genius has no relationship whatsoever to popularity...
from one sort of taste to another. ..
i have a friend that i meet at around 7:00 every monday night. i used to meet her on sunday nights. some nights, we couldn't meet, and i would record her. don't worry. she knew. or maybe she didn't. i am not a nielsen family anymore. i used to be. when i was single. before her. that's not the point, though. my date was broken last night. i was stood up. two-timed. she said it wasn't her fault. she got caught in traffic. at least she didn't say she was washing her hair. where are you arrested development?
taste in music is different from taste in television just as taste in television is different from taste in movies. we'll get to that some other day. last night, i couldn't watch the best show in television (not the best comedy. the best show. period.). why? because other than between 4 and 6 million (which in tv land is not a lot) of my closest friends, no one else will watch. why? what is wrong with you people? fox has pulled my darling from november sweeps so that you can watch a repeat of prison break before a first run episode. woohoo! i watched basketball instead. never seen prison break. could be great. i don't care. it's not as good as arrested development. i promise you that. now, instead of looking forward to 22 half-hours of bliss this season with my funny family of dysfunction, i am now told that i can have 13, and 5 or 6 (i can't remember) are already in the rearview mirror. it's really quite sad. i don't get it. people will watch shit shows like according to jim belushi, joey sucks now, and king of eating queens, but they won't watch my love. why? do you not get it? do you not like to laugh? there is no show on television (outside of family guy, simpsons, and, on a good night, american dad) that has a higher laugh per minute ratio than arrested development. so, that must be it. you must not like to laugh. you'll waste a half hour of your life for three or four punchlines from i used to be on friends, but you don't want to pleasure yourself with the apple of my eye. we can still do this, people! between now and december 5th, buy one of the first two seasons on dvd and watch three episodes. come back and tell me i am wrong. tell me it's not funny. after three, you will want to see more and more and more 'til you can't find any more on dvd and you'll have to watch the first run episode on december 5th. you'll watch and you'll tell your friends to watch and they'll tell theirs. fox will notice, apologize, and bring back my sunshine on a cloudy day. please watch. please laugh. you do like to laugh, right? please...
shows you should be watching (and that i wish i had time to watch every time they came on):
arrested development
family guy
the simpsons
american dad
south park
my name is earl
the office
lost
the daily show
the colbert report
pardon the interruption
quite frankly
around the horn
sportscenter
shows you should never, ever watch:
according to jim (you are not funny)
joey (poor guy)
daytime soap operas (none of them)
anything on fox news (they are funny, though)
anything with charlie sheen (he's not funny)
er (try grey's anatomy. they have mopey doctors, but not this many mopey doctors.)
this list could go for a long, long time. i'll leave it be.
december 5th. 7:00. fox. watch.
7 comments:
I've gotten into Lost since I bought the first season on DVD a while back when it came out. It's a great show, but the downside is that you have to watch every single episode to know what's going on. That can also be an upside since more people will watch.
And the Colbert Report is great too. It's especially hilarious how the show is pronounced...The Colber Repor. haha.
Reason #1...inconsistent time slot. seinfeld suffered from this in its first couple of seasons. when you don't know when something's coming on, how can you watch it, even if you've heard it's great? scrubs went through this too.
Reason #2...fox doesn't know how to market it. the ads on the network don't do the show's humor justice. they just show the slapstick-y stuff. it's such a smart show.
Reason #3...it premieres, comes on for a couple weeks, then the baseball playoffs on fox take it away. people forget about it.
Reason #4...the diehard fans want to keep it to themselves in the same way some music fans never want their band to "sell-out" and make an album that more than 50 people have access to. something is always better when it's "your little secret".
just try it, cookie. it's right up your alley.
why do shows like this not survive? here's a theory: people like to watch shit. they flock to the most idiotic, stupid shit. and they love it. Friends was annoying enough, but to give Joey a spin-off? but people watch that dopey mother fucker. and they love it. it works in music and movies too. want proof? Creed. any Julia Roberts romantic comedy. all complete crap. and all wildly popular.
kevin, nice list of shows. i wish that i had been more faithful to arrested development. it is real funny. i'll do my part tonight though. My Name is Earl is on.
You're on crack. Best shows are on Monday night. "How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and 1/2 Men". I liked "Arrested Development", but fell away from it somehow. I believe it used to be on Sunday nights?
What did you expect from FOX? I mean, it is the evil, right-wing network, so you should have only expected that they would only get rid of something decent.
Well, since you mentioned it... here are season 1 & 2 of Arrested Development for $32 shipped.
http://slickdeals.net/#p6703
that's a good deal. a darn good deal! thanks for that, jason. i wish i would have paid $32 bucks for both seasons!!!
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