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Ok... What are we watching when we are letting our brains go to seed?
TV guide just issued a list of their top 50 tv shows of all time. What makes your list?
List of 50 top- ranked shows
TV guide's list as mentioned in the previous post.
I have to admit, after having seen a few episodes of the original Avengers series from the BBC in the sixties, it's good television. If you haven't ever seen any, you should go rent some on DVD or vhs. It's good stuff.
Okay, so am I the only one who thinks that Homicide: Life on the Street is underappreciated? It's the best show ever aired, and all it gets is a 1am syndication slot on CourtTV and two episodes out on VHS. Where are the comprehensive DVD sets?
...but i don't watch TV. my parents got rid of cable a couple years back, and the TV got moved to the basement where the reception is horrible and we use it to watch VHS and DVD movies. they sometimes watch the channels that we get in fuzzy. but i don't ever watch it. i always have something better to do. and i love not watching it. the only thing i would watch if i had a choice would be The Simpsons and That 70's Show. funny stuff. unfortunately, we can't get FOX in At All. i think that i would be a bigger loser if i watched television any more than i do. i mean, im not really accomplishing all that i would like to be as it is. how would television help me realize my potential?Don't get me wrong. watching television doesn't necessarily make anyone else a loser, but i know it would make me one.
I watch a hell of a lot of TV, all of it bad. I'm not sure that it's got anything to do with my lack of achievment, though. I think if I was the type to achieve, watching TeeVee is simply something I would not do.
The shows I watch (or am in the room while they're being watched) on a semi-regular basis:
The Daily Show (with Jon Stewart, though I did like Craig Kilbornes prancing)
Star Trek reruns
7th Heaven (do not ask me why but Jay loves that show)
Blue's Clues (Steve is leaving! Anna's only TV time is for Blue's Clues)
Other than that, I don't really watch much TV. If it's on in the background, it's usually on comedy central though I need to kick that habit soon as South Park, while entertaining to me, isn't a good show for the tiny human. I listen to music more often than I watch TV.
In college, I didn't watch any tv. First, because I didn't have a tv. Then, because I had no reception.... In grad school it was the same thing, I could occassionally catch a very fuzzy episode of the Simpsons or Seinfeld. But, now that I have more access to more shows I do watch more... I could feel bad about this- but, in order to not loose all of my pretentions, I will say that it helps me keep tabs on popular culture. Something that will be very helpful when I work on my American Studies PHD.
About tv guide's list....I don't think I saw the Cosby Show on there. Funny- I would have thought that would have made the cut.
If you haven't seent the ORIGINAL Avengers, and need something to watch some weekend, you should go rent some and watch them. There's something for everyone in there. Perhaps Crackmonkey would like to chime in with some of the best episodes. I dug Dial a Deadly Number, and especially You Have Just Been Murdered!.
So I've been showing them to E, and we just watched The Hidden Tiger and A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Station. ALso the one about the marriage bureau was good.The thing is that the X-files grabbed a lot of the Avengers schtick, and E was quick to point that out. The sexual tension, the strange happenings, the agents who deal with said happenings on a regular basis, etc.
Also, the side characters who are all charicatures.
That said, I still think of Dial a Deadly Number as my personal favorite episode of all time.
So, the Cosby Show was on the list. I just missed it. I was looking at the actual listings in the tv guide and I missed that whole page, sticky magazines....
i'm sorry but, that list is dumb. maybe i missed it but, i don't think there is anything written on how they came to those choices. on what basis were the shows rated?
first-i know i wasn't old enogh to see may of carson's shows but to rate letterman higher than johnny? wtf!?!
second-the cosby show is way to low. i like er, friends, but cosby at 28 nfw!
there are too many shows that aren't even there. mad about you, eveyone loves raymond, or even in the heat of the night. i think that list is a joke.
Because like, even if you can talk about reasons why the list doesn't suck, he's still right.
The original question wasn't how much does tv guide suck. It was, "What are we watching while letting our brains go to seed?" Then, "What makes your list?" Screw tv guide's list, just say what you like. The list was just a starting ground.
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Twin Peaks baybeeeee! The first season is out on DVD as is the original pilot (import). Hopefully Lynch will continue to make me very happy and release the second season on DVD. Last night I watched part of episode 9 from season 2 which happens to have one of my favorite quotes:ANDY: (to Lucy) "When the Tacoma sperm bank was looking for donors, naturally I applied. It's my civic duty, and I like whales."I also enjoy the Soprano's but since I lack cable my viewing is limited to either rental or when I'm at a premium cabled residence. I also somehow ended up watching 24 after I derided as being a really stupiud idea. But it turns out that it's really intruiging, plus now they've Dennis Hopper as a psycho war criminal guy, which is always good. For a while Howard Univ (WHUT) TV was showing Prisoner Episodes, but my reception is not so good for them and they were at odd times and I kept forgetting to tape them. Now it looks like they are on during Law & Order, which Karna watches as "part of her law school education." Maybe I can talk her into letting me watch the prisoner tonight.
Back to David Lynch though, I would have loved to see Mullholland Drive turned into a TV show. He filmed it as a pilot, but got turned down. Apparently the networks didn't like the Denny's of pure evil. I would love to see HBO snag Lynch to do some quality teevee programming (since the networks are never going to let him back on the air), but then I would have to get cable, which I really don't want to do.
I would really like to see some video of this show. I loved it when I was a kid, and I'm sure it will be corny as all get out now, but will it stand up like Dukes of Hazzard, or will it have that bad, sort of straight-to-video quality of Knight Rider? (Which, don't get me wrong, i still love.)
I AM TELLING YOU!
i know this is more a movie thing but, its a reply to lukas. did you actually like Mullholland Drive? i thought it was horrible! the biggest waste of three hours. maybe i'm dumb but, it had no resolution. i'm sorry but, i would tell anyone not to see it.
I'm planning to see that soon. Lack of resolution doesn't bother me. I already know the big "surprise ending" of a bunch of movies I have yet to see, and I will still watch them (sometime). The journey is the thing, not the destination. That's why I enjoy re-reading Cryptonomicon so much each time.
Isn't Mullholland Drive the sequel to Mulholland Falls, the Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, CHazz Palminteri, John Malkovich, and Jennifer Connelly* movie about gangsters, nuclear bombs, sex, and booze?I actually really liked Mulholland Falls, but maybe I should see it again before talking about it, since I knew several people who thought it sucked.
* It is also the first (ok, I guess only) movie I saw Jennifer Connelly naked in (although I understand she has disrobed on film several times since then), and I have to say, that surprise, it depresses me to see movies with people getting naked in them. I mean, sometimes it's worthwhile, in an truly artistic or legitimately story-led way. But so often, it's just the "Obligatory 80s R-Rated Movie Boob Shot" -- because people like seeing other people naked, couched in some sort of faux-legitimate context. Unlike in Mulholland Falls, where it is couched in the extremely legitimate grainy Hollywood kinky sex movies context.
