Burn Notice Season 3.5 Premiere and Television Poster

Burn Notice, The Blot’s second favorite television show, returns tonight, January 21, to finish what it started over 8 months ago…its third season. After a 6 month hiatus, Burn Notice Season 3.5 airs the first of 7 all new episodes tonight on the USA Network at 10/9c. If you don’t currently watch Burn Notice, do The Blot a favor and tune in tonight! You won’t be sorry, as the show’s witty banter, excellent mysteries and intense action has proven to win over even the most cynical of television critics/viewers.


Tonight’s Burn Notice mid-season premiere episode “A Dark Road” also features an extra special reunion of sorts as Sharon Gless’ former Cagney & Lacey co-star Tyne Daly (Judging Amy) guest stars! Fans won’t want to miss this amazing Emmy and Tony Award winning actress’ return to television to re-team with her former Cagney & Lacey partner.


If you don’t know the show’s basic premise here’s a quick overview: When spies get fired, they don’t get a letter from human resources…they get BURNED. After coming face to face with the group of people that burned him, Michael Westen, a blacklisted spy, must figure out his next move...all while staying ahead of anyone else that may have him in their crosshairs. In the meantime, he continues to use his unique skills and training to help people in desperate need of assistance.


Burn Notice also features Fiona, a beautiful ex-IRA operative who happens to be Westen’s ex-girlfriend; Sam, Michael’s closest buddy in town; and Madeline, Michael’s hypochondriac mother, who couldn’t be happier to have her boy back in town. Created and written by Matt Nix, Burn Notice combines intense action/thriller elements with surprising humor to create an iconic new breed of spy.


Burn Notice airs Thursday nights on the USA Network at 10/9c and stars Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Seth Peterson and Sharon Gless.

Star Wars R2-D2 Mail Box Piggy Bank

Back in 2007, the United States Postal Service transformed mailboxes around the country into replicas of everyone’s favorite astromech droid R2-D2 in honor of Star Wars’ 30th Anniversary. For some strange reason, we are just now seeing the release of the R2-D2 Post Box Bank to commemorate this bizarre collaboration between Star Wars and the USPS. Some might say this promotion has come three years too late, but not The Blot! I don’t care if no one besides the true Star Wars faithful remember those awesome looking R2-D2 mailboxes, this coin bank rocks.


The Star Wars R2-D2 Mailbox bank is an exact replica of the actual mail boxes distributed by the US Postal Service in ’07. While there is no coin slot on the top or back of this Artoo Post Box, all collectors have to do to make a deposit is pull down the mailbox door and slide their change in. It really is a working mailbox, pretty cool huh? The Star Wars R2-D2 Mailbox bank is 6.3” tall and will look awesome next the 7” Krink Mailbox Kidrobot released back in 2008 (it was limited to 500 pcs and sold for $39.95).


The R2-D2 Mailbox bank will retail for around $30 and is estimated to arrive in stores sometime in February or March of 2010. You can currently pre-order this awesome Star Wars figure made of PVC from BigBadToyStore.com here.

OBEY Giant Eye Alert Print Set by Shepard Fairey

At some point today, January 21st, OBEY Giant will be releasing “Eye Alert,” a two print set by Shepard Fairey. This is actually the first OBEY print The Blot has liked in sometime, both because of its design and message. While I never like to tell people how to interpret a piece of art, I assume Shep is making some sort of statement concerning the current healthcare crisis here in the United States.



The “Eye Alert” screen print measures 18”x24” and comes in cream and red. Both limited edition prints have a runs size of 350. This two print set goes on sale at a random time today at the OBEY Giant online store. Each signed and numbered print retails for $45 and are limited to 1 of each colorway per household.