Flight of the Conchords is a wonderfully stupid show about a couple of wanna be digi-folk stars from New Zealand and their really bad Manager. They are a luckless pair who lack such things as a fan base, a budget, or much talent to speak of. Like most HBO shows this one is a little [...]
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The Colony on The Discovery Channel
A sort of reality show where the volunteers don’t have to compete in challenges, don’t have to put up with Jeff Probst, and don’t get a chance to win a million dollars. They do have to live without clean water, eat a lot of rice, and compete against the elements. The idea is that the [...]
American Pickers
There are two things you need to be a successful antique dealer-knowledge and money. The heroes of The History Channel’s American Pickers seem to have an endless supply of both. They also have a lot of time on their hands, as the point of American Pickers is that they are roaming near and far to [...]
Dexter-Where do we go from here?
The last scene of last season’s Dexter was such a shocker that I thought maybe Showtime was going to have that be the end. But here we are talking about Dexter again. The new season starts in late September and appears to pick right where they left off. Will Dexter finally get what’s coming to [...]
Eureka-The Statue is Made of Bronze!
The Syfy Channel has a handful of first run series, the best of which at the moment is Eureka. This is the story of a small town of super geniuses who didn’t want to live in Area 51 and the poor sap who ends up being the town’s Sheriff. The punchline of almost every [...]
Hamlet with Dr Who and Captain Picard
First Clown: A pestilence on him for a mad rogue! ‘a pour’d a flagon of Rhenish on my head once. This same skull, sir, was, sir, Yorick’s skull, the King’s jester. Hamlet: This? [Takes the skull] First Clown: E’en that. Hamlet: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most [...]
The Travel Channel
I seldom feel jealous of the hosts of Cooking Shows, as cooking seems to require some level of skill. The shows on the Travel Channel however, always make me say-Hey, I could do that! Of course, I am not cool and famous like Anthony Bourdain or cute and perky like Samantha Brown-so I would have [...]
The Proper Amount of Suction
I like The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. I follow him on Twitter, which makes me a member of his Robot Skeleton Army and means that I live with him in a hollowed out volcano. (not really-as Craig would say.) There’s something very interesting about the whole idea of the proper amount of suction [...]
Nurse Jackie
The self righteous, adulterous, caring mother and hard as nails Nurse Jackie returns to Showtime. The end of season 1 was a great cliffhanger, but we kind of skip over most of that and get back to the normal business of being in a hospital full of slightly insane health care workers. Oh there is [...]
