TV

Both Sides Now

In Emotions, Stories, TV on 22 August 2005 with Comments Off

Note: In this entry, I talk about life, death, and the conclusion of Six Feet Under. Don’t read it if you don’t want to know the ending of one or more.
I’ve loved other TV shows. I was sad to see Buffy go. I misted up at the end of Northern Exposure. But the series finale [...]

Jon Stewart on The Couch

In Design, TV on 20 July 2005 with Comments Off

Jon Stewart mentioned the Bring Back The Couch Campaign on the Daily Show tonight. He said:
Apparently there is a campaign … to bring back the couch to the program. I’ve got some bad news. The couch … died. It was surrounded by family. Assorted recliners and such. It was a terrible whoopie cushion accident. But [...]

Jon Stewart fans prefer Minima

In Blogging, Design, TV on 14 July 2005 with Comments Off

Today I wondered what people were saying about Jon Stewart’s new Daily Show set. So I did a Technorati search for “Daily Show” “Jon Stewart” “New Set” Desk Couch. The top three results were all within the last 24 hours:

Jon Stewart II: What a Difference a Set Makes
A couch, a couch, my kingdom for a [...]

This Year’s Girl

In Joss Whedon, TV on 17 February 2005 with Comments Off

Into every generation, a pouty blond is born …
Take Buffy the Vampire Slayer and remove the vampires, the witty dialogue, the compelling characters, and the genre-bending ideas. Add in more demons, more religion, a cast that all look like they just stepped off a runway, and give everyone utterly selfish motivations. Finally, take the girl, [...]

Awesomeness Galactica

In Scifi, TV on 3 February 2005 with Comments Off

Don’t waste your time lamenting the cancellation of Enterprise - the show’s been a dog since the first time that sappy theme song aired. If you want to see the best science fiction on television, watch Battlestar Galactica on the Sci Fi Channel.
When the original Star Wars movie came out, I was four years old. [...]

Boob Tubed

In TV on 18 November 2004 with Comments Off

Notes from an evening spent with Comedy Central:
» Jon Stewart and Woody Harrelson: High or just giddy? I’d put money on high.
» Shorties Wathcin’ Shorties is just brilliant: Take the best bits of standup comedians and put it to flash-style animation. Funny. And you don’t have to watch some guy pacing around a stage.
» Drawn [...]

Deet do dee do dee do do

In TV on 31 May 2004 with Comments Off

A personal message from me to whomever created those evil Magic Mountain commercials with the tiny man in the bald mask flailing around to the best in 1999 trash dance pop:
Dear sir,
I hope that someday, somewhere, someone takes a sharpened Number Two and burrows it into your ear, ever so slowly, over the course [...]

Vampires and Cowboys

In Joss Whedon, TV on 12 April 2004 with Comments Off

I never liked vampires. The whole vampire genre, it seemed to me, was made for sex-starved girls and self-obsessed high school goths. Then I met Buffy.
Buffy the Vampire slayer, by Joss Whedon, was great television, if you haven’t heard. Smart, funny, dramatic, and very very real. Yaknow, as real as a girl dusting vamps can [...]

Talking Buffy

In Joss Whedon, TV on 21 May 2003 with Comments Off

I was on Showtalkers web radio show last night, talking about the much-discussed Buffy finale and storytelling in the Jossverse. You can download the audio - I’m about 54 minutes in. Three word sum-up: Glad it’s over. (Three more: Bring on Angel!)