There are many vapid and unentertaining things on television these days. There really can only be that many interesting shows and with so very many networks, most things are just not good. (Heck, most shows are paid advertisements.) One of the most entertaining shows is, ironically, The Soup. This program on the E Network shows the wacky or funny clips of the uninteresting shows. In 30 minutes every Friday, you can catch up on all of the worthwhile parts of the shows that you missed during the week.

It’s kind of sad that every week there is only about 30 minutes of worthwhile stuff on all of the stupid shows that air.

Every season of television has at least one guilty pleasure that survives for a couple of years, if for no other reason, it’s an entertaining but mindless show. If we’re flipping through the channels and come across this small-screen action show, we’ll stop and watch ‘Human Target’. It doesn’t really matter a whole lot if you start in the middle of the episode, and don’t worry at all about keeping track of complicated, season-long plot lines. It’s simple, full of action and chases and kicking, and things that don’t quite make a whole lot of sense.

I can’t even begin to count the number of times that I said, “Huh!?” after watching an episode or a scene of ‘Human Target’.

Who knew that a show based around D-list (or lower) celebrities talking in front of a green screen about things they remember from decades past would be such an amazingly awesome show? I guess that the human sense of nostalgia is powerful enough to make us watch almost anything that reminds of us those wonderful bygone days of yesteryear. I’ll keep watching as long as they keep making them, and as long as there are people who look back fondly, and semi-famous people to remember too, they’ll keep making the shows for us to enjoy.

With NBC royally screwing up the only good thing on the entire network, there is officially nothing left to watch on that beleaguered network. Conan O’Brien has slowly built a huge following among American audiences that could have kept NBC in high ratings long after Jay and Dave are out of the running and relaxing in retirement. But no, NBC has failed again. They lost David Letterman 20 years ago and have now lost Conan. With consistently bad decisions such as these continuing for so long, it’s no wonder that this network will soon fail.

I won’t be watching NBC anymore.

I’ll be watching Conan (wherever he ends up).

With the sad passing of Captain Phil Harris on the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch”, reality TV has lost one of its most interesting people. While most modern reality shows feature wannabe actors trying to act real, this show featured hard-working men doing the job that they do every day. America found it interesting and engaging. We will miss Capt. Harris and look forward to seeing his final season when it airs in a couple of months. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and fellow fishermen.

I’ve been spending the day watching the Leathal Weapon movies.  For some reason they’re being shown in reverse order.  I’ve gotten to see Mel Gibson’s hair grow in reverse and his blurred out naked butt.  What a great joy.  I think I see a bald spot on the side of his head.  At some point in time he stopped smoking in the movies.

I got to watch the first episode of Conan on the Tonight Show and I just finished watching the last one.  He bookended the show by having on the same guests as he did to begin with – Tom Hanks and Will Ferrell.

Definitely something to see (so watch it on hulu if you missed it).  He shredded his ID, paid homage to NBC for the good years he had with them and signed off with a rendition of ‘Free Bird’.  He (among others) played guitar while Will Ferrell did vocals and PLAYED THE COW BELL!!  Of course Max Weinberg played the drums.

What is a last show without a touching moment?  The biggest touching moment was when Conan thanked the fans for their inspirational support and asked that they reject cynicism.  But then, having Tom Hanks say that in his house Conan would always be the host of the Tonight Show comes in a close second.  The lengthy applause from the audience and the screaming and yelling that seemed impossible to end made me want to stand up and cheer myself.

I’m excited to see where Conan lands and I hope it’s soon.

Can you say rain?  Apparently we are supposed to get somewhere between 2 and 9 inches of rain tomorrow.  I can’t even fathom how 9 inches could fall in a single day but that’s the more unlikely end.  They said on the news that if we get 2 inches it will be more rain in a single day than in all recorded history (which around here is only about 100 years).  Good thing I know how to swim.