Do you all watch Psych? It is one of my favorite TV shows.
(Yes, I’m talking about TV again. My brain has shut off for the weekend and does not plan to resume functioning until sometime tomorrow morning.)
Anyway, as the banner says, it’s about a guy who pretends to be a psychic but is actually just highly observant. His best friend Gus is a pharmaceutical sales rep by day and fake psychic sidekick by night – or days when he’s not selling pharmaceuticals. As Shawn, the main character, says in the first episode of this summer, “You know the Mentalist, right? It’s like that.”
Like most shows in cable networks, Psych doesn’t follow the regular programming seasons. Fortunately for me, this means it was perfectly timed to start its season just as my beloved So You Think You Can Dance was winding down.
Just in case you haven’t been watching this hilarious show, which is, admittedly, a formulaic cop/detective show but also chock-full of pop culture references that crack me up every time, here’s a sample of the funny-ness you’re missing:
- A gentleman of leisure never packs his gun next to his socks. It’s uncouth.
- Here I was thinking you’re Thomas Crown. But you’re just Remington Steele. Does that make me Laura Holt? Do you think a guy likes me wants to be Stephanie Zimbalist? Maybe.
- There’s something weird about every family. It’s what makes America great.
- Note to self: be rich some day.
- I have peeps, Shawn.
- You have two peeps, and one is made of marshmallow.
See how funny that is? (What? It’s not as funny taken completely out of context? Surely you jest . . .) Oh, and you’re wondering about the title of this post? Well, Shawn has a habit of introducing Gus with crazy names when they’re investigating a case. And Friday’s episode gave Gus the best name ever: Jazz Hands.
This weekend I went to see The Ugly Truth with Smitty, watched my taped (yes, on my VCR) episode of Psych, rented 17 Again, ate way too many carbs, spent many hours with Little Miss WalkWalkWalk and, oh yeah, spent time with both sides of our family. More on all that later.
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Nice "Remington Steele" reference, it may be worth watching after all;)
This is one of my favorite shows. The relationship between Shawn and Gus is awesome and so, so funny.
Of course, you know I love this show. Seeing as how we have the same love of sarcasm mixed with pop culture.
Jazz hands. Awesome.
I love Shawn and Gus and the joys that make up Psych. Jazz Hands was classic, and I love that even as straight laced as Gus is he still made the jazz hands when Shawn introduced him as such. My summer is actually more complete with those two in it.
And I loved the peeps line too.
Okay, I'm intrigued. Must check out Psych.
Leo and I love to use dumb lines in our daily life all the time — like when we see someone on a bike we always say "do you ever take it off any sweet jumps?" — you know from the classic Napoleon Dynamite.
And Mary, it sounds like your weekend was just PERFECT!!! Did you get a nap in there, cause that'd be like the weekend perfecta!
Monday HUGS!!!
What'd you think of The Ugly Truth? (I haven't seen it yet, but we were considering a movie yesterday but I'd heard it was bad.)
Chelley, I don't think you'd like The Ugly Truth at all. It's got a lot of crude language, and the overall theme could feel come off discouraging. Not to say I didn't laugh, because I did. But we mostly went because Smitty loves Gerard Butler. :)
Thanks for the mini-review. :) I guess I'm glad I didn't go see it! :) (and I had forgotten about Gerard Butler being in it — that Smitty;)