New column up at Nytimes.com. Just kidding. It's up at the Harlan Daily like all the others. It's about coming to terms with my growing addiction to television.


I've been telling you since the first season that Arrested Development is the best show on television!

Glad to see you are finally realizing it.

I also enjoy Kitchen Confidential, but like you I'm worried it won't be around long.

That's why I hate Fox. They keep shows like Stacked and The Simple Life or whatever that show with Paris and Nicole was and shows like Arrested Development are in danger of being canceled every year.

Also a fan of My Name is Earl and The Office.

If you do ever get cable you have to watch Rescue Me with Dennis Leary. It's amazing.  


back in my thrasher days, jason lee was my favorite skater. i even had his board. rad.

you didn't mention "2.5 men," which might just be the funniest show on tv right now. last night's episode, f'in' genius.

charlie sheen went from totally geek, to totally shiek.

(ooh, what movie's that from? anybody? anybody?)  


Arrested Development is great, Ian. I'm learning to always trust you and your taste. Except for that whole Innocence Mission thing. What the hell?

The best bit on Arrested Development was a few weeks ago when the guy had the card that combined Analyst and Therapist into "analrapist." Gold.  


Two and A Half Men is great. I laughed out loud last night a couple of times. I also watched How I Met Your Mother and wanted to like it because it had a clever little format and because Allyson Hannigan is so cute, but God that thing is nearly unwatchable.

Your line is from Can't Buy Me Love, I think.  


correct on the can't buy me love. congrats.

"how i met your mother in assome!" you don't like doogie in that? he's friggin' hilarious.

"Biggest Loser" tonight, baby!! Woohooo!!!!  


I'll save you some time aquaman...you...are the biggest loser.  


boo  


I'm sorry but How I Met Your Mother was clumsy and wasted what good jokes it had. I do agree that Doogie is excellently cast as the jerky horndog, but he needs a better vehicle than that show. And Hannigan is too cute for this to be her doorway into obscurity.  


I know you guys probably dont get HBO but on Sundays I make it a point to go to my friends house to watch it. There are three awesome shows on it. The first is called Rome and is a drama that starts from the Julius Ceasar's rise to power. The other show is Curb Your Enthusiasm which you guys have probably seen before but I have to say gets funnier and more absurd every season. The last show is called Extras and is created and stars the guy who made and starred in the British version of The Office. It is about these people who are extras in movies. It is hilarious and every episode has guest stars on it like Ben Stiller and Samuel L. Jackson. But I would try to make friends with people who have HBO.  


I refuse to make friends with anoyone who suports HBO and their vile practices. Until they agree to stop setting hobos on fire during sweeps week, I will continue my boycott.  


dude, you'll see. "how i met your mother" is gonna catch on like wildfire.

was this week the first episode you watched? because it was the least funny of all i've seen so far.

why, right before halloween, does everyone try so hard to make a halloween episode? only the simpsons have been able to achieve the same excellent humor that they produce on a weekly basis. every other show has not done as well. "how i met your mother," for example.

case closed.  


This week wasn't the first week I've seen. I really want to like the show. I think Allyson Hannigan is adorable, I like Doogie Hoswer, and the dude who plays Hannigan's husband is from the excellent film Slackers. The previews I saw for the show even looked good. I went in wanting to like it. But the show's just kinda clumsy. Hannigan's delivery is stilted. The main dude and the brown haired chick are fairly unlikable and the damn laugh-track stands out like a sore thumb. I'm sorry but in spite of your judicious use of the "case close" argument ender, you're simply wrong here.

I rule in favor of myself. Case double closed.  


first of all, there is no contesting the "case closed" declaration. case closed.

secondly, it's the first season, which you have to take into consideration. think of all the great shows out there that had an incredibly weak first season, i could name about a million.

thirdly, you are right, the main guy and the brunette chick suck. but hey, who watches will and grace for will and grace? nobody, that's who. i believe the same will be the case for this show.

doogie f'in' rules, always. especially in harold and kumar go to white castle, a solid piece of cinematic genius. case closed, again.  


Your argument is ridiculous.

You: This show is great.
Me: No, it sucks
You: Sometimes first seasons suck, but if you stick with it, it might get good.

I expect better from you, professor Aquaman.

And yeah, Doogie is funny in this show and Doogie was funny Harold and Kumar. But I dont think he's strong enough to save the show.

Also I should point out that Harold and Kumar, seen as a whole was not that good of a movie. Even F hate it and F pretty much likes every crappy movie ever. He liked Guess Who.

I find you in contempt of this court on the grounds of your bad taste in Monday night television. I sentence you to three weeks of Arrested Development and Kitchen Confidential. Case well and truly CLOSED.  


Amen brother! Harold and Kumar was CRAP!!! Total crap.

I have the first and second seasons of Arrested Development on DVD. I will burn them for Aquaman and he will be converted.

By the way Aquaman, have you listened to any of the Decemberists or Okkervil River cds I burnt you??  


uhm...

okkervil river i really like.

for some strange reason, my iPod chooses not to play The Decemberists. queer.

and uhm... harold and kumar was a sweet ass movie. i'm gonna hold true to my theory that, if you didn't like it, it's 'cause you watched it with someone with whom you did not feel comfortable laughing out loud at two foreign stoners riding a cheetah.

again, genius. case closed.  


I'm glad you're at least being sensible about Okkervil River.

I watched Harold and Kumar alone. And while two foreign stoners riding a cheetah looks good on paper, it didn't really translate well to film. It's like they were trying to capture that Cheech and Chong sense of wonder and stuff it in a National Lampoon movie. It just didn't work.  


you don't work.

case closed.

p.s. ufkvdky  


Stop posting the access codes. You're gonna bring the whole verification system to it's knees!  


Maybe the verification system likes being on it's knees...  


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