I like PBS. When you don't have cable- PBS is your window to a world beyond network tv.... not to be underrated.
PBS maintains the balance in the Force.
i just watched the episode where kramer gets the 'assman' license plates by accident. oh boy. it's a good one...
As a moderate x-files fan, I will say that I would have liked a more slam-bang finish to the show than the one I was given.
jen and i watched a great show on willie nelson on pbs last night. its going to be on again tonight at 2:30am so if you want to tape or again on the 6th at 1:30am.
I watched Law & Order last night with Anna and it was totally awful. It was sort of a Dartmouth Killings + John Walker Lindh plot, but it touched on practically every political hotbutton except kidnappings and CEO fraud. In the end, the John Walker Lindh character converted to "fundamentalist" Islam because his ex-girlfriend laughed at his manhood, or something atrocious like that.
I'm blessed with free cable, it's included in my rent. These shows [adult swim, read the header, duh]are by far the funniest cartoons ever drawn... [excepting "HOme Movies", which is just too slow]... a must for the 10:30pm-1am Sunday night.Survey says... Better than the Simpsons.
no way!!! that is the funniest cartoon ever!!! so... I only saw two episodes but my sister and brother and I were seriously on the floor laughing. I can't believe you don't like it
We're going to have to "agree to disagree"...we'll also have to agree that you're just plain WRONG! haha.
ok, i'm dusting off this old entree to make a confession...i have to confess a dirty, dirty, pleasure.
aside from the 100% acceptable simpsons re-runs, the frequent PBS documentary, or the occasional "i swear i just watched that reality TV show so i could laugh at it," there is only one thing i will make time to watch on television:
it is a weekday soap opera on NBC.
and it is amazing. it is amazing because i am convinced that it is a spoof soap opera that runs in a regualar soap opera time slot. and yet the actors act like they think they are in a REAL soap opera. think SPINAL TAP or BEST IN SHOW one hour every weekday.
i have been a fan for about three years now. give yourself a good week or two and you will be too. my brother and his roomate are so insane about it that they TAPE each day's episode so they can have people over for PASSIONS PARTIES almost daily.
THE PASH!
Passions sucks, like all english language soaps. I swear it is the soap opera that people watch just so they can say that they watch soaps, and thereby be different because the only other people that watch soaps are girls and housewives (also girls), ergo they somehow find a connection with either
- their mothers
- the girls in anderson that also watch "pash".
I'm really surprised nobody has said anything about schoolhouse rocks, being as that it was the huge sensation about, uh, two years ago.
i won't say that these were or are or ever will be (in fact, never were, aren't or ever will be) my fave shows but i always liked "V" and "War of the Worlds" they scared the hell out of me when i was a kid.
This is shameful, but I am addicted to Joe Millionaire. I mean, who wouldn't want to watch a bunch of money-hungry, catty b----es fighting over a penniless construction worker?Also, I will not turn it on intentionally, but if it is on my sis & I love "Saved by the Bell" re-runs. It's so stupid, it's great.
Yeah, I liked the War of the Worlds show, but it was really schlocky and it totally trampled all over H.G. Wells by turning the martians into a George Romero version of Giger's aliens in weird suits. Although I have to give them credit for using the cool spaceships from the 50s WOTW movie (which is of course, an awesome movie) in the 90s television show. (Of course, the Air FOrce had a few of their ships at Area 51. Obviously.)
Sometimes I go to bars with tv (no tv at home) just to watch the weather channel.I like it. It always changes, it effects daily life and meterologists are about as close to fortune tellers as you can get. In college whenever we ended up with lots of people in my house we would turn on the weather channel without sound and listen to music. I drove some people away and the ones that stuck around became entranced and started to notice the changes in the reports.
"Hey, look, now it's snowing in Albany."
"Wow, no report in Ithica. Wonder what happened?"
"Is partly cloudy more clouds or less clouds than partly sunny?"
Endless entertainment.
Freakin' awesome. I'd love to visit one of your parties. Whoever makes the music...wow. They have the best drummer...so smooth...but you gotta be. Their are sites out there devoted to the Weather Channel personalities. They are making statements like "Cheryl Lemke is so washed up". Really funny stuff.My favorite show: Late Night w/Conan O'Brien if I hadn't made that clear already. Jay Leno is good, FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!
everwood.it must air at eight p.m. central time on the big ol' wb. channel nine in chicago. give it a whirl. just once.
i lreally like ED. well written, funny, it's one of the many shows that jen and i watch but, maybe my favorite. well, then there is alias. thats pretty good too. well, then there is...
life according to jim
ED
alias
scrubs
er
so on and so on
we watch alot of tv. good thing we don't have cable.
Gilmore Girls
i'm so there.
blvdgirl, congratulations: you have restored my faith in the viewing public. Gilmore Girls is a great show, with some of the snappiest writing out there (and, I'll be honest, the "girls" are easy on the eyes)But I also really like Alias, Smallville, 24, The Shield (just came out on DVD for those who don't have cable), Everwood (a surprisingly thoughtful show, given the stain of the WB), Ed and The West Wing.
On the comedy side, Scrubs is hilarious and 8 Simple Rules, while formulaic, makes me laugh
Check out Boomtown
I'm with Kelsey on Everwood. Well-written dialogue, and often pretty funny. Definitely it's worth checking out.
my wife and I watch Alias. It used to be a good show. Snappy dialog, good twists, intelligent plot, with some hokey conspiracy/prophecy stuff thrown in. The show didn't assume it's viewers were dumb and it made you pay attention so you didn't miss anything. That is, until sunday night when some producer lackey at ABC slaughtered it into a bad caricature of a what it used to be. First there was the multiple gratuitous lingerie shots and the whole takedown of SD-6 on evidence they never bother to explain. Not to mention that it lost any sort of realism and all smelled like a vehicle to advance the love story between Sidney and Vaughn. I'm sure I'll watch it again, to see if it was a post-super-bowl fluke to try to bring in new viewers but we'll see.
One a side note: Gillmore Girls rox.
so i know i posted this in my diary already... but check out me meeting famous TV people.... and being on tv!(ok, i was on fake TV, not real TV)
scinatfilm, you call the wb a stain, but you listed several of their shows as ones you like. just pointing that out. if one show [seventh heaven] makes a network a stain... oh boy.is anyone watching american idol for the second go?
JOE MILLIONAIRE finalist has a history in kinky films.
Way cool ulyssess00! That picture with Warner Saunders rocks!
all but three of the pictures work, and let me tell you, she did not go to my high school, but she's definitely dressed up like a spartan!
I must say that for years basically I didn't watch much tv, but am recently getting into it because I've got nothing else to do, but I must say that after a night of tv watching I feel dirty. I must say that I love scrubs, it makes me laugh a lot, and American Idol is funny, but I will probably stop watching now that's it's down to the real singers, not as funny. The Bachelerette caught my attention, and I've been watching it, and it don't hurt that Trista's hot. Otherwise I just watch what's on with no care, but will always seek out CSI, Law and Order, or any of there subsequent spin offs. Usually good for an hour of entertaining.
