T.V. Love

  • Not so fresh

    I am currently at a rare loss of words for no reason at all, other than the fact that I’ve had to take 168 tests for work over the last 72 hours. I could write about what I’ve been studying, but honestly, I am trying to entertain, not send y’all into a fetal position while you beg me to make the boring stop.

    So, first let me say that I love the comments y’all leave because where else could I discover that my love of Church’s Fried Chicken and Long John’s Silvers are shared by so many. I didn’t even mention the malt vinegar sauce in my post for fear of being ostracized, but y’all were so open that I can’t help but admit that yes, it is all about the crispies drowned in the malt vinegar sauce.

    And now, I’ll leave you with this.

    The other night, P was scrolling through all of our recorded programs on the DVR when he noticed that there were more than a few episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air recorded.

    He asked me, “Have you been recording the Fresh Prince?”

    I explained that I’ve been recording episodes of Designing Women on Nick at Nite, but because the timer is off, I miss the last few minutes of each episode. So, I have to record Fresh Prince to catch the end of Designing Women.

    P said, “Well thank God, I thought you had undergone a lobotomy and were actually making an effort to watch repeat episodes of Fresh Prince.”

  • The brightest star

    By now, y’all know me well enough to know that I have a serious addiction to Dancing With the Stars. 6 hours and 38 minutes left until go time for Emmitt.

    Y’all know he’s going to bring it on.

    If Mario Lopez wins, it will be the final straw in completely destroying my faith in the American public.

    And if you’re wondering if I am maybe a little over the top in my reality T.V. viewing habits…well yes, yes I am.

  • A faux prince and fantasy dates

    Oh happy day, The Bachelor was back on last night! I am sad to admit how excited I was at the prospect of a Monday evening filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and quality television programming.

    After watching, I just have a few thoughts and obviously nothing else interesting to write about.

    The night starts off with Lorenzo’s fantasy date with Jen. He really wants her to “open up” to him and share her emotions, so naturally they are headed to the amusement park. I don’t know about y’all, but some of the most meaningful, intimate conversations of my life have been had while riding in a bumper car or going down a 90 foot drop on a roller coaster.

    And that Lorenzo is astute. Did y’all hear him ask the bartender in that ice bar if she was cold? I mean that is someone with razor sharp skills of perception.

    So after Jen really opens up, Lorenzo is off to one of the lesser known European cities of love and romance, Budapest, to meet Lisa.

    Oh Lisa.

    Let me say that I am blessed to have several close girlfriends and not a one of them would ever sell me out on national T.V. by showing up at my house with a wedding gown and telling a potential fiance about my timeline to the altar. I realize this happened two weeks ago on the show, but I must have been in some kind of fog to not comment on the seriousness of this offense. I would like to ask Lisa what she did to her “best friend” to make her hate her so much.

    Then again, in defense of Lisa’s best friend, I will say that no one forced Lisa to actually put the dress ON.

    Lisa goes on and on tonight about how great her hometown visit went and I just wanted to shake her and say, “Girlfriend, take off that wedding dress and hide those Brides magazines. Put them under your couch like the rest of us used to do. No guy wants to walk into your apartment and see bridal magazines fanned out on your coffee table. It will make him start to itch and ultimately, to run far, far away”.

    The word “intense” was used about 1398 times to describe their fantasy date, which to me was code for Lisa will be voted off Bachelor Island and I was right, which just goes to show that no good can come from putting your china pattern before the horse.

    As for sweet Sadie, I have to say that I like her. I’m not sure why she’s on The Bachelor and I’m fairly sure she may be too good for Prince LoBo, a fact that was made clear in the previews for next week where we see LoBo shed one dramatic tear (Boomama, you know I noticed) as he faces the decision of his life.

    And y’all know I’ll be watching. It will be the MOST DRAMATIC rose ceremony in Bachelor history.

  • Television prognosticator I am not

    I read something yesterday that just cinches the fact that if you have a new T.V. show on a network, you don’t want me to be a fan because it will signal its immediate cancellation. The latest victim of my adoration is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Apparently, it is being cancelled very soon.

    Each fall I pick out a few shows and decide to give them a whirl. This season’s lucky recipients of Big Mama’s viewing time were Studio 60, Ugly Betty, Vanished, and technically Brothers and Sisters, even though I have yet to watch an actual episode I do have them all recorded on DVR, you know for the next time I have 6 free hours to catch up on one show.

    So far, Studio 60 is the first to go and I am shocked. I thought for sure that I had it right with this show…it’s smart, it’s funny, and it’s being cancelled. I’m not sure what has happened to Vanished because I lost interest after the second episode which is saying something because I watched every episode of Reunion last year until it got cancelled, and now I’ll never know who murdered what’s her name with the curly hair.

    And at this point y’all are wondering what Reunion was? Yes, that’s my point. For information sake, let me tell you that it was one of the most poorly acted and written “dramas” ever on T.V. and I am saying this as someone who was a fan of Beverly Hills 90210.

    My gift is definitely not predicting what will be successful. I didn’t watch Grey’s Anatomy, Alias, or 24 until the second seasons after every one else in the free world was raving about how great they were. I was too busy watching Reunion or Related, which was another show that couldn’t withstand my viewership.

    I’m not sure what my point is, other than letting y’all know that I know how to pick bad T.V. I mean obviously I watch The Bachelor and America’s Next Top Model but those are good because of their inherent badness. What I’m talking about is non-reality programming. It’s too late for Studio 60, I just hope that Ugly Betty can handle the pressure.

    I’d hate to think that I’d end this season 0 for 4.

  • Finding Neverland

    Let me start by saying that I never pretend to be all that current. Since having Caroline 3 years ago, I rarely am the first person to see any new movie unless it is something of cinematical greatness and importance such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby or The Devil Wears Prada.

    In the same way that I don’t know any songs currently on the top 10 list, y’all can also make a safe bet that I haven’t seen the majority of Oscar nominated movies over the last 3 years.

    Last week, thanks to my new fancy AT&T Dish Network service, I was able to record Finding Neverland. Tonight, I actually watched it and let me say that I loved this movie.

    We watch a lot of Peter Pan in this house because it is Caroline’s all time favorite Disney movie. Who needs Cinderella and Princess Jasmine when you can have Captain Hook, a crocodile, Indians, and Tinkerbell?

    Maybe that’s why I loved Finding Neverland so much, because the story of Peter Pan is so fresh in my mind having watched it 187 times in the last month. All I know is I loved the line when Johnny Depp as J.M. Barrie said, “Little boys should never be put to bed because they’ll wake up in the morning a whole day older”. It reminded me that even days like yesterday go by so fast and she’ll be grown before I blink.

  • My newest must see T.V.

    Maybe it’s because we both have braces, but I adore Ugly Betty. I think it is one of the best shows on T.V. right now. Any of y’all watching it?

    I knew I loved it before tonight, but good gracious when she walked down the street wearing that butterfly costume and Walter caught her in his net, I knew for sure that this is my new must see T.V.