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OT Poll - Favorite TV Show
twistedude:
I dearly loved "6 Feet Under,"--but how can you really miss it, when it is..really... over?
I watched the last show dutifully 4 or 5 times, to get everyone's vital statistics, --and then discovered they were right on the internet!
I liked that David took another partner, after Keith was shot--but did NOT marry him...(I also liked that David and Keith got married to begin with--so probably, someday, in California, it will be legal).
Yeah, Nate...I know all the others are gone, but I still miss Nate...
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: julie01 on April 13, 2006, 02:45:37 pm ---I dearly loved "6 Feet Under,"--but how can you really miss it, when it is..really... over?
I watched the last show dutifully 4 or 5 times, to get everyone's vital statistics, --and then discovered they were right on the internet!
I liked that David took another partner, after Keith was shot--but did NOT marry him...(I also liked that David and Keith got married to begin with--so probably, someday, in California, it will be legal).
Yeah, Nate...I know all the others are gone, but I still miss Nate...
--- End quote ---
I know what you mean, Julie. I guess what I should say is that I miss that level of quality drama on TV. I try to watch network dramas, and they irk the crap outta me because they pander so much to the idiot masses. Same formula all the time. It gets tiresome. Even Lost lately is irritating me because I feel it patronizing me a bit. I do not like to be manipulated by my entertainment - that's why I *cannot* abide "reality" shows - it's all about the bait and switch. Erg.
David came to be my favorite character on Six Feet Under. With Claire a close second. I think they evolved as human beings the most over the course of the series. Nate never really changed a bit, nor did Ruth. While I often loved Nate for being the Voice of Reason, I often was irritated with him for being so foolish when it came to his own life.
Oh, my God. I'm talking about these characters as if they are real people! Who'd a' thunk it? :D
littledarlin:
out of this list, project runway and lost. but the best tv show of all-time is the simpsons. i will not accept dissenting opinions on this matter :P
i also love six feet under, strangers with candy, french & saunders, absolutely fabulous, wondershowzen, the oblongs, futurama, living single, and sex and the city.
and even though i just listed 39024893284 shows, i'm actually not a big fan of television.
twistedude:
littledarlin: I haded a postcard with your tagline on it to my son, a movie critic, with two questions:
1) WHAT is THIS?
2) WHAT DOES IT--MEAN?
He couldn't guess either thing, but when i translated it, he said, Oh yeah, I remember that line...
I showed him the Oscar promo book., with a line of his criticism in it, and he was most interested in reading the things the othert critics said, not the glorious pictures...he went to as lot of festivals, but had never heard of the BAFTAs (at least by name)...the March 10 Variety elicited "They don't mention the Oscars at all." (as if it had been an intentional, well-earned snub)I said "Only things where it won "Best Picture, and things where there was no
best picttuire, like Director's Guild...he called it "The best picture of the year"..but give the guy a break, he only saw it three times, two of them before any of us did.
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Ellemeno:
I voted for The Daily Show and HGTV. I haven't seen any of the others, except for South Park (which mostly I find - surprise! - offensive, but did love the "Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet" one).
All time favorites? I watched a lot of TV as a kid, not so much since. We've had a TiVo now for about a month, and there's still not much I can find to watch. Just as well. So I guess I'd say -
I Love Lucy (my hero!)
early SNL
Northern Exposure
Sports Night
King of the Hill
The Simpsons
Um, just for fun and a stroll down my memory lane, I'm going to the internet to find a list of TV shows to peek through. Okay, found a big list at jumptheshark.com. Here's some I loved at various eras, in alpha order:
The Andy Griffith Show
Cagney and Lacey
The Carol Burnett Show
Coach
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Daria
Davey and Goliath
Designing Women
The Dick van Dyke Show
Family Affair
Get Smart
Hawaii Five-O
Inside the Actors Studio
The Jetsons
L.A. Law
The Larry Sanders Show
Living Single
Lonesome Dove
Lou Grant
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Murphy Brown
Reading Rainbow
Roseanne
Sex and the City
The Simpsons
thirtysomething
TV Nation
Wishbone
My favorite is that "Daria" and "Davey and Goliath" are next to each other on the list.
Clarissa
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