|
|
 |
|
Getting Through : Lighten Up
Favorite TV Shows? Me:Jimmy Kimmel Live | from openmind - Monday, November 24, 2008
accessed 745 times Does anyone else watch Jimmy Kimmel Live? or is it just me who thinks this show is hilarious?
For lack of a better topic, list your favorite TV Shows and let me know what you watch on TV.
Me:
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Heroes
Prison Break
Saturday Night Live (Reruns are still on air where I live)
Who's Line is it Anyway (This one too)
|
|
|
|
|
Reader's comments on this article Add a new comment on this article |  from Fist
Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 21:42
(Agree/Disagree?)
Venture Brothers, Fishing With John, Black Lagoon.
(reply to this comment)
| from holysavage
Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 15:48
(Agree/Disagree?)
CSI, The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy (gotta love Stewie!), CSI NY, Dexter...that's about it
(reply to this comment)
| from Laura
Monday, December 15, 2008 - 21:03
(Agree/Disagree?)
Is no one else here an aficionado of the Showtime series Dexter?
(reply to this comment)
| | | | | | | from solumel
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 21:04
(Agree/Disagree?)
some more:
Twin Peaks
Six Feet Under
Curb Your Enthusiasm
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
(reply to this comment)
| from Phoenixkidd
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 13:48
(Agree/Disagree?)
Funny I don't find Jimmy Kimmel that hillarious of course I have wierd taste, here's mine:
Mad Men
Rome
Dexter
Desperate Housewives
Nip Tuck
Talk Soup
Weeds
Divine Design
The Cobert Report
(reply to this comment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | from celestej
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 03:48
(Agree/Disagree?)
My boyfriend's band played on Jimmey Kimmel last month, that's the only episode of that show I ever watched. I was more excited about that performance than he was.
(reply to this comment)
| | | |  From celestej
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 15:43
(Agree/Disagree?)
Eagles of Death Metal. But it's not death metal, it's rock music, I think their name was meant as some sort of joke. I never heard of them until I started dating this guy but apparantly they have quite a following in the U.S. and Europe, and Japan and Australia. He's touring the U.S. right now and they're going to Europe later this year. He's gone half this year, it sucks for me but I'm proud of him.(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | from cheeks
Monday, December 08, 2008 - 05:54
(Agree/Disagree?)
Fringe is my new favorite. Unit is a close second but I have been watching it for years. CSI Vegas, NCIS, Bones, Grey's Anatomy is ok, the Mentalist, just about any documentary is good for me. I like Jimmy Kimmel somewhat, I worry about uncle Frank. Surely no one can be that dumb. Then again Snoop Dog said Frank was his kind of cop when he found out Uncle Frank had served as a cop for 25 years and only arrested six people. Though I wonder who the idiot was that gave that man a gun when he cannot even make a pot of coffee.
(reply to this comment)
| from vix
Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 23:43
(Agree/Disagree?)
Reaper makes me laugh, so does The Big Bang Theory, and I quite liked the charming whimsey of Pushing Daisies.
Scrubs is great and My name is Earl is usually good for a chuckle.
I had a brief interest in Heroes but that was over before the first season ended.
As for British shows, QI is still my favourite. Buzzcocks, Mock the Week, HIGNFY (to a lesser degree these days) are quite good. Peep Show was funny.
Documentaries on just about any subject.
(reply to this comment)
| | | | | | | From tathata
Friday, December 12, 2008, 01:38
(Agree/Disagree?)
I'm also curious about something. Have you ever read the novel 1984? I never read it from front to back (I skipped through). I've listened to a radio version, and watched a crummy film version of it, but never got to read it completely, so I'm curious, if you have read it, and what's your opinion. And even if you haven't read it, I'm still curious about opinions, you might think not knowing a subject prevents a person from talking about it, but these things float around like 'Big Brother' 'double-speak' etc. these concepts float around. It's not impossible to talk about them.
(If anyone else has some opinions about the book or related things - I'm not a big fan of George Orwell or utopian novels but I would enjoy hearing opinions.)(reply to this comment) |
| | From rainy
Monday, December 15, 2008, 03:30
(Agree/Disagree?)
One of my favourite books in the world. I first read it as a young teenager, and it sowed the first strong seeds of doubt in my mind as even there it was clear that my world strongly resembled George Orwell's dystopia. Read it again at 17, even stronger reaction, and started me on the road out. What a magnificent piece of writing. I think I've read it 3-4 times, but if you put it in front of me now I'd happily pick it up again.(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | From vix
Friday, December 12, 2008, 02:37
(Agree/Disagree?)
