Kyra Sedgwick is the star of The Closer. It is probably my favorite TV show right now. It has not gotten "old" or formulaic. Ms Sedgwick (married to Kevin Bacon) plays a deputy chief of detectives who "closes" the cases.
She is a consummate actress. She can do more acting with a tiny little look or twist of her mouth than most actresses. Obviously I am nuts about her.
There is a lot of "stuff" on TV that I don't really watch. I love some of the Brit coms. especially "Keeping Up Appearances" I also try to never miss Nature. This PBS series takes me to places and allows me to see things which I would never see otherwise. This week it was about wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
Actually the older shows have just left me. They aren't fresh anymore. I do like NCIS as I feel it has maintained its freshness. I kind of enjoy Two and a Half Men and How I met your Mother but don't cry if I miss them. Cold Case is still pretty good. But by and large I could care less about most of what is on TV.
Currently my favorite thing on TV is a commercial for T-Mobile. The woman who tells her husband that she signed up for a new phone plan. It is the one where she tells him -"We've had 11 bulldogs all named Steve." after he says something about hating commitment. When he says "I love you, and this time I mean it." I chuckle about it every time. I have seen it 5 times tonight and am still tickled by it.
I always watch - General Hospital (Mom got me hooked) - David Letterman and Craig Ferguson (My favorite) and the Daily Show (Got to get the news somewhere.) the Colbert Report is another favorite.
Obviously I did not have much to Blog about today. That is because all I did was laundry and clean my closet (a very messy place) and petted Bailey because he had his feelings hurt. Jon came over and took Max for a walk (and brought him back muddy) and that was it, My friend Kurt started his new job and we cancelled our trip to Missouri but that is OK because Brother Trevor is coming in from New York City and we are going to have lunch with him on Saturday. I am currently reading two books and am exited to read Family of Secrets. Gore Vidal talked about it so I wanted to read it. I went down to Borders and picked it up.
Currently Tribes by Seth Godin is the one I find the most interesting. It is about Leadership.
Well that is enough to let you know I am still on the planet. Thanks for stopping by. ARTYAL. Hugs, j
5 comments:
Jay-
Have you checked out 'Leverage' on TNT? That's one of my new favorites.
Do you know where Gore Vidal talked about "Family of Secrets"? I can't find anything online...
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Jay, it sounds like you are making some small progress on the television addiction. Congratulation. Just remember, whenever the urge strikes you, snap the rubber band on your arm and tell yourself, "I can do better than this."
If it is TV you can watch while reading a book, and still pay 90% attention to the book, it's OK. If not, it is part of the addiction.
That is why bad TV is better than good TV; it's easier to turn off. And that is why those educational and informative shows are actually worse than the soaps and other drivel. They make you think that watching TV is good, can be justified, and may actually improve your life. But no, alas, it is just part of the Big Lie. Alec Baldwin had it right in his commercial for Hulu.com when he said that TV is designed to soften the brain so it can be sucked out with a straw.
Do you know if Gore Vidal's Key West appearance is available to watch online? I'm pretty sure it was filmed for C-SPAN.
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