Enjoying a two-week vacation is hard when all Nick At Nite shows is Roseanne. Little do the fat cats who run third shift television realize that I am unhappy with their reruns lineup.
They don't listen because I have a blog.
If I wanted to buy Girls Gone Wild I would have done so by now. If I wanted to quit my job and sell crappy merchandise from home, I would have done that too. And if I wanted to watch InuYasha, then I'd be pathetic enough to start my own business from home selling gently-used Girls Gone Wild videos.
But all cable channels need to do is show more episodes of the following shows. They're underexposed. They're classics. And I need something to do before I open my presents.
They are, much like my room, not in order.
1. Wings. Once in a while I'll catch an episode at a curious hour on Nick At Nite. But the '90s sitcom about the Nantucket Airport was one of those I grew up on. However, the show is not on DVD and there appear to be no plans for such a product. And surely they would DVD that show before they did it to — say — Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.
While I recall catching reruns of this on USA, a show like that shouldn't be seen only at 3 in the morning once in a while.
It doesn't matter what Thomas Haden Church's next movie is, or how many awards Tony Shalhoub can win as Adrian Monk. For my money, that's Lowell Mather (right) and Antonio Scarpacci.
(And it's just a coincidence that Wings is at No. 1, when that would be my first choice to see on TV more.
2. Ed. Maybe I just know how to pick NBC shows that don't get released on DVD. And it probably won't happen — less so than Wings.
Article comments
1 - Mark Sahm
It must be an acquired taste, Suss... I thought every episode of Simpsons that guest-stared the Critic sucked. But hey, enjoy your vacation, man... after all, there's always passionate original revivalist nudity.
2 - Matthew T. Sussman
The show The Critic had a strikingly different personality than the episodes Jay Sherman appeared on The Simpsons.
I'm enjoying it. Because I know I'm gonna get hit hard next year when I'm in the middle of a slew of West Coast biz trips.
3 - El Bicho
"VH1 can make it a full 24 hours per day without airing anything of worth."
Sounds like a man who missed the glorius human carnage that was "Breaking Bonaduce", but I do agree that most days this statement is correct.
4 - Baronius
Jay Sherman was better on his own than on The Simpsons, but still never really drew me in. Although the movie Mr. Burns made was hilarious. "Boo-urns!" The Critic should have focused more on the movie parody and less on the characters.
Yes to Ed, no to Wings, an emphatic yes to Mystery Science Theater. There were probably enough episodes of MST3K to make a network out of it. (Then again, they could show the same 12 movies every day and I'd tune in.)
I don't know exactly what "teh hawt" means, but I'm pretty sure that I agree.
5 - gonzo marx
MST3K is the winner...hands down, how else woudl we know about such gems as "Manos:the Hands of Fate"
and they say "Plan 9" is the worst movie ever...obviously "they" are merely ignorant of the torture undergone by Tom Servo, Crow and whatever hapless human happens to be captured at the time
the others.../shrugs...nothing there for me in any of them with the exception of a few giggles from the Critic
but nothing i really miss there, and since i don't think i could physically sit and endure an episode of Wings without being strapped into a chair a la Little Alex, with my eyelids held open by mechanical devices....
well...no need for me to be mean spirited
spot on when it comes to how much shit floods the cable...especially in the wee hours of the night, i constantly ask "what the fuck are these idiots thinking? somebody actually had to sign off on this tripe as a "good Idea!!!"
Excelsior!
6 - Matthew T. Sussman
I haven't seen the "Manos" episode yet.
My top five is probably:
1. Cave Dwellers
2. Pod People
3. The Girl in Gold Boots
4. Giant Spider Invasion
5. I Accuse My Parents