I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Quite a dry and pared-down writing style but I really liked that. At the time I engaged with the book mostly from the perspective of belief vs. non-belief because that's where I was at, but of course it relates very well to our background and provides a lot of insight into the psychology of cultism. I found it an excellent springboard to much thought on many issues. I'd say it's worth reading in full.
The book's been discussed in different contexts here on the site but I don't remember where just now and I haven't got the time to search. I believe someone posted an article on it, you might find it in the literature section.
(reply to this comment) |
| | From tathata
Friday, December 12, 2008, 10:08
(Agree/Disagree?)
I remember reading Zarathustra the first time and not being able to continue. I also skipped through as I said, 1984. Comparing it with Brave New World I think 1984 is superior, even though Brave New World is perhaps the more realistic direction of society (if society continues). To be honest I haven't read both books, I skipped through both. I liked 1984 for its greater believability of characters, and Brave New World I liked for its depiction of the Nietzschean 'ultimate man.' By the way if I'm talking nonsense - call me out.
But heres a depiction in 1984 that I love:
"He was back in the Ministry of Love, with everything forgiven,
his soul white as snow. He was in the public dock, confessing everything,
implicating everybody. ... He gazed up at the enormous
face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was
hidden beneath the dark mustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding!
O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breastl Two
gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all
right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had
won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."
(reply to this comment) |
| | from exfamily
Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 08:06
(Agree/Disagree?)
Forgot, I also love Scrubs. IMO the funniest non-TV-show television series around.
(reply to this comment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | from abc.com
Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 02:36
(Agree/Disagree?)
I hate to admit it but, I'm a fan of Desperate Housewives.
My roommates are obsessed with Dr. Who and the word "epic". I tried to watch a few episodes of Who but, never took to it.
(reply to this comment)
| from rainy
Friday, December 05, 2008 - 00:39
(Agree/Disagree?)
Great British shows:
Dr Who
The mighty Boosh
Vicar of Dibley
Favourite American shows:
House
My Name is Earl
Favourite Aussie shows:
All Saints
The Gruen Transfer
Favourite New Zealand show:
Flight of the Concords
Anyone else like these?
(reply to this comment)
| | | | | | | From rainy
Friday, December 05, 2008, 16:44
(Agree/Disagree?)
American TV panders to the idea that EVERY female in EVERY tv show must be highly "do-able". Quite puts me off the shows. All these perfect people with perfect teeth and perfect hair who are just oh-so-clever. I find Dr Who's choice of a non-sexualised woman to be refreshing, realistic, and intelligent. In fact, the last season was the first I really got into.(reply to this comment) |
| | From Fish
Saturday, December 06, 2008, 03:37
(Agree/Disagree?)
To my mind the only decent episode of the last season was the one where he was stuck in that bus with the tourists and an alien. I thought the whole repeating thing was clever. As for that woman, it wasn't her looks that I was disparaging, rather it was the whole "life as a loser is great" crock they were trying to sell, as well as the "being obnoxious means your a powerful woman" nonsense. The also fucked up the coolest character, Capt. Jack, and made him act in an inconsistent and less perverse manner. He was better in season 1.
The best episode since the reinventing of the sires is "Blink." Brilliant idea that. (reply to this comment) |
| | From rainy
Saturday, December 06, 2008, 04:00
(Agree/Disagree?)
Actually, although I appreciate the unusual choice of leading lady, I know where you're coming from as I've been rather annoyed with her at times for cringing and whinging. But then, you have to appreciate the realism of having a person with some annoying traits. It's rare. As far as best episodes, when the whole world was a library inside a computer inside a little girl's brain, that episode spun me out. The little blobs of everyone's fat becoming individual creatures was probably one of the most original concepts.(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | From Ne Oublie
Sunday, December 14, 2008, 07:53
(Agree/Disagree?)
Why has no one mentioned Spooks? BRILLIANT show, although I'm still unhappy that they got rid of Adam in this first episode of this series.
Mad Men is also a great show, along with a few that others have mentioned like House and the CSIs - though I don't get why everyone's so disparaging of Heroes?
If we're going to include older shows, then the Stargates, Buffy, Angel and Chamed would definitely feature on my list.(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | From Fish
Sunday, December 14, 2008, 23:44
(Agree/Disagree?)
