Would you rather watch TV with Barak or John?

Apparently the War in Iraq and the Economy are not the only important issues to discuss if you are running for the highest office in the nation. The country needs to know what music is on your ipod (because apparently all presidents and president wannabes have ipods; remember the GWB ipod playlist release last year), what was the last film you saw, and post importantly, what tv shows you watch. In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, EW put the prez wannabes to the test to see you has the better pop culture rep. In the end, I have to give it to John McCain because he kicked Obama's ass in this EW pop culture debate. He only had one slip up and that was saying he liked Usher, but we all go through that phase (mine was just when I was 10).


In an analysis of McCain and Obama's fav tv shows, I have to give this to McCain. Surprisingly he has great taste in television, unlike his counterpart Obama. Obama said his favorite TV show is M*A*S*H which is great in all if you died in the 1970s. M*A*S*H reruns are fun to watch on a Sunday afternoon, but Barak, there is other great television out there right now. Then he said he his other favorite show is the Dick Van Dyke show. Seriously Barak, seriously? A show about a homogeneous WASPy stereotypical 1950s man-of-the-house white family? I would rather watch Dick Van Dyke as a doctor who solves murders.

Then there is John McCain, who has watched television in the last 30 years. His favorite television show is Seinfeld, which really you can't complain about. He also said he likes Curb Your Enthusiasm, which gave him television street cred. Dexter is also one of his favorites which surprised me. Finally he said that The Wire is a great show. As much as I don't like his policies, I could totally hang out with this dude. We could sit around and watch The Wire together and have a grand ole time. ...Larry David, yea I know. It's scary.

Top Ten Comedies...Thus said Emmy

Ok, I know the Emmy noms came out yesterday and this entry is like...3 weeks late, but I have been busy and I need to complain about the choices that the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences made for their top ten lists for dramas and comedies. To begin this little adventure, we shall start with the much loved and sometimes unexplainable comedies.

Top 10 Finalists for Best Comedy:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
The Office
Pushing Daisies
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Weeds

To begin this rant I will start with the one show I never really understood why it has been a success since its induction into the CBS comedy hour (or is it two hours?). Why the hell do people like Two and a Half Men. Ok, I will admit when it first came on I might have let out a yelp seeing my beloved 1980's New Wave cool dude Duckie, but then I was put in my place when I then realized that Duckie had become a chiropractor. What would Andie say?

The show has its moments like other annoying shows such as scenes with Joey in them from friends and that dog on Fraiser. Other than that, the show is annoying, deals with the same issues constantly (that kid doesnt do his homework, Charlie Sheen sleeps with a lot of women, and Jon Cryer has no life). ATAS, get over this Two and a Half Men obsession and recognize good shows like Flight of the Conchords (good job, no really I am quite suprised), 30 Rock (again great decision), and It's Always Sunny in Philadeplia (I will forgive you this year).

There are even better shows in that CBS Monday line up that deserve that position more than Two and a Half Men, like The Big Bang Theory. Gotta love those theoretical physicist nerds. Or even better, How I Met Your Mother. Neil Patrick Harris is great on that show, along with Willow and Nick Andopolis, I mean Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segal. Charlie Sheen is not funny, Duckie is a sell out, and that kid (does anyone actually know his name?) I think may be getting fatter as the series continues, which I think think might take away the halfness of his manness (?).
The rest of the shows are ok, I guess. Ugly Betty stills annoys me, but its second season is nothing like its first. I wasn't expecting much though. Gotta love marijuana dealing moms on Weeds. But come on, Family Guy? Are you trying to make a statement that cartoons can be great comedies too? I mean, I don't disagree, but you chose Family Guy. Curb Your Enthusiasm is still on the air? Oh yeah! Entourage is still pulling in audiences with mediocre writing, but I still love to watch the show. Turtle makes me chuckle. Good job with Pushing Daises too. Who doesn't love pie, pie shops, and bringin' back people from the dead?