I was home tonight trying to find something good to watch on TV, which took awhile, because summer programming is brutal. What happened to dynamic summer series? Remember when Nip/Tuck was on in the summer? Those were the days. At any rate, as I was flipping through the channels I had an epiphany. Several actually. And because I'm bored and have a vehicle to share these thoughts with you, please read on...
1) What's up with AWFUL American talent competitions? I can barely tolerate American Idol. But So You Think You Can Dance? America's Got Talent? America's Next Big Thing? Seriously people, I feel comfortable saying there is NO talent left in America. Let's move on.
2) Law and Order Criminal Intent is mIIII-serable. To say I'm obsessed with Law & Order SVU would be putting it mildly. However, that deep love does not extend to Criminal Intent, which features the daughter from "What About Bob" all grown up, some dude who sounds blown out all the time and was once in a movie with Vince Vaughan, and Angela Bassett's husband. This show is so bad they pulled it from NBC - unfortunately this means it is cluttering up USA now and cutting into my SVU rerun time.
3) Is that Lauren Holly commercial for March of Dimes Walk America running anywhere else? It looks like it was shot as part of a high school film project and Holly looks like she's been hit in the face with a sack of nickels. Remember how cute she was in "Dumb & Dumber"? I hope it's just the lighting doing her wrong.
4) I finally settled on watching I Love The 90s: 1998. WAIT - 1998?!?!?!!!111!! Are you kidding me? I, like, REMEMBER 1998! Those shows are supposed to feature stuff I can vaguely recall, like Terminator I or Shrinky Dinks not Dawson's Creek, Frasier and Jay & Silent Bob. In addition, Aaron Karo has been added as one of the random ass talking heads. Wasn't he the dude who authored the Ruminations on College Life email digest? How the HELL did he get famous? Maybe there is hope for me. Check out I Love The 20s: 2022, where the Catch Up Lady will be prominently featured.
Ahhh, I feel better venting. Just a little over 2 months until fall premiers. I can almost taste How I Met Your Mother Season 3! I'm going to read a book.
i was having this dilemna last night....so i ended up watching E! I should have read a book instead. Good TV needs to make a comeback quick!!
Posted by: AD | July 12, 2007 at 01:15 PM
Ohhh Catch Up Lady. You are SO correct. A few things to note:
1. Admittedly, I'm a SUCKER for American talent competitions. At least American Idol, America's Next Top Model and So You Think You Can Dance. Part of it is, well, THIS American DOESN'T have any talent, and a girl likes to dream. But here's the thing - did you by any chance catch SINGING BEE? That is, like, the worst, most painful show I have ever seen (and I'll watch pretty much anything). Between the awful singing, the awkward excitement over winning, um, a trophy?!?!? and Joey Fatones' embarassing dancing, well, I won't be watching that one again.
2. Law & Order Criminal Intent - OMG. That's the one where the dude knows EVERYTHING by seeing like a spot of blood on the wall. He's all "So, it looks to me like the attacker grabbed her, slow danced to 'when a man loves a woman,' twirled her like so, then pulled her across the room, ate a big mac, strangled her and then left and joined the marines." And then everyone is all like "WOW, you're the smartest EVER." Sick.
3. After overloading on Sally Field's Boniva commercials (ahem), I pay no attention to any celebrity endorsements. In fact, I swore I'd stop paying attention after leaving that part of my life at Octagon, but, well, Sally's just so ENGAGING!!1!1!
4. Don't get me started on I Love the 90's. It's terrifying. Reminds me of my college senior class president's speech putting us in awe that the people that were freshmen when we graduated were the class of 2006 (which seemed REALLY young at the time. good lord, i'm old). "The class of 2006 doesn't know the true joy of the slap bracelet. The class of 2006 doesn't know how to properly blow on a Nintendo game. The class of 2006 doesn't know the pain you felt when Ezekiel died of dysentery on Oregon trail." Ahh, the 80's. Let's stick with the 80's. More nostalgic and less "I'm totally getting old."
That's all, Catch Up Lady. How I Met Your Mother Season 3 or bust!!!
Posted by: marylandbluecrab | July 14, 2007 at 11:37 AM