Jerk’s Top TV Geeks IV: The Dork List
Ahhh Dorks, least common of the TV geeks. Once again, just my top five in no particular order:
1.) Sam Weir, Freaks and Geeks
The first Freaks and Geeks entry on the list. One thing that show did very well (besides fuckin’ rock) was portray geekery in a very realistic way. Sam was an incredibly Dorky character, [...]
Sit Down, Be Disappointed
During our J/DB reunion we took the opportunity to check out the first episode of Sit Down, Shut Up. Now I consider Arrested Development to be pretty much the height of situational comedy. Not only was it amazingly funny, but you’d find new jokes every time you watch an episode, not to mention everything stays [...]
Jerk's Favourite Finales
Battlestar made me want to make up this list of my favourite series finales. Not just ‘good’ or ‘acceptable’ finales, but ones that measured up with the best episodes of the show, that tied everything together perfectly. Turned out to be harder than I thought, because most of the shows that I’ve watched over the [...]
I want to go to there.
I think this week’s 30 Rock was a perfect example of how the show works best: Take a standard sitcom setup (take an office full of zany characters, throw in the conflict-causing plot du jour), then pump it full of manic energy and film it all through an extra thick lens of surreality. When it [...]
eContent FTW!
A bit of Jerk info: Whenever a website is mentioned on a show, I immediately pause the ep and run off to see if it exists. See, one time Conan O’Brien randomly said ‘hornymanatee.com’ on Late Night, which meant NBC had to buy the URL (and Conan decided to do something with it). It turns [...]
Rewatchability
Here’s an interesting question: which shows are really rewatchable? Now, of course your fandom(s) of choice will always have plenty of rewatch value for you. So, I’m not going to include those in here (which is hard on me, really. I’m surprised we’ve gone this far without me writing some sort of Whedon spectacular), as [...]
A Little Less Narration, A Little More Action Please
Narrators are tools. Wait, no.. narration is a tool. That’s it. A tool that can be used to progress the plot, be beyond the 4th wall or to sum up the moral you couldn’t quite tell with actions. Like when you make the worst episode in Smallville history and you have to fix it somehow, [...]
Jerking Comedies
This was a good week for comedies. Big Bang Theory actually tried something other than ‘Sheldon annoys everyone else’ and I think it worked pretty damn well. If they can continue to try new things like this, the show should have a bit of longevity. The Office hit that perfect Officey ness that just wasn’t [...]
