Mine included Matthew Perry, James Gunn, Kyle Chandler, Michael C. Hall and Paul Rudd. Liz honored Matthew Perry (cause really, have you seen the dude’s hair?) John Corbett (I’m guessing Northern Exposure-era), Naveen Andrews, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogan and Gael Garcia Bernal.
And that was that.
Until this weekend, when we watched Half Nelson, which is a great movie. But when all was said and done, and after we praised the film for its quietness, and for the great performances from Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps, and wondered if “half nelson” was some crack term we didn’t know about (we only know it from wrestling), we got down to the important stuff:
“Ryan Gosling is really, really hot.”
“I know.”
“And I know he’s playing a drug addict in the film, but…that’s pretty much my exact type – tall, skinny, disheveled.”
“Totally.”
“I’m not sure what this says about me. It seems whenever someone plays a drug addict in a film [see – Ewan McGregor, Trainspotting] I find them really hot.”
This led to a discussion of his hair, which brought us back to our lists, and the mutual agreement that if we ever made another one, he’d be on it. (We really are intelligent, sophisticated, cultured women, I promise.)
The next night, I was having trouble sleeping and (like you do) started thinking of who else could be on the distinguished list of Effortlessly Perfect Hair.
Disclaimer before I start: No head of hair will ever be more beautiful and perfectly effortlessly executed than Kyle Chandler. I mean, c’mon.
It’s just a thing of beauty, is what it is.
So, without further adieu, here are my additional selections:
Ryan Gosling:
I admit it – Half Nelson was my first Ryan Gosling film. Yes, ladies, I’ve never seen The Notebook. And I am so okay with that. I’ve never seen Lars and the Real Girl or The Believer. (Though the latter two are on my to-see list.) I knew he had been nominated for an Academy Award for Half Nelson, but I didn’t expect his quiet little performance to be as good as it was. Congrats, Ryan – you’ve graduated from “pretty boy” to “damn fine actor” in my book. And the hair…good lord the hair. So good. Add some tattoos and I am a puddle on the floor.
It’s good a little scruffy:
and a LOT scruffy
Michael Cera Yes, he’s a little young for me – dude isn’t even 21 yet. (Seriously??) But that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate a good head of hair. Think not so much George Michael Bluth as Paulie Bleeker and Nick (of Nick and Nora) – the more mature Cera, if you will. (If one can be mature at 20.) What I like about Cera’s hair is that it seems like he doesn’t use any product. He doesn’t need to. It stands well enough on its own. See:
(Don’t judge me. You know you all wish he was older.)
Ted MosbyJosh Radnor It almost feels like cheating to put him on here – because Josh Radnor’s hair is so not effortless. (Well, Josh-Radnor-as- Ted-Mosby-‘s hair, anyway). There’s product. There’s scrunching. There’s even a whole episode of How I Met Your Mother dedicated to Ted’s hair vanity. And still, it must go on, because it’s fantastic hair and because it does LOOK effortless.
Say what you will about Ted as a character (I love him, but most don’t), dude does have an awesome head of hair.
Malcolm Gets Yeah, that’s right. I’d say his hair is at least 20% of the reason he’s my new celebrity boyfriend. (Well, maybe not. But the hair is a part of the essence, and I’m all about the essence. Or something. Seriously… Shut up, his hair is amazing.) So, I’m not sure this is effortless either. But he does have that tousled “just got out of bed look” down. It’s long and there’s a hint of curl, but it’s not overly curly. Really though, he could be on here for volume alone. Just look at the volume. As someone with thick, curly hair myself, I’m always impressed when one can wear it so well. Whether it’s in a movie (where clearly, there were stylists and such)
Or at an event (where it probably looks like he just got out of bed because he just got out of bed. That takes some balls, man. I can’t pull that look off.)
And, finally, we have the one, the only…
Taylor Kitsch I know his hair is a THING, and everyone who watches Friday Night Lights LOVES HIS HAIR, but c’mon. He’s got to be on the list. Frankly, I’m embarrassed he didn’t make my list the first time around. What is there to say, really? As Tim Riggins, dude makes stringy, greasy, unwashed hair somehow beautiful. And effortless? You bet. I don’t think Kitsch washes his hair or does anything to it when he goes on set.
Which reminds me – FNL comes back on next week, you guys! Watch! I will! And I can’t wait to finally actually talk about the season. It’s been killing me, holding it in, y’all. KILLING ME!
