Thursday, December 4, 2008

Jumping the shark - if you are able

As any married person will tell you - whatever is on the family DVR is what you will watch, regardless of who taped it. So, it is for this reason that I have been a regular Grey's Anatomy viewer for the past couple of years. The reality is, as medical shows not called Scrubs go, this one has not been bad. Rather enjoyable. At least until now. You see, the writers of Grey's decided to take their show over the shark by trying to develop "Ghost II" as a prime-time special. In case you missed it, the past two episodes have featured Izzie having ghost-gasms with her dead ex. Strange stuff, and definately the end of the show's run as decent television.


In other TV news...Rosie O'Donnell tried to make a come back this week. Luckily, no one watched. For all of the talk of HOPE this year, what has given me hope for our country is that Rosie had gone into extinction for the past year or so. Clearly, I am not a fan of hers. Truthfully, "Beautiful Girls" would probably be ranked as one of my top 3 all time favorite movies, but Rosie shows up midway through that film and screws it up and frankly I have been bitter about that for years. Anyway, since no one watched her show, and she is too fat to actually get off the ramp and over the shark, may I just go ahead and suggest Don Cornelius as a replacement host? Listen, say what you will, but I believe our country is ready for a Soul Train revival. A modern Soul Train would make Dancing With the Stars look like a bunch of white folks in a ballroom (hmmmm). Plus, Cornelius was recently arrested related to domestic violence. While this is not a positive situation for the rest of us, some sort of arrest record is actually a requirement for all modern television stars. Bring back Don already, and let's get that soul train line started.

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