I don't watch TV at all. In high school, my family went out of town for a week and, being the bad kid I was, I threw a party every night. I put a sign on the TV that said, "Out of Order," because I wanted to have meaningful time with my friends and bond with them over something other than inane shit. I guess "meaningful" meant smoking a lot of pot and listening to "Dark Side of the Moon," but at least we weren't distracted by the wretched TV. Eventually, some pothead went over and just pressed the power button, and of course it came on, and they were mad that I'd tricked tham and they'd missed hours of quality TV. Bastards.Anyway, what I wanted to say is, it's too bad you all missed Joe Millionaire, cause it's almost over. I saw it one night while my sister was watching it and now I am hooked. But it's the only thing I watch, honest. It's so stupid, but I love it. It's set in France right now, and I laugh watching these people trying to speak French and act all sophisticated drinking fancy wines and stuff. The guy literally acts (and looks, in my opinion, but that's just mean) like a neanderthal. Every one of the women are just money-hungry, malicious shrews. I like Zora, though. I hope she wins. She seems genuine, at least relatively speaking.
When I was younger, we only had three channels, because we I lived out in the middle of nowhere. I was deprived of Nickelodeon, TBS morning cartoons, and the USA Network. We finally got a satellite dish in 1991, but by that time I was in middle school and had outgrown the cartoon phase and was hooked on the Fox Network because it had "Married with Children" and "In Living Color". In highschool I stopped watching the sitcoms and my parents got a subscription to "The Movie Channel" and "Showtime" and I would often watch that stuff during the wee hours on the weekends. MTV2 also showed up in 1996 (back then it was called M2) I was addicted to that until I left for college. They played some unbelievable stuff back when they first started.It wasn't until college that I really discovered Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and the other really good sitcoms that I somehow missed in high school. I also discovered how funny Conan O'Brien was my freshmen year of college and I still watch him to this day.
I'm not into the Reality TV craze or any sitcoms at the moment. I do have digital cable, and my current favorites are: The Sundance Channel, Independent Film Channel (IFC), VH1 Classic, and The Movie Channel (which I love more than any other movie channel out there and I pay extra to have).
come on... dont write him off as a neanderthal just yet... so he's got muscles, so what?who the hell is warner saunders?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words...I guess in this case, $50 million.Uly, is that picture REAL? Was he a professional body-builder at some point? If so, excellent. I have no problem with muscles; in fact, I wish I had more of them myself.
But note the dull, glazed expression. The half-open mouth. If you watch the show, listen to the stumbling, barely intelligible speech. He definitely missed a few rungs on the evolutionary ladder.
yikes!
don't sell yourself short for not having all kinds of television as a kid, you're probably better for it. I mean, 'cause there's all kinds of radiation and stuff, and the loud noises and the uhhhhhh. I mean I watched television all the time when i was a kid and uhhhhh I uhhhh turned out just <gurgle gurgle> fine.
yikes, indeed!
If I have to look at that picture one more time...and his genetic, uh, gifts...
Yikes, yowza. I've never seen the show but I did read in one of those tabloids that Zora wins and they get married on the air, yadda yadda, but that is was all staged. Sounds to me like the whole Survivor internet website hoax of last year, where they had "edited out" text that gave away the winner - who of course didn't win.Anyone here watch 24? That's one show I got hooked on, about the only one I TRY TO watch, though I do try to catch the Daily Show when I can.
is one of the greatest shows ever. Try to track it down on DVD.I know it's not current, but damn is it good!
i'm in the white sweaterand yes, that is the official web site.
i am watching this michael jackson documentary right now...woah...
its like a car accident.... i cant pry my eyes away.
I am ashamed to say, I too am watching MJ. I feel peculiarly uneasy and frightened watching this...its hard to explain.
mom was watching it, and naturally i got sucked in... what a freak! the guy is crazy. i want to generally trust the 'purity' of his side of the stories... but sleeping with children on a daily basis? come on. and the veils on his children? WEIRD. why hasn't DCFS stepped in? this guy is ultimately not fit to raise children, in my eyes.
how his face got that way. He has become a creature of his own making, like a really frightening work of art.The thing I thought most while watching the interview is that he's not so much weird (which of course he is) as he is immature. He just has this incredibly strange, maladjusted perception of the world, along with the selfish immaturity of someone who can a) have anything he wants that money can buy and b) has SO much money that nobody could really take his kids away, even though maybe they should. But maybe as a parent he is different than the freak we all see. I dunno. I used to feel sorry for the guy, never having had a childhood with his enormous fame, the Jackson family problems and what-not, but as the years go by he just gets more and more wacked out, and my pity is being replaced by incredulity over someone being that damned bizarre and getting away with it.
I love some of MJ's old music, but when I hear it now it's disconcerting. I can't reconcile that music with the freak he has become.
that this is the only country in the world where a poor black boy can grow up to be a rich white woman
i really wish i had HBO so i could catch bill maher's new showsure, he's a bit of a hot-head some times, but he can usually out-liberal so-called "liberals" as well as out conservative so-called "conservatives."
i got a gift certificate i could use at any store in the mall for christmas and i was going to get his new book which looked very fascinating, but i opted to get a pair of these instead.
Look at that picture again! Wow!
he almost has no lips at all.
i can't stand the man. if i ever caught a few seconds of his 'Politically Incorrect' show, he would piss me the hell off to no end. if he was serious about some of the crap that spewed from his no-lipped mouth, he has to be one of THE BIGGEST morons on the face of this planet. its been so long since i've had to sit through that drivel that i can't think of a single example, or i would surely post one.
Preach, brother preach! That is exactly the way of Mr. Maher.Later tonight, my tirade against Bill Murray (except as the character in Kingpin).
OK, so I'm stoked that Christopher Reeve, the Man of Steel himself, is going to be on Smallville this week. Sure it's sweeps, but I'm tuning in.
Wouldn't the original tv superman be depressed to hear you call C. Reeve the Man of Steel himself... After all, many people have portrayed Superman. I would much rather see Dean Cain do a cameo myself...
he's pretty funny sometimes. his role in Rushmore was wonderful.
yes, blvd, but Christopher Reeve will probably always be the "Man of Steel," even when not referring to Superman, because of the way he's faced his accident. But back to the question: I'vve always thought that the best actors in the superhero roles are the ones who play the best secret identity, and here Reeve as Clark Kent or Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker really shine. But I think Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane is a much better fit than Margot Kidder.
Gilmore Girls is such a great show; I forget sometimes how magical the dialogue is until I watch an episode after having missed it for a few weeks. Oh, and I saw Tuck Everlasting. A really sweet film, and Alexis did fine as Winnie.