Video of the Day: Classic TV Clip
A shout out another great head of hair – Mr. Peter Krause. He can be an honorary member of this exclusive club. Here he is – with fabulous hair – in one of my favorite scenes from Six Feet Under.
So I had this whole plan. I was going to make a list of my top 10 episodes, sprinkle them with some video clips and post it here. Except, the Internet is severely lacking in Mad About You videos. (Internet, get on that!) Even the videos you’d expect to see, like footage from The Alan Brady Show, or the great scene in Two Tickets to Paradise where Jamie pretends to be French. (Seriously one of the funniest things to ever air on TV.) But, no.
So instead, I’m pretty much only doing descriptions. Sorry, readers. And now, the blog:
After writing my theme song blog, I got a hankering to watch Mad About You again. It was one of my favorite shows growing up, and yet,I could really only remember one thing: the episode where Paul and Jamie go on vacation as Burt and Sylvia Buchman. Splink splink! That just wasn’t right. And thus began the Great Mad About You Rewatch.
So here’s the thing about this show: The first four years or so, it’s fantastic. It’s brilliant. It’s funny. It’s sweet. It’s realistic. I’ve never lived with a boy in a romantic setting myself, but I imagine it’s a lot like that – you and your partner are constantly adorable and hilarious, with your banter and smittenness.
That’s the good news.
The bad news? It takes a down turn after season four. I’m sorry, but it has to be said. I don’t want to sugar coat it for you all. There are still some standout episodes, and some moments that made me cry from laughing so hard. But for the most part, it’s just…not as good. They relied too much on over-the-top guest stars, got into therapy, and started acting more neurotic and crazy than necessary.
After I got to season five, and things weren’t going as well as I thought they would, I suddenly remembered: Mad About You was the first show to disappoint me. It was the first show I had watched consistently, and loved, that took a turn for the worse in its later years. Series that followed include Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 7), Angel (seasons 4-5) Gilmore Girls (seasons 6-7), Lois and Clark (season 4), Scrubs (everything after season 5), and ER (after making Carter a fucking drug addict…no I am still not over that) among others. The few shows that never crossed over? Northern Exposure, Sex and the City, Cheers, and Friends. (Yes, Friends. Take a second look at those later episodes.)
But anyway. So there’s that. However, in its heyday, the show was pretty much perfect, and the early seasons remain some of the best TV I’ve ever seen. So with that in mind, I give you my top 11 episodes.
11.) The Alan Brady Show: Paul’s doing a documentary on the history of television, and wants Alan Brady (played by Carl Reiner, who reprises his role from The Dick Van Dyke Show) to narrate it. The only problem? “He’s just so mean!” After Brady throws a fit and quits the project, Paul and Jamie hatch a scheme to get him back – which includes a hilarious parody of The Dick Van Dyke Show, complete with Helen Hunt’s spot-on impression of Mary Tyler Moore. One of my favorite parts of the episode is the cold open, which never fails to crack me up.
10.) New Sleepwalking PLUS: This is the season 4 opener. Jamie and Paul decide to start trying to have kids. Other things happen in the episode – Paul interview for a new job, Jamie has a pregnancy scare – but that’s all you really need to know. The final scene in the episode is this great discussion about when to start, when the timing is right, is the timing ever right, should I take this job so our kids will have money– so we’re really going to do this? And somehow, it remains funny. This episode also has a great cold open. I love it because it’s so something that would happen to me. In fact, this HAS happened to me.
9.) Weekend in LA: This is one of the gems from later in the series. Its from season 7. Paul is wooed by a fancy LA agent, and the two take a trip out west to meet with him. They leave baby Mabel at home for the first time. At first, Jamie misses her dearly. But after awhile, she gets out of “Mom mode” and remembers her life before kids. This comes to a climax when, while in a hot tub on a jet, (don’t ask, it makes sense in the context of the episode) Jamie blurts out, “Why did I ever have a baby?” Paul, understandably, gets upset, decides to cut the trip short, and goes home – without Jamie. A few hours later, Jamie comes home, all apologetic and gives this heart-wrenching speech about being a parent and looking back on her old life – a speech that reminded me why Helen Hunt won 4 Emmys. The show ends with Jamie singing “You Are My Sunshine” to Mabel. It’s all very sweet.
