tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post114862530952562831..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Season finale thoughtsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1149274220139884582006-06-02T11:50:00.000-07:002006-06-02T11:50:00.000-07:00Will & grace wasn't funny from the moment it launc...Will & grace wasn't funny from the moment it launched and then proceeded down a path to irrelevance faster than any show in history. They've been stunt casting that show for 3 years now trying to convince the audience of its relevance. <BR/><BR/>That 70's show was very funny when it launched and remained so for 2 solid seasons.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04263138486490360168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148954825519237322006-05-29T19:07:00.000-07:002006-05-29T19:07:00.000-07:00At the beginning of the season I sensed that Despe...At the beginning of the season I sensed that Desperate Housewives had devolved into utter contempt for its main characters, and I couldn't keep watching it. Reading the TWOP recaplets I kept having my decision justified.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351452512636422112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148891377706001102006-05-29T01:29:00.000-07:002006-05-29T01:29:00.000-07:00vp19- LOST spelled in caps is just the way the tit...vp19- LOST spelled in caps is just the way the title is spelled. Like CBS' NUMB3RS- it's just...the way it is.There's a 3 in there for some reason, and playing along is just more fun than fighting it. I can't explain.<BR/><BR/>That 70s Show better than Arrested Development? Posh.Tom Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957278460932227241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148712232155803482006-05-26T23:43:00.000-07:002006-05-26T23:43:00.000-07:00Why do people always capitalize "Lost"? It's not a...Why do people always capitalize "Lost"? It's not an acronym. Can't people think for themselves?VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148684800503047232006-05-26T16:06:00.000-07:002006-05-26T16:06:00.000-07:00"Will & Grace" indeed wasn't SEINFELD or CHEERS, a..."Will & Grace" indeed wasn't SEINFELD or CHEERS, all to the good. I loved Cheers. As a gay man, it represented all the time I've ever spent in a straight bar. SEINFELD bored me then, bores me now, ever shall bore me. But I loved "Will & Grace", the only show on TV about people like the ones I know. I went to some trouble to go to a couple tapings, as far back as season one. Most everyone I know did stop for the W&G finale, the final gasp of NBC's Thursday night Must See TV. I notice that you say nothing about the finale itself, which was pretty damn good (I will always be amused thinking of Leslie Jordan flying away off his breezy balcony.), just about the pormos, which were certainly too much and over the top.<BR/>"That 70s Show" is over? News to me. Drat! I've been meaning for years to watch an episode and see if it was as dreary as it's promos. Too late now. Maybe next life.<BR/>Again, on West wing, you didn't actually say anything about the final episode itself, which was devoid of drama or suspense, things the series as a whole had in spades. Will he sign the pardon or won't he? Oooo, the tension. Like any one thought for a moment he wouldn't. Lots of speechifying and people looking at empty sets, wet-eyed. We kept being cued for big emotions I wasn't feeling. A bore.<BR/>As for no one showing up for McPheeble's support remote, maybe no one liked her screechy, ghastly singing. Should they have rounded up involuntary McPheeble conscripts? If she can't attract any fans, she can't. Gee, maybe that's why she lost. I live in the SF Valley, her "Home Town". In fact, my best friend is a friend of her mother. Must I be her fan because of geographic proximity? Sorry. Maybe when her singing stops making my head throb.<BR/>Not that I was any fan of Taylor's, but of the two, he was BY FAR the better singer. But it should-a been Chris. That man is hot.<BR/>I agree that "Desperate Housewives" had a poor season, but the finale was pertty good. And yes, the LOST finale rocked. And there's nothing to keep EW from speculating on the next season of LOST all summer long, in big, double issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148679009715470442006-05-26T14:30:00.000-07:002006-05-26T14:30:00.000-07:00The CSI comment made me laugh out loud.The CSI comment made me laugh out loud.Adam Fontanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266437311700401403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148666493959007782006-05-26T11:01:00.000-07:002006-05-26T11:01:00.000-07:00I grew up in Wisconsin in the 70s. Let's just say ...I grew up in Wisconsin in the 70s. Let's just say the kids on That 70s Show wouldn't have lasted five minutes in the real thing.