I like kidder better than hatcher -- hatcher's lois was too brassy and slick. Too bomshell. Margot Kidder's lois is a real human being. She's hard as nails and smart but also very real. You watch it and you're like, "Why does Clark love this woman?" WHeras with Lois and Clark (and Sacajawea) you're like, "oh, lois lane is a total inflated babe."But that's just me.
The slut-o-meter gives Teri Hatcher away... Nope, this Lois is just a bit too sleazy to be our superhero's superheroine.
PLEASE! That show has no pause in dialogue whatsoever, it's like 48 minutes of nonstop whitty banter, it drives me nuts! No one in the world can keep up a dialogue pace like that in real life, it's like watching a normal conversation on fast forward, it makes me tired just to think about how much they cram into a single show. The pacing makes me shudder!
Now that Lois is hot, Kristen Kruek I think her name is, total cutie. I enjoy Smallville, it's entertaining, and hell nothing else is on Tuesday nights.
Clark's Smallville romance is Lana Lange. Clark doesn't meet Lois until he gets to Metropolis and starts working for the Daily Planet. (Although I think somehow Lana and Lois are cousins or something goofy like that.)
I remember her being called that now, brief mental lapse, sorry! But she is hot!
In a kind of television actor 24 year old playing a 17 year old kind of way.
she's only 18, so there.
is very similar to the discussions we used to have in Burgh looby at all hours of the day and night. Finally someone who talks the way I think!
i meant lobby, not looby
i saw this guy speak at college life tonite. he wrote a book called "the gospel according to the simpsons." i thought it kind of funny that it was the first college life i'd been to all year, i had to miss a new epsiode of the simpsons to go, and that our featured speaker was a liberal-democrat-jewish man.
some brittish Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestants are being accusing of using coughing as away to cheat.
I'm obsessed with Blind Date on TNN. I love watching mutants interact.
jeopardy! let's admit it: it's the up among the best shows still airing new episodes. last night i mocked my roommate for being upset that that 70s show wasn't on due to extended coverage of 'the war' but tonight i am sort of sad they took jeopardy! away for it. i'm only human.
I just want to say that I really like the show Ed, and the direction it's taken lately. Unfortunately, this probably means it will soon be cancelled, but it had a good run.
What's been happening on it?
Plot Points AheadOK, so Sabrina Lloyd began guest starring and got hired as Ed's associate (and later love interest). But then Carol realized that she is in love with Ed and last week appeared in a suit of armor (a la season one) to try and win his heart.
and now the second season of The Shield is over and I'm experiencing withdrawal.
This is the funniest show, ever...and for those with cable the sunday Night Sex show is freakin hysterical. A 70 year old woman takes live phone calls and helps people with teir sex issues. She even busts out toys and little dolls to execute positions. Hearing her say the word "cock ring" has made everynight at 11pm for me, more enjoyable. Check her out on the lady channel Oxygen.
Scrubs is the funniest show I've seen in a long time, it makes me laugh out loud every single episode, which is a rare show. And that sex show sounds very funny, too bad I no longer have cable...
reality tv channel
Xena - Season One comes out on DVD this week! The catch is that I don't have a DVD player. grr
PBS reality TV about people living as a family and their butlers and maids around the turn of the century. It's pretty interesting. Imagine, reality TV that's not trashy. What a concept.
They've done a couple of other "reality" shows. One was called 1900 House and it was a british family who lived in a turn of the century home for several months and the other was called Frontier House about a group of families living on the american frontier in the 1880's. Both of them were really good and I think they must have been produced by the same people as they were similar in style.
It's too bad that "reality" TV has become synonymous with crap. There are some good possibilities. At least PBS and TLC are exploring the more intelligent aspects.
I enjoyed teh PBS reality shows, they were more like "this is how good we all have it now" shows rather than "I'm an idiot and like to be a jack-ass" shows.
how can a show set in the past be a reality show? Isn't a reality show, by definition, unrecreatable?
............understand, I still find reality tv crappy.
I think the name signifies the fact that said shows are not scripted and are just normal people living life on TV. Of course, the moment you follow someone around with a camera, they are going to act with that in mind. Like the Real World...those people aren't living in the real world. THey've got killer houses and swank jobs and so on. The PBS shows were more like experiments in historical living. So instead of sending a bunch of wankers to an island to bicker and whine about each other they set up a family in a house and the only requirement is that they live to period in which the show is set. The 1900 House had lots of cameras mounted in walls and things so the family wasn't always being followed by a camera crew. You end up seeing a lot of mundane stuff that doesn't sound exciting but it is really interesting. Cooking in 1900 was a serious task. So even though they were living within certain constraints, it was more "real" than the what normally gets tagged as "reality TV." It does sounds similar to the Real World, but what with the auditions and the psych evals and the interviews the Real World is more performance than it is real life.
PBS also ran a show called American High, which gave a bunch of students at a high school (new trier maybe) in the burbs of chicago cameras and set them loose. There was also professional footage, but a lot of the show consisted of the footage filmed by the students with no producers or camera people or anything around. You got a lot close to actual reality and not the pseudo-reality typical in the genre (did I just type that). I only saw a few episodes of American High, but I was impressed with the frankness of the final product. I can only imagine the insane amount of video they had to sift through to put half-hour eps together.
i saw a couple episodes. it worked a lot better than most reality tv. i agree w. lukas on that.
buffy--
24++
Many years ago the lovely karan hooked me on buffy. There are only three episodes left in the series so you would think they would go out with some good ones. Wrong. Last night's buffy was one of the worst ever. And then my TV heavy night was redeemed by another crazy night on 24. I would try to explain it, but if you don't watch it, it won't make ANY sense AT ALL. If you are, however, going to be sick for a few days, rent the first season on DVD. good stuff.
who is karan?
karan is the way I often type karna's name, oopsie.
I too watch Buffy, but only re-runs (so my understanding of the overall storyline has holes). I can't watch the "new" episodes because they are on at the same time as Gilmore Girls which I like more than Buffy. Sometimes, if I go to my parents for dinner and dinner is not ready (I will turn on their satalite tv and watch Buffy save the world (from 4-6 Mountain time on FX). The funny thing is that my parents will ocassionally come in and start asking me questions about the storyline. "Well, she has to kill him because he just opened a portal to hell and resurerected a demon who will destroy the world, but it is hard for her because she really loves him even though he lost his soul..." And my parents just kind of nod their heads and say ok, like that isn't the most bizarre stretch for a storyline they've ever heard...
Speaking of Gilmore Girls, I laughed out loud last night when Lorelai hounded Max around his classroom, him pushing furniture in between them all the way. It must have been hard getting that scene without laughing. Oh, and I really don't like Luke's girlfriend.
I forgot about that show. That was a great show.
