Random Observation: Gossip Girl Episode 6, Season 5

I mentioned more than once on Twitter that Dan Humphrey's current hairstyle looks really bad. It's like this whole new character on the show. Blair Waldorf even calls it 'muppet hair'.  I'd call that muppet 'Fugly'. But I doubt if Fugly could even get a gig on Sesame Street. That's how bad it looks.

What beef do you all have about DA HAIR?

But it's not just Dan's hair that has gone really bad on this show, as I would notice. Gossip Girl used to be the one program fashion savvy people and fashion wannabes look to for style points. Lately? It's as if someone abducted the show's stylist and everyone is left to dress themselves up or do their make-up.

Blair Waldorf's adorable, freshly made-up face was always refreshing to see in previous seasons:

Gorgeous doll face, as I'm sure you would agree. Lately though, she comes off looking haggard with her hair needing a lift or new cut and her aura in serious need of this:

What happened there, Blair? (Photo grabbed from Tumblr)

"I don't know. I'm supposed to be pregnant on the show.
This pretend-baby is probably sucking all my glow, it's so realistic!"

And what about all-American, Sunshine Girl Serena Van Der Woodsen? Who took her glow? When did she start dressing up dowdy?

What, this? This is a fashion statement!
And the statement is: I dress with my curtains now and don't wash DA HAIR.

You and the love of your life, Dan, are really meant to be. :P

At Diana's media party, Serena and her boss were made to look like twins. Did you catch that? There must be a song and dance number from these two, on the show's DVD version.

So, what is going on with Gossip Girl's make-up and wardrobe department??

Pinoy on US TV: Ang TV's Marnie, On Gossip Girl

It was my friend KV who told me about this as I failed to notice it the first time I watched the episode.

But remember how Marnie used to appear on Ang TV and shared TV screen time with Jolina Magdangal and Antoinette Taus (who's also getting her fair share of US TV exposure on The Sing Off!)?

Grabbed from a Photobucket Account

Well, Marnie just shared TV screen time with no less than Blair Waldorf, as the former TV actress from the Philippines had a brief appearance on Gossip Girl...and actually got to speak lines!

Watch her scene:

Antoinette... Marnie...So, which Ang TV kid is next?

Gossip Girl is not for me.

Well, I've known it for quite sometime. Gossip Girl is not for me.

Despite the fact that I sometimes sound like someone with a mindset of a 12 year old on this blog, I am actually a grown up...who can't get into the show's appeal and who really, really hates these posters from Gossip Girl.

Last year, the Parents Television Council (PTC) gave this series a big thumbs down after the show ran their "scandalous" OMFG ad campaign. But the ad did manage to get a lot of press. So, something about its marketing strategy was working.

For its second season, these new posters take another jab at the PTC. Just look at who's endorsing the show:

From an advertiser's stand point, this new campaign is actually brilliant. Gossip Girl is a show aiming for the younger set. It's supposed to be hip and cool, a show kids' parents wouldn't watch or will most likely not approve of.

And well, it's working.

As a thirty something parent, I hate this poster. And I hate this show. I hate the message it sends to kids. I've seen the show a couple of times, so I do know what I'm talking about. Never mind if NYMag says it's a show that is changing television and is probably the most important series airing today, since The Sopranos. (I don't really agree with that...)

I'm no way near my golden age, but you do get to a certain point when you're older where you realize how many things in this world do not make a lot of sense.

This is one of 'em.