Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?

Host ,'Not Fade Away'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Jun 14, 2010 1:48:15 pm PDT #6535 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

AHA! I had to turn off the "start to search when typing" function. Now I see it. Hee.


javachik - Jun 14, 2010 1:50:32 pm PDT #6536 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

AD is my all time favorite comedy, but the Charlize eps are the weakest point of the series. It's also not a "background" show where you can have it on, glance occasionally, and get pulled in by the occasional zingers. You need to pay attention to it since it's so heavy on the callbacks and development. But, it's probably not for everyone.

Has anyone heard of a British show from the early 1990s called "Waiting for God"? Charlie gave me the series for my birthday and I've never hoid of it.


Connie Neil - Jun 14, 2010 1:52:29 pm PDT #6537 of 30001
brillig

"Waiting for God"--crotchety old folks in a retirement community. Pretty funny and sometimes wrenching.


Jessica - Jun 14, 2010 1:53:38 pm PDT #6538 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

everyone says that starting with the Charlize episodes is the worst ever,

Everyone is right - Charlize was an unusual low point for that show. (It wouldn't surprise me to hear that the writers figured out about halfway through that the plot was a dud, but had to finish it anyway because Charlize was contracted for X # of eps.)


Jessica - Jun 14, 2010 1:54:25 pm PDT #6539 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

ION, Dylan has discovered how to launch Plants vs Zombies on my iPhone. May he and Owen never meet.

[eta: He's not very good at it, but it doesn't seem to bother him. Every time the zombies get to the house, he says "I'm going to play the zombies again!"]


javachik - Jun 14, 2010 1:54:52 pm PDT #6540 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Connie, that's about what Charlie said. He LOVES it. I'll give it a try. But I hated Golden Girls, so I hope it's not like that.


Connie Neil - Jun 14, 2010 1:55:27 pm PDT #6541 of 30001
brillig

But I hated Golden Girls, so I hope it's not like that.

No, these old folks know they're old, and they're definitely raging against the night.


§ ita § - Jun 14, 2010 1:56:48 pm PDT #6542 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I heard great things about the British series The IT Crowd and tried two episodes of it yesterday and was quite unimpressed. Does it pick up? Or is this the pace?


megan walker - Jun 14, 2010 1:57:01 pm PDT #6543 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

What's sad is that CZJ is only 40.

Well, that's what she claims. Isn't she one of the ones notorious for shaving years off her official age?


Dana - Jun 14, 2010 1:58:33 pm PDT #6544 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I heard great things about the British series The IT Crowd and tried two episodes of it yesterday and was quite unimpressed.

What?!?

Which two episodes did you watch?