What was your take on Route 66, Marc? (Personally, I loved the show…)

I’m impressed by Woody’s choice of shows. Woody, give Adam-12 a try, if you haven’t already. Seasons 1 and 2 are out on DVD…

Kelly, a 14-year veteran leaves three daughters.

Sometimes it would be wise to show a little restraint from your incessant trolldom, Woody. I believe I’m being far more charitable to you than you deserve.

John Moore, one of reg’s favorite people besides me, actually chases storms, so one of his favorite shows must be “Storm Chasers.”

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How many of you want to see more minorities in televsion? If you do, watch COPS.

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qdpsteve, a friend of mine is a CPA who wrote a book on gambling and taxes and represents very successful poker players througout the U.S. At a tax seminar last fall, she demonstrated internet gambling and won every time with terrible hands by suckeriing the other players. I don’t agree 100% with her tax approaches, but she sure knows more than most people.

And Marc: it’s overdue, but thanks for the shoutback a while ago about your recent poker results. Here’s a poker blog I enjoy, written from the POV of (what seems to me at least) a real person grinding out a living at the no-limit Hold’em Vegas table:

http://pokergrump.blogspot.com/

Woody, the first ic learly from WAAY’s studios on Monte Sano and the second one did not open in my browser.

Although I’ve barely watched TV the last four years for personal reasons, here are some thoughts:

favroite TV Shows- Seinfeld, frasier, Just shoot me, Cheers, wings, Simpsons, futurama, Family guy, Greg The Bunny (for some stupid reason it only lasted less than a season), Third Rock From the Sun, SNL, probably a few others. I used to love Law and Order SVU and most of LandO, but stopped watching a few years ago.

Favorite sit-com- Roseanne. My thoughts on that are at http://devlin-mcaliskey.blogspot.com/2009/02/cool-image-and-two-more-songs.html (it’s the second song, about half-way down the post)

The last 8 years I’ve watched about 50% of the Daily Show, and probably about 1/10 of Colbert.

I get almost none of my news from TV, I just watch sit-coms, Comedy central, movies, that’s about it.

I’m basically a trekkie, although I don’t think I’ve seen a single episode as it originally aired, I’ve seen each episode an average of twice, it’s actually about three times if you ignore the Original Series, which sucks, and about 4 times if you ignore Enterprise, which isn’t much better than the Original series. I’ve actually been meaning to type up a left-wing guide to star trek, episode by episode (I’d probably be the 100th person to do that, but it would still be fun); it’s a very progressive show.

tom

Anything of value is available almost immediately online. I have high speed internet that I pay for and gives me much more value for my money. Endless hours of news and entertainment, commercial free.

http://www.tv.com/South+Park/Margaritaville/episode/1259937/recap.html“>Margaritaville recap

Stan decides to return his father’s Margaritaville. The store clerk can’t help him with the refund; but he does give him the name of the company that financed his father’s purchase. At the Big Orange Finance Company, Stan meets Josh who also can’t help him out. He refers Stan to the guys at Wall Street who bought up all the Margaritaville payment plans and combined them into one big security. Stan is at the NYSE looking for his refund and from there he is directed to US Treasury Department. At the US Treasury Department, Stan arrives with the Margaritaville. The officials agree to help, they go into the back room to consult the chart; they come out (with blood all over them) and tell Stan the investment value of the Margaritaville is $90 trillion. When word comes down about an impending insurance company failure, Stan follows the treasury officials to see the chart they are using to make their decisions. It turns out the official cut the head off a chicken and then wherever the headless falls on the chart when the chicken dies is their answer.

Kyle starts performing a miracle, he starts paying everyone’s debts with his platinum Amex card. Much to Kyle’s dismay the news reminds us of the sacrifice made by one individual who reminded us daily to have faith in the economy, Barack Obama.

NewScientist – Poker skills could sway gaming laws

Their analysis…revealed that 76 per cent of games did not end in a showdown, suggesting that skill is the dominant factor.

Pappas hopes the studies will help to persuade the US Congress to grant poker an exemption from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, due to come into force in December 2009. The act will make it illegal in some states for banks to process transactions from gambling websites.

You can go on Hulu.com and watch the original Outer Limits! (The remake was a bore.)

My wife got me into watching Damages and the plot seems liike they’re making them it up as they go along, it periodically devolves into a Cadillac commercian (not kidding – the product placement is shameless) but it’s paying the bills for some great actors and is a lot of fun (in a creepy way.) Another train wreck I still watch is 24 – it hasn’t just jumped the shark, the shark is producing the show – but I’ve gotta have my Monday night faux-adrenaline fix. (Since the last video game I played was Pacman 20-odd years ago, I guess I’m not making the most embarrassing admission about how I abuse the tube.)

I’m thrilled that my cable system now has Gol TV as well as Fox Soccer CHannel. I can’t catch the Spanish La Liga games from home now.

I like House, as it appeals to my occasionally dyspeptic side. In Treatment is starting a news season on HBO and I liked the first one. I also enjoy 30 Rock and a new 22 episode season of Rescue Me is starting on Tuesday.