{This review is an excerpt from the post You’ve Been Jo’Bro’d! . It has been reposted here  for your convenience – Cpaig}

This show is Kevin-centric and I am unapologetic in my assessment of its adorableness.  Kevin’s acting is spot on in his endearing adoration of the statuesque, Norse girl-goddess who stole his heart during their Scandinavian tour.  In addition, Anya herself is hilarious, lifting, and tossing Kevin like a rag doll as they dance together and otherwise explore their shared eccentricities.

However, lest these marvy attributes aren’t enough, there is the fact that Kevin SINGS A SOLO!

Read on…

Yes, you read correctly.  His warm, tender vocals enumerating the delights of his “Skandinavian Girl” are available herein for our repeated listening pleasure.

What’s not to love?  Kevin is to love, certainly, and if Anya shows herself too shallow to appreciate Kevin’s quirkiness then the loss is all hers.  Clearly, the French fan/mime enthusiast who steps in to cheer Kevin up is far more worthy.

It was truly hard to choose, but my favorite moment had to be when Kevin is trying to learn all he can about Scandinavia so that he’ll win back his girl by cramming reindeer trivia and attempting to make Lutefisk.  Lutefisk is fish that has been dried in a lye solution and then soaked in water (to quote Garrison Keillor “for a long time—but never long enough”) and is a Scandinavian delicacy.  Kevin telling Nick how he made the dish, while Joe is trying to scour the portion he taste-tested out of his mouth behind him, is priceless.

[Via: Disney Channel, NickJOnline]

Finally!!!

Tonight we enjoyed an episode entitled Double Date, which might just as well have been entitled The One Where Joe and Stella Kiss, for all that anyone will remember anything else about it.

Pucker up and follow me over the jump!

Granted, in the pantheon of Great Screen Kisses, tonight’s smooch doesn’t come close to From Here to Eternity, Casablanca, or Gone with the Wind, but for a first kiss, it wasn’t too shabby.

I’m blanking…did the show have a plot?  What else besides Stella and Joe’s lips was in the episode?  I really can’t remember, so I’m counting on you Revelers.  What did I miss while I was completely mesmerized by Joe and Stella’s lip lock?

[Via:  Just Jared Jr. (Photo)]

Mwahahahahahah! (That’s scary laughter, in case you were wondering.)

Experience the terror, after the jump!

Well, tonight’s episode of JONAS met with mixed reviews at our house.  Sugar and Spice were somewhat disappointed in The Tale of the Haunted Firehouse.  I fear it was too subtle for them.  They subscribe to the Scooby Doo method of ghost hunting, with lots of chases and action.  I, however, LOVED this homage/spoof of The Blair Witch Project.  It was all there:  ghost hunting with a video camera, grainy tight close-ups of terrified faces.  What a hoot!

But what about you Revelers?  Pull up a bowl of chili and share your favorite moments!

[Via:  Just Jared Jr. (Photos)]

Boys, boys, boys…what were you thinking?  Forgetting Stella’s birthday?  Whoever keeps your calendar should have their paycheck docked.

Find out what happens when you make your stylist mad, after the jump!

Poor Stella.  She works her fingers to the bone for these JONAS lads and how do they repay her?  By forgetting her birthday.  Ingrates!  So what if an important music critic who bears a striking resemblance to Kenneth Branagh on a really bad day is interviewing them?  This is no excuse.

I found this episode to be very sweet, because I think it touches on something that is near and dear to the Jonas Brothers’ hearts—keeping the important people in their lives important, despite how insanely busy their lives get.

In addition, we get the added bonus of the boys poking fun at the hype machine, which is so intrinsic to their world.  I loved how each one of them couldn’t resist showing their individual awards off to the interviewer.

Add to this a song that we haven’t heard before, and you’ve got a win.  Unless of course you’re Stella, in which case you can always get your revenge by shortening the brother’s inseams…

But what about you Revelers?  What moments of tonight’s show will you never forget?

[Via:  JonasPhotos.Org. (Photo)]

It’s here Revelers!  Volume 1, JONAS, Rockin’ the House is in stores and more importantly, in our hot little hands!  Taken as a whole, this DVD is an excellent compilation of what is delightful about the JONAS show, and the Jonas Brothers themselves.

Let’s bask in the wonderfulness of it all, after the jump!

I have been very excited for the release of this DVD, and chuffed to discover that there is positive response from critics and regular folks (Amazon.com customer reviews, nice to see none is from “typical” fans).

There is clearly a niche for what we discerning types know that JONAS does so well: presenting a humorous look at “celebrity life & culture” that is not raunchy but enjoyable for many ages on many levels.  I truly hope that the Jonas Brothers are aware of how very much people are enjoying their show.