<BR/><BR/>I've also boycotted that show ever since Fox plugged it by putting a couple of cast members inside Lambeau Field during a game. Wonder whose tickets they took.Rays profilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375762252351537791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148658386208441932006-05-26T08:46:00.000-07:002006-05-26T08:46:00.000-07:00I've noticed that every show is awesomer if you im...I've noticed that every show is awesomer if you imagine how Jack Bauer would handle the situation. How would Jack deal with Steve Carrel from The Office, for instance? What would Jack do if he suspected one of House's patients of telling the truth? It would be awesome, that's all I know.<BR/><BR/>I also like to imagine him working with Vic Mackie.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148655629982876012006-05-26T08:00:00.000-07:002006-05-26T08:00:00.000-07:00No one ever talks about Two and a Half Men! I kno...No one ever talks about Two and a Half Men! I know it's on opposite 24, but still. It's so damn funny. I spit food when I'm watching it, I laugh out loud on the treadmill and have people at the health club looking at me, etc. Doesn't anyone else watch this gem?Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805340886472955460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148653191760864812006-05-26T07:19:00.000-07:002006-05-26T07:19:00.000-07:00Hmmm. Sorry, I can't agree with you on That 70's S...<I>Hmmm. Sorry, I can't agree with you on That 70's Show. Good riddance. Never a funny moment on that show.</I><BR/><BR/>There were funny moments, and lots of them, but fewer and fewer over the past several years. The show became a bit too long in the tooth, for which you can blame Fox in part for trying to milk every bit out of it. <BR/><BR/>I began following the series in late 1998, after becoming editor of a weekly paper in New Jersey where Laura Prepon, then a newcomer, hailed. (I've interviewed her a few times and know her family -- nice people. Laura has a good comedic sense about her, and I hope she can find a good sitcom vehicle for her. Heck, in these dire days it'd be nice to find a good sitcom vehicle for <I>anybody.</I>) Anyway, it was a charming sitcom -- "Happy Days" for a new generation -- and actors like Prepon, Topher Grace, Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp provided a talented cast. But the increased popularity of Kelso and Fez threw the show a bit off focus towards cheap jokes. That it lasted a few years too long didn't help either; as Melissa Joan Hart would no doubt tell you, it's tough to play a teenager when you're closer to 30 than 20.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148650528681941952006-05-26T06:35:00.000-07:002006-05-26T06:35:00.000-07:00Hmmm. Sorry, I can't agree with you on That 70's S...Hmmm. Sorry, I can't agree with you on That 70's Show. Good riddance. Never a funny moment on that show.<BR/><BR/>As for the According to Jim finale - I'm sorry again to dissapoint you. That show is never going off the air. Further proof that there is no God, or if there was, He's definintely not rooting for the U.S. of A. <BR/><BR/>Gimme Al Jazeera over Jim Belushi any day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148650038702097712006-05-26T06:27:00.000-07:002006-05-26T06:27:00.000-07:00Thank God Sorkin's doing Studio 60. Please let it...Thank God Sorkin's doing Studio 60. Please let it have a longer life than Sports Night. I loved that show.Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148648474785703412006-05-26T06:01:00.000-07:002006-05-26T06:01:00.000-07:00We also have a new season of Entourage and Louis C...We also have a new season of Entourage and Louis C.K.'s new show, Lucky Louie, which I am hugely excited for. <BR/><BR/>You are right on about 24. I think that the James Bond thing extends even further. Television has now come to a point where action movies really don't have much to offer besides bigger name stars. As is evidenced by the fact that every episode of 24 was more engaging than Mission Impossible III.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1148643942685458532006-05-26T04:45:00.000-07:002006-05-26T04:45:00.000-07:00After each 'Housewives' espisode I feel bad about ...After each 'Housewives' espisode I feel bad about the hour I've just wasted. I also feel the loss of a few more brains cells...and I don't have too many more to spare! <BR/><BR/>"Kathryn hails from Southern California where you can’t swing a dead cat and not hit a cast member of ER, but still, she deserved better than fifty kids showing up for what was probably a mandatory assembly in the gym."<BR/><BR/>Funny, funny stuff!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com