Summer Reruns Here We Come
When I was a child, I was absolutely addicted to TV. I can actually remember missing the season finale of Little House on the Prairie when I was 5 because I was playing with talcum powder in the bath (what a mess that was) and being traumatized because I had missed it. There was no DVR back then, no VCR even, and get this? I walked to school. Yep. With my feet and everything.
I was addicted to a few other shows as a kid growing up in southern California, the land of make believe, pure sunshine and like, the Valley. I actually watched Love Boat, and Fantasy Island (if they let me stay up late on a weekend), Dr. Who, Dallas and the Dukes of Hazzard. I've seen every episode of Gilligan's Island, The Munsters and the Addam's Family, and you would be hard-pressed to get me away from the tube when the A-Team came on. I can still play the theme in my head note for note. That scares me. lol I even watched ChiPs...only twenty years later to become one for a few moments.
At some point though I walked away from it all. Maybe because I just got tired of it, or maybe because I didn't own a TV. That lasted about ten years or so. There are shows out there that people watched, loved and watched end that I have never even heard of. Imagine that.
Now with the exception of a few bright shining 60 minute segments, TV is kind of lame. Countless "reality" shows placing really pretty people in completely unrealistic situations to see how they would react in a real world that would likely never exist, and game shows I can't even begin to get excited about, and I like game shows. Bob Barker and I spent many a 10am summer morning together. And I know what a Whammy is. Last night two of three shows I watch regularly ended for the season and I was pretty impressed. House (which I am addicted to and then some) was brilliant and well done, heart-wrenching and yet still fun. I loved every minute of it. Bones, campy but still entertaining to me was also good, and like House, ended in a way I did not expect. Neither left a real cliffhanger (which I freaking loathe) so good for them for actually writing an ending! Both have left the next season open for anything, and I like that.
The other show I like, CSI left us with a horrible cliffhanger and for that, they can get bent. LOL Of course I'll plan to watch when it starts up again after the ridiculously long, hot southern summer but really, was that necessary? I hate waiting. :-D
On a side note, I'd like to say to the American Idol people: Stop it, You're irritating. And just FYI...the promo where you dramatically come on and say "THERE IS ONLY ONE AMERICAN IDOL!"? Well, no actually. You do this EVERY FREAKING SEASON. So there's like, a bunch of those little bastards. I am totally planning on coming to the Reunion show you'll undoubtedly do and yelling NO!!! There can be only one! in my best Highlander fashion and then breaking out my sword. Now that would be damned good television. :-)
