What TV Show Should I Rent Next?

[Julie]

I like colonel sanders. is that the same guy?

I think they're distant cousins.

if the tv show comes with a 2-piece meal (dark meat), then i'm all over it.

[nec13]

The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Sadly, like UCB, season three is not available on DVD. Shameful.
But, great music, great guest stars (Iggy Pop, David Johansen, Gordon Gano, Kristen Hersh, LL Cool J, etc.), filmed in NJ.

For a long time, there was a rumor that the guy who played Artie wasn't an actor, but just an eccentric weirdo who wandered onto the set one day doing that persona. Either way, that guy was awesome. Agreed that the music was awesome, most of it from Stephin Merritt's projects.

Don't forget about Polaris, which was basically a reformed version of Miracle Legion.

How could I forget about Polaris? The episode where Little Pete becomes a fan of theirs after watching them play in their garage was what made me into a music fan at a young age.

"Waiting For October" is my favorite song my them.

Yeah, the band that Little Pete formed had both Marshall Crenshaw and Syd Straw.

I really miss that show.

[samir]

watch the thick of it on youtube TODAY.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I just did Lovejoy -> Mad Men -> Berlin Alexanderplatz (which I'm still on).  Only driving me a little crazy.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Mork and Mindy. The main character is really the city of Boulder. The first season, they take on the music store. The second season they take on the deli. And it goes from there.

The writers took a season off to map out how they were going to end it. Good thing they did. It led to a really great finale. I won't say how it ends, but here's a teaser: It involves Jonathan Winters in a Benjamin Button-style twist.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Damn. I killed an otherwise interesting and informative thread with that dumb Mork and Mindy gag. 

[buffcoat]

Damn. I killed an otherwise interesting and informative thread with that dumb Mork and Mindy gag. 

Oh, the threads I've killed.

[Julie]

Damn. I killed an otherwise interesting and informative thread with that dumb Mork and Mindy gag. 

Oh, the threads I've killed.

Come on, "you" don't kill too "many" thre"ads.".

[Wes]

Damn. I killed an otherwise interesting and informative thread with that dumb Mork and Mindy gag. 

Disagree. You killed an otherwise interesting and informative thread with a good Mork and Mindy gag.

I think between that and the Homicide discussion above, we just need a spinoff thread about missed plot/character opportunities for old TV shows, sort of like that "how the movie should have ended" thread that was also on the board somewhere a few months ago. I would start this, but I'm afraid my FOT flopsweat will show after the Video Analysis thread disaster and the Paul Stanley contest fiasco.

[Chris L]

Damn. I killed an otherwise interesting and informative thread with that dumb Mork and Mindy gag. 

Disagree. You killed an otherwise interesting and informative thread with a good Mork and Mindy gag.

I think between that and the Homicide discussion above, we just need a spinoff thread about missed plot/character opportunities for old TV shows, sort of like that "how the movie should have ended" thread that was also on the board somewhere a few months ago. I would start this, but I'm afraid my FOT flopsweat will show after the Video Analysis thread disaster and the Paul Stanley contest fiasco.

I feel bad about not contributing to the Video Analysis thread.   Almost as bad as I feel about the half-finished Movie Game entry I started months ago.

[Gilly]

Everytime this thread pops up the same shows get thrown out. I do agree that those shows are good though and to tell you the truth I don't think I'd have anything to add. But there have to be some hidden gems right? Any mainstream shows that are currently on that are better than the standard fare? I like Big Bang Theory a little bit.

[buffcoat]

Everytime this thread pops up the same shows get thrown out. I do agree that those shows are good though and to tell you the truth I don't think I'd have anything to add. But there have to be some hidden gems right? Any mainstream shows that are currently on that are better than the standard fare? I like Big Bang Theory a little bit.

Go back to England, Gibby.

[hugman]

Everytime this thread pops up the same shows get thrown out. I do agree that those shows are good though and to tell you the truth I don't think I'd have anything to add. But there have to be some hidden gems right? Any mainstream shows that are currently on that are better than the standard fare? I like Big Bang Theory a little bit.

Southland started off with a BANG.  Kind of petered out a little but still better than most stuff out there.

[Martin]

Everytime this thread pops up the same shows get thrown out. I do agree that those shows are good though and to tell you the truth I don't think I'd have anything to add. But there have to be some hidden gems right? Any mainstream shows that are currently on that are better than the standard fare? I like Big Bang Theory a little bit.

Southland started off with a BANG.  Kind of petered out a little but still better than most stuff out there.

I couldn't get over the fact that one of the main dudes is called (no joke) Ben Sherman.

[Sarah]

I watched an episode of a show called Intelligence this weekend.  Pretty good.  It's Canadian, done by the guy who did Da Vinci's Inquest (I didn't know that when I decided to record Intelligence).

Come to think of it, Da Vinci's Inquest is pretty good, too.  I haven't seen the show it evolved into (Da Vinci's City Hall); maybe it's good as well.