I liked Spooks enough, except for its excessive PCness and the usual BBC liberal "multicultural" agenda pushing ("soft fascism" to use their own term), as well as the boring and overly predictable anti American twists they keep reusing. And now suddenly they're anti Russian. What happened to multiculturalism? Perhaps it only applies to those of a different skin tone. Another thing I think they overplayed was the whole "crisis of conscience" thing whenever anyone killed or the tortured someone. Somehow I don't think "spooks" would really care that much. I sure wouldn't. Adams perpetual weeping got on my nerves.
Speaking of Adam, what happened to his inbred looking son and that extremely hot nanny? And another thing, whats up with that freakishly thin blond harpy woman that they keep trying to imply is hot? I mean really, she looks like some kind of crypt creature. I particularly liked the episode where she shagged some stockbroker (who incidentally looked suspiciously like SGA "Gene" of the "Greenfields/Dreamfields" home in Tokyo) to "prove her loyalty" (as if that would work) and then after returning home acts all traumatized and used. I couldn't stop thinking how traumatized the guy must feel after viewing her in the buff. Seriously.
As for the Tudors, I was particularly impressed with Sam Neil's acting in the first season. And if you liked SG1 you should check out Farscape. Its much better, if you can get over the puppets and the general campiness.
As we are discussing BBC shows, I recently finished watching "Life on Mars," and quite liked it, particularly the ending which I thought downright brilliant, and decidedly different from the overall PC tone of the show. (reply to this comment) |
| | From Ne Oublie
Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 16:49
(Agree/Disagree?)
Agree that Spooks has it's share of the standard BBC political bias, but then again that's not altogether dissimilar from the Hollywood political bias. Once that's accepted as a given, the show is more than averagely enjoyable.
As for the touchy-feelies, again all to familiar with the entertainment industry for me to particularly highlight Spooks.
I did see a few episodes of Farscape, but never quite bought into it - "puppets and generall campiness" didn't help - did notice that the lead actor and actress both joined later SG1 seasons.
Somehow, never bought in to Life on Mars - perhaps because I don't particularly care for that era in general, I may prefer somewhat the new one set in the 80's...(reply to this comment) |
| | From Samuel
Friday, December 05, 2008, 19:19
 (Agree/Disagree?)
I don't think it's just women, Rainy. They cast these shows to appeal to both sexes, don't they? Of coruse they're going to choose someone who looks good on television even before they start piling on the make-up. You don't consider nay of the guys on television to be "do-able" as you put it? I admit, everything seems just about perfect in Hollywood, a person says something a little out of line and the other party is able to come up with it a witty response right away. Things are said on television that you would never say to someone's face. Unrealistic is more like it. By the way, some people do consider smart women to be sexy. I think the reason they are underrepresented is because some guys are intimidated by smart women. I know plenty of women who are smart and intelligent (and beautiful), but you never see women like that on TV so there is an obvious discrepancy there. If they cast too many characters like that, they start to lose male viewers. I think that using non-sexulaised women who are intelligent is probably a very risky move on the part of the directors. So was the Civil Rights Movement, the Gay Rights Movement, the Feminist Movement, the American Revolution, and just about everything else that was ever worth anything. Someone had to stand up and challenge the status quo.
As for Dr. Who, I have never seen that show so I don't know what it's like. Is it anything like House? I wonder what one would find if they started reading through the credits at the end of Dr. Who, perhaps they'd find some Progressive thinking Directors or staff?(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | From Samuel
Saturday, December 06, 2008, 09:39
  (Agree/Disagree?)
Yes, I understood what you said. But you are talking about more progressive shows, like the ones frag mentioned. In other areas, such as sit coms, the News, soap operas, and movies it is often difficult to find women who are portrayed as both sexy and smart. Of course for court drama shows, they are going to portray their characters, whether male or female, as smart because no one is going to buy the story otherwise. And if there is a woman who is smart that is specifically brought out and they are applauded for it (kind of like your aversion to the use of the term "baccelature" for a 4-year degree earned by a woman), as if we shouldn't expect a woman to be smart and they overcame some major obstacle. I think the only obstacles they have to overcome are placed there by society, not by their gender. Does that make sense?
And yes, unrealistic perfectionism does dominate American TV.(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | From Samuel
Saturday, December 06, 2008, 17:39
(Agree/Disagree?)
*bachelorette. I don't know why it came out that way.
But it does make sense, rainy. I can give you a list, much longer than frag's of movies and shows where at least one woman plays a dumb character or a woman who just got by as some sort of fluke.
Shows:
Reba
According to Jim
Scrubs
Two and a Half Men
My Name is Earl
Sports Night
Big Brother (just about every year they had a ditsy woman there that had no clue what they were doing. Where do they find these people? Not in my neck on the woods.)
