The iHave A Question About This Crossover Post.

Reasons why I've always preferred American TV to the British variety, #495: Crossovers. Over here a rare breed, but over there comparatively common down the years.

What this is building up to is that Nickelodeon is going to have a crossover betweeen iCarly and Victorious, which makes sense in a variety of ways (they're Nick's two most popular shows, they're both shepherded by Dennis Blunden - er, I mean Dan Schneider... can I help it if I'll never be able to forget seeing the cleanshaven Chris Moyles lookalike back when he was on Head Of The Class? - and even though Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice appeal to basically the same audience, there are still people who prefer one over the other). One problem though: geography can be sorted out (iCarly is set in Seattle, Victorious in Hollywood)... but how are they going to get past the fact that Tori Vega looks exactly, but exactly, like Shelby Marx? And will they take advantage of people enjoying Miranda, Victoria and Jennette McCurdy for... other reasons? (None of them are devoid of talent, but let's face it they ain't ugly.)

The iWant To Buy This Post.

The incredibly gorgeous Miranda Cosgrove's contribution to the soundtrack for the remarkably good-looking (as in "Hey, this looks pretty good") Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. Said song is also the first track on the soundtrack album, which blessedly is mostly made up of Mark "Who'd have thought the guy from Devo would go on to do the music for all three Rugrats movies and loads of Wes Anderson stuff?" Mothersbaugh. More irritatingly, the album - like other movies released through Sony of late (Columbia's Julie & Julia, TriStar's District 9) - is one of those manufactured-on-demand, CD-R only deals. Thanks, Amazon.


1. Raining Sunshine - Miranda Cosgrove
2. Swallow Falls
3. Introducing Flint
4. The Latest Invention
5. The Mayor/Earl Warns Flint
6. Sam's Big Break
7. Powering Up
8. Failure Again
9. Meatier Shower
10. A Father's Love
11. Ice Cream Wonderland
12. Snowball!
13. The Mayor's Big Plan
14. Activation And The Jello Dome
15. Sam and Flint Bond
16. Doubting Dad/Mutations
17. The Spaghetti Twister
18. Aftermath
19. Flint's Determination
20. The Food Storm
21. The Mission Begins
22. Outside The Meatball
23. Inside The Meatball
24. Earl Takes Charge
25. Sentient Chickens
26. Worldwide Chaos
27. Anaphylactic Love
28. Attack Of The Gummy Bears
29. Here's The Cheese
30. The Heart of the Meatball
31. Spray-On Triumph
32. Flint Returns
33. Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows - Lesley Gore