Bad Santa showing on comedy central tonite 8pm. isn't that with lauren graham? yes. huh - and billy bob thornton. and 'very funny.' ok.

The Iconophile's Lauren Graham Reliquary: To see Lauren Graham in interviews is to wonder just how much “acting” she really does on that show, as the giggling, effervescent actress seems indistinguishable from her giggling, effervescent character. that's the bummer, what I like about the character Lorelai is shown off in the scenes when she is not giggling and effervescent. emotional solidity, constancy. so I'm sorry to hear (and see in the few clips from Ellen I've watched) that the actress in interviews seems not to show that kind of underlying emotional seriousness. fidelity maybe. emotional fidelity. taking things to heart.

UPDATE: THE GATHERING DUST ON MY TV REMOTE (November 3, 2004) I know I’ve complained about this before, but it seems especially true this season than it has in previous seasons: Gilmore Girls, while it’s always been obnoxiously cutesy, has been offering precious little else this time around. Gone are the reliably barbed wit and the neurotic, sinister rivalries that got me hooked on the show when the series began. With the exception of a (very) mildly amusing episode in which Sookie’s childlike (and somewhat fey) husband gets himself elected to whatever the hell Taylor’s municipal job is, the show has been something of an effort to watch this season, a ritual I perform every Tuesday out of fondness for the show’s past appeal and cargo cult-like hope for its return.

Cargo cult - Wikipedia: Cargo Cults believe that manufactured western goods ('cargo') have been created by ancestral spirits and intended for Melanesian people. White people, however, have unfairly gained control of these objects. Cargo cults thus focus on overcoming what they perceive as undue 'white' influences by conducting rituals similar to the white behavior they have observed, presuming that the ancestors will at last recognize their own and this activity will make cargo come.
..belief that spiritual agents will at some future time give much valuable cargo and desirable manufactured products to the cult members.
Cargo cult programming - Wikipedia The term 'cargo cult' refers to aboriginal religions which grew up in the South Pacific after World War II. The practices of these cults centered on building elaborate mockups of airplanes and military landing strips in the hope of summoning the god-like airplanes that brought marvelous cargo during the war.

• Cargo cult, a group of religious movements occurring in Melanesia
• Cargo cult programming, a style of computer programming that includes code or programs with no real purpose
• Cargo cult science, a tern coined by Richard Feynman to describe something that appears to be science but that lacks scientific integrity
• Cargo Cult (musician), an ambient and electronica musician