We also got Chef! which I loved almost as much as Red Dwarf.
Oh, yes!
The one with her and her husband? I loved that.
I think so.
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2009 8:26:55 am PDT #15903 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 29, 2009 8:27:00 am PDT #15904 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
P.M. Marcontell, your growing-up TV schedule was remarkably similar to mine. I was all about the US TV from teens onwards. Star Trek, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Northern Exposure. I saved up babysitting money when I was 15 and bought myself a little TV for my bedroom, and would watch X-Files when it aired at some ridiculous hour like 11.30pm. And then be unable to sleep from the fear of things climbing out of drains and coming to get me.
Despite the American telly obsession, I did also watch the more cult-ish British TV, particularly Red Dwarf. Doctor Who was earlier - it finished for its loooong break when I was a kid - my father had it on a lot during the Davison/Baker/McCoy years. There was actual hiding behind sofas from Daleks, as I recall.
I was a HUGE Yes, Minister fan.
Never got into that until recently. We have Yes, Minister marathons at a friend's house, with much wine.
Dana - Oct 29, 2009 8:31:49 am PDT #15905 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Did it suck? It probably sucked, didn't it?
Not a clue. Before my time, I think. (Insert tongue-sticking out emoticon here.)
Ginger - Oct 29, 2009 8:31:56 am PDT #15906 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
On the social front, he is socializing, but he's somewhat culturally out of touch with his peers which means he sometimes can't join in very well.
One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes is one in which Calvin tells his dad they have to get cable and his dad says no.
Calvin: "If we don't all watch the same TV, what will keep our culture homogenous? We can't rely on monolithic networks to provide uniform national blandness anymore!"
Dad: "There's still McDonald's and Wal-Mart."
Calvin: "But they don't come into our homes!"
P.M. Marc - Oct 29, 2009 8:33:17 am PDT #15907 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, Northern Exposure! Loved it, too.
Wow. A LOT of TV.
X Files kicked off my college viewing. Well, that and CBS Crimetime after Primetime.
erikaj - Oct 29, 2009 8:38:07 am PDT #15908 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
How much did I want Chris in the Morning? Hell, I still would. I'd also like to take Dr. Joel somewhere and mess him up.(Not like "Reach for the sky or I'm gonna...) The fun kind...tousling and shit.
Dana - Oct 29, 2009 8:38:12 am PDT #15909 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
What should I have for lunch?
megan walker - Oct 29, 2009 8:38:47 am PDT #15910 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What should I have for lunch?
Chris in the Morning?
tommyrot - Oct 29, 2009 8:38:47 am PDT #15911 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tilapia.
erikaj - Oct 29, 2009 8:40:46 am PDT #15912 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Megan, I like the way you think. Let's all have that.