television

Parenting on Bones

On this week's episode of the Fox crime drama Bones, a healthy baby was recovered from a car crash, leaving the nerdy scientists in the lab with a child to take care of. The funniest part was a short comment between an engaged couple in the lab (not the characters pictured).

After the girl picks up the baby,

Girl (to boy): Get used to this, because I'm going to want a million of them.

Boy: cool. [pause] By a million, you mean two, right?

I Know Where Our Government Help-You-Out Check is Going

DirecTV with HD and a new television. Dude, you can get everything* in High Def with DirecTV. It's sweet! Look at this:

Sweet TV

David Carruso Jokes

If you've ever watched CSI: Miami (yes, I'm a fan), you've surely gotten used to the strange and comical David Carruso one-liners right before commercial breaks. Little did I know that Jim Carrey finds Carruso quite funny as well. So humorous, in fact, that he did a Carruso impression on Letterman a year ago. Enjoy it below.

New Detroit Cop Show on Spike

Spike and Al Roker (no joke) produced a show called DEA about federal drug enforcement officials in my city. Worth checking out, on Wednesdays at 11 pm. Free Press article here.

Quick Thought About Conan

You know, Conan hasn't been on television for a month thanks to the writer's strike. That means that 80 non-writers on his show are out of work, and while NBC paid them for a while, they no longer are collecting any pay from NBC. So Conan stepped in and pays them out of his own pocket. Bravo, Conan, bravo. That's not something you see every day.

Television Shows

My buddy Colin just posted his list of television shows that he DVRs (the actual name, not "TiVo" for you unawares) and watches every episode. He came up with 10. Here is my list, in no particular order. What about you?

  • CSI
  • CSI: New York
  • CSI: Miami
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Private Practice
  • Numb3rs
  • House
  • Bones
  • Law & Order
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Without a Trace
  • Cold Case
  • Family Guy
  • Simpsons
  • South Park

Other "seasonal" shows that are not currently on right now.

  • The Closer
  • Reno 911

Now you might think to yourself, "my word, Dean watches television like an addict." You'd be correct. In my defense, however, we typically watch less television than they average American (we tend to be 3-4 weeks behind at any given point), three of those shows are 20 minute cartoons, and interestingly enough, it's something Giles and I enjoy doing together. We actually break off onto tangents about world views, artistic decisions in the shows and the like about everything from character development to crimes committed. Those of you that have had the opportunity to talk with me about visual media and the arts (especially television and film) understand where this is coming from.

Needless to say, I watch too much TV.