I thought I'd review some of my favorite summer TV shows. And it is strange that I have been watching so many of them because always in the past summer TV has just been reruns and boring fillers. Last year I watched America's Got Talent, but I think that was about it. So this year . . .
Mad Men – I LOVE this show. It is set in the early 60's and has the look and feel of the time. Bennie watched five minutes of it with me the other day and proclaimed that it was one of the most depressing shows he'd ever seen. Well, he just saw a bad part of it. The main guy, Don Draper, is a cad, but he's the BEST LOOKING CAD I've ever seen. And everybody chain smokes on this show. If you don't want to watch it, just watch the opening credits. It is just like the old spy shows from back then.
Greek – I started watching this show because the main character is Kelsey Grammar's daughter. Then I got hooked. It is one of those bubble gum college aged angst shows, but I like it.
Side Order of Life – I've gotten hooked on this one too. I started watching because Brandon from 90210 was in it, but I don't really like him. What I like, and what I'm waiting for is, the main character dialed a wrong number and started talking to this guy, and now they call each other a lot but haven't yet met. So she has now broken up with "Brandon", and I want to see what happens when she and mystery guy meet.
Don't Forget the Lyrics/Singing Bee – I'm grouping these two shows because they have the same premise – singing karaoke style. I thought that I was pretty good with singing along with the radio, but you have to sing the EXACT lyrics or you're out. I happen to like DFTL better that SB, I think because of Wayne Brady. He's cool. And I like their format better.
Burn Notice – I think I've already mentioned this one in another blog. It's probably my second favorite. You can come in on this one at any time. It reminds me of A-Team, but better.
Psych – I had forgotten, but I watched this last year too. Come to think of it, this is probably tied for second with BN. It is a quirky show about a fake psychic who solves crimes. The way he does it is just that he is very observant. It is a really funny show. Plus I like Corbin Bernsen, who plays his dad.
America's Got Talent – This show is almost over for the year, but it was a good ride. I like the ventriloquist the best. I hope he wins next week.
Last Comic Standing – I also really like this show. I started watching just for the comedy routines, but I've gotten into it. The comedy is great. My favorite (and one that I showed to Bennie and Quentin) was Dante, who is a great impersonator, but he is already kicked off. Oh well.
So, this is how I've spent my summer vacation. Almost time for the new fall shows!
3 comments:
"Don't Forget the Lyrics" and "Singing Bee" (along with "American Idol") are prime examples of how television is trying to destroy America. There are so many shows (reality?) which shows total absences of self esteem and pride as the norm. If the youth lose pride of self, there is no room for patriotism or love of any virtue. This trash ought to be outlawed. Forget the First Amendment. An enemy hath done this!
I've been wanting to catch an episode of Man Men - it sounds great. I've been such a nerd as I have been watching episodes of Survivorman and Man Meets Wild on the Discovery Channel. On a totally unrealted subject, how does Starmount look for football? I went to see the Huskies in an endowment game aganist West Wilkes this past Friday. We lost. I fear that graduation last year is going to make our season a long one.
Terrible. Mt. Airy beat us 33 to 7 or 10, something like that. And on top of that our starting quarterback broke his collarbone in the game. I'm just waiting for basketball!
And Mad Men is really good. You might want to catch up by reading the episode summaries first.
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