Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Hallelujah

The song "Hallelujah" has been talked about quite a lot recently. This is mostly because it was recently sung by an American Idol contestant. I heard this morning on the radio that the song is actually the number one downloaded song on iTunes this week (pretty incredible!).

I have heard the song maybe 5 times in the last week and it was really bothering me because every time I heard it, I kept trying to remember which tv show this song had played in during the final scenes of a season finale. I finally found it - it was The O.C! Now my mind can be at ease....Here is the last scene sequence from Season 1 of The O.C, with the amazing "Hallelujah" song playing in the background. :)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Jamie Walters / Ray Pruit

Do you guys remember Jamie Walters? He played the character "Ray Pruit" in the 1990s FOX TV series Beverly Hills 90210. Let me refresh your memory.....


Ray was a construction worker whom Donna Martin met during a prank at California University. She became intrigued with him after she heard him playing his guitar and singing in his pick-up truck. They started to date, although the rest of the gang did not approve of him. Perhaps it was because he came from a poor family and helped his family sell pumpkins and x-mas trees in his spare time... After Donna would not sleep with him, he was frustrated and he slept with Valerie Malone behind Donna's back. He had a gig at The Peach Pit After Dark but eventually left because of Valerie's games. Ray eventually became physically abusive, having harmed Donna on several occasions. He eventually left the series but returned much later, briefly, having been rehabilitated and engaged to another woman.

Jamie Walters released a self-titled CD during his stint on 90210 and he sand many of his songs on the show. However, after his character became physically abusive, his career started to go downhill. Fans were so turned off by the direction of the show, and confused the character with the actor and he was eventually written off of the show.

Makes you wonder what would have happened to this guy if the 90210 writers had taken his character in a different direction?