8.) The Finale: So technically, this is three episodes, but I’m just going to group them all into one. This is the finale – THE finale – the one where Paul and Jamie almost break up. This is on the list for a couple of reasons – the first of which is that it’s impeccably acted. Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt always do a good job – but they are on firing on all cylinders in these episodes. I loved the episode, but after watching an interview with Reiser and Hunt about it, I appreciate it even more. In a nutshell, Reiser says, “First of all, we knew they weren’t going to break up. But we wanted to show people – look these people are crazy, head over heels for each other, and if even THEY have problems, marriage is really hard. It’s something you have to work on constantly.” I liked that. Maybe you have to hear the actual words from Reiser himself, but he really sold me. Plus it has one of my favorite endings to a season ever, one that does everything a season finale should: gives the audience hope and anticipation, and sets up the next year. And yeah, the music is cheesy, but I love it anyway.
7.) The Conversation: Another episode late in the run – Paul and Jamie decide to let Mabel cry herself to sleep, and spend the entire episode outside their bedroom door, waiting for her to stop crying. This is the famous “one shot” episode. However, that’s not why I like it. Sure, it is impressive. But more important, it’s a return to the earlier seasons. There’s no crazy family interrupting them, no flashy guest stars. It’s just Paul and Jamie, sitting on the floor, talking. Topics include winning a bunch of pasta at the grocery store, Jamie’s crush on Tom Brokaw, Paul discovering he’s shrinking, and whether or not they should move to the country. It’s both funny and sweet, and reminded me just how great Reiser and Hunt are together.
6.) Cold Feet: The episode where we learn how and when Paul proposed to Jamie. It’s one I wish there were clips for, because my words do not suffice. This episode has some hilarious throwaway lines and scenes, including Paul’s realization that, in a certain light, Jamie looks like Hannibal Lector, Jamie’s reaction to finding out Paul is going to propose (“He’s going to propose? Tonight? OH MY GOD!” — only she says this completely panicked). After talking to Ira, Paul decides against proposing, only Jamie thinks he IS proposing, so she’s all nervous, expectant, and then disappointed. In the end, he asks for her hand in marriage, and she, as we all know, says yes. Hands down one of the funniest episodes in the series.
5.) Cake Fear: The episode opens on Paul’s birthday, and the story weaves in and out from his current one to the previous four. There was the birthday where Jamie threw a surprise party and Lisa gave him sleeping pills; the one right after Mark left Fran; the one with a freak snowstorm in May where no one showed up; and the one right after Paul and Jamie got engaged. Jamie gets angry when Paul goes on his annual birthday walk alone. They fight, but Paul smooths things over:
I’m going to tell you what I was thinking about, the whole time I’m out there. I’m walking along and I’m looking back at the year and I’m going ‘Hey! Remember this? Hey! Remember that?’ and I see all these people, they’re looking at me because I’m talking to myself but they don’t know I’m talking to you! And all of a sudden, I realize I’ve figured it out — I now have somebody else to walk with, for the rest of my life. That’s what I was thinking about. But you know what? You’re right, you’re right, it’s my birthday, I don’t have to discuss it if I don’t want to.I’m going to have cake.
4.) How to Fall in Love: Another episode that focuses just on Paul and Jamie. It opens at Riffs, where Paul is trying to write a script for a how-to video on picking up girls. Jamie scoffs at the idea, especially at the thought of Paul having any knowledge on the subject. So they spend the episode trying to pick each other up. Paul finally gets her in the end, telling her all about his wonderful wife. Sweet and simple.
3.) Two Tickets to Paradise: See above, in the introduction. LOVE this episode. It’s the only one I remembered years after watching the show. (Though, to be fair to all other episodes, once I started The Great Rewatch, plot lines, characters, lines, etc. came flooding back to me.) Everything about this episode is golden, from Jamie’s hilarious French accent, to Paul acting like his father, to the dancing in the room, to everyone thinking Paul is crazy …four words: Guava, guava, splink splink! LOVE IT. Here’s just some of the brilliance:
2.) Same Time Next Weekend: It was a hard decision to put this at the number two slot. It could be number one. In this episode, Paul goes out of town for six weeks to shoot a movie in Chicago. He comes home on the weekends. It’s a wonderful representation of how we get used to living with someone, and how we get used to living alone. The first week, Jamie is all excited for him to come home, and he enters the apartment, enraged at a cab driver. Week two, he has grown a beard, which Jamie hates. Week three, he gets snowed in and has to stay in Chicago. Week four, his mother shows up after Jamie told her Paul would be gone for the weekend. Week five, they discover they’re used to sleeping on their own, and week six they both surprise one another – she goes to Chicago, while he finishes his movie early so he can be home with her sooner. And so they’re apart for one more night. Here’s a bit of dialogue from week three. It’s all in the delivery, really, but this is a bit I had to rewind several times, it was so funny:
Paul: I’m nibbling your ear.. Jamie: Oh, I like that. Paul: And I’m going down your body.. Jamie: I love that! Paul: And I’m kissing your knees.. Jamie: What niece? I don’t have a niece. Paul: Your KNEES! Jamie: Oh, my knees! I’m sorry!
