The Idiot Box....

I should really look up where that nickname came from for the television. I love TV. I love the fact that you can sit down in your home and watch whatever tickles your fancy. And I love what has become of it, in the way of modernization. There are shows for everybody. Even for me. And a lot of my shows fall under the creepy, killer, suspense, comedy with dick and poop joke variety. No easy task. So let's follow down the rabbit hole and take a look at shows I watch on a regular basis.

Monday - I watch How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory. I rarely watch anything on network TV anymore, but these two defy that and are really staples for any comedy lover. HIMYM is like Friends, if Friends was less whiny and more awesome. And TBBT is funny with sterotype jokes, which I love.

Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - Absolutely nothing. Not even on cable. On occasion I watch Dirty Jobs on Tuesdays because Mike Rowe is a BA. I mean the guy worked as a high-rise window washer in Hawaii for a day. He was 400 feet in the air and repelled down a building in 30 mph winds. The man has stones the size of grapefruits. As I watched, I wanted to dry-heave while I was sitting on the couch.

Wednesday - It's all about Nip/Tuck on FX, or as I like to call it, the most consistent cable network. They have at least 3 other shows I should be watching, but Nip/Tuck is what I do view. It's on the downhill slide in it's final two seasons. But it's still as bat-shit crazy as ever. Nudity, drugs, violence, Mario Lopez making a penis mold. It has it all. And oh yeah soundtrack is bad ass when they do their surgeries. Last night's choice music, Gary Jules' version of Mad World. Or as it's better known, music that makes you poop yourself because it's so creepy.

Thursday - In college Thursday was the best night for drinking, and now that I am not in school and lame, it is the best night for television. Community is awfully good on NBC. Love me some Joel McHale and the rest of the cast is solid. It's goofy and rather predictable, but I am a sucker for sarcastic leading characters. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is my favorite show and it should be yours too. They tackle every polarizing issue like abortion, rape, gas prices, and economy all in good fun. And then they make a show about a guy pooping in a bed and have it be a mystery. Genius comes in all forms, and IASIP is at the top of the class. And now a special mention for The League on FX starting next Thursday. I have no idea how you make an entire show about a group of friends playing fantasy football, but the promos look awesome. And we would all be lying if we said we didn't think about fantasy football in weird locales like the promos show (i.e. during sex, at a funeral). So keep your head on a swivel for that new show.

Lastly, but not leastly, I watch Dexter but only on DVD. I am not fortunate enough to have Showtime, so I part with $30 bucks every August when the season comes out. It's perfect television and Michael C. Hall is the best actor on TV. And if you don't agree that's too damn bad.

Well this was an exercise in writing about what I like. I hope you like them too, otherwise we can't be friends anymore.