Wednesday, October 04, 2006

The best that money can buy

You can take the girl out of Long Island, but you apparently can't take the Long Island accent out of Rosie O'Donnell. The new host of The View guest starred on last night's Nip/Tuck as a Pensicola white trash lottery winner named Dawn Budge. O'Donnell was fine in the role, but that accent was far more 'I'm down visiting my uncle Saul' then the needed 'I just moved out of the trailer park, y'all.'


Playlist: Nip/Tuck - Ep. 405

For Dawn's lipo surgery, the Flying Lizards' classic post-punk "Money (That's What I Want)" was played. For a real treat, here's the video for the song, circa 1979.

Speaking of money, more of it changes hands in this episode of Nip/Tuck then I think I've seen in any hour of drama. It reaches it's pinnacle when Dawn pays Christian $420K for 10 minutes of nookie on his rug, which is backed oh so subtley by the song "Dawn (Go Away)" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - a look in at Christian's thoughts, if in title only. So what was Christian using all the money he scammed off of Dawn for? To buy the freedom for his new boss and lover Michelle. Turns out she's not so free after all, and to the tune of "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones, we see her past (and present?) life as escort-meets-organ harvester. War, children... its just a shot away.

And I didn't even bring up Scientology...

Tracklisting compiled by Avalon at Niptuckfans.com

Previously:
Danger when you taste brown sugar... or wear peanut butter (Episode 404)

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1 comment:

Shawn Anderson said...

Nip/Tuck - Episode 405

1. "Money, That's What I Want" - The Flying Lizards (video) - Dawn gets prepped for surgery
2. "Arrabal" - Gotan Project - Christian comes to an understanding with James over Michelle
3. "Mes Vacanes A Rio" - Rinocerose - Dawn shows up at Christian's apartment/discuss her loss of Dwight
4. "Dawn (Go Away)" - Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - Dawn solves Christian's money problems/ have sex
5. "Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones - Michelle picks up a lonely business man at a hotel bar