Friday, March 14, 2008

Opinions of...politics - Part 1

'Onpoint' Radio has a weekly Friday roundtable discussion about issues in the news. They touched upon a few that I should make plain where my positions are.

Geraldine Ferraro: Oddly enough, I got what she was trying to say. I do honestly have to say that there have been times where I wonder about whether or not Obama would have been subjected to some of the awful things that have been said about HRC. No one's seen fit to make a nutcracker of Obama. There was a better way of saying it and I wonder what the race would have been like if Barack had been Michelle Obama instead.

B & B

Wow.

Just when I completely wrote off the new Bridget and Bold and the Beautiful, someone finally wrote a scene that MADE SENSE and gave Bridget some cajones in the bargain. Bridget called Brooke by her RIGHT NAME and snapped her whole body. I know that it will be short lived and that good writing will go away again. Boy I wish that Jennifer Finnigan could have played that scene. Ashley Jones did all right, but Jennifer would have really knocked it out of the park.You can watch the 3/13/08 episode here:http://www.cbs.com/daytime/bb/video/

The subplot of Stephanie's sister Pam (played by Alley Mills of 'The Wonder Years') is mildly amusing. It's almost as if they said, "play her like Kevin Arnold's mom with a dash of Dolores Umbridge of Harry Potter fame and a bit of Annie Wilkes of 'Misery' fame."

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Hulu listening

Well, I hate to say it, but one of the recommendations from the 'Today Show' paid off. Hulu.com , a website that seems to house the tv shows and movies NBC Universal owns, has been my thing of late. CBS Paramount need not worry-I will still go there for my daily soap dose and for the 'Twilight Zone' and for "Five-0."
Today I got to "see" 'Benson,' 'Lou Grant,' 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' (an interesting episode with Lorne Greene), 'S.W.AT.,' and of course "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven." I wish they would show this instead of infomercials in the wee hours or reality shows that have no point to them-especially 'Lou Grant'. I would say that I wish there was a show like 'Lou Grant,' but then I am reminded that on cable a series like that but gritty in a way I am sure 'Lou Grant' wishes that it been just finished its run-'The Wire.'

On Saturday, December 14th

 I spent a good portion of the day watching the Flintstones holiday marathon (with some breaks for “A Christmas Story,” “Knots Landing”-the...