If they sold cologne that smelled like lemon Palmolive dishwashing liquid, I'd buy it in bulk.  I swear to God. 

• Best Week Ever is featuring a You Tube clip from Zach Galifianakis' old show (see below) which features a surprisingly cleaned-up pre-Britney K-Fed.  It's good stuff.
• Gay, Straight or Taken premieres tonight on Lifetime at 8.  I have to admit, I'm all over it.  Click here to get a preview of the contestants and test your own gaydar — I'm guessing Mike and Victor based on looks alone.
• Folk-singin', poetry-writing, car-living yodeler Jewel says she was supposed to be on the first Real World , but she declined.  Presumably, she would have been the first choice over Becky (the other aspiring folk singer).  Jewel is going to host Nashville Star (American Idol for country music) on USA.  Fun fact: if you read Dave Eggers' first book, you know he was almost chosen for the third season, but the producers picked Judd instead.
• If you've missed an episode of Battlestar Galactica this season, set your TiFaux for the marathon on Jan. 15. 
• The Wire is getting syndicated on BET. 
• Ugly Betty's on iTunes.  
• Looks like Dirt did reasonably well in the ratings.  Considering how inescapable the ads were, I'd hope so. 
• Jake is going to be a presenter at the Golden Globes.  And so are some other people.  Hmmm…  Jake in a tux…

1. The nation’s youth, who have made High School Musical the #1 album of 2006 and who continue to show off their illiteracy on this post, have a hard time separating reality and acting, and may or may not be dangerously stalking Zac Efron.
2. Lucas Grabeel was born in Missouri. Ashley Tisdale was born in New Jersey. The wee person who plays the shy composer is from Russia and was (duh) a ballerina.
3. Ryan wears a lot of hats in the movie. Literally.
4. Though the movie is set in Albuquerque, it was actually shot in Utah. At several different high schools. I don’t know about you, but my mind is blown.
5. The person or people writing the pop-ups did no research and did not have access to the internet. After identifying practically everything on screen (Tony Hawk is a skateboarder. Stephen Sondheim is a musical theater composer. Karaoke is when you sing along with pre-recorded music.), they fail to identify perhaps the most obscure, but actually musical-related, reference: the original Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford. For some reason, this makes me crazy mad.
6. In Los Angeles, there are people whose job it is to sparkle up any item of clothing.
7. Ryan and Sharpay are two wine spritzers away from some really weird and hilarious incest.
8. Everything is improved with pop-ups. Even completely inane pop-ups. Even incredibly cheesy made-for-TV musicals.