The Year in Review : To TV or not TV, that is the question
Not long ago I wrote about my shock and disbelief to find that MTV is not a music video tv station anymore but a "lifestyle" entertainment company. WTF?
Well, I have to admit that I don't miss the music --I'd rather watch music videos on the net. Which is probably why they've turned into basically a reality TV network using kids instead of the washed up celebrities that appear in VH1.
That said, it hasn't stopped me from watching the car-wrecks they've produced with My Super Sweet Sixteen (a show that even Anderson Cooper can't walk away from) and Flavor of Love (which will earn Flavor Flav many eons in hell --no matter how many hits he wrote for Public Enemy).
Not all is bad though. Here's some of my guilty TV pleasures :
"Avatar The Last Airbender
The Complete Book 1 Collection"
(Dave Filoni)
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AVATAR - THE LAST AIR BENDER
If you've never seen this show, I can't tell you how awesomely cool it is. If there is anything that will teach American kids the principles of Taoism, it will be this show. The seson finale was about a whole thread on non-attachment and the consequences of not letting go. Really, this show is AMAZING.
"High School Musical"
(Kenny Ortega)
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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
Most people over 20 detest, nay, ABHOR this movie. But this movie was not made for twenty-somethings. This movie wasn't even made for teenagers. It's been a ginourmous hit among pre-teeners and even the kinder crowds.
It's so crazy successful the made-for-tv movie won a Grammy and the soundtrack has gone triple platinum!
The story is boy meets girl and boy and girl find out all they want to do it ... SING! It's not the stars who are really interesting --it's the supporting characters (Sharpay, eat that creme brulee!) and the chorus really who make that movie. Check out the movie for it's two most awesome moments : The b-ball stompish bit and the cafeteria "revival" scene.
"The Fairly OddParents - Fairy Idol"
(Butch Hartman, Larry Leichliter,
Jamie Diaz, Gary Conrad, John Fountain (II)
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THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS
I saw a photograph of Butch Hartman, the show's creator.
Oh.
My.
God.
I so could totally do him.
That said, he's not the reason I enjoy that show. I love it for two reasons : Cosmo and Jorgen Van Strangle. Just saying his name totally cracks me up.
Yes ... I am that simple. And while I am at it can I just say that ... ahem ...
BTW, this it the only show I catch on the web ALWAYS. I have yet to see this show on TV. Why? It's aired to early for me.
The only shows I watch on TV are on after 10 like Mind of Mencia, Alton Brown's Good Eats, the filthy and disgusting Drawn Together which out-southpark's South Park, but could never be as disturbing as Dr. 90210.
The two show that have become almost a daily staple of my pop-culture diet are ...
Do I even have to say it? I was going to put up the Good Evening Sodomites bit but this is even better ...
Apologize John
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