Sunday, September 4, 2005

I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… by Steve Nadis

I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… the Larry David show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, is pretty darn funny. Jeff Garlin, who plays the manager, is note perfect. David, himself, is always amusing and the one guy in Hollywood I have to worry about as my wife likes him too much. (All that money ain’t bad either, she admits.)

I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… the first season of Lost, which I’m now watching in reruns (since I never saw the original as I don’t watch TV), is not half bad. I never would have checked it out were it not for the recommendation of a friend who never watches TV.

I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… James Spader and William Shatner can, at times, be brilliant together in Boston Legal. Who knew that the ertswhile Kirk was a virtual comic genius?

I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… Steve Carrell is hilarious and, on his own, almost makes The Office worth watching. I never saw the original British version, which is supposed to be even better, because (you guessed it) I don’t watch TV.

I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… Puppets Who Kill is supposed to be an offbeat, original comedy. I have this on the highest authority from another friend who never watches TV. But I have yet to see the show for two reasons: One, the name kind of spooks me. (I used to have nightmares about puppets who kill when I was a kid.) Two, I don’t watch TV.

I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… justice was indeed blind when network officials at ABC decided to can the short-lived series, “Blind Justice.” What will become of the German shepherd who showed such promise in his role as Hank? Blind Justice was the only police show I liked last year, as well as the only police show I ever watched, because (as you know) I don’t watch TV.

Posted by Snake at 14:05:19
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8 Responses to “I DON’T WATCH TV BUT… by Steve Nadis”

  1. Lindsey says:
    September 4, 2005 at 1:10 pm

    I hope I’m not belaboring the obvious by saying that for a guy who never watches TV, you sure watch an awful lot of TV. This I believe.

  2. Snake says:
    September 4, 2005 at 1:12 pm

    Sorry if I misrepresented myself. I don’t explain things clearly enough, it seems. I never watch any of these shows. I just have the TV on, from time to time, as I attend to other important chores like reading the paper, washing the dishes, sock sorting, and the like. This I meant to say.

  3. DrMax says:
    September 4, 2005 at 6:57 pm

    And I don’t watch much TV either, but Scrubs on NBC is the best comedy out there. First season now on DVD. So I’m told.

  4. Snake says:
    September 4, 2005 at 9:17 pm

    Thanks Doc for the tip. I’ve heard good things about that show, so it’s good to know about even though I don’t watch TV.

  5. OldRoses says:
    September 5, 2005 at 3:30 am

    You mean there’s something else on besides Law & Order? There are so many versions, that it’s on every night. I dont’ have time to watch anything else.

  6. Snake says:
    September 5, 2005 at 4:38 am

    I never heard of that one. But I heard about the soap opera called "Love and Ardor."

  7. Turd Blossom says:
    September 5, 2005 at 11:58 pm

    Were you awake when you allegedly didn’t watch these television shows?

  8. Snake says:
    September 6, 2005 at 12:44 am

    Sorry, what were you asking? I must have dozed off.

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