Nothing But The Tooth
Well, the war has been waged and a victor has been declared. In the battle between New Shows Featuring a Man-Child Who Works At A Big Box Store who now must Save The World through New Found Powers while Winning The Girl -- those being Chuck and Reaper -- I have decided that Reaper is the winner. It really was Ray Wise as the Devil that totally won me over -- I adore him. Plus, the last couple of episodes have introduced a nice hint of mythology regarding Sam's contract with the Devil and deeper secrets his parents are keeping, so that's all good and Buffy-like as I was hoping. Since I can't keep up with my busy TV schedule as it is, Chuck is getting dumped. Sorry dude, I hope we can still be friends!

sirmonkeypants has actually decided to go the opposite way. He's broken up with Reaper but is still watching Chuck. I believe that he honestly finds Chuck to be the superior, more interesting show. But I also believe that he finds the chick on Chuck to be hot, which, you know, never hurt a series.

Her name is Yvonne Strahovski. Here's a cute shot of her:


Even though she's obviously adorable, sirmonkeypants has quite clearly been living with me for too long, because after the very first episode of Chuck, he could not stop talking about her teeth. I'm a wee bit teeth obsessed, especially regarding Tom Cruise, whose off-centre front teeth are so distracting that I really can't enjoy any of his films. Yvonne's teeth are beautiful -- white and straight, definitely much, much nicer than mine and most of the population of England. However, by Hollywood standards, they are noticeable because they aren't perfect-perfect -- glowing white and perfectly, identically even all around. I'm guessing that these are her own natural teeth, no whiteners or braces or caps, and as such, they really stand out on TV.

It's actually really hard to find a picture of her smiling -- certainly all her promo shots show her with her mouth closed. I found this one at Maxim's website:


Compare Yvonne's smile, just for example, to Halle Berry:


Not that I'm implying that Halle has had dental work done (although, anyone with teeth that perfect probably has), I'm just saying that Halle-style teeth are so common on TV and in movies these days, that someone with great-but-natural teeth, like Yvonne, totally stands out. I wonder how much pressure she's under from her publicist and agent to get her teeth filed down or whitened or totally replaced. It's crazy how plastic the famous people are these days, and how everyone looks exactly the same, like pod people. I admire her for standing strong. And for continuing to be attractive to the likes of sirmonkeypants.

Yvonne, you go girl! Fight the power!