This review was originally written on Epinions.com.

Season 3 of Beverly Hills, 90210 was probably the most important season of the show’s run. By the third season, they had quite the fan following. This wasn’t a top ten rated show by any means, but for the demographic they were targeting, it was an immense success. There were many reasons that this was such a monumental season for the show, including one entire season long storyline love triangle. Not only that, but the teenagers from West Beverly High were seniors and the entire season was focused on them graduating and moving on.

But the season began in the summer and Dylan (Luke Perry) and Brenda (Shannen Doherty) were still in the midst of their rocky relationship. Kelly (Jennie Garth) and Donna (Tori Spelling) were supposed to go to Paris for the summer, but Kelly opted out. This lead to Brenda’s parents, the great Jim and Cindy Walsh, to send Brenda to Paris to get her away from Dylan. This is what happens in Beverly Hills. You irritate your parents because you miss curfew and instead of being grounded, you get sent to Paris.

Dean Cain in pre-Superman fashion is featured in the Paris episodes as a man Brenda meets and undresses with her eyes. But she pretends to be French so that he doesn’t know the true her. David Arquette also shows up in Season 3 as Diesel, a wannabe rocker who is the ex-boyfriend of Brandon’s young sophomore squeeze Niki. Seth Green plays a nerdy high schooler who gets set up on a double date with Brenda and Kelly. Burt Reynolds also shows up in a cameo on an episode in which a con woman uses Brandon and Steve to steal money from people who expected her to give them a Hollywood Tour.

The season long love triangle was expertly done. With Brenda in Paris, Kelly and Dylan get to spend time together and fall in love. But they try to honor their friendship with Brenda and you know how that works. Since Brenda also has something going on in Paris with Superman, the viewer feels the issue is fair and there is really no bad guy. Except, Shannen Doherty is so much of a better actor than both Luke Perry and Jennie Garth, she steals every scene and you start to feel sorry for her even though it’s almost a fair situation. Well, I guess if Dean Cain was Dylan’s best friend.

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How can a child be too good?

I read an article on ESPN.com today that made me shake my head.

It concerns a young boy who excels at baseball so much that they don’t want him to pitch anymore. He was too good. So good that the league made sure that he couldn’t pitch in any of the games.

Little league baseball is about fun and a little bit of competition. But there are rules in place to make sure that kids aren’t pitching too much, every child plays, and that coaches don’t over exaggerate the situation and try to win so much that they put the health of the kids in jeopardy. 

But according to the article, it could be something else.

Jericho’s coach and parents say the boy is being unfairly targeted because he turned down an invitation to join the defending league champion, which is sponsored by an employer of one of the league’s administrators.

Jericho instead joined a team sponsored by Will Power Fitness. The team was 8-0 and on its way to the playoffs when Jericho was banned from pitching.

The Little League attorney (um, an attorney runs the league?) says that’s not the case at all and it’s just that he’s too scary on the mound, and thus the kids don’t want to face him.

I get that, but the way to handle this is to make sure you limit what the kid can do on the mound. Let him throw only one or two innings.

Thankfully, my experience with Little League baseball wasn’t like this last year. I’ve experienced some interesting things playing Little League when I was a child, but never anything like this.

All this tells me is that Little League baseball is faker than pro wrestling. Word to Mick Foley.

I shortened the title to this post. “These Are” didn’t seem necessary today.

I was in So. Cal this weekend and Jessica and I finally saw The Dark Knight. What a great flick. There was such an immense attention to detail and the director’s vision was so creative, yet logical at the same time.

It was the first movie that Jessica and I have seen together in person, and I’m not sure there’s a more fun person to watch a movie with. I’m not the type of film watcher who shuns people who talk during movies. If someone wants to make a comment, I can both watch the film and pay attention to their comment at the same time. I know there are some people who need to be completely focused at all times, or else they can’t get into movies. I’m not that guy. But she is the single loudest person in the theater. Even when she knows to expect to be surprised, she still screams and jumps in her seat. She laughs at most of the punchlines, even if they aren’t great. But she’s also really good at seeing where things are going several minutes before they happen. And she voices that out loud as well. So if you don’t see where things are going, and don’t want to know, you’re going to have to just tune her out.