The DVD is chock-full o’goodies for the passionate fan and the casual DVD browser alike.  No less than seven episodes are included.  Along with Groovy Movies, Wrong Song, Pizza Girl, Band’s Best Friend, and Chasing the Dream we also have two as yet un-aired shows:  Beauty and the Beat, and Cold Shoulder.

Since the Revelers have been tuning in and blogging the series without fail as it has aired, I won’t discuss those shows we’ve already seen, but will focus instead on the Bonus Features, which include the un-aired episodes and an elaborate practical joke that the brothers played on Chelsea Staub.

You’ve Just Been Jo Bro’d was a hidden-camera prank in which Chelsea Staub thinks she has just been abandoned at a photo shoot in the company of a loutish crewperson, but the crewperson is in fact an actor who demolishes Nick’s guitar and asks Chelsea to cover for him.  Unbeknownst to Chelsea the brothers were watching on camera and feeding the “crewperson” his lines to convince Chelsea he was legit.

Perhaps it’s just me, but I thought the prank fell somewhat flat, and seemed to involve a lot of people and set-up for not much of a payoff.  In my opinion, it went on too long and really wasn’t terribly funny.  It had clearly been “set up” for the DVD, and seemed more than a tad forced on everyone’s part, with the exception of Chelsea, who is almost certainly the nicest girl in the world, and one of the best sports.

The new episodes included are far more fun and worthwhile.  Beauty and the Beat is the JONAS-universe’s take on beauty pageants.  It’s interesting to note that everyone is fair game for the satire here—from the guys’ own voyeuristic enjoyment of the contestants, to the tough-as-nails pageant participants themselves, to Stella, whose superior attitude towards beauty pageants inflicts its own punishment when she suffers stage fright during her “final question” and ends up embarrassing herself on national television.  In an interesting “art imitates life” choice, Stella takes on the role of  the poor Miss Teen USA contestant who’s babbling remarks went viral back in Fall 2007.  The Jonas Brothers were in fact the musical performers on that broadcast and their experiences undoubtedly informed this episode.

The second (and not surprisingly my favorite) bonus episode is Cold Shoulder.  This show is Kevin-centric and I am unapologetic in my assessment of its adorableness.  Kevin’s acting is spot on in his endearing adoration of the statuesque, Norse girl-goddess who stole his heart during their Scandinavian tour.  In addition, Anya herself is hilarious, lifting, and tossing Kevin like a rag doll as they dance together and otherwise explore their shared eccentricities.

However, lest these marvy attributes aren’t enough, there is the fact that Kevin SINGS A SOLO!  Yes, you read correctly.  His warm, tender vocals enumerating the delights of his “Skandinavian Girl” are available herein for our repeated listening pleasure.  What’s not to love?  Kevin is to love, certainly, and if Anya shows herself too shallow to appreciate Kevin’s quirkiness then the loss is all hers.  Clearly, the French fan/mime enthusiast who steps in to cheer Kevin up is far more worthy.

It was truly hard to choose, but my favorite moment had to be when Kevin is trying to learn all he can about Scandinavia so that he’ll win back his girl by cramming reindeer trivia and attempting to make Lutefisk.  Lutefisk is fish that has been dried in a lye solution and then soaked in water (to quote Garrison Keillor “for a long time—but never long enough”) and is a Scandinavian delicacy.  Kevin telling Nick how he made the dish, while Joe is trying to scour the portion he taste-tested out of his mouth behind him, is priceless.

Of course, I could go on all day listing things I love about the DVD, but what about you Revelers?  How much do you love it?

[Via:  Amazon.com (Photos)]

Joe was in charge!

Happy Day, Revelers! A JONAS Episode not centered around Joe and Stella! We were pretty stoked about that at my house, I’ll tell you.  Add to that bran muffins shaped like Kevin’s head, and you have the makings of a wonderful Sunday night.

Jump with me, all you JONAS-heads!

Well clearly, the boys can’t be trusted on their own because chaos ensues.  I mean they made smoothies before dinner?  What were they thinking?  However, they might want to get that little kitchen wiring issue looked at.  Just sayin’…

I found tonight’s episode to be great fun.  I enjoyed getting to see Mom again, even if her urgent need for a vacation was a bit puzzling, since if memory serves she’s already been out of town in several other episodes, hasn’t she?  But why quibble about details, I loved the Mom-and-Dad-Are-Out-Of-Town hijinks that the boys got up to.

In addition, I loved the JONAS-heads, and thought the episode did a great job of poking loving fun at Jonas Brothers fans and their obsessions.  Not that anyone here is guilty of that sort of behavior.  Now if you’ll all excuse me, I need to go find a Lucite block to encase the signed copy of LVaTT that I just won on eBay.

But what about you Revelers?  Which were your favorite moments during tonight’s show, and which Jonas Brother would you like to give you a foot massage?

