The Arbitrary ChuckJerry

I watch a lot of TV. I think that's an understatement. I watch a lo-o-o-o-t of TV. Most people I know nowadays say, "Dude, I don't even watch TV any more." Assuming they are not liars, I wonder what those people do with their time. I mean, well, you know what I mean.

Anyhow, my favorite shows are Scrubs, The Office (amazingly two NBC comedies), Project Runway, 24, How I Met Your Mother, and Entourage. And even though I could live without them (and I'm not always supposed to like them) I watch Lost, House, ER, Grey's Anatomy (3 doctor shows in a row, and Scrubs to boot), Numb3rs (why a 3 intead of an e? I don't know.), The Soup, Amazing Race, and probably some others every week. At this point I'm getting kindof bored with Lost and also Grey's Anatomy, but I'll probably keep watching anyway for lack of anything better.

My new favorite day of the week, though, is Monday. It starts with How I Met Your Mother at 8 and is followed by The Class after that. The Class is interesting for now, but I see it going downhill soon. Once basketball season starts that one may be out of there. The two new NBC shows, though, are really what's making me enjoy the night. Heroes is on at 9pm and is followed by Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip at 10pm.

I watched Heroes at first because it looked interesting. The first couple episodes were ok and the cheerleader thing freaked me out. I mean, how often do high school girls get severely maimed, and why does it keep happening to her? Her superpower is basically that she's Wolverine, if you've not been watching. She heals right away when she's injured. Anyway, the last two episodes have been really good. I didn't really expect them to be. So I'm digging that now.

Studio 60 might be my new favorite show. I really, really enjoy it. It's written so differently than any other TV show that it's astounding. Every scene takes its time and really relishes the conversation between the characters. They'll pull shit from other scenes with different characters that end up being relevant to someone else, so it pays off if you pay attention. I just really enjoy it. The show is created and written by Aaron Sorkin, who created and wrote The West Wing. I've never seen an episode of West Wing, but I know that people really like it and it was really well received and if it's written the same way as Studio 60 is, then I'll have to check out the DVDs if there are any. I just really like this show. I kindof rambled a lot. My point when I started writing this was just to say that I am already a big fan of Studio 60 and I hope everyone is watching it so it stays on the air.

On a related note, the Tina Fey show, 30 Rock, is pretty lame. I say a related note because both Studio 60 and 30 Rock are about writing and producing a sketch comedy show like Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock is just witless most of the time. Way over the top as if it were Arrested Development done poorly.

This is so last week, I know, but I just have one comment about Mark Foley. His "admitting" that he was molested by a priest is, in my opinion, a huge smokescreen to hide the fact that he's a gay dude. This admission is a calculated move so that the religious right can still say that being gay is caused by something in life rather than just a genetic coincidence and that this is what did it for Mark Foley. This is all just (extremely wild and baseless) speculation, but what seems a far more likely scenario is that given he was gay, and given priests proclivity to be gay, he engaged in a cosensual affair with a priest in his teenage years and, while certainly still inappropriate from the priests standpoint, was molested only in a statutory sense.

While I'm confident in the first part of my statement, as I say the second part is only (wild and baseless) speculation, but if I were a betting man I would put my money on the truth being closer to my statement than whatever Foley is going to claim actually happened.

First of all, the Mets are all of a sudden the favorites to win the World Series and all we can talk about is how the Yankees didn't win. It's been three days now and we have yet to mention the Mets upcoming series with the Cardinals. All we can talk about is whether or not Joe Torre is coming back, whether or not A-Rod is coming back, and all of this other nonsense.

I can understand those who say that the Yankees quit on Torre and it's just time for him to go after 11 seasons. I don't agree with that, but let's assume that the Yankees are going to fire Torre. The best move the Yankees could make if they were to fire Joe would be to hire another Joe, namely Joe Girardi, as their new manager. Of course there is no way in hell that would happen, but that's what they should do.

Second, let's stop about the A-Rod thing. He didn't win or lose this series on his own and the Yankees shouldn't try to get rid of him. He needs to come back. We need to get off his back and let him play.

Can we stop talking about the Yankees now?

Best t-shirt ever.


And another just to keep up that gangsta image.