Quicker Monday Notes
Author's note: This article has been updated since it was first posted.
Some more abstract thoughts today.
- For all of you who thought I was a little tough on Brian Baldinger, the color commentator, in yesterday's post, just know that in my head, I wasn't near tough enough. That was restraint you saw. (And I do speak from experience here, because I used to do color commentary for ECAC hockey games in college).
- OK, it was funny when they did it on Entourage because the idea was so lame. But now the WB, yes, the mother network of all failures, is launching Aquaman. Yes, it's real.
- Could not stop laughing while reading this article. I know this is two HBO references in a row, but you have to give credit to Ali G, he's a genius in his own right.
By the way, if you're getting a little antsy for the third season, he's got some clips up on this site doing some commercials for the NBA on TNT. The ones with Steve Nash are particularly funny.
- Lastly, I ran into this running series of articles from Kevin Sites, who has been stationed with troops in Iraq. No matter what your stance on the war, or if you think Sites is pushing some kind of agenda, it should be read. Sites tries to bring in the more human side of it all.
Update below
Sorry, two more TV notes while I'm here:
- Finally caught an epsisode of The Boondocks on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming. Excellent show.
It's from creator Aaron McGruder, who you should know as the man who brought color to the Sunday comics in recent years. McGruder's often incendiary political views mesh well in cartoon form, and (quite obviously) gets a lot more room for creativity and lewdness in his half hour spot. Highly entertaining, and a welcome break from the other stoner culture that appears on that channel (not that I'm saying that's bad, mind you). I hope it catches an audience.
- But as for shows who haven't caught an audience, I'm bidding a fond farewell to Arrested Development, which was inevitably cancelled by the fuck-ups who run the FOX network. Far be it for them to air side splitting and original humor when they're up against such classics as Still Standing and According to Jim. Really, FOX, another job well done. Obviously you learned so much from Family Guy, a quirky show with a niche but salivatingly loyal audience of young professional males. God damn it I hate that network.
Speaking of which, when does the online petition start to get this show picked up on another station?
posted by BJC @ 6:54 PM
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