I must say, when Tommie Williams (ex-RD of Olson) tried to get me hooked on Buffy, I was extremely wary. I mean, it's vampires, and the movie was really campy. But then I saw a few episodes and i've been hooked ever since. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who likes to see everything in order, so I've only seen seasons 1-4, but they're coming out on DVD, so I'm looking forward to finding out what happens.Oh by the way, I have several series (West Wing, Ed, Gilmore Girls, Smallville, to name a few) on tape and if anyone would like copies, I'd be happy to dub them for you. (And most of the commercials are edited out).
...who is a total "24" addict. What a series! Something happens every episode that makes my jaw hit the floor.
sorry blvd, i got slammed and will not be able to mail it to you until june 9.
Chris if you could hook me up with Smallville I would love it! I have every episode of Freakazoid on tape if that would interest you. In my opinion it's the funniest WB cartoon ever. I have 24 episodes on 4 tapes, good times.
As I will be out of town for pretty much the rest of the month!!!!
i found the first season of six feet under on dvd in canada very very slightly used [obviously stolen] for forty us dollars at a used cd store and oldpossumus and i have started the journey through them. i'm hoping for the second season by the time we polish these off.
yeah, BigJ, give me a holler on email: cmk at teacherI'll get your address and send you them. Also, the WB will be rerunning the first two seasons this fall on Sundays.
blvd, if you're going to be in Chicago for a bit I can send it to my family, since my sister wanted to see it too. Then you can pick it up.
Let me know...
announced today. six feet under came in with the most nominations at 16.hbo overall had 109 nominations. sheesh. that's a lot.
i'm a sucker for these awards shows. i was even getting into the espy sports awards show last night at the pizza place. emmy's are presented september 21st. i really hope i can watch. it's hard to get your hands on a tv up here.
Here's a link to someone's summary of them, including the Diff'rent Strokes Gordon Jump episode. I have to wonder how many thousands of people our age are having this exact conversation right now.
Now that was quality television.
did anyone see Friends last night? Fricken hysterical, I am sad this is the last season the show has made me laugh from day one, good thing I can see it all on reruns and DVD.
But have you ever though about how generic of a name that is? "Friends." It'd be like instead of calling it "The Practice," you call it "Law Firm." Or how about having a show about a married couple called "Husband & Wife." Maybe instead of the food they always eat on TV being close but not quite knock offs like "Oatey O's," they'll just have only generic food in black and white cardboard boxes with that army stencil printing on it. "Pasta." "Oat Cereal." "Cheese Food." "Distributed by American Procurement and Logistics P.O. Box 20 Boise, ID." Other kids will never want to come over for dinner; this will be a source of emotional drama between Husband, Wife, and Son.
how your mind works, P-squared.this is off the subject, but something Pedro said triggered a memory. Hernando and I got into an argument (not a real argument, mind you) while i was feeding my cats last week about old people eating wet cat/dog food. i mean, not all older people, but some. that is just COMMON KNOWLEDGE. that some older people eat animal food, i mean. probably because it is easy to chew, and inexpensive if the poor elderly person doesn't have much money and is living on social security or what have you. "It's not MEANT for human consumption," he kept saying. of course it's not, but that doesn't change things. will someone please agree that this is just common knowledge so he & i can put this issue to rest? i was getting frustrated trying to convince him.
I have never heard that. Or if somewhere, in the back of my mind I have heard it, I have never, ever had actual first or second hand witness to this fact.
over here.
so, the last few nights i've been catching this kick-ass show on PBS when i get home from school. its a series of films (i'm not sure if this is the right word, but whatever) about The Blues done by a bunch of different directors. the series is really dang cool, and documents a TON of blues history. and the archival footage and the stories are fantastic. has anybody else seen this? i know they have the movies and the cd's and various other products out in stores. i plan on buying the film and cd sets when i can financially do so. i don't know when it's on, or what, but flip to PBS when you get a chance and see if they're not playing it. it's been on since before i got home at 10pm and it's still on now. the segment aired tonight featured ChuckD (from Public Enemy) going around with this guy who's father started Chess Records, and who worked with so many blues artists in Chicago and is still a producer today. ChuckD and this Chess guy eventually make their way to Electric Lady studios where they record a track with Electric Mud featuring ChuckD and Common. it's a spectacular and fascinating bit of programming, and makes me glad that PBS does it's fundraisers every year. so, in a way, if it weren't for Peter, Paul, and Mary, we wouldn't be able to watch quality programming documenting The Blues.
i've caught bits and pieces and it looks really great. Sounds like I need to tape these and watch them.
It's a documentary series produced by Martin Scorsese, in which he roped in a bunch of directors he likes (including Clint Eastwood in the one featuring piano blues, which was surprisingly mundane, given my respect for Eastwood--the only thing good being his interview with Ray Charles--) and told them to make a film on the blues.It's been fairly uneven, in my opinion. But that is a fair description of the Scorsese canon, as well.
Ken Burns is reportedly considering a blues series, which would be great.
I watched 44 episodes of Alias in the last week, seasons 1 & 2...(please just ignore the fact that I am a disturbed human being with an accelerated consumptive disorder)... I think that it is a fun show, though it insists on cliffhanging soap opera style endings designed to make you tune in next time. And, since Buffy is off the air, it is good to see an agressive woman kicking butt-vicarious butt-kicking is a great source of stress relief for me... But, now I am frustrated that I can't see the episodes that I've missed of the third season which airs on Sunday nights on ABC because (1) they are already half way through the season and (2) I work Sunday nights.
Let me just add that I think releasing tv shows onto dvd is a great thing. Because I can spend $20 on a new release movie for 2 hours, give or take, of entertainment. But, I can spend approx $40 on a season of a tv show and get upwards of 20 hours... Now, in the long-run this may not be the best thing for a body like me that goes into mission mode whenever I start a book/movie/show to get through the experience thoroughly and rapidly, but I think that for the average viewer (one who could limit themselves to an episode or two at a time) the tv dvds are a good thing.
but I was never able to watch it consistently. perhaps I'll check into renting the DVD's...
Maybe I'll look into renting her...
Jon Stewart to Remain at 'Daily Show'By FRAZIER MOORE The Associated Press Friday, March 19, 2004; 1:34 AM
NEW YORK - Whoever runs for president in 2008 will be covered by Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show."
The star of the Comedy Central mock newscast has re-upped for four more years, the cable channel announced Thursday.
"A lot of people like to get out when their show's still going well," Stewart said. "This gives me the opportunity to beat this thing into the ground."
Besides hosting "The Daily Show," Stewart serves as an executive producer and writer. His contract had been set to expire at the end of this year.
Stewart joined the program in January 1999, taking over for Craig Kilborn. It premiered in 1996.
The original idea of a parody newscast has grown during Stewart's tenure into a leading source of topical satire - and, oddly enough, even a primary news source for some viewers.
So far this year, viewership has averaged 1 million for the weeknight 11 p.m. EST airing - an all-time high for the show.
The program has won several Emmys as well as a Peabody Award for its yearlong "Indecision 2000" political coverage.
On "The Daily Show," Stewart and his "correspondents" skewer both politicians and the media who cover them.