The Amazing Race (but at least on this show they are actually given a chance to prove that they are capable of much more than they are given credit for).
Desperate Housewives (which also portrays women as immoral and slutty No, I'm not making a judgment call about adultery- a woman can do whatever she wants- just don't go breaking the law by sleeping with a minor yard worker, or taking a bath with a little boy)
The Man Show
Married- With Children
California Dreams
Movies:
The Wedding Singer
Legally Blonde
The Beverly Hills Wilderness Girls (or something like that)
Not Another Teen Movie
Clueless
Super Troopers
Sweet Home Alabama
The difference is that we watch different kinds of shows, rainy. That's all. I see the stereotypes more often than you do.
(reply to this comment) |
| | From rainy
Sunday, December 07, 2008, 04:31
(Agree/Disagree?)
You just don't understand what you watch. My Name is Earl is very respectful of a woman that any other show would absolutely trash. In spite of Joy epitomising everything our society dictates makes a woman worthless, we love her. She is strong and sassy and smart in spite of being uneducated, vulgar, amoral, and unfaithful. That show demolishes racism, classism, intellectual elitism, and sexism and keeps you laughing while it does it. It also contains a wonderful portrayal of a successful deaf woman lawyer: another often-implicit prejudice tackled. Best of all, it regularly has me on the floor wiping away tears of laughter.(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | | | | | | | from scorpion
Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 10:20
(Agree/Disagree?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPUE9xpxjcc this is the sizzle fo my nizzle
(reply to this comment)
| from placebo
Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 07:11
(Agree/Disagree?)
since Curb your Enthuiasm and Arrested Development have ended, the best comedy has to be : How I Met Your Mother. The IT crowd isn't bad either.
(reply to this comment)
| from Fish
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 18:15
(Agree/Disagree?)
Apparently what your handle "openmind" means is "misplaced brain." Prison Break, seriously? I mean Heros is bad enough, but Prison Break? The target audience of that show are prepubescent gangster wannabe white boys. My little brother watches it just to be ironic, and possibly to annoy me.
As for the person who likes Rome, while not as insultingly stupid and low brow as Prison Break, Rome does considerable violence to history. Not only is it gratuitously inaccurate, but it does so in an obnoxiously anachronistic way. The writers seem to have the idea that modern attitudes and perspectives are the only "real" ones, and that even in ancient times people "in the know" acted just like moderns would. This is both stupid and manifestly wrong.
If you want a good show about Rome try BBC's "I Claudius." Excellent.
I suppose since I knocked other peoples shows I ought to post a few I like (or liked).
Twin Peaks, X Files, BSG (though I didn't particularly enjoy the latest season) season 1 of Torchwood (some of the best lines ever), Dexter, and Babylon 5, to name a few. I also like a lot of BBC miniseries or short shows. I generally prefer BBC to American TV networks. I recently watched BBC's "State of Play" which wasn't bad.
(reply to this comment)
| From openmind
Thursday, December 04, 2008, 00:28
(Agree/Disagree?)
dude, keep an open mind (no pun intended).
the interesting thing about this topic is that it shows how very different we all are and i appreciate that.
dunno about everyone else, but i watch TV mainly for light entertainment and most of those shows are on air during hours when i'm not working anyway.
i've never watched "Rome" but if i wanted to see a good history account, i'd flip on the history channel (which not too long ago had a fantastic series called "The Rise of Great Powers" - an excellent production actually made by the Chinese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Great_Powers)
i also agree with you that BBC has fantastic shows... one of my all time favorites is called "Hustle" --- simply brilliant!
Interesting to see that the target audience of Prison are prepubescent gangster wannabe white boys. This probably applies to within the USA. but in Asia, its very popular among working class yuppies.
Do any of you get the following shows and what do you think about them?
... in random order...
- The Simpsons
- America's Got Talent
- The Weakest Link
- Top Gear
- Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader?
- Moment of Truth
- The Apprentice (u guys r probably gonna bash me for mentioning this one but it's somewhat entertaining)
- Seinfeld (v. old but reruns still shown here and i find them pretty funny)
(reply to this comment) |
| | | | | from exfamily
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 14:30
(Agree/Disagree?)
The best series I've seen is an HBO/BBC production called Rome. Absolutely brilliant. As for a TV show, my favourite is Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
(reply to this comment)
| | | | | | | | | | from abc_channel
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 11:52
(Agree/Disagree?)
"Lost." Can't wait for the new season.
(reply to this comment)
| | | | | | |
|
|
|
|
]
[About the Trailer Park] [Who Links Here]