I just finished watching the gold medal basketball game between Team USA and Spain and it was an excellent basketball game. Spain was the perfect underdog. They were fundamentally sound, but had just the right recipe of players to match up against USA. But man, they play some bush league basketball. I understand that when you play the more talented team, you have to do a few things to try to take them out of the game and see if you can upset their composure. That has been the achilles heel of Team USA, even when they were still winning gold medals. But it didn’t work here and it just made Spain look like a bunch of loud mouthed jerks. They set screens high on players before half court. They hold guys when they’re trying to run back on defense. And they do so much pointing and yelling and screaming that you would’ve thought they were getting screwed out of something.

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I know I do.

September 2nd y’all.

The Summer Olympics are more than half way over. Thus, our question was very timely. What Olympic event could this celebrity win a gold medal at? I gave you a clue. It was by a guy, but then again, how could you not figure that out already?

Who could have sex the longest. I think that’s an event I can do well in.

Here were the guesses.

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I remember when Martin used to be great. I’m not sure it was ever better.

Check out Christopher Reid better known as Kid from Kid ‘n Play.

Yet another Super China Buffet Day has passed and my belly is full. I guess that means it was a success.

This year, we took Eddy Zucko’s advice and went to the Tropicana Buffet. It didn’t have as great of a name as last year’s buffet. That one was called the Yummi Buffet. The main reason for the switch was simply cost. The Tropicana Buffet was about half the price and if you closed your eyes, you couldn’t really tell the difference in the food quality.

This year, we had a few more guests celebrating this great day. Last year, it was only Eddy Zucko, Double Bri, Double J, and me. This year, in addition to us, my sister, cousin Miko, Hea Jin, and Young Randall came as well. They’ve heard about Super China Buffet Day~! for a few years now and they wanted to celebrate with fried meats, sweet shrimps, and terrible puffed pastries.

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After playing their best ball in their win over Greece two days ago, Team USA turns their attention to Spain, who is also undefeated through their first three games.

1st quarter

• Kobe just ran over Pau on a screen and Dougie Collins said it was good because that’s Kobe telling Laker teammate Pau this is real. It’s damn real.
• There’s been a Carmelo sighting. He just hit a three to tie the score at 7.
• Dougie Collins just said that in 35 minutes, Jason Kidd has taken zero shots.
• If anyone is fired up, it’s Lebron. He might run over and through someone today.
• When I grow up, I want my arms and shoulders to be large and cut like Lebron’s.
• Um, Lebron just ran over someone. He now has one foul. Kobe already has two.
• If they had a gold medal for most tattoos, Team USA would win.
• Spain is running a half court trap and poor Chris Paul is going to be banged around a lot. But he’s the perfect guy to break it.
• Paul to Wade makes the score 29-16 and Spain has to call a time out. That’s what they get for doing the slanted eyes.

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Check out the latest trailer for the new 90210. Don’t blink or you’ll miss Shannen Dougherty and Jennie Garth reprising their Brenda and Kelly roles. Where’s Tori Spelling? Looks like ol’ Donna Martin won’t be with us. They weren’t willing to pay her enough.

I think very soon we’ll see David Silver and Jasper’s Law performing at the 15th reunion for West Beverly High singing, “Keep It Together”.

Baby it’s you girl
You know you got it going on
Let’s keep it together …

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The dude is official. You only get an IMDB page if you’re official right?

Albert recently graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a BA in Film Production and was tapped to be the Cinematographer for an IFC series called Pushing Twilight. It’s shown on IFC in between shows and also on their website.

You can see Albert interviewed here in an online extra.

It was nearly three years ago when I said that Albert was walking the talk. He’s making moves y’all.

Here’s what he sent me to pass on to everyone.

Please watch at least some of it so IFC will think it’s HUGE and maybe I can get another job out of this and Joy won’t have to divorce me.