[Via:  JustJaredJr. (Photos)]

Hey, hey, hey JONAS Fans!  Tonight brought us the first new episode in two weeks, and it begged the question:  just how many episodes can the writers of JONAS build around Joe and Stella, almost but not quite, admitting their feelings for each other?

At least one more, as we’ll see after the jump!

Well this episode was hilarious, in my opinion.  I LOVED Kevin and Nick’s Kung Fu-tinged competition complete with the poorly dubbed voice over for Kevin—brilliant!  I’ve got to say as an unapologetic Kevin Fan, he ROCKED this episode.  I was on the floor during the final showdown at the end when he was psyching Nick out.

So this week, Macy was the plot device to keep Joe and Stella apart.

She helps Joe plan a karaoke surprise (hmmm, where have I heard that before?) party for Stella and Stella thinks she and Joe are having a “thing,” or a “not thing” if you prefer, in the same way that Stella and Joe are, or aren’t.  My head… it swims.

I’m thoroughly confused at this point.  Does Stella want Joe?  Or not.  It seemed like she was sort of freaking out, while he was singing.  But hey, Stell, if you don’t want him, I’m sure there are plenty of gals who’d love to take your place in the passenger seat of that convertible, snowstorm be damned…just sayin’.

But all ends well, the karaoke is a huge hit, and Stella gets her Friend-a-Versary party, and she and Joe are still as vaguely “whatever-they-are” as they were.  Maybe.

But what about you Revelers?  What moments will you repeat over and over, karaoke style?

[Via:  JustJaredJr. (Photos)]

Hey, hey Revelers!

We’ve been tickled pink lately to have had some new friends dropping by, and it’s been mentioned that we haven’t had a roll-call, tell-what-you-feel-comfortable-telling-about-you-and-your-Jonas-history thread in a while.  So, because we aim to please, here it is!

Chat at will, after the jump!

[Via:  JonasPhotos.org (Photo)]

Oh, Joseph.  Whatever will we do with you?  You just can’t stay out of trouble lately!

So last week, my daughter, Spice, said that she thought that JONAS could use less “JO” and more “NAS”, which was her way of saying she’d like a less Joe-centric episode.  Sadly, tonight didn’t grant her wish, but there were compensations!

Find out what they were, after the jump!

In this episode we again meet Miss Snark (apparently for the first time, what gives?), who is a REALLY  big JONAS fan, and she just WON’T give Joe detention, no matter what he does.  This doesn’t sit well with Abby.

My episode-chronology-sense, which has become finely tuned of late, tells me that once again, we are seeing an episode shot early in the season, but aired out of order.  Joe is apparently interested in Abby, so much so that he is willing to give up his Saturday and spend it in the company of the Detention Nazi, otherwise known as the Vice-Principal, in order to prove to Abby that he’s a regular guy.  Lucky for us, Kevin and Nick join him there, and hilarity ensues.

It turns out that Abby is a brat, that the Vice-Principal is even more obsessed with straight corners than he is with detention protocol, and that the hallway at Horace Mantis Academy has sufficient acoustics to enable JONAS to record vocals for delivery to their label by the end of the day.  So this detention day ends with a dance party.  I don’t know about anybody else, but detention wasn’t like that when I was in High School!

As another clue to the episode’s circa, we are given lots of information about what a fantastically talented seamstress Stella is and what a fantastically talented athlete Macy is, both of which we already knew!

But what about you Revelers?  What moments did you want given “special treatment?”

[Via:  JustJaredJr. (Photos)]

Hey look, Revelers, the Lucas Brothers are those guys who wear their sunglasses at night!

So this movie starlet is hanging around Joe of Jonas in order to get herself seen and photographed.  Wait a minute…is this my latest email alert, or the plot of the latest episode of JONAS?

Nothing like a little art imitating life [sort of], to enliven my Sunday night.

Find out what’s up with Joe and that girl who keeps throwing herself at him after the jump!

In tonight’s story this girl:

Fiona Skye, was grabbing onto Joe at every opportunity and claiming they were in love.  Not that we can blame her, but her motives were definitely shady.

So tonight afforded us lots of Jonasphere goodies.  We had the delightful return of nerdy Joe, whom we first met during Living the Dream.  I’m a fan of Joe in a spit curl and a plaid button-down.   And if that wasn’t enough, we got to see the motorcytcle complete with sidecar!

We also had more in the ongoing Joe-and-Stella-won’t-admit-how-crazy-they-are-about-each-other-but-we-all-know-it saga.

Didn’t get that non-Joe-centric episode we said might be a nice change of pace, but there were lots of laughs.

And c’mon how adorable did Stella and Macy look doing the slow-mo cool  walk at the end?

But what about you, Revelers?  What hilarious moments had you running for the blog tonight?

[Via:  JonasPhotos.org (Photos)]