"Of course, it is still eight months to Election Day," he declared on a recent broadcast, "but the campaign is starting to fall into its own natural rhythm: falsely macho Kerry comment, falsely indignant Bush response."
But "The Daily Show" pokes fun at nothing more than itself.
Earlier this week the program cried foul upon learning that the Bush administration had released simulated news features to TV stations that promoted certain Bush policies.
How, wailed "Daily Show" senior media ethicist Rob Corddry, could a little show like his hope to compete with the federal government in producing fake news?
"The Daily Show" will continue to report on the Bush vs. Kerry face-off, going on the road to Boston during the Democratic National Convention in July and covering the Republican National Convention from the show's home base in New York.
Jon Stewart to Remain at 'Daily Show'By FRAZIER MOORE The Associated Press Friday, March 19, 2004; 1:34 AM
NEW YORK - Whoever runs for president in 2008 will be covered by Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show."
The star of the Comedy Central mock newscast has re-upped for four more years, the cable channel announced Thursday.
"A lot of people like to get out when their show's still going well," Stewart said. "This gives me the opportunity to beat this thing into the ground."
Besides hosting "The Daily Show," Stewart serves as an executive producer and writer. His contract had been set to expire at the end of this year.
Stewart joined the program in January 1999, taking over for Craig Kilborn. It premiered in 1996.
The original idea of a parody newscast has grown during Stewart's tenure into a leading source of topical satire - and, oddly enough, even a primary news source for some viewers.
So far this year, viewership has averaged 1 million for the weeknight 11 p.m. EST airing - an all-time high for the show.
The program has won several Emmys as well as a Peabody Award for its yearlong "Indecision 2000" political coverage.
On "The Daily Show," Stewart and his "correspondents" skewer both politicians and the media who cover them.
"Of course, it is still eight months to Election Day," he declared on a recent broadcast, "but the campaign is starting to fall into its own natural rhythm: falsely macho Kerry comment, falsely indignant Bush response."
But "The Daily Show" pokes fun at nothing more than itself.
Earlier this week the program cried foul upon learning that the Bush administration had released simulated news features to TV stations that promoted certain Bush policies.
How, wailed "Daily Show" senior media ethicist Rob Corddry, could a little show like his hope to compete with the federal government in producing fake news?
"The Daily Show" will continue to report on the Bush vs. Kerry face-off, going on the road to Boston during the Democratic National Convention in July and covering the Republican National Convention from the show's home base in New York.
Jon Stewart to Remain at 'Daily Show'By FRAZIER MOORE The Associated Press Friday, March 19, 2004; 1:34 AM
NEW YORK - Whoever runs for president in 2008 will be covered by Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show."
The star of the Comedy Central mock newscast has re-upped for four more years, the cable channel announced Thursday.
"A lot of people like to get out when their show's still going well," Stewart said. "This gives me the opportunity to beat this thing into the ground."
Besides hosting "The Daily Show," Stewart serves as an executive producer and writer. His contract had been set to expire at the end of this year.
Stewart joined the program in January 1999, taking over for Craig Kilborn. It premiered in 1996.
The original idea of a parody newscast has grown during Stewart's tenure into a leading source of topical satire - and, oddly enough, even a primary news source for some viewers.
So far this year, viewership has averaged 1 million for the weeknight 11 p.m. EST airing - an all-time high for the show.
The program has won several Emmys as well as a Peabody Award for its yearlong "Indecision 2000" political coverage.
On "The Daily Show," Stewart and his "correspondents" skewer both politicians and the media who cover them.
"Of course, it is still eight months to Election Day," he declared on a recent broadcast, "but the campaign is starting to fall into its own natural rhythm: falsely macho Kerry comment, falsely indignant Bush response."
But "The Daily Show" pokes fun at nothing more than itself.
Earlier this week the program cried foul upon learning that the Bush administration had released simulated news features to TV stations that promoted certain Bush policies.
How, wailed "Daily Show" senior media ethicist Rob Corddry, could a little show like his hope to compete with the federal government in producing fake news?
"The Daily Show" will continue to report on the Bush vs. Kerry face-off, going on the road to Boston during the Democratic National Convention in July and covering the Republican National Convention from the show's home base in New York.
Can someone get rid of the extras for me? Geeze, I didn't want TV dinner leftovers....
When the news is that exciting, maybe it's worth three posts.It's kind of a pain to clean up Dex... I don't mind that it's there three times.
When the news is that exciting, maybe it's worth three posts.It's kind of a pain to clean up Dex... I don't mind that it's there three times.
Crap.... it looks like something is wrong with this entree...Gary, any ideas?
The Daily Show is, hands down, the best satire around. I don't know how they do it, but they are consistently sharp and on target, every time. The writing is top notch. Stewart's delivery is impeccable. It cuts across demographics, appealing to everyone. I can't say enough good things about this show. I would hate to see anything happen to it.Good for you, Jon Stewart.
I don't mind if nobody else does. I'm just thrilled Jon Stewart isn't leaving. I adore the show, but didn't like it half as well in the Craig Kilbourne days (though yesterday was the day to dance, dance, dance)
but Jon Stewart is pretty great, too.
but Jon Stewart is pretty great, too.
i'm seeing doublei think the political cabbage entree has the same issue.
I won't have time to figure out why this is happening for a while... gary or lukas, if you do, please feel free. It must be something wrong with a post -- i would check the entries and look for something out of place, like an unclosed link or something like that.
What's that show on the SciFi channel that used to be on Friday nights about the ship with some biological computer on board and some evil guy who looks like he's from Hellraiser? That show was weird.
I just thought of it!
I haven't watched an episode in a couple of years, but I'm feeling a lot of media pressure to watch the final episode tonight. Still, I might hold out, if only to do my part to make sure that this finale doesn't out rate the MASH finale of 1983....
I'm not watching it either... but then I almost never watch broadcast television. But now I have TWO reasons not to!
sorry Amy, but MASH doesn't stand a chance.
Many more people now watch TV as their drug of choice....or the embarrassment factor of having to explain something as principled as your choice not to watch TV, or that kids will make fun of you because you didn't watch it . . .What a fucked-up world we live in. A show that's not necessarily moral in any way becomes a guideline for the way we live.
And Isa##k is right. Even the stats on number of TV's and # of Nielsen households is in NBC's favor, even if they adjust it by percentage.
For the record, I've never really liked the show, and I wasn't fond of Seinfeld, either!
Many more people now watch TV as their drug of choice....or the embarrassment factor of having to explain something as principled as your choice not to watch TV, or that kids will make fun of you because you didn't watch it . . .What a fucked-up world we live in. A show that's not necessarily moral in any way becomes a guideline for the way we live.
And Isa##k is right. Even the stats on number of TV's and # of Nielsen households is in NBC's favor, even if they adjust it by percentage.
For the record, I've never really liked the show, and I wasn't fond of Seinfeld, either!
