tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5099153378104746825..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: True confessions...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69755296321005757272008-12-28T14:34:00.000-05:002008-12-28T14:34:00.000-05:00Something interesting, I think: Don states that h...Something interesting, I think: Don states that he doesn't watch even the good stuff because he doesn't have the time. I grok that, but is it that he doesn't have the time, or he doesn't have the time to watch it when it's on, or set up a VCR or Tivo to record it so he can watch it later?<BR/><BR/>I watch very little TV, but what I do watch, I find I watch on Hulu.com. The standard 1-hour show runs about 42-47 minutes, and has 4-5 15-30 second commercials in it, period. Plus, I get to pick what I want to watch and when I want to watch it.<BR/><BR/>I suddenly think broadcast and cable TV are going to have the same problem that print and broadcast media are experiencing now - loss of advertising revenue. Bigtime.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324035824298948422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18041655026513494132008-12-28T02:29:00.000-05:002008-12-28T02:29:00.000-05:00I LOVE HOUSE and ADORE Hugh Laurie!! I haven't mis...I LOVE HOUSE and ADORE Hugh Laurie!! I haven't missed an episode since the very first one.<BR/>What a complex character and how AMAZING is Hugh Laurie???<BR/>I really like Wilson too. <BR/>The only one I really don't like is 13.<BR/>I agree with all about nothing being on tv. HOUSE is the only show I watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82480882644390597382008-12-27T15:12:00.000-05:002008-12-27T15:12:00.000-05:00I loved House for the first two seasons, but grew ...I loved <I>House</I> for the first two seasons, but grew disenchanted with it by the middle of the third. Ah well. Hugh Laurie is a fantastic actor and the rest of the cast is pretty good too, but I became irritated with some of the writers, a few of whom seemed to be working at cross-purposes.<BR/><BR/>I'll second what others have said- there's a lot of good TV out there, it's just that in accordance with Sturgeon's Law, a hell of a lot of crap-sifting needs to be done to find it. Wonder if there's ever going to be word on whether <I>Middleman</I> gets another season...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79636700493889714342008-12-27T14:37:00.000-05:002008-12-27T14:37:00.000-05:00Don't watch much of that stuff myself, but I can h...Don't watch much of that stuff myself, but I can hardly pry my wife away from the TV when it's on.<BR/><BR/>I'd rather just tune it to the Sirius satellite radio channels. Less distracting.<BR/><BR/>falnfenix: Nice Ninja. Good little commuters those are.Adrian Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966665618865037355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45418609713396573932008-12-27T11:34:00.000-05:002008-12-27T11:34:00.000-05:00yknow, i ignored house for the first couple of sea...yknow, i ignored house for the first couple of seasons. i figured if most of the US was obsessed with it, i wouldn't like it (see: Lost and all incarnations of reality TV).<BR/><BR/>then i saw one episode. House is like one of the doctors i used to work for at the job i left a month ago, except House has a sense of humor and a heart.<BR/><BR/>i'm hooked on the bloody thing.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826932635166933072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26718230453697764002008-12-27T11:27:00.000-05:002008-12-27T11:27:00.000-05:00House kicks butt, plain and simple. In fact, he ki...House kicks butt, plain and simple. <BR/><BR/>In fact, he kicks so much butt that he's pushed one patient to shoot him, another to try and get him run up on drug charges, and a third, unmet, to take a roomful of hostages in trade for treatment.<BR/><BR/>It's like watching a train wreck, except it's some kind of test crash in a controlled facility, because while it's still a crash, it's under scrupulous control...Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79566184200568477052008-12-27T10:48:00.000-05:002008-12-27T10:48:00.000-05:00dvd's are the way to go. putting the marathon epis...dvd's are the way to go. putting the marathon episodes in chronological order is a pain.Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615757509298241181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72873963143324201842008-12-27T10:13:00.000-05:002008-12-27T10:13:00.000-05:00But all of TV is a barren wasteland, right? ;)Hou...But all of TV is a barren wasteland, right? ;)<BR/><BR/>House is a fun show. There are plenty of other good shows on as well. Sifting through the trash is the hard part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75435395383591326852008-12-27T09:01:00.000-05:002008-12-27T09:01:00.000-05:00There's actually a lot of good TV out there. I jus...There's actually a lot of good TV out there. I just don't have time to watch it. I don't know how people do it, really. The Simpsons is still good, and I like The Family Guy if only for their willingness to go way off track and ignore their story for an extended gag.<BR/>House is fun, and Boston Legal has really bright moments (usually when Shatner is on the screen.) The Office is funny. <BR/><BR/>But generally, when people at work say "Did you see Boston Legal last night?" I just didn't see it. I didn't have time.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4027857768738334822008-12-27T08:31:00.000-05:002008-12-27T08:31:00.000-05:00I like House too. Hugh Laurie hosted Saturday Nigh...I like House too. Hugh Laurie hosted Saturday Night Live a couple of weeks ago, and it was weird to hear him speaking with his natural British accent, even though I'd first seen him playing Bertie Wooster. <BR/><BR/>And the House theme music is by Massive Attack.Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604826633798229422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13940101036304458532008-12-27T07:39:00.000-05:002008-12-27T07:39:00.000-05:00yeah, I gotta tell you, I HATE network TV, as a ge...yeah, I gotta tell you, I HATE network TV, as a general rule. And there's a lot to be said for the fact that Hugh Laurie has spent most of his career making googly eyes on Blackadder. But it's fun to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42648311324728452042008-12-27T07:21:00.000-05:002008-12-27T07:21:00.000-05:00Tell me about it. The evil Miss B got me watching...Tell me about it. The evil Miss B got me watching House. I went from proudly disdaining most all TV to watching a serial show....<BR/><BR/>Oh, how I have fallen!Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.com