Okay, everyone good now? Good. Because I actually don't know. I kinda hope there isn't, but just in case it'll be old 'deathbed conversion' for me. Where am I going with this you ask? Remember that season 1 'Community' Episode "Debate 109" where Jeff and Annie have to debate that man is evil?
Well I went to the Vampires today. It's one of my LEAST favorite things to do as it always ends up the same. The nurses ask me 'are you feeling okay?' I say 'yes' as at that exact moment I am. THEN they pull out their fangs when its all done and I almost pass out in the chair. Someone yells 'Code Blue! Code Blue!' and I'm surrounded by twelve Filipino nurses all laying cold cloths on my head, wrists and neck & putting sick bags in my face. EVERY-TIME!!! Why do I keep going back? For the collectible pins? Because the Misses does and I'd feel like a tool not doing so?
I just tell people how can I expect anyone else to do it if I won't? If someone continually does something they dislike muchly to benefit others, what does that say about Humans?
Hows about some TV talk already? (the vampire story is a preface to why I lost 3 hours out of my night - they wouldn't let me leave until I could perform Kenneth's NBC song & dance from tonight's '30 Rock'... how they knew about it before it aired I'm not sure - and am only able to type up some simple words about two half hour comedies.)
MODERN FAMILY
"Earthquake" Created by Christopher Lloyd & Steven Levitan
Written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh - Directed by Michael Spiller
Airdate: 10/7/10
I am always intrigued by how this show can take such a simple idea, interpret it through a whole cast of varying characters, and make a hilarious 22 minutes out of it. To say nothing about how you can take a 4.3 tremor and make it into an existential exploration between a 60 year old balding man and a pre-pubescent Colombian child.
I also love that this episode provided a perfect vehicle for my all time favorite Simpson's quote (it struck me when Phil was talking about how he had been nagged so much about anchoring the cabinet that he finally broke and told his wife he did it)
Homer Simpson:
- "And now for the happy time between the lie and when it's found out."
COMEDY GOLD, and it wasn't even their show!
I am fearful of being that kind of father. But at least if I was, i'd be loveably hilarious. If you're one of those rock dwellers who miraculously hasn't seen this show, you need to tune in. It's a perfect blend of traditional sitcom trappings, documentary style testimonials and outright laughs. A comedy that really does bridge the last decade into the next one.
30 ROCK
"Let's Stay Together" Created by Tina Fey
Written by Jack Burditt - Directed by John Riggi
Airdate: 10/07/10
This episode, wicked as always, did bring a question to my lips - what the hell DID happen to the USA network? Was it owned by Lehman Brothers or something? I will give any show props when they can work in a well worded Billy Joel joke. I'm reminded of nights in someone's basement trying to remember the words to 'We Didn't Start The Fire'.
So am I to believe that Dot Com's name is actually 'Walter Dotcom'?
It's easy to appreciate this show on any given day, based on how looney it is. It's even easier when they actually take a 'Daily Show' quality pot shot at contemporary American politics - and with Queen Latifah, no doubt. You can just tell she's aching for that chance to play Michelle Obama, and her 'enthusiastic inflection' during orations could make her a congress woman herself.
Unlike the dangerous pit that 'Big Bang Theory' is still circling - (for those of you unaware of my BBT criticisms, it stems from Sheldon being a more interesting and story driving character than the supposed lead, Leonard - no offense Johnny Galecki. Please don't tape me to a chair and cut off one of my thumbs) - '30 Rock' somehow still finds a way to do an episode focused around Jack, yet gives fair share to the rest of the cast. The characters are all so well developed, you could basically roll 'story dice' and make plots out of the random combinations. See, watch:
Tracy - dolphin adoption
Burger spokesperson - Jenna
Jack - amusement park mishap
See? You could literally throw darts at a dictionary and make a wicked episode - at least Ti Fi (like that, I coined it, just now) and her killer writers could.
I will find a place at one of two thanksgiving dinners this weekend to call someone a "Houston foreclosure of a Human being".
So as long as I don't lose any more blood tomorrow (or spend 3 hours surrounded by Filipino nurses) I'll have a lot more rundowns for you - and for my very first commenter on this lovely blog, I'll make sure Monday's episode of 'Castle' gets a feature.
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