What Zach Is Watching

Current mood: thirsty
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Here is a little synopsis of what my diet of television consists of these days. Some of it anyway. Why am I choosing to write about this? Well, it's a little lighter subject material than my Santa Porn entry. We need a little irreverence every now and then. Even though in no way is this critical or a satirical piece. At least I don't think it will be, I just like the word. Irreverence.

How I Met Your Mother- Yeah, I know what you are thinking. "Why would you watch a network TV sitcom?" I know, I can't think of the last time I ever liked a TV sitcom. The only situational comedies I watched as a teen and adult on the big four are The Simpsons, Married…With Children and Seinfeld, and that show was only in small doses. This show bends the rules for me a bit. Maybe it's because I identify with the subject material. It's basically about a show revolving around a group of friends that include two couples and a poon hound bachelor type. It's funny, the part of the womanizer is played by recently out of the closet Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser and Starship Troopers fame. The situations that they are in are realistic, and the sense of humor they have is almost similar to the group of friends I hang around with. Well, at least to a certain extent. My fiancé turned me on to this show on CBS and I've been recording them on my fancy schmancy DVR for about a month. One of the episodes from Monday cemented this show's writer's ability for me. Not just because of the usual witty dialogue, but because they played a song by Islands during the program. Check my front page and click on the third video down, that's the same song they played. For me, that was pretty cool.

Classic Albums- This show on VH1 Classic rounds up all the classic rock albums you love or love to hate and tell you how they were made by the ones that made them. The first one I watched was Queen's "Night at the Opera." Now, I love Queen. I have since Wayne's World. It was great, I love seeing how songs were written and the studio magic that goes into rock albums that aren't just live recordings. Some of the profiles miss in a big way, like Meatloaf's "Bat Out Of Hell." It helps if you actually like the album they are doing the special on. For me, on the Aja special, Donald Fagan of Steely Dan fame rapping "Uptown baby, uptown baby" the lyrics for Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz song "Déjà vu (Uptown Baby)" who took the baseline and sample from Steely Dan's "Black Cow" is worth the price of admission. I also like watching VH1 Classic for the rehashes of 120 Minutes. Trust me, that show is not as cool as you remember, that is if they're playing the same videos they used to. Somehow I don't think they are.

Formula One Racing – I detailed this in a separate post. Read about it here.

The Soup, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report – I'm lumping these three together because they are my favorite satirical comedies that revolve around the pop culture and political worlds. The hosts are great, and the writers are even better.

The Office, My Name Is Earl and 30 Rock – Remember what I said about only liking a few sitcoms? Well, I lied. I watch The Office because it's just flat out hilarious. If you have cable or a dish and BBC and like the American version, watch the British version, it's even better. Earl is great because I like a tale of morality every now and then, even if it is played out by ignorant rednecks. 30 Rock is awesome because it's funny, Alec Baldwin is hilarious and Tina Fey is hilarious and hot. Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan should not be overlooked either. I know it's familiar territory for Fey to be writing about being a writer on a sketch comedy show, but it's done very well and if being on the set and in the building at Rockefeller Square, I would have loved to work there with all of them.

South Park – Probably the best satirical comedy on television, and it's a cartoon. This show used to be about bathroom humor and little kids cursing, but it's turned into a full blow black eye on the self important in America. I love this show more than any on TV, and I love that the creators are ambiguous in their political stance so they can make fun of both sides. Plus, they devoted two whole episodes to make fun of Family Guy, which I hate.

College Football Live – They just started this show this week. It's like NFL Live on ESPN but about college football, brilliant! I love college football, like, a lot. For sure.

I probably watch a bunch of other shit but I can't remember everything. I watch Adult Swim quite a little bit. That's all for now.

Currently listening : Everclear By American Music Club Release date: By 04 October, 1991

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MontERNa

Sigh. And I was waiting for "Actors I (We?) Hate." Dadgummit. Posted by MontERNa on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 12:39 AM [Remove] [Reply to this]