and the number one episode is….(drumroll, please)
1.) Met Someone: The story of how Paul and Jamie met: At a news stand, they both want the last copy of The New York Times. Jamie gets it, but drops her dry cleaning receipt. Paul picks it up and goes in search of “J. Stemple.” He shows up at her office the next day with her dry cleaning, and asks her out. They attend her company Christmas party, and discover odd coincidences, like they live on the same block and have never met. (How When Harry Met Sally of the writers.) Before leaving the party for the night, Jamie spontaneously kisses Paul, then denies it. And the rest is history.
Some honorable mentions:
Best cold open of all time:
Favorite Lisa moment:
Hell yeah, we can:
Whoaaaa!
and last but not least: I am so Jamie in this scenario:
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Video(s) of the Day: I’m going out of town tomorrow, joining the millions of others on the road for Thanksgiving. So I don’t imagine I’ll be updating again until December. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I am grateful for many things, including my family, my friends, a good job, a kick ass apartment, President-Elect Obama and, among the frivolous: YouTube, my DVR, my iPod, musical theater, NPH, Tina Fey, 30 Rock, the beauty of Michael C. Hall, the remote for my computer, and The West Wing. With that in mind:
My recent post regarding opening titles reignited my interest in Mad About You. So, I’ve been re watching the first season slowly. I’ll watch two, maybe three episodes a night before going to bed. At 22 minutes, it’s a nice, relaxing way to get sleepy, without a huge time constraint. (Sex and the City is another excellent pre-bed option, BTW, as is Friends. You don’t have to pay TOO much attention, and there’s funny and there’s pretty people. Just a little tip from me to you.)
Anyway, I’m loving this re watch. While the show is dated in its references and clothing choices (Jamie wears flannel shirts all the time. Man, I miss being able to wear flannel shirts.) the relationship between Jamie and Paul Buchman is timeless. While it does delve into the “cartoonish” trap of sitcoms on occasion (getting stuck selling tokens to subway passengers; befriending an eccentric billionaire played by a very over-the-top and annoying Jerry Lewis), for the most part, it’s a sweet vignette of married life in New York. The show is at its best when it just focuses on what it’s like to share a life withsomeone – buying a couch together, dealing with neighbors, having parents visit.
While watching this week, I had a flashback to the first time I ever saw Mad About You. I couldn’t believe I still remembered it, but there’s a little slot in my mind reserved for this specific memory.
I had to be in sixth or seventh grade, and it was a Friday night. Mad About You spent most of its time on Tuesday nights, but it must have aired on Fridays in early seasons. Or maybe it was being rerun. Either way, I am positive it was Friday. I had spent the evening at a friend’s house, and was getting ready for bed. For some reason, the 12-inch portable TV we got for my dad, back when portable TVs were a big thing, was in my bedroom. It had twelve channels. There was no remote; the different channels were on top of the TV, along with a power button, and you switched channels by selecting the different buttons. A lot of them repeated. I think there were maybe five different channels in total.
Anyway. It was 9:30 on Friday, and I decided to see what was on. But, it was 9:30 on Friday, so nothing was on. (Well, I guess TGIF was, but according to Wikipedia, the 9:30 slot was filled with Camp Wilder, which I don’t think I ever watched.) So I turned over to NBC, and watched two people trying to find each other in New York. The man had tickets to The Who’s Tommy, in celebration of his wife’s 30th birthday. Only he wanted to surprise her so he didn’t tell her what they were doing, and somehow their meeting arrangements got mixed up, and they lost each other. This was before cell phones. Remember that? At the end of the show, they found each other somehow, and sat in the subway, getting serenaded by an a capella group. That was the 8th episode of the second season of Mad About You, entitled “Surprise.” I remember loving it, but watching it with caution, the volume turned down, occasionally switch the channel. Why? Because my parents were very strict about TV – the classic example of this is being forbidden to watch Facts of Life– and I was scared that this was “too racy” for my 12-year old self. So, the next day, I cautiously asked my father if he had ever seen some show called Mad About You, only to be met with enthusiasm. “Oh, yeah!” he said. “That’s a great show.”
