Some Do, Some Don't

Aside from making me stay up much too late much too often engaging in binge-watching sessions, Netflix has done something good. Wait, binge-watching isn't good? Apparently I need to address binge-watching in another post. Today we are comparing sitcoms of the past. Upon rediscovering them on Netflix, I was surprised to find that some of them just didn't hold my attention, or even downright annoyed me. The following four were dropped from my Instant Cue almost instantly. Don't get me started on how it is merely My List now.

* Wings
* The Dick Van Dyke Show
* Soap
* The Addams Family

Others withstood the test of time, even though decades have passed since their original airing. 

* Cheers
* Friends
* 3rd Rock From the Sun
* Frasier

I have just sped through the first season of 3rd Rock. I had forgotten how hilarious it is! A spin on the classic fish out of water premise, the writing is sharp and and the cast is more than capable of delivering the fast-paced dialog. John Lithgow is an amazing, rubber-faced comic actor. And how adorable is Joseph Gordon-Levitt? The squinty-eyed French Stewart raises the idiot savant to new levels and Kristen Johnston is so damn funny in her delight/revulsion at being trapped in a female body. The roles are all physically demanding in a way that demonstrates how odd they feel as aliens in human form. I'm almost sad there are only 139 episodes. 

Funniest Line in This Movie So Far

(deep sigh) I think you're constipated. In your fucking soul. I think you might have a really big load of grumpy, petrified poop up your soul's ass.

The best thing is, I'm only half way through it. The movie, that is. I'll be getting back to it now.

Just an Ordinary Friday

Until I remembered I was having lunch with Karen. Then later Sara and Maddie stopped by for a quick hello and a hug. Reid made me laugh til I snorted. Ordinary can be pretty darn good.

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3rd Rock From The Sun, Season 1, Episode 13

We need look no further. Clearly the world ends sometime this year. We can all relax in the knowledge that all the answers to life's questions can be found in sitcoms from earlier decades. If you are familiar with 3rd Rock, you know that Dick Solomon, played by John Lithgow, often goes off on a lunatic tangent while lecturing the students in his physics class. Like this:

There you have it! Friendship obviously is just a big waste of time and yet everyone on the planet gets all worked up about these pointless little behaviors blissfully unaware of the great vaporizing meteor due in 2015! (awkward pause while his eyes nervously dart about the room) Which obviously doesn't exist because I'm kidding!

And there you have it. Like Dick said.

Cyclonic Siblings

Yes, this is a real post. Yes, I realize what day it is. And somehow that makes it that much more appropriate. I have a new friend, you see, by way of my cousin Cory. If you're one of those people who thinks Facebook friends aren't real friends, just toddle off and play with one of your imaginary ones while the rest of us chat. Brenda, my new buddy, posted the above photo and called her sister's attention to it. A verbal slapfest ensued which I found to be quite entertaining and also familiar. I commented that they must be sisters and Brenda answered back with, not just sisters, twin sisters! Twisters! I love it! This most obvious of portmanteaus has been hanging out there just beyond my frame of reference for years! How did I not think of it? Thank you, Brenda for bringing it to my attention! We really must get together for drinks. Soon.

No Foolin'

I have a toilet to fix. And a carpet threshold strip to cement down. Bundles of tree branches to tie up and get to the curb. A clean dishwasher to unload. Cats to feed. A photo organization project to tend to. And a fresh blob of hairball barf has materialized over night that begs to be cleaned up. I'm guessing I'll get three of these things done today. If I don't get distracted. Wish me luck.