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The First Annual “RaJe Awards” – for 2007

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

We wouldn’t be a blog if we didn’t share our year-end opinions with you. After all, our opinions matter. Period. Exclamation point. Additional punctuation marks, as necessary.

So, we offer the First Annual “RaJe Awards” (you can figure it out … Ray, Jeff … and it’s pronounced “rage” just because). So, without further commentary, let’s get on to our outRaJeous selections. The envelope please (OK, totally unnecessary, but it seemed appropriate).

FAVORITE TV SERIES OF 2007

Jeff: Dexter

Ray: Boston Legal

FAVORITE NEW TV SERIES

Jeff: Damages

Ray: Dirty Sexy Money

FAVORITE TV MOMENT

Jeff: Jack giving a “motivational speech” to a group of underprivileged children on “30 Rock” (episode 29, “Cougars”)

Ray: Olive Snook singing “Hopelessly Devoted to You” (and dancing with Digby) on “Pushing Daisies” (episode 2 or 3 or 4 … there aren’t that many yet)

THREE OTHER TV SERIES I MUST MENTION

Jeff: Friday Night Lights, John from Cincinnati, 30 Rock

Ray: 30 Rock, The Amazing Race, Brothers & Sisters

FAVORITE MOVIE OF 2007

Jeff: Sunshine

Ray: Sweeney Todd

THREE OTHER MOVIES I MUST MENTION

Jeff: Juno, The Great Debaters, 1408

Ray: Sicko, Hairspray, The Simpsons Movie

FAVORITE POLITICAL MOMENT – ELECTION-ORIENTED

Jeff: Rudy Guiliani “spontaneously” taking a phone call from “his wife” during a speech to the NRA

Ray: Mitt Romney redefining the word “saw” to mean “didn’t see”

FAVORITE POLITICAL MOMENT – OTHER

Jeff: Jerry Falwell “exiting the stage” and hopping on that down escalator

Ray: Senator Larry Craig’s hilarious interview with Matt Lauer on “Dateline NBC”

BIGGEST WASTE OF SPACE & TIME

Jeff: Trivia Night at the Mass Ave Pub (Kool-Aid – holla!)

Ray: Britney Hilton-Lohan