TV will you marry me?

That Changes Everything


I don’t watch TV very much anymore. The Simpsons will always catch my attention; The Family Guy recently had an episode that was so entirely amusing I wanted to send a thank you note. I used to watch a fair amount of TV, especially as a kid. TV was the “holding bay” that mom let us gravitate to while she got supper ready. I remember nothing more relaxing than coming home after a long day of being bullied to kick back in front of the Monkey’s, Three’s Company, Gilligan’s Island, I Dream of Genie, Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Six Million Dollar Man (that was a favourite), Charlie’s Angels….By the time the holiday cartoon’s would hit, whoa! Charlie Brown, The Racoons, The Grinch….You know how it goes, the road runner just never got caught.

Today, after Seinfeld, after Cheers, after Fraser, long after Will & Grace, what do you watch? Sopranos, Six Feet Under, CSI, Grey's Anatomy…A little Jeoporady to seal the deal of just how much you don’t know? To me buying into a show, like Gilmour Girls for example, is an investment. You want to know the show’s gonna be around for a while before you ‘buy in’. Sometimes a show is “referred” to you by a friend or family member. My mother happens to like Everybody Loves Raymond. Good show.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s , THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE., seems like a funny show, has potential. I just caught an episode “The Champ” where she keeps trying to resist sleeping with this guy, but his "linguistic talents" keep reeling her back. I like the characters, she’s a single mom with boy. Easy enough to relate to, but so many of the shows seem to be lacking that crack cocaine addictiveness that writers like that Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David are able to generate. Lately my son and I have taken to watching Malcom in the Middle. I like that Malcom is smart, the parents are a team (if you know what I mean), the boys do good bad-ass shit and often get caught.

Tonight I am going to check out Veronica Mars. I learned how popular she is from my exposure to Blogography (Dave has been mentioned a number of times now - I must be crushing on him :-) Hiiiii Dave)

Tonight’s episode:

"Like a Virgin" Meg's humiliation drives her from her social circle when the scores from a ``purity test'' become public, and Veronica sets out to find the person responsible for the leak.


How apropos that the Virgin (Virgo) gets to watch a Virgin episode called Like a Virgin.

K - gotta go! Show is ON.