Friday, May 26, 2006

Stranded on an island with one channel and one channel only

Fuck Wilson.

I hate Volleyball.

But if I was only allowed to have one tv channel on a deserted island (because most islands have that option) I think it would be a hell of a tough choice. So let's take a look at what I might take:

ESPN
This is a given because I am a huge sports fan, and I like Stuart Scott's lazy eye. I would still want to keep tabs on the transactions going on in the world of sports. Plus I also love the show "Stump The Schwab". You watch this show for the first time and you say "wow, this guy had to be a huge loser to know all these pointless facts and stats." But after you watch it a few times, you begin to develop a bizarre respect for the guy. Plus they broadcast live games to for NFL, NBA, and MLB. No NHL, ah I love it!

TBS
Just because I really like The Breakfast Club and Back To The Future. TBS plays mad good movies, plus I see that they have added an additional hour in the morning of Saved By The Bell which gives it a huge push for me. It hurts though by having two plus hours of Everybody Loves Raymond and Sex In The City during the week. But it does have Atlanta Braves baseball, which cancels out the Raymond programming fiasco. With regards to the aforementioned movies, TBS hands down has the best movie edits ever to which add an element of unexpected humor to most movies played on TBS. I mean they had Boyz N' The Hood on TBS, and if you take out all of the edited parts it was like 13 mins running time.
Hilarity....

Nick At Nite
Most consistency from a programming standpoint. It is basically just a collection of 80's shows. But it's hard to turn a blind eye to such classics as Who's The Boss, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Full House, and The Cosby Show. I always liked the living room from the first season of Fresh Prince, but that's neither here nor there. The other shows such as Murphy Brown, Mad About You, and Funniest Mom 2 would allow me the time I needed to do other things such as take a dump, feed the geese, and go looking for food.

NBC
I did this with a lot of deliberation, but I think I made the right choice. NBC has added NFL football to its scheduling this year, and I am a fan of My Name Is Earl and The Office. Plus they also air "Saturday Night's Main Event", so that is a huge plus because its like Pay per view wrestling for free on regular cable. (You know I can't get PPV on the island bitches) Throw in Conan O' Brien, Last Comic Standing, and Las Vegas and you have some solid shows. I can overlook Deal or No Deal (shudder) and 67 different versions of Law And Order. NBC is also home to Scrubs as well, and while I have not seen an episode I have heard great things. But how they have let SNL sink so low is beyond me.

Pick Em: Nick At Nite. I am a child of the 80's man, and in many ways I am still living in yesteryear.

PS-I got a trip to the Midwest this week so there will be no posts.

Trace

5 Comments:

Blogger Lance Rasmussen said...

I'd have to choose FX or Spike Tv...and cable network that shows the Rocky's and Rambos basically on a 24-hour loop, interspered with "World's Wildest Police Chases" is #1 in my book.

4:58 AM  
Blogger No Beef For Benjamin said...

Channel 428 on digital cable. GOLTV.
Never heard of it? You don't love soccer then. All soccer, all over the world, all day.

Granted I would need my own version of Wilson but its all abaut Goooooooaaaalllalalalalalalllaaaaaaaaaa

7:46 AM  
Blogger Trace Milyn said...

After spending a week in Ohio/Indy I have to agree with you on FX. Plus it has Married with Children and that 70's show.

Book it.

8:33 AM  
Anonymous J.E. Skeets said...

TLN, please.

10:24 AM  
Blogger Trace Milyn said...

Skeets, your comment was small, but my laugh bellowed...like a screaming hawk with a megaphone in a bathroom.

11:53 AM  

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