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One of the best things about John From Cincinnati was the opening credits. It was cool grainy surfer imagery with Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros' "Johnny Appleseed" playing overtop. I had never heard "Johnny Appleseed" before but I'm now a big fan. Download the song in MP3 here and watch
Apparently, I was the only one watching John From Cincinnati. I knew early on the ratings were poor, so I was prepared for what happened this week. HBO has cancelled John From Cincinnati. Without a doubt, it was out there. Some weeks I didn't know what the hell was going
For the most part, TV sucks. I'm so tired of the Law & Orders and typical dramas and sitcoms. Right now I'm only following two series: John From Cincinnati and Flight of the Conchords. There are, however, a few other series I follow that will be airing new episodes soon.
I was asleep at the switch. How else can I explain the fact I'm only discovering the Flight of the Conchords now. This HBO series featuring New Zealand's Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement first hit TMN over a month ago but I only watched the pilot on Friday. Five episodes
If you're my age, you likely remember Tom Snyder as host of The Late Late Show. David Letterman hand picked his idol Snyder to follow him at 12:35 am. Before all that, Snyder hosted Tomorrow with Tom Snyder and had some neat interviews, like this one with The Clash
In the absence of The Sopranos, I was looking for a new drama to sink my eyeballs into, so we decided to try John From Cincinnati. John From Cincinnati was created by David Milch and Kem Nunn. Milch created the very cool Deadwood, and John From Cincinnati is equally compelling.
After Cheers on Thursday nights it was time for Night Court. I actually preferred Night Court to Cheers, but that's mainly because of Dan Fielding. Night Court was supposed to be about Harry Anderson, but it ended up being about John Larroquette's character. Dan Fielding was "a sex-obsessed narcissistic prosecutor
Yes, I watched Who's the Boss. After Daisy Duke I think Samantha Micelli was my next crush. This was a show that hinged on one, simple premise. Tony and Angela had the hots for each other but they could never act on it. Once they did, the show would be
As a kid, I was enamoured with a little cartoon called The Transformers. You may have heard a thing or two about this franchise. I followed the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons closely, cheering on Optimus Prime and the good guys and taking note of their need for reinforcements
Edna Garrett left Diff'rent Strokes to become a housemother to seven young girls at the Eastland Academy in Peekskill, New York. The rest, is Facts of Life history. One of those seven girls was Molly Ringwald, but after season one, they trimmed the roster down to Natialie, Blair and Tootie
Next to The Beachcombers, Danger Bay was CanCon at its finest. Doc worked at The Vancouver Aquarium and he and his kids were always saving the world from one ecological disaster or another. I wonder what has become of Christopher Crabb. Ocean Hellman was a cutie, where's she at these
I was a pre-teen when Pee Wee's Playhouse started airing, but I was instantly drawn to this show. It was supposedly aimed at kids, but there was a hilarious subtext to it all that slayed me. I watched Pee Wee's Playhouse every Saturday, waiting for the secret word, awaiting visits
Probably my favourite television show as a young dude was The Dukes of Hazzard. Daisy was my first crush, and I thought Bo and Luke Duke were the coolest. And as cars go, there was no cooler a car than the General Lee. Here's a great montage of General Lee
I watched this show every Saturday morning growing up. Zack was a cool cat and it was a light and fluffy half hour. At least it was light and fluffy until Jessie Spano started doing drugs. No, it wasn't smack, it was the dreaded caffeine pills. My favourite episode was
I loved Diff'rent Strokes. Us kids looked up to Gary Coleman. Not literally, we were all taller than the little dude, but he was a mentor of sorts. Who wasn't upset when Mr. Drummond was told he couldn't BBQ on the balcony? Who didn't fear for Arnold Jackson when he
Family Ties was a key part of the NBC Thursday night lineup, and can't miss television for a period in the 80s. It launched the career of Michael J. Fox but in our house the focus was on Meredith Baxter-Birney who many thought looked like my mom. My favourite episode
I loved WKRP in Cincinnati. It was a great collection of characters and it made radio seem so cool. I frequently recall moments from those four seasons and smile. If anyone has the closing theme song in MP3 form, throw it my way. Here's the extended opening theme from season
For no other reason other than I feel like it, I'm going to start sharing the opening theme songs from shows I used to watch. This will likely be a little heavy on nostalgia and therefore full of 80s sitcoms. We'll start with Growing Pains, a show I used to
It's funny, but I find I drop at least one Degrassi Junior High reference every week. Lately, it's been a great deal more frequent with thoughts of purchasing a Joey Jerimiah hat and changing the name of our ball team to The Zit Remedy. Then, there was my retelling of
I had found peace with The Sopranos finale. I had closure. Tony and his family would live on without me, and I was okay with that. Now, I'm wondering if Tony in fact perished in the finale. Web sites like this are popping up all over the place. There's a
I don't think TV is evil. That doesn't mean we let James park himself in front of the boob tube for hours at a time, but I'm very cool with him watching a little tv at night before bedtime. I've been working with James to get him into shows I
I intentionally waited a couple of days before writing this entry. Immediately following The Sopranos series finale on Sunday night I posted this entry which featured the song that played during the pivotal closing scene. In the comments, there was a discussion about the episode and I revealed some of
Here's Journey performing "Don't Stop Believin'". Those who know, know. Those who don't, don't. Don't stop.
As I hope tonight's series finale of "The Sopranos" is great, my mind has drifted to Pam and Jim. If you watch "The Office", you know the Pam and Jim relationship is key to the storyline. We all root for Pam and Jim and hope their timing syncs up. The
June 10th has been circled on my calendar for a while and now that date has arrived. Tonight I'll be watching the series finale of "The Sopranos". Series finales can be tricky. Expectations are often pretty high and everyone's looking for some type of closure. The last time I said