Many more people now watch TV as their drug of choice....or the embarrassment factor of having to explain something as principled as your choice not to watch TV, or that kids will make fun of you because you didn't watch it . . .What a fucked-up world we live in. A show that's not necessarily moral in any way becomes a guideline for the way we live.
And Isa##k is right. Even the stats on number of TV's and # of Nielsen households is in NBC's favor, even if they adjust it by percentage.
For the record, I've never really liked the show, and I wasn't fond of Seinfeld, either!
Many more people now watch TV as their drug of choice....or the embarrassment factor of having to explain something as principled as your choice not to watch TV, or that kids will make fun of you because you didn't watch it . . .What a fucked-up world we live in. A show that's not necessarily moral in any way becomes a guideline for the way we live.
And Isa##k is right. Even the stats on number of TV's and # of Nielsen households is in NBC's favor, even if they adjust it by percentage.
For the record, I've never really liked the show, and I wasn't fond of Seinfeld, either!
Many more people now watch TV as their drug of choice....or the embarrassment factor of having to explain something as principled as your choice not to watch TV, or that kids will make fun of you because you didn't watch it . . .What a fucked-up world we live in. A show that's not necessarily moral in any way becomes a guideline for the way we live.
And Isa##k is right. Even the stats on number of TV's and # of Nielsen households is in NBC's favor, even if they adjust it by percentage.
For the record, I've never really liked the show, and I wasn't fond of Seinfeld, either!
It wasn't THAT important of a reply!
Regarding the Farscape post above: <ahref="http://theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4019&n=3">Woman at Farscape convention has dangerously inflated self-image</a>
Here's the link: http://theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4019&n=3
M*A*S*H 106 million
Cheers 80 million
Seinfeld 72 million
Friends 52 million
Bought and enjoyed the 1st series on DVD.
Is that adjusted for today? Or actual?
testing?
testing?
unless my source was wrong
yeah! man... i love mash.
MOORE VS. O'REILLY!!!!
MOORE VS. O'REILLY!!!!
another b0rked entreeheisenbug strikes again
At first I was like: "Um, shouldn't that be Heisenberg? And what does the Heisenberg Principle have to do with messed up entrees anyway? But noting the unlikely misspelling, I checked the jargon file, and found my answer. (Side note: The schroedingbug definition is also really funny.)
cleaned, and group 7 access restored
the schroedeingbug definition made me laugh
after years of hearing people rave about it, i am now watching my first episode of DA ALI G SHOW.he is interviewing PAT BUCHANAN!!!
ALI: This... Passion of Christ movie... isn't it a rip-off of Gladiator?
PB: No, no... its is a story of christ.
----
ALI: If Saddam had BLT'S was it worth invading?
PB: Yes, if he had BLT's or mustard gas or anything like that.
ALI: What if the BLT's were just plain, with no mustard? Is it worth going to war for sandwiches?
PB: Is it worth going to war....? <pause> Yes.
ALI: I had a little Puff Puff before the show.. did you?
PB:<laughs> Yes, I had a little puff puff!
HOLY SHIT!
i just came in here to write about this show, g.it's so fucking hilarious i can't control myself watching it. it's at the level of humor for me - that is, falling off the couch funny - that fawlty towers is.
ali g. is sacha baron cohen and he studied history at cambridge. i don't know how he keeps a straight face through some of the stuff he does.
when confronted with a person they think is of significantly lesser intelligence, people behave in very funny and strange ways.
if you haven't seen this show, seek it out and watch.
he's even hysterical on the radio. npr interviewed him a week or two ago and i had to sit in my car and laugh until it was over. i think it would be pretty awesome if he did a radio show, actually.
i just came in here to write about this show, g.it's so fucking hilarious i can't control myself watching it. it's at the level of humor for me - that is, falling off the couch funny - that fawlty towers is.
ali g. is sacha baron cohen and he studied history at cambridge. i don't know how he keeps a straight face through some of the stuff he does.
when confronted with a person they think is of significantly lesser intelligence, people behave in very funny and strange ways.
if you haven't seen this show, seek it out and watch.
he's even hysterical on the radio. npr interviewed him a week or two ago and i had to sit in my car and laugh until it was over. i think it would be pretty awesome if he did a radio show, actually.
see here and then watch.
see here and then watch.
It's a good show. At least so far (two-thirds through season two).
i'm reading the transcript of john stewart on CNN's crossfire and he is just going to town on Carlson and Begala.
who are Carlson and Begala?
Tucker Carlson (from the right) and Paul Begala (from the left) host CROSSFIRE which is supposed to be a rapid fire debate show.
STEWART: You know, the interesting thing I have is, you have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.CARLSON: You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think.
STEWART: You need to go to one. The thing that I want to say is, when you have people on for just knee-jerk, reactionary talk...
CARLSON: Wait. I thought you were going to be funny. Come on. Be funny.
STEWART: No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey.
Makes me wish we had CNN over here, well it is over here, but I don't have it, bummer.
Meanwhile, Stewart used the Martin Lawrence defense when telling his adoring audience why he did what he did on "Crossfire.""Let's face it, I was dehydrated," he said, adding, "I had always in the past mentioned to friends and people I meet on the street that I think the show blows. I thought it was only the right thing to do to go say it to them personally on their program.
"Here's the thing about confronting someone on their show. They're there.
"Uncomfortable!"
But, in fairness, Stewart admitted that the "Crossfire" gang had come back at him pretty strong.
"They said I wasn't being funny. And I said to them, 'I know that, but tomorrow I will go back to being funny, and your show will still blow.' "
(from the Washington post)
Meanwhile, Stewart used the Martin Lawrence defense when telling his adoring audience why he did what he did on "Crossfire.""Let's face it, I was dehydrated," he said, adding, "I had always in the past mentioned to friends and people I meet on the street that I think the show blows. I thought it was only the right thing to do to go say it to them personally on their program.
"Here's the thing about confronting someone on their show. They're there.
"Uncomfortable!"
But, in fairness, Stewart admitted that the "Crossfire" gang had come back at him pretty strong.
"They said I wasn't being funny. And I said to them, 'I know that, but tomorrow I will go back to being funny, and your show will still blow.' "
(from the Washington post)
By which I mean Stewart is essentially correct. Ripping a comedian for being funny is like yelling at a tree for being shady....More idiocy this year.
By which I mean Stewart is essentially correct. Ripping a comedian for being funny is like yelling at a tree for being shady....More idiocy this year.
that's why i hate those shows. read that transcript and there's like maybe 2 or 3 completed thoughts in the entire show. Stewart didn't get in anything he wanted to say, unless he reduced it to a soundbite like 'you're a dick'.
