The following were on my mind between Monday, March 14th and Monday, March 21st:
-I think we can now all agree that the Big East basketball conference is by far the most overrated conference in basketball. They entered the tournament with eleven teams, but now are only left with two (UConn and the surprising Marquette). That's the same amount that the city of Richmond, Virginia has in the sweet sixteen (Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth)! Speaking of VCU, if there's any Cinderella team that you do not want to be facing at this point, it has to be them. In the past two weeks, they have come one win from winning the CAA tournament, and have won tournament games against a Pac-10 team, a respected Big East team and a Big Ten powerhouse. I wonder how many times coach Shaka Smart (awesome name) played the clip of Jay Bilas piling on them for making it to the field of 68 instead of Colorado and Alabama to motivate them to play this well?
- If the golden snitch is worth 150 points, then why don't both Quidditch teams play simply to retrieve that thing instead of wasting time with those other flying balls?
/guess what I watch this weekend?
- It's March 21st, 2011, scientists! Where is that damn flying car and cleaning robot with one wheel as legs that Hollywood and Hannah-Barbara promised me?
- Yup, sounds like a Scranton girl, all right. (http://jalopnik.com/#!5784098/this-woman-crashed-a-car-with-54-bags-of-heroin-in-her-vagina)
- First the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, then the Bears win the NFC North and come within one game from the Super Bowl, and now the Cubs and White Sox are coming back in less than two weeks with the Bulls (led by sure-fire MVP Derrick Rose) holding the first seed in the NBA's eastern conference and looking like favorites to win it all later this spring. Life is pretty good so far for a Chicago sports fan. Not Boston '07-'08 good, but enjoyable nonetheless.
-And now, the moment that I'm sure all of you have been waiting for...the return of the NBC Thursday night comedies power rankings! Yes, after two weeks off most of the big four came back last week with an all new episode. Now, I say most because it was every comedy but "The Office" that premiered a new episode. So, in this instance, I've decided to adjust the points system a bit. Under these circumstances, instead of the point scale ranging from 40 to 10 points, I've decided to make it between 30 to 10 points, since all four shows didn't air this week. And for every show that doesn't air a new episode, I will give their BYE week 5 points, in order to not make that show fall behind from the pack and because I feel they deserve it for bringing laughter to millions of American families over the years. So, let's begin:
- If the golden snitch is worth 150 points, then why don't both Quidditch teams play simply to retrieve that thing instead of wasting time with those other flying balls?
/guess what I watch this weekend?
- It's March 21st, 2011, scientists! Where is that damn flying car and cleaning robot with one wheel as legs that Hollywood and Hannah-Barbara promised me?
- Yup, sounds like a Scranton girl, all right. (http://jalopnik.com/#!5784098/this-woman-crashed-a-car-with-54-bags-of-heroin-in-her-vagina)
- First the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, then the Bears win the NFC North and come within one game from the Super Bowl, and now the Cubs and White Sox are coming back in less than two weeks with the Bulls (led by sure-fire MVP Derrick Rose) holding the first seed in the NBA's eastern conference and looking like favorites to win it all later this spring. Life is pretty good so far for a Chicago sports fan. Not Boston '07-'08 good, but enjoyable nonetheless.
-And now, the moment that I'm sure all of you have been waiting for...the return of the NBC Thursday night comedies power rankings! Yes, after two weeks off most of the big four came back last week with an all new episode. Now, I say most because it was every comedy but "The Office" that premiered a new episode. So, in this instance, I've decided to adjust the points system a bit. Under these circumstances, instead of the point scale ranging from 40 to 10 points, I've decided to make it between 30 to 10 points, since all four shows didn't air this week. And for every show that doesn't air a new episode, I will give their BYE week 5 points, in order to not make that show fall behind from the pack and because I feel they deserve it for bringing laughter to millions of American families over the years. So, let's begin:
1. "Parks and Recreations"- "Harvest Festival" (30 points)
It had everything you could possibly want in a great "Parks and Rec." episode: big laughs, good to great moments from all main members of the cast, the use of the goldmine that is the residents and news media, and a little horse that even made Ron Swanson act like an excited schoolgirl. It's the best episode that the show has had this season (with "Ron and Tammy: Part II" and "The Flu" rounding out the top three) and it's certainly right up there with its other all-timers.
It had everything you could possibly want in a great "Parks and Rec." episode: big laughs, good to great moments from all main members of the cast, the use of the goldmine that is the residents and news media, and a little horse that even made Ron Swanson act like an excited schoolgirl. It's the best episode that the show has had this season (with "Ron and Tammy: Part II" and "The Flu" rounding out the top three) and it's certainly right up there with its other all-timers.
2 (tie). "30 Rock"- "Queen of Jordan" (15 points)
I've never watched one full hour of any Bravo reality show outside of "Top Chef" and I still found this episode to be pretty hilarious. The Jack being misunderstood as gay B-plot particularly had me in stitches! My one little quibble was the Frank reuniting with his sex offending teacher plot. After all, if the show is about Angie's life, why would they show an episode involving two characters that were probably never seen on "Queen of Jordan" before? But I digress.
2 (tie). "Community"- "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" (15 points)I've never watched one full hour of any Bravo reality show outside of "Top Chef" and I still found this episode to be pretty hilarious. The Jack being misunderstood as gay B-plot particularly had me in stitches! My one little quibble was the Frank reuniting with his sex offending teacher plot. After all, if the show is about Angie's life, why would they show an episode involving two characters that were probably never seen on "Queen of Jordan" before? But I digress.
Not a great episode, but still a very enjoyable half-hour of television. The "Custody Law" half of the episode was a bit up and down at times, but I really enjoyed the "Eastern European Diplomacy" half with Britta-Abed-Troy and Enver Gjokah guest starring as Luka, the Eastern European with a dark, gory past. Honestly, it was one of the best episodes that Britta was ever involved in as a centerpiece.
My season tally thus far through seven weeks (including the automatic five points to "The Office" explained earlier):
1. "Parks and Recreations"- 230 points
2. "Community"- 190 points
3. "The Office"- 170 points
4. "30 Rock"- 165 points
So after being five points away from either being tied with "Community" for the top spot, "Parks and Recreations" has ran away in the last two weeks of this feature, with its lead now increased by three. Also, after being last by as much as thirty, "30 Rock" has rebounded over the past two weeks to get within "The Office" in the battle for third. Now, as you probably know, great news came this past St. Patrick's Day when it was announced that NBC officially renewed "The Office" (for their 1st post-Steve Carell season), "Community" and "Parks and Recreations" for another year on television, which now means that all of the four comedies on the list will thankfully be back again in 2011-2012 ("30 Rock" was renewed back in November). Everything seems to be right in the world (or at least in the TV universe). And, it also means that I will get to do the power rankings again beginning this fall! Yay, rankings!
More random thoughts to come next Monday! In the meantime, enjoy the first week of spring!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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