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Failure Defines Us – Coco

smikwily — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:43:46 +0000

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us, and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention. – Conan O’Brien

BNL @ Comic-Con singing Big Bang Theory theme w/ Intro by Wil Wheaton!!!

smikwily — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:51:20 +0000

Head Swap – when Late Night segments go very, very wrong…

smikwily — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:18:52 +0000

Rest in Peace, Harvey

smikwily — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:08:43 +0000

Harvey Korman is either one of those people you’ve never heard of or one of those people you won’t soon forget. The work that Tim Conway and Harvey did on the Carol Burnett show is classic television and some of the funniest moments I’ve witnessed when I was younger. There are times when a comedian will make me laugh or catch me off guard, but the Conway/Korman duo would consistantly bring tears to my young eyes with their banter. I consider The Dentist Sketch to be one of my all time favorites and was lucky enough to find a copy of it on YouTube. Watching Conway work is always entertaining, but the sight of Korman attempting to maintain takes it to another level.

At the age of 33, I don’t know that many of my peers even know who Harvey is, but I encourage anyone looking for a nice, solid laugh to go dig up some classic Carol Burnett and take in the work of a great comedic duo. The rest of the cast is far from a slouch, but the duo of Conway/Korman working together almost guaranteed laughs.

Journeyman Axed

smikwily — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:04:09 +0000

Seems that the first casualty of the 2007 smikwily TV viewing selections has been canceled, and to be honest, it was probably my fave. I started watching Journeyman because of the overall theme dealt with time travel, which considering my love of Back to the Future and Quantum Leap, seemed to fit my usual TV profile. It started as a bit gimmicky feeling, but after a few episodes, things started to click. Plot points from previous episodes were referenced in later episodes, the characters seem to start to progress and there was starting to be some discovery as to what exactly was causing the time travel to begin with. The ending of the first show pretty much gave me a solid “whoa” that made me feel that this wasn’t going to be a typical attempt at Time Travel Drama and I was happy to find out that it wasn’t.

So far, this has been the only one canceled that I’ve enjoyed. Life and Chuck have have both been green lit for a full 22 episode season. My 2nd fave newcomer for this season so far would probably be The Big Bang Theory, which took a little while for me to warm up to, but is now a great combo with How I Met Your Mother on Mondays to help get me prepped for heavier fare later in the week.

So long Journeyman. I’ll be waiting for the two part finale in a few weeks and if I’m lucky, nothing else good will come along so I can free myself to watch the other weekly regulars

Technorati Tags: BTTF, Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, Journeyman, Life, Quantum Leap, Monday, The Big Bang Theory, time travel, TV

Deadwood Kaput

smikwily — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:27:47 +0000

Well, seems that we aren’t even going to get a last hurrah out of the Deadwood camp. According to an interview with Ian McShane over Cinematical, “they’re dismantling the ranch and taking the stuff out. That ship is gonna sail. Bonsoir, Deadwood. McShane continues on to say that with the possible pending strikes and his schedule, if it did happen, it would probably be last next year before anything started.

Apparently the former Mr Swearengen feels a little let down as well: “You feel cheated? Imagine how I feel!” he replied. “We all do. We all do. It was one of those one-off jobs that you do which has got an extraordinary creative brain behind it, and it kept getting better, and the actors were great. It was a fabulous place to be and work. It was a workshop cum theater cum film. It was an extraordinary time. But everything has to come to an end, babe.”

Happy trails, Deadwood. Happy trails. The only thing carrying me on pay cable as of late is Dexter. Deadwood, Carnivale, and John from Cincinnati have all set sail as well…

More H Than You Can Handle

smikwily — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:31:37 +0000

I think my wife is finally starting to agree with me – CSI Miami is just about as cheesy as TV comes anymore, and I think they do it on purpose. Then again, Caruso can only dig so deep…

Bringing SexyBack To Scranton

smikwily — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:15:45 +0000

Jack’s Back… Again… and Again… and Again

smikwily — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:47:37 +0000

Guess the continued rumors of this finally being the last season of 24 aren’t true yet again. Then again if you’ve been watching this season, you may be starting to wonder if anyone else is going to make it through this season, let alone three more. This could be the first show I’ve seen that kills (actually kills) the main character off before the show reaches its finale. This could be the push towards the 24 movie that has been murmuring in the background as well.

Only time will tell (insert 24 clock sound here, as I have no idea how to spell it – I would try Dink… Dink… Dink… Dink… but everyone knows that’s from SpaceBalls…)

Technorati Tags: TV, 24, Sutherland, Keifer, CTU, Fox

Over There No More

smikwily — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 22:13:31 +0000

Well crap. Another one of my faves bites the dust. You get to the point where you hate watching new shows because you are worried about them getting canned, but you do it anyhow. Then you pay the price when they can’t pay the bills…