:

• Indiana Jones! The new movie is coming May 22nd. Check out the trailer...
  
• Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
  
• The Kingdom (2007)
  
• Dr. Who - TV Series
  
• The Green Mile (1999)
  
• The Pirate (1948)
  
• Treasure Island (1950)
  
• Underdog (2007)
  

Bonus video: Watch the intro to the old Underdog cartoon over at YouTube...


The Academy Awards are coming on February 24, 2008. Who will win Best Picture?

• Atonement
  
• Juno
  
• Michael Clayton
  
• No Country for Old Men
  
• There Will Be Blood

George Lucas is bringing Star Wars to TV. Check out the story and watch the trailer.

Pop Culture Confessional

The question from show #25 was: What is your all-time favorite TV game show?

Trevor wrote in to say his is "The Price is Right". Go over to YouTube to see the classic opening.

This week's question is: What is your favorite love song from the 1980's?

Doug's confession:
First choice is...The Thompson Twins with "Hold Me Now"


Close second is...Phil Collins with "Take A Look at Me Now"


Jamie's confession:
First choice is...Icehouse with "Electric Blue"


Close second is...Hall & Oates with "Kiss On My List"


Listener Confessions:
Anne confessed that she loves The Pointer Sisters' "Jump (For My Love)", especially with Hugh Grant dancing to it in Love Actually...


Trevor confessed that he loves Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" from the Top Gun movie soundtrack...


Bonus video: We ended the show by playing a clip of Chris De Burgh's classic love song "Lady in Red"...


New question: What is your favorite time waster on the Internet?

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