"Where are the quality shows, the shows that stimulate your mind, that enrich the human condition...ah...gunfire!" -- Duckman

CHANNEL SURFING

I get this bad reputation for watching a lot of TV, but by my count, I watch considerably less than the national average. The difference is, I pay considerable attention to the TV I watch, which is presumably why I don't like being told when to laugh, and why I like involved, engaging story arcs. Which also explains the tendency towards cartoons and sci-fi. I think.

January 23, 2012

Three Degrees of Downton Abbey

Spurred on by feeling of inadequacy when all the cool kids are talking about it -- by "cool kids," I mostly mean Patton Oswalt, Gillian Jacobs and Aimee Mann, and by "talking about it," I mean Twitter -- I caught myself up on Downton Abbey over the weekend.

As all the talk suggested, it's quite good.

What I found amusing was the degree of "hey, I know that actor" across the first season and a bit. Mostly because I seemed to get better at it over time. First -- in the first episode -- it was the Duke of Crowborough that I recognized, but I couldn't place him, or his name. Turns out Charlie Cox also plays Owen Slater on Boardwalk Empire, presumably because either he was upset the role of Irish revolutionary chauffeur was already taken, or had already been there and done that, depending on which show he joined first.

Next, it was nagging at me that I knew who Anna was, and once that had lodged in my head, I was able to pick out a familiar name from the credits -- Joanne Froggatt. Turns out she has a thing for unavailable men, whether it's the still-technically-married Mr. Bates or Robin Hood after he'd already lost Marian. But I still had to look it up.

Finally, I got one just on pure recognition and a thing for knighthood, apparently, as Iain Glen as Sir Richard Carlisle was immediately recognizable as the same actor who plays Ser Jorah Mormont in King of Thrones.

That's everybody so far in my little entertainment world. I know there are other actors who have been in other shows, just not ones that I watch. And all three seem related to their other roles.

November 30, 2009

And Now For A Word About Our Sponsors

I find it odd that Huffington Post is making a big deal about Family Guy releasing some of the Windows 7 promo spots on YouTube, seeing as how they've actually showed a couple of them before commercial breaks on the last two episodes of the program itself. It's almost like the people writing about the Windows 7 "controversy" concerning the show don't actually watch the show! Maybe blogs and the mainstream media have something in common after all!

November 24, 2009

Good Pickup

I just noticed last week that Shawn Ryan -- the brains behind The Shield -- is now an executive producer on Lie To Me. I'm a fan of the show already, so hopefully this doesn't give me unrealistic expectations for what's to come.

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05/19/2009: Idol Thoughts
05/09/2009: A Harsher Realm
04/23/2009: More Notes From The Fringe
04/13/2009: From The Mouths of Babes. And Robots.
03/13/2009: The Colbert Nation vs. the Whedon-verse
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