I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?

Zoe ,'War Stories'


Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


erikaj - Aug 31, 2005 10:35:15 am PDT #9971 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!

Do you want the dots...the commander likes dots.


Tom Scola - Aug 31, 2005 10:39:45 am PDT #9972 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

In no order:

  • Buffy, seasons 2-4
  • Angel, seasons 2-3
  • The Avengers, 65-67
  • Simpsons, seasons 3-4
  • Hill Street Blues, until Esterhaus died
  • Monty Python
  • Doctor Who, this past season


Frankenbuddha - Aug 31, 2005 10:39:58 am PDT #9973 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

And L.Q. Jones is just a yellow-bellied redneck peckerwood, anyway.

Yeah, but COFFERNTC4EVA!!!!

On a serious note, I agree with all of your list I'm familiar with (including the specific Buffy seasons, though I prefer Angel 2 to 4). I'd have to have Monty Python's Flying Circus in there somewhere, since you aren't excluding British shows. Probably at least one of the Futurama seasons, if not more, and also I'd have to have Firefly despite the premature demise. Oh, and Farscape 2 and 3, not to mention DS9 somewhere.

Damn, and Twin Peaks despite the wheels coming off.


DavidS - Aug 31, 2005 10:43:05 am PDT #9974 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Let's see some more lists.

  • Prime Suspect 1
  • Sopranos
  • Pee Wee's Playhouse
  • Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Buffy S1-4
  • Fawlty Towers
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • Northern Exposure (first 3 or 4 seasons)
  • Simpsons (S2-5)
  • Freaks and Geeks
  • Firefly
  • Singing Detective (as I've noted ad nauseum, I saw the whole thing originally in a movie theater).

I'm only through the first box set of Homicide so I don't feel qualified to rank it yet. Still haven't seen The Wire or Deadwood, though I'll get to it. I'm waffling on Wonderfalls. It's a very strong 13 ep run, but in some ways I prefer Dead Like Me, even though it's less consistent. Angel S2 probably belongs on the list, but to be honest I'm a much bigger Buffy and Firefly fan. Also, I think Angel had incredibly inconsistent seasons and only in S2 did it really have an unqualified run of greatness.

Hill Street Blues, until Esterhaus died

Ooh, good call.

Also I need...

  • Farscape S1-3 (plus mini) on the list.

Probably at least one of the Futurama seasons

Damn, and Twin Peaks despite the wheels coming off.

Shit! Yeah, Futurama and Twin Peaks would rank for me.


tina f. - Aug 31, 2005 10:47:02 am PDT #9975 of 10003

Tina's favorite TV shows not in order:

• Buffy
• Angel (all seasons except four)
• Firefly
• The Sopranos
• Rescue Me
• Freaks and Geeks
• Kids in the Hall
• Veronica Mars
• Moonlighting
• FIRST SEASON ONLY of Party of Five
• Northern Exposure
• Magnum P.I.
• FIRST SEASON ONLY (SO FAR) of The O.C.
• MOST of the FIRST and SECOND season of The West Wing
• Battlestar Galactica (original series - I haven't seen the new one)

on edit: Oh I forgot Peewee's Playhouse and the Muppet Show!!


Gandalfe - Aug 31, 2005 10:49:25 am PDT #9976 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

This is the music thread, right?

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Sports Night.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 31, 2005 10:49:49 am PDT #9977 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

on edit: Oh I forgot Peewee's Playhouse and the Muppet Show!!

Yeah, so did I, though my Peewee watching was spotty at best.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 31, 2005 10:50:31 am PDT #9978 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

This is the music thread, right?

TV lists are the new haiku.


DavidS - Aug 31, 2005 10:50:48 am PDT #9979 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

This is the music thread, right?

We don't have a generic TV thread (yet). Besides, almost all of those shows had music.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Sports Night.

'Cuz Dana and Perkins don't hang out here very often. Shrift might be by, though.


tina f. - Aug 31, 2005 10:52:27 am PDT #9980 of 10003

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Sports Night.

I loved Sports Night but Aaron Sorkin used the same schtick over and over - I think SorkinEra!West Wing is actually a better show but it suffered the same fate.

t /has Sorkin issues