RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Thursday, November 5th and Monday, November 9th:
- This season of "Parks and Recreations" has to go down as one of the best season-to-season improvement ever. Basically, it has gone from just "The Office spinoff that really isn't a spinoff" to one, if not THE, best comedy on TV (and this is coming from a big fan of "The Office."
- Luke Russert better have gotten his gig as an MSNBC reporter becuase the network believed he's talented, and not because his daddy was a pretty good Washington bureau chief.
- Why is CBS promoting "NCIS" as "TV's #1 show." Okay, I get it: more people watch this show every week than any other show on TV. But I don't understand how this is gonna make me watch the show. Are you trying to peer pressure me into it? Haven't you guys heard that perr pressure is bad? Also:
1. If you don't count the people over 60 that watch CBS, you'd probably be TV's #9 show, not #1.
2. It's also not a very good show. In fact, I think it's one of the most overrated shows on TV and that I could name 15 others show better than it.
3. If it really is "TV's #1 show," then why did the premiere of "V" beat them in ratings?
4. You've promoted "CSI" as "TV's #1 show" for years, and I still have yet to watch it. so, naturally, this won't work for me again.
- Did you ever get one of those "thank God this didn't happen to me" moments whenever you hear a news story? Well, folks, this is one of them!
- Well, everyone, it's finally here: the season 3 finale of "Mad Men." Now, I won't give you some long, 16,000 review about it (though I might next season). But, here are some that you can read if you want to:
Alan Sepinwall's (always terrific)
TV Squad's
Maureen Ryan's
Tim Goodman's
Best Week Ever's
However, I do have some quick thoughts about it other that it was incredibly terrific.
1. For a guy as selfish and arrogant as Roger Sterling, the man does have some of the show's best lines.
2. What will the start of S.C.D.P mean about how much we'll see guys like Ken, Paul, Sal and the teacher Don did it with?
3. Betty Draper is yet again proving herself to be one of the worst suburbian mothers ever. Leaving Don for a guy she only spoke to for five hours and then going away to Reno for six weeks without her two oldest children? Really?!
4. I still can't believe they managed to put so many great things in only 48 minutes. It was so good, I can't remember how many times
5. Sure he may have lost his children, but I bet that Don has to be happy he's single again, right?
6. "We've been robbed!" = Definetly the best quote to describe how awesome the escape of the main characters from Sterling-Cooper was.
7. It's kind of ironic how for weeks, we've been hearing of how Pete, Peggy and Harry felt they were unappreciated in the workplace and now they're working for S.C.D.P.
8. Roger and Joan sounded like an old married couple when they were talking about her handwriting.
9. I'm kind of glad that Lane Price will remain on the show. I've gotten used to him as a character.
10. I hope Betty and Don remain divorced. I'm actually really tired of the he cheats, she leaves him, she get's pregnant with his baby, they go back together, he cheats, she scheats, she doesn't love him anymore and leaves him again storyline.
11. Poor, Bobby. He actually believed that his parent's separation was his fault.
12. If I were to predict Emmys for them already, it would be Best Drama (as expected), best actor for Jon Hamm (though Bryan Cranston will be hard to beat), best supporting actress for January Jones, best writing for "The Gypsy and the Hobo," and best directing for this episode.
13. It was actually quite nice to not see the Kenndy Assasination as the season finale. Though it was big in America, it wasn't that big in the Sterling Cooper universe.
Can't wait for next season. Already preparing myself for it!
- Bill Hader's facial expressions is by far the best thing on "Saturda Night Live" other than hte Digital Shorts.
- So, the Bears lost. And the defense was terrible (again). But it could've been worse. At least they didn't lose to the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers like the Packers.
More random thoughts to come later on this week! Until then, here's the all-of-a-sudden highly-searched song of the day because of yesterday's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (which was yet another terrific episode of their best season ever), West Side Story's "Officer Krupke":
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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