Television

Television

When people ask me what I watch, I keep it simple. I tell them “cartoons and documentaries.” I guess about 10 years ago, I made a number of guidelines:

1. Never watch shows about Doctors.

2. Never watch shows about Lawyers.

3. Never watch shows about Cops.

4. Never watch anything set or about New Yorkers – I just can't understand or empathize (care) about them or what happens to them.

I am slightly a hypocrite, as we all are, and I have broken my rules at times. I got hooked on Mystery (PBS) back when I was in High School and got to watching Prime Suspect, and Waking the Dead[1]. Hypocrite – how can I live with myself?

My favorite PBS show for the past 30 years has been Nova. Always had fun talking to the professionals{about the shows that dealt with their specialties[2].

I guess my favorite cartoon now is “The Venture Brothers.” It kind of like what would happen if Jonny Quest grew up, Dr. Quest died, and he tries to run (incompetently), the shadow of Quest Industies. Odd, funny, and well written. They draw everything and have the blur the “naughty bits.”

“Cartoons and documentaries” is a bit simplistic, I also watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Humor and satire and puns – never take the gourd's name in vain, a huge CR pun, that had me rolling last week, if you saw it.

I also, due to my T-12 watched the entire run of “Lost” and “Weeds.” I had already watched season one of AMC's “Breaking Bad.” And no, I am not crashing on a weird island, or going into drug production or distribution.

[1] When I had my T-12 compression fracture, I got the full run of WtD and watched them. Evening snuggles with the wife watching them on the computer.

[2] The Scablands and the collapse of Lake Missoula is one I enjoyed talking with the geologists about.