Comments | mariness: Favorite television shows:

mariness

Favorite television shows:

May 18, 2007 13:20

(Inspired by a conversation elsejournal and an observation that I've sort of done this for movies and books, so why not TV?)

Note the careful choice of words above. I'm saying "favorite," not "socially important," "innovative," or "great." Yep, I know All in the Family had its moments, but the truth is, I just couldn't stand to watch either ( Read more... )

blackadder, angel, joss whedon, british comedies, television, buffy, nostalgia, monty python, firefly

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loucheroo May 19 2007, 01:21:48 UTC

1) Oh yes... the show... and the cast... VERY shiny. mmmm

5) POTTY EMERGENCY! POTTY EMERGENCY!!! (that wacko *headshake* too funny)

7) mmm.... i have difficulty seeing House commercials, because I think "How did George get enough brains to be a doctor?" *grin*

8) *sigh of bliss*

9) on the never seen (but wanted to) list...

10) My students know how I feel about The Tick. They know that I own The Tick. One of them continually teases me and threatens to follow me home, sneak into my house, and destroy my Tick dvds. "Uh yeah, I... uh... suck blood a lot" the humor of that show.... and capybaras are now one of my favorite animals at the zoo.

extras:
I agree about Family Guy -- wonderful... in small doses.

Red Dwarf: what a coincidence -- I am not so secretly in love with lister, even with the poor hygiene ( ... )

mariness May 19 2007, 01:42:03 UTC

Nope, Billy Crystal played the gay guy. The ventriloquist has apparently moved on to cruise ship performances, or so I've heard.

You need to see Wonderfalls. You really, really do.

loucheroo May 19 2007, 01:48:59 UTC

hmmm.... you're right that billy crystal was teh gay guy. but somehow im thinking that the ventriloquist was someone. but maybe not -- maybe he just seemed like someone to me because of mylove for the show ;-)

mariness May 19 2007, 14:35:29 UTC

This is imdb.com on his career.

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meandering May 21 2007, 01:34:38 UTC

I remember Nightmare Cafe. Heh.

mariness May 24 2007, 13:32:25 UTC

Huzzah! Somebody besides me feels the love!

meandering May 24 2007, 14:11:34 UTC

It was a spiff little show. Too weird for the networks of the day though.

mariness May 25 2007, 13:18:13 UTC

And a classic case of not giving a show a chance -- only six episodes. Grr.

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_val_ May 21 2007, 17:49:20 UTC

OK. I agree with many of these choices. EXCEPT ANGEL AND BUFFY!!! I know I'll prolly be ostracized by saying that, but I thought they really were bad.

But, shows like Firefly and Black Adder really would top my list if I were to d oone. :-)

mariness May 24 2007, 13:33:41 UTC

I know I'll prolly be ostracized by saying that, but I thought they really were bad.

Do I KNOW you?

:)

The series did have their low moments, I admit, but -- "Smile Time." Angel. Demon Puppets. "Self-esteem is for everybody." What's not to love?

loucheroo May 27 2007, 01:31:20 UTC

A comment I intended to make when you first posted this, but I think I forgot...

And this one is just me: Zoom. You've gotta zoom zoom zoom zoom zoom! You've gotta zoom zoom zoom zoom zoom zoom! I doubt that anyone else remembers this one, but I loved this show when I was four, if only because, well, Zoom! I wanted, desperately, to Zoom!

I had The Zoom Catalog... did you? :-) We looooooooooved zoom in our house, and had this book of all sorts of zoom activities and jokes and whatnot. it was SO COOL!!!