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
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
tina f. - Aug 31, 2005 10:52:27 am PDT #9980 of 10003
DXMachina - Aug 31, 2005 10:52:56 am PDT #9981 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Besides, almost all of those shows had music.
So did WKRP in Cincinnati, one of my favorites.
Lee - Aug 31, 2005 10:54:40 am PDT #9982 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
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.
Huh. I do love the show, but there are many people that I would have put in front of me on the SportsNight love.
Polter-Cow - Aug 31, 2005 10:55:08 am PDT #9983 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also also, on topic, what should I listen to by Of Montreal?
Satanic Panic in the Attic and The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy (which is out of print and may be hard to find) are my picks. The former is more accessible. It took me one or two listens to warm up to it, but once it hooked me, I was addicted. Listened to it all summer.
Gandalfe - Aug 31, 2005 10:55:49 am PDT #9984 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
So did WKRP in Cincinnati, one of my favorites.
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
DXMachina - Aug 31, 2005 10:57:46 am PDT #9985 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Possibly the funniest line ever uttered.
erikaj - Aug 31, 2005 11:01:20 am PDT #9986 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
God, I hate this list-making crap. I always forget something (And y'all made the dots. Commander Burrell would be pleased.)
- The Sopranos* esp. Season 1
- The Wire* especially Season 2(Yeah, yeah, it's the whitest. get a grip.)
- Buffy especially the first three seasons.
- Homicide:LOTSespecially the first three seasons
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Northern Exposure
- Hill Street
Kate P. - Aug 31, 2005 11:02:52 am PDT #9987 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
In more or less chronological order:
- Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (my first fandom, age 12)
- My So-Called Life
- X-Files (up through at least season 5, some eps in 6 and maybe 7)
- Buffy (seasons 1-5)
- Buffy (seasons 6-7; separated because it felt like a very different show after Buffy's death and the move to UPN)
- Angel
- Firefly
- Wonderfalls
- Queer as Folk
- Sports Night
I guess that's all of the shows that I've been rabid over. I don't actually watch a whole lot of TV, but there's plenty of stuff I've been meaning to check out on DVD.
edit: ha! Long-delayed x-post re: Sports Night. Love that show. I haven't watched enough West Wing to love it the same.
Hayden - Aug 31, 2005 11:07:17 am PDT #9988 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Sports Night is on my Netflix queue.
And Veronica Mars should probably go on my list, too.
I like Rescue Me, but I've only caught a few episodes.
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.
Not me. I find DLM pretty sickly-sweet. I liked Wonderfalls much more towards the end of the season, but it was still too inconsistent for my list.
And my long-gone touring band used to throw out that final song from WKRP occasionally.
Kate P. - Aug 31, 2005 11:10:55 am PDT #9989 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
I hope someday I actually see the episode from whence this came, because I have to say, it has utterly failed to inspire hilarity in me as a stand-alone. I trust you all, though, that it is in fact very funny in context.
And I should have included Northern Exposure on my list for sure. Probably also Twin Peaks, but I've only seen maybe 1/3 of the episodes, so can't say for sure.