Archive for May 6, 2004
The End of Something…
Stealing the title of a Hemingway short story…
Well that was actually nice. No big surprises. A few laughs. Nothing too profound. Just nice. I think it is important to leave a good feeling in the minds of fans. That is something that Cheers did. Something that Seinfeld failed to do. Just leave everyone with a nice, warm feeling that even though the show will not be coming on anymore, somewhere these characters’ lives go on, just as they always have. Why is it so important to 50 million people that Ross and Rachel be together? I do not know. It just is. And that is OK. There is nothing wrong with giving people a good feeling, even if it comes from something that in the big scheme of things, isn’t all that important. Right?
It was pretty sentimental, I guess. Maybe that is why Seinfeld ended like it did. There was never a single, serious, make you say “awww” moment in the entire series. So it made no since to change that for the finale. They kept showing the promos for the Frasier finale next week. Like I said in the earlier post, this feels like more than the end of Friends and Frasier. It feels like the end of something more. I guess when a show is popular for several years, it becomes a small part of people’s lives. Eh, I hate change. Why can’t things stay the way they are for very long? “Sometimes I wish change would just leave well enough alone…”
Now, I guess I am going to watch Leno to top off this night of Friends. Let me get this straight, Leno is filmed in the afternoon, so really, this is filmed before the finale aired right? Hmm. The Black Eyed Peas are performing on here. Shouldn’t it be The Rembrandts? I think that would be better. Definitely a little sad to see the friends go.
I’ll leave you with a funny from the highlights tonight, when Rachel was telling Ross she was pregnant:
Rach: “Condoms only work like 97% of the time.”
Ross: “What?! Well they should put that on the box.”
Rach: “They do.”
Ross: “No, they don’t!!” (gets up and goes to get a box) “Well they should put it in huge black letters!” ROFL
“So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your job’s a joke. You’re broke. Your lovelife’s DOA. Feels like you’re always stuck in second gear. When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year. I’ll be there for you…”
The End of Something…
Stealing the title of a Hemingway short story…
Well that was actually nice. No big surprises. A few laughs. Nothing too profound. Just nice. I think it is important to leave a good feeling in the minds of fans. That is something that Cheers did. Something that Seinfeld failed to do. Just leave everyone with a nice, warm feeling that even though the show will not be coming on anymore, somewhere these characters’ lives go on, just as they always have. Why is it so important to 50 million people that Ross and Rachel be together? I do not know. It just is. And that is OK. There is nothing wrong with giving people a good feeling, even if it comes from something that in the big scheme of things, isn’t all that important. Right?
It was pretty sentimental, I guess. Maybe that is why Seinfeld ended like it did. There was never a single, serious, make you say “awww” moment in the entire series. So it made no since to change that for the finale. They kept showing the promos for the Frasier finale next week. Like I said in the earlier post, this feels like more than the end of Friends and Frasier. It feels like the end of something more. I guess when a show is popular for several years, it becomes a small part of people’s lives. Eh, I hate change. Why can’t things stay the way they are for very long? “Sometimes I wish change would just leave well enough alone…”
Now, I guess I am going to watch Leno to top off this night of Friends. Let me get this straight, Leno is filmed in the afternoon, so really, this is filmed before the finale aired right? Hmm. The Black Eyed Peas are performing on here. Shouldn’t it be The Rembrandts? I think that would be better. Definitely a little sad to see the friends go.
I’ll leave you with a funny from the highlights tonight, when Rachel was telling Ross she was pregnant:
Rach: “Condoms only work like 97% of the time.”
Ross: “What?! Well they should put that on the box.”
Rach: “They do.”
Ross: “No, they don’t!!” (gets up and goes to get a box) “Well they should put it in huge black letters!” ROFL
“So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your job’s a joke. You’re broke. Your lovelife’s DOA. Feels like you’re always stuck in second gear. When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year. I’ll be there for you…”
Year 2, Day 2 of the Great Blogging Experiment
If you have a strange affinity for O’Henry candy bars, this blog’s for you…
Gas prices at the Shell station I go to over the past week:
Friday – $1.73
Monday – $1.75
Wednesday – $1.79
Today – $1.85
These are some good times we’re living in, my friends. Or something. What’s the nicest thing you can give Mom for Mother’s Day? How about a full tank of unleaded? It’s probably the most expensive gift she’ll get anyway.
Wow, ESPN2 pulled a quick one on me last night. I was blindsided. They put the billiards tournament we went to on TV last night, unexpectedly. It was like I was in the public shower, leaned over to pick up the soap, and BAM, the Deuce snuck up behind me. (OK, so it’s not really like that at all.) Anyway, I can tell you now where to look if you want to catch a glimpse of the Nibbler. When the camera is at the foot of the table, looking towards the head of the table, I am to the right, just above the word “Sams” in the Sams Town logo on the arena. I am wearing a black shirt, and in the second row. If you know your players, you can look between Eva Laurence and the guy in the black sitting next to her, and I am behind and right between them. lol There is a quick pan shot of the crowd after Allison makes a combination shot to go up 3 games to 1, and I am standing up clapping right before the camera cuts away. I assume the matches will still be on Saturday, at Noon, 1 PM, and 2 PM.
