Dreams of a TV Addict

As extremely pathetic TV-junkies, my sister and I were having a conversation at lunch about how we really wished that TV programs would develop a kind of iTunes strategy – where you could download just specific episodes of a show. I don’t usually want an entire season or seasons of a program – but there are certain episodes I could watch again and again. So, we got to making our wish lists. Here are ten I’d buy (sadly, among many others)….what are yours?

Comedy

(1) Turkey drop – WKRP in Cincinnati (Turkeys Away, 1978)

(2) Laura reveals that Rob’s boss wears a toupee – The Dick Van Dyke Show (I’d Rather Be Bald than have No Head at All, 1964)

(3) Rhoda and Mary go to a party at Mary’s college-aged boyfriend’s house – The Mary Tyler
Moore Show (Angels in the Snow, 1973)

(4) The dad teaches Malcom how to roller skate – Malcom in the Middle (Rollerskates, 2000)

(5) The muffin-top episode – Seinfeld (The Muffin Tops, 1997)

(6) The kids open a bed & breakfast – Family Ties (4 Rms Ocn Vu, 1984)

(7) Gob gets himself put in prison to perform a magic trick – Arrested Development (Key Decisions, 2003)

(8) Frasier challenges his friends/family to do something daring/spontaneous – Frasier (Look Before You Leap, 1996)

(9) Larry and Balki take karate lessons – Perfect Strangers (The Karate Kids, 1987)

(10)Dana gets inside information on the sale of the network – Sports Night (La Forza Del Destino, 2000)

Drama

(1) A mysterious woman from his past returns – Due South (Victoria’s Secret, 1998)

(2) The final episode – La Femme Nikita (A Time for Every Purpose, 2001)

(3) The X-files gets serious and the mythology really kicks in for the first time – The X-files (The Erlenmeyer Flask, 1994)

(4) Michael gets a job at DAA/Michael quits his job at DAA -- thirtysomething (Michael Writes a Story, 1989)

(5) The final episode, season two – Veronica Mars (Not Pictured, 2006)

(6) The Christmas episode – China Beach (X-Mas Chn Bch VN ’67, 1988)

(7) Hour 24, season one, you watch the usual conventions of the hour long drama disappear – 24 (11:00 pm – 12:00 am, 2001)

(8) The first episode, a major WHOA – Heroes (Chapter 1 “Genesis”, 2006)

(9) A flash-forward into the life of Becca (and Jesse) -- Life Goes On (Bec to the Future, 1992)

(10) Dozens of Chinese stow-aways are found in a shipping container in L.A. -- The West Wing (Shibboleth, 2000)

(11) Sydney Bristow is at her spy-girl best when she wonders if she’s found her supposed-dead mother – Alias (Almost Thirty Years, 2001)

(12) We learn what the whole St. Elsewhere story really was, and wow, what a shocker -- St. Elsewhere (The Last One, 1988)

It's Been Awhile, But I'm Back...Again!

Things I Learned This Week-End:

1. If you take a paddleboat out on Kimball Lake with your niece and sister-in-law, you might as well go ahead and also take the tunnel over to the other lake and hang out over there too. Because there's nothing that makes you feel more like a kid again than knowing you're out of the "moms'" binocular range -- freedom!!

2. If you've got a choice between mashed potatoes and cheesy potatoes...go ahead and take some of both.

3. Langston hate, hate, hates the water but has no problem balancing precariously on the edge of the dock.

4. If a 1/2 full baby bottle has accidentally been left outside for a week it's best to just throw the whole thing away.

5. The homemade kettle chips at the Claddaugh Pub are really, really good. But do yourself a favor and stop there. Because if you later get a scoop of ice cream at Baskin-Robins, it will put you over the top and your stomach will hurt.

6. If the Cubs get an eight run lead they will probably win the game.

7. I could probably buy at least one thing from every aisle at JoAnn's Etc.

8. Sometimes Violet is crabby just because she wants to be rocked.

9. When I'm power-hosing off the plastic outdoor toys, Langston likes to have his feet sprayed...Violet kind of doesn't.

10. If there are no other toys for Violet to play with, she will make do with a blue plastic lid.