I DID IT LIKE THIS/I DID IT LIKE THAT/I DID IT WITH VH1'S PICK FOR THE 10TH BEST TOY OF ALL TIME: People, people, VH1 has a week-long countdown program looking at the 100 greatest toys of all time and no one tells me? VH1's web site is annoying and I can't find the entire list, but the top 10 are:

• 10. Wiffle Ball & Bat
• 9. Slinky
• 8. Yo-Yo
• 7. Star Wars Figure
• 6. Monopoly
• 5. Mr. Potato
• 4. G.I. Joe
• 3. LEGO
• 2. Barbie
• 1. Hula Hoop

THE POSTMAN RINGS TWICE: Yesterday, in honor of the world premier of a colorized version of Plan 9 From Outer Space, SFGate mused about what makes a bad movie truly great. Of course, I simply don't agree that The Postman was a bad movie. It succeeded in a very particular (and perhaps as yet unlabeled) genre: as the motion picture insert to a perfect entertaining novel.

I don't know if publishers still do this, but back the heady days of Clash of the Titans and Outland, you could count on an Alan Dean Foster novelization with eight pages of movie stills. Very cool when you couldn't convince your Mom to send you to a rated-R science fiction film about violence and dead prostitutes on a mining colony on Io. (But, Mom, it's about Jupiter!).

Suggest a movie adaptation of a novel that, on its own merits, sucked, but which you appreciated nevertheless for a glimpse of a movie that might-have-been.

MAKE IT WORK, OR I'LL WHACK YA: CNNMoney takes a look at the contrasting leadership styles of Tim Gunn and Tony Soprano. Personally, I'd rather work for Tim.

THERE'D BETTER BE TAUNTAUN RACES: Join the Alliance (or the Empire), and support the campaign for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games on Hoth.

I'M JUST MAD ABOUT SAFFRON: Am I the only one who's finding it awfully amusing that Christina Hendricks showed up as a Carrie Bradshaw/Carolyn Hax-esque advice columnist on Without A Trace this week? Sadly, the first question wasn't: "I've seduced the entire crew of a small Firefly-class transport vessel, but I kind of feel bad about it. What should I do?" I'll also argue this--Saffron was one of the best and richest sci-fi villains in years.

I HAVE TO WATCH A WHOLE WEEK OF STEVIE WONDER?? I'm a little disgruntled with America right now, or at least with the Vote for the Worst crowd. The lowest vote-garnering guy and girl were the right choices -- I think we all agreed that those two needed to hit the road. I was bummed (although not terribly shocked) about the second female elimination -- but I am honestly aghast at the second male ouster. This is the first time in these semifinals that someone was eliminated who deserved to have made the finals. Permit me a small grumble before I start muttering about how I'm going to have to hear not one, not two, but twelve people sing Stevie Wonder songs next week.

IT GIVES YOU VINGS: Ladies and gentlemen, please bid a fond welcome to what (I believe) is the United States' first entirely product-placed sports team--Red Bull New York. Interestingly, the NBA rejected proposed team nickname "The Memphis Express" as it would be a product placement for FedEx, thus explaining why the "Grizzlies" play in a city where there are no Grizzly Bears anywhere in the area.