Guess I will watch the Friends finale tonight, even though I have only probably watched 3 or 4 new episodes over the past two years. Much like that pesky friend who won’t ever leave your house, it has probably stayed around too long. But really, this is sort of the end of Must See TV as we know it. I mean, think about the Thursday night shows over the past 20 years… Cosby, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends. Now what? Is this the death of the sitcom? Friends is not my favorite show by any means, but it’s sort of sad because it kinda signals the end of an era, I think.
Maybe I’ll try to start that Top 20 Seinfeld episodes countdown this weekend. Don’t hold me to it, though ;-) You know, I didn’t get as many hits from Entifadah Qanbar as you would think.
Daily funny:
“You should start your own fanclub.”
“Uh, I think someone has to start one for you. That’s kinda like giving yourself a nickname. And I would never do that.”
“You know I’d fight for you, but how can I fight someone who isn’t even there? I’ve had the rest of you, now I want the best of you. I don’t care if it’s not fair. Cos I want it all, or nothing at all…”
Year 2, Day 2 of the Great Blogging Experiment
If you have a strange affinity for O’Henry candy bars, this blog’s for you…
Gas prices at the Shell station I go to over the past week:
Friday – $1.73
Monday – $1.75
Wednesday – $1.79
Today – $1.85
These are some good times we’re living in, my friends. Or something. What’s the nicest thing you can give Mom for Mother’s Day? How about a full tank of unleaded? It’s probably the most expensive gift she’ll get anyway.
Wow, ESPN2 pulled a quick one on me last night. I was blindsided. They put the billiards tournament we went to on TV last night, unexpectedly. It was like I was in the public shower, leaned over to pick up the soap, and BAM, the Deuce snuck up behind me. (OK, so it’s not really like that at all.) Anyway, I can tell you now where to look if you want to catch a glimpse of the Nibbler. When the camera is at the foot of the table, looking towards the head of the table, I am to the right, just above the word “Sams” in the Sams Town logo on the arena. I am wearing a black shirt, and in the second row. If you know your players, you can look between Eva Laurence and the guy in the black sitting next to her, and I am behind and right between them. lol There is a quick pan shot of the crowd after Allison makes a combination shot to go up 3 games to 1, and I am standing up clapping right before the camera cuts away. I assume the matches will still be on Saturday, at Noon, 1 PM, and 2 PM.
Guess I will watch the Friends finale tonight, even though I have only probably watched 3 or 4 new episodes over the past two years. Much like that pesky friend who won’t ever leave your house, it has probably stayed around too long. But really, this is sort of the end of Must See TV as we know it. I mean, think about the Thursday night shows over the past 20 years… Cosby, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends. Now what? Is this the death of the sitcom? Friends is not my favorite show by any means, but it’s sort of sad because it kinda signals the end of an era, I think.
Maybe I’ll try to start that Top 20 Seinfeld episodes countdown this weekend. Don’t hold me to it, though ;-) You know, I didn’t get as many hits from Entifadah Qanbar as you would think.
Daily funny:
“You should start your own fanclub.”
“Uh, I think someone has to start one for you. That’s kinda like giving yourself a nickname. And I would never do that.”
“You know I’d fight for you, but how can I fight someone who isn’t even there? I’ve had the rest of you, now I want the best of you. I don’t care if it’s not fair. Cos I want it all, or nothing at all…”
You are sooooooo good lookin’…
24% of Americans typically sneeze twice in a row. That’s me! I’m a double sneezer. Do you sneeze once, twice, or three or more times?
“Unless, she’s one of these multiple sneezers and he’s holding his ‘God bless you’ in abeyance until she completes the series.”
“Well I don’t think she is a multiple sneezer, because she sneezed again later and it was also a single.”
“You know, if you want to make a person feel better after they sneeze, you shouldn’t say ‘God bless you.’ You should say, ‘You’re sooo good lookin’.”
(However, sometimes if you say this to a girl who is not a big Seinfeld fan, instead of it being funny, it just sounds odd.)
“This country needs more people like you.”
“Don’t sell yourself short, saying ‘God bless you’ to every Tom, Dick, and Harry at great personal risk.”
“I believe strongly in that, as you know.”
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
“He’s quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke, but there’s someplace that he’d rather be. He says, Bill I believe this is killing me, as a smile ran away from his face. Well I’m sure that I could be a movie star, if I could get out of this place…”
You are sooooooo good lookin’…
24% of Americans typically sneeze twice in a row. That’s me! I’m a double sneezer. Do you sneeze once, twice, or three or more times?
“Unless, she’s one of these multiple sneezers and he’s holding his ‘God bless you’ in abeyance until she completes the series.”
“Well I don’t think she is a multiple sneezer, because she sneezed again later and it was also a single.”
“You know, if you want to make a person feel better after they sneeze, you shouldn’t say ‘God bless you.’ You should say, ‘You’re sooo good lookin’.”
(However, sometimes if you say this to a girl who is not a big Seinfeld fan, instead of it being funny, it just sounds odd.)
“This country needs more people like you.”
“Don’t sell yourself short, saying ‘God bless you’ to every Tom, Dick, and Harry at great personal risk.”
“I believe strongly in that, as you know.”
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
“He’s quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke, but there’s someplace that he’d rather be. He says, Bill I believe this is killing me, as a smile ran away from his face. Well I’m sure that I could be a movie star, if I could get out of this place…”
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