And thus, my years-long love affair with Mad About You began.
But that’s not the only first time I remember.
There’s the first time I saw Friends – I’d heard about it from a friend at school, but didn’t watch until the season 1 finale. I subsequently spent all summer catching up, falling in love with Ross and Rachel, laughing at Chandler, scratching my head at Phoebe.
There’s the first time I caught a glimpse of Gilmore Girls, senior year of college. I was doing homework, trying to find something to put on in the background. Flipping channels, I saw a woman standing in an unfinished kitchen, a man with a French accent and a woman with red hair frantic in the background. The woman took a phone call, and then stared reverently at a gum wrapper, while the camera panned out. That’s it. That’s all I saw. But even then, I remember being struck – this was something special. For some reason, I then changed the channel, which is a shame, because had I watched, I would have seen “The Incredible Sinking Lorelais”, one of the best episodes of the series. But, all’s well that ends well – a few months later, I started watching the show from the beginning. And when I got to the Sinking Lorelais, I remembered the scene perfectly.
Another pivotal moment in my young TV life was the first time I saw Lois and Clark. Laugh if you must, but Pre-teen Sarah loved that show. It was a spring Sunday night. My mom was working and my sister was out. My father and I were having dinner by ourselves (cheese omelettes and thin French Fries). Flipping channels, we settled on a Superman-themed show. “I’ve seen this once of twice before,” my dad said. “It’s not bad.” We watched, and I was transfixed. The superman guy was stuck at the Daily Planet withhis coworkers. They were being held hostage, and superman had to play along or else risk giving away his identity. In the end, he saved them, even the guy that Lois woman was on a date with. He seemed like bad news. The moment in which I became absolutely smitten was when Superman saved Lois, and slowly flies her to freedom. They look at each other tenderly, but then of course Superman has to go away, and when Clark comes around, he’s all but forgotten.
If only my dad knew what he was getting into.
There’s a lot of other “firsts” in TV I remember – Buffy, HIMYM, Cosby, A Different World, but those are the ones that stick out in my mind.
Mostly, I just can’t believe I remember Mad About You and Lois and Clark so vividly. That was 1993, dude. 15 years ago. Crazy.
Video of the Day: Classic TV Clip
Well, classic to me. In remembering my first foray into the world of Stars Hollow, I remembered this lovely scene, from “The Incredible Sinking Lorlais.” Imagine a world where I’d never seen this. Unthinkable. Thank god I decided to start watching the show.
Happy Friday, everybody! I don’t know about you all, but I’m ready to call it a day. This is due in part to it being Friday, in part to there being a lull in my work load (but don’t worry, it’ll come around again) and part to my leaving early today for a doctor appointment.
Thus, like Michael Scott, I am managing to spend my day surfing YouTube, looking for my favorite TV themes/opening sequences.
Why you ask? Well, a few weeks ago, I read an article listing the top 10 TV opening credits. Of course, this lead to me reading other critics top themes, which got me thinking, “Well, if they can do it, why can’t I?” After all, there is nothing I love more than a good pop culture list.
So what makes for awesome opening credits? Well, there are three things: 1.) A kick-ass, engaging, catchy and/or heart-wrenching song; 2.) An interesting, or clever, or magical opening sequence; or, if you’re really lucky, 3.) All of the above.
For me, the best ones are those that make me want to watch the show. I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but come on, how can you not watch credits for The West Wing or Friday Night Lights and not want to find out what happens next? (And those are basically based on the theme song alone, not the sequence!)
Unfortunately, opening credits have been getting the shaft lately. Pushing Daisies? None. Lost? None. Heroes? None. The Office? There, but often shortened for time. Desperate Housewives? Used to have a kick ass one, but it disappeared somewhere around the second season.
Therefore, in honor of the dying art form, I present to you my top 10 opening credit sequences.