Is anyone else catching Lost? I get quite engrossed in it.
my roommate just broke up with this girl ivy, who called us the other day to say that her blind date episode was airing soon. we watched it last night and it was the most hysterical episode of that show that i've ever seen. [it might be because we know her, it might have something to do with intoxication]. she kept talking about cyborgs and when her date told her he had a son, she screamed and covered her face. it was very funny.
my roommate just broke up with this girl ivy, who called us the other day to say that her blind date episode was airing soon. we watched it last night and it was the most hysterical episode of that show that i've ever seen. [it might be because we know her, it might have something to do with intoxication]. she kept talking about cyborgs and when her date told her he had a son, she screamed and covered her face. it was very funny.
my roommate just broke up with this girl ivy, who called us the other day to say that her blind date episode was airing soon. we watched it last night and it was the most hysterical episode of that show that i've ever seen. [it might be because we know her, it might have something to do with intoxication]. she kept talking about cyborgs and when her date told her he had a son, she screamed and covered her face. it was very funny.
oh, this is the screwy entree right?
oh, this is the screwy entree right?
Yeah, the bug moved into a different entree.Just hit the submit button... and trust that the BBS elves posted your message. I'd like to say that we're working on it, but... we're not really.
i thought shuffling the modules fixed all this gar. I blame cyborgs.
Got the first season of Northern Exposure from the library yesterday. What a great show. I remember seeing random episodes here and there when it was on TV but never watched them in a row.
Showtime has a great new show called Huff.I missed the first two episodes...but I've caught the last three. Has anyone else been watching?
Showtime has a great new show called Huff.I missed the first two episodes...but I've caught the last three. Has anyone else been watching?
as much as i tried to resist it, i really got into sex and the city. but i never caught it all so i'm now going back, getting the seasons on dvd through my blockbuster version of netflix and watching it all. and it's glorious.i don't know what it is exactly about the show that i like. but there's something i identify with. it's not the part about spending $40,000 a year on shoes. but it might have something to do with the love affair they have with their city. kind of this love/hate never really leave it escapade. and the girls at least have jobs that they DO go to and talk about and love or hate. and they get stepped on and trampled by all the things in life that want to step on and trample you.
Get paid $100,000 a year for watching the Dukes of Hazzard!"CMT celebrates the return of one the most beloved pop culture hit series, of all time, The Dukes of Hazzard. A six-figure income is being offered to a Dukes of Hazzard enthusiast to be the new Vice President, CMT Dukes of Hazzard Institute."
Get paid $100,000 a year for watching the Dukes of Hazzard!"CMT celebrates the return of one the most beloved pop culture hit series, of all time, The Dukes of Hazzard. A six-figure income is being offered to a Dukes of Hazzard enthusiast to be the new Vice President, CMT Dukes of Hazzard Institute."
I was getting pretty bummed out on Alias this season but last night's episode made up for it! Although I have a hard time believing that Ms Bristow would be freaked out about being buried alive. She can maintain her cool in any circumstance.
Yeah, I didn't buy that either, Sydney being so scared.... However, Marshall saving the day was very cool. But, I didn't like that they made him cut out an eye--it was so violent and so un-Marshall, chalk one up for loss of innocence.
We're going to watch the 1st season all the way through when it comes out on DVD.
Anna and I heard lots of good things about this HBO original series about a family that runs a funeral parlor, but it is seriously awesome. We netflixed it and we're totally loving it so far. Our policy is to not read anything about the episodes as we go along... takes the fun out of it or something.
Anna and I heard lots of good things about this HBO original series about a family that runs a funeral parlor, but it is seriously awesome. We netflixed it and we're totally loving it so far. Our policy is to not read anything about the episodes as we go along... takes the fun out of it or something.
we netflixed the first season. it is hilariously funny. i love it!
this entree is broken again... :<
Yeah -- the Office (the British one) is seriously so funny I can't even believe it.
I love house. Does anyone else watch it? I'm not into medical drama, generally, but this one just fascinates me. I'm actually looking forward to the new season of something, which is rare for me.
Thanks for the 6 feet under tip. We've watched the first 3 episodes and like it a lot. And dex, we saw one episode of House where a little girl was dying of cancer and needed a risky procedure. It was all about her living another year for her mom's sake. Man, it was pretty heavy. I agree with you, it's fascinating.
I caught a few episodes and I like it a lot.
No, I've never seen it... I don't watch much TV. That said, Lost is growing on me--mainly because it's on at a time when I have nothing else going. Since I don't watch much w/o recommendations, is the general concensus that I should pick up house?
Did anyone see this show on PBS? It was hands down the best reality TV show ever (the only good one as far as I'm concerned) Basic premise is this group of people get an opportunity to be a spy by doing these mock missions based on actual spy tactics and real missions, the level of success allowed you to stay until all but one are booted from the show, proving him/her being the best of the batch. I saw the whole series and it was rediculous what the missions were and these people were isolated until they were alone and thier wits and nerves completely shattered. And after watching it I still don't know what the prize was outside of a job well done and exposure! It was doper than crack!
Did anyone see this show on PBS? It was hands down the best reality TV show ever (the only good one as far as I'm concerned) Basic premise is this group of people get an opportunity to be a spy by doing these mock missions based on actual spy tactics and real missions, the level of success allowed you to stay until all but one are booted from the show, proving him/her being the best of the batch. I saw the whole series and it was rediculous what the missions were and these people were isolated until they were alone and thier wits and nerves completely shattered. And after watching it I still don't know what the prize was outside of a job well done and exposure! It was doper than crack!
Did anyone see this show on PBS? It was hands down the best reality TV show ever (the only good one as far as I'm concerned) Basic premise is this group of people get an opportunity to be a spy by doing these mock missions based on actual spy tactics and real missions, the level of success allowed you to stay until all but one are booted from the show, proving him/her being the best of the batch. I saw the whole series and it was rediculous what the missions were and these people were isolated until they were alone and thier wits and nerves completely shattered. And after watching it I still don't know what the prize was outside of a job well done and exposure! It was doper than crack!
Man pedro, thanks again for introducing us to 6 Feet Under. We just finished the first season last night. It very well may be my favorite show of all time.
...it is a great show!
...it is a great show!
forgot about the tarpit
after watching Serenity on the big screen I ordered the Firefly DVD's and it is truly an amazing show. Less campy than Buffy and more human than Angel. The western style really works and the cast is excellent. I realize I'm about three years too late to jump on the Firefly bandwagon but it's seriously a great show.
Hey pedro, where are you in the series? We're on Season III, episode 3.
If you happen to have cable and also happen to get the Military Channel (there's a military channel? who knew) they will be airing the documentary Gunner Palace tonight at 8pm EDT.
i shot a music video for a band called 'the mornings' this weekend. they made about a hundred references to the show lost. the lead singer had me watch the intro for the first episode which was really intense. when i returned to l.a., my roommate had the entire first season sitting in his room, borrowed from someone. my other roommate and i watched seven 42 minute episodes in one sitting.it's fantastic and highly addictive. i seriously recommend it.
...i watch it religiously every week, rerun or not, it's that addictive and that good.
...i watch it religiously every week, rerun or not, it's that addictive and that good.
...an echo in here?
...an echo in here? </
