So did WKRP in Cincinnati, one of my favorites.
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.
'Serenity'
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.
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.
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.
erikaj - Aug 31, 2005 11:12:23 am PDT #9990 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, I'm not sure RM will make that list, but just to be safe, not laminating it yet. It is shaping up to be better show than expected and how often can you say that? Not enough. I would put WF and and MSCL on a "Too Young to Die" list.
tina f. - Aug 31, 2005 11:13:37 am PDT #9991 of 10003
Veronica Mars and Rescue Me are both shows that are still babies but I am willing to put them on the all time tina favorite show list. I am as giddy about them as I was about Buffy.
One of my favorite runs of a show of all time though, next to Buffy season two, was season one of Party of Five. I could write MANY MANY pages about how effing fantastic Party of Five was in its first season (it was pre Jennifer Love Hewitt people). No other show has done such a nosedive into suckville like that one did. Dear god how I loved. that. show.
DXMachina - Aug 31, 2005 11:13:49 am PDT #9992 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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.
You will laugh a lot.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 31, 2005 11:17:47 am PDT #9993 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Once upon a time, M*A*S*H would have gone on the list, but that was one of the first cases where I burnt myself out on a show and never got the spark back.
I loved Hill Street Blues, but it's been too long since I've seen it with any consistency to know if I'd still love it. Same for The Bob Newhart Show.
And then there are the Fireflys of my youth - shows cancelled before their time that I have no idea if they are as good as I remember (specifically, I'm thinking of Quark).