(Note: This has proved a lot harder than I originally thought. I kept on changing things up whilst writing, but I think my final product is right. (For today, anyway.) That being said, I know I am leaving things out, so let me know what I missed, okay? Chances are: I know, I know, but I only had 10 slots. )
10.) Northern Exposure – Not the most exciting opening credits, but I love it because a.) In six years, it never changed (perhaps reflecting the town?) and b.) There is a moose. It wouldn’t really seem right to have the standard “clips from the show”, would it? Doesn’t fit the tone of this sleepy dramedy.
9.) Mad About You – Short and to the point, this is not the most exciting of opening themes, but it is among the sweetest. The whole sequence lasts about 30 seconds, and shows a series of pictures of Paul and Jamie Buchman roaming around the city. Before you even watch the show, it’s obvious from the pictures that these two are MFEO.
8.) The Drew Carey Show – Back in high school, I watched it, but stopped when I got to college, and, I think…Kate left? Probably to go be awesome on Scrubs? And I think Ryan Stiles did, too, though I could be wrong about that. All I know is that I tuned in one time, and hardly any of the original cast was left, and Drew was living with some farm chick. Despite that, no one can deny its awesome opening sequence back in its early days. No, I’m not talking about Cleveland Rocks. In fact, I distinctly remember being disappointed when they changed it to CR. You know what I’m talking about, right? The one, the only…
I mean, you just can’t beat that. (Also, kudos to a network show for taking a more than 2 minutes for the credits. You wouldn’t get that now.)
7.) Six Feet Under – I debated over putting this in. On the one hand, it’s SO LONG (and doesn’t have fun dancing like Drew Carey). On the other hand…see below. It’s magnificent. I was hooked from the first shot – (Ping!) Peter Krause. (Ping!) Michael C. Hall. This is one of those time where the opening theme makes me want to watch the show.
6.) Angel – Yeah, that’s right. I’m putting Angel and not Buffy on this list. I know, I know, but something had to be bumped, and in the end, Angel’s theme is prettier and more engaging. Plus, Alexis Denisof. Hi, Alexis Denisof! Oddly enough though, this band, Darling Violetta? Sucks, except for this song. Weird, huh? Cause, listen to how pretty:
5.) How I Met Your Mother – Sort of an updated version of Mad About You, huh? Again, short and to the point, with photographs. And the theme is so darn catchy. I love it. Babapapa baba papapapa badadadadadada dada. (Don’t pretend you don’t sing along. You know you do.)
4.) The Wonder Years – I’m going to be honest with you. Spots 4-1? I wanted them all to be number 1, because they’re all amazing. So, you can consider these last 4 a tie. With that out of the way…come on. You’ve got Joe Cocker, you’ve got super 8 film from the ’60s, you’ve got cute little Kevin Arnold waving to the camera. The nostalgia is dripping from your TV screen, at this point. (Also: Why haven’t you come out on DVD yet, show? I know, music rights are expensive, and you don’t want to jeopardize the integrity of the show buy replacing it…I get that…but come ON! Suck it up and pay so I can own one of the best shows in TV history.)
3.) The West Wing – I’ve only seen up to season 3 (no spoilers!), but this, hands down, is one of the most stirring theme songs ever. Like I said up top, with that, plus the flag and the Kennedy-esque pictures, how can you not want to watch the show after the credits roll? (Note to parents: Can we start watching this again, please?)
2.) Friday Night Lights – Theme song by Explosions in the Sky, one of my favorite musical discoveries of 2006, plus blurred images from the show…it’s golden. I tear up watching these credits. While I didn’t hate season 2 at all, unlike a lot of people, I have to say, I prefer the season 1 credits. They’re more magical, somehow. My personal favorite image are: Smash running in slow motion; Coach walking on to the field; Riggins shaking his legs, and everyone tapping the P as they leave the locker room. (BTW, I’m not going to spoil anyone, but I’ve seen the first two episodes of season 3, and…show’s back on track. DAMN, is the show back on track. Watch it when it comes back to NBC, America!)
1.) Dexter – So funny yet creepy. So clever yet…creepy. So ingenious yet, well, creepy. And masterfully shot. Again, with FNL and The West Wing, these credits make me want to watch the show. Who is this guy? Good job, Michael C. Hall – you managed to make it in to the blog twice.
Video of the Day: Classic TV Clip
I know this entire post is all video, but I have to add one more. While looking for credits, I came across this gem — the show was almost on my list. It’s too good not to pass up. I still remember seeing this for the first time, probably not more than 6 or 7, and almost choking on my pizza from laughing so hard. It makes me laugh just as much today.
Retrowatching 