My Sunday night TV watching routine now lasts long into the week. I watch Dexter at 9:00 and then flip over to watch Mad Men at 10:00. Well, I used to. Don’t know what I’m going to flip over to now since Mad Men’s season is over. Might just flip over and go to sleep.
Then, Monday or Tuesday night, I watch my favorite show Bored to Death followed by Curb Your Enthusiasm, On Demand. Or on On Demand. I never know how to say that.
However you say it, being able to watch something On Demand or on On Demand is a great thing.
Then, on Wednesday night, I watch my least favorite Sunday night show On Demand or on On Demand: Californication. It’s weird that it’s my least favorite Sunday night show because it’s the show that sticks with me the most long after it has ended. And not just because it’s one of the crudest shows on TV. Which it is. It’s so crude and juvenile that I sometimes have to hold a pillow up over my face because I could die of embarrassment. But, the characters are growing on me. Especially Hank Moody, when he’s not acting so crude and juvenile. And he’s normally not acting so crude and juvenile when he’s around Karen, played by Natascha McElhone. With the angular beauty of Meryl Streep combined with the sexy, wild soul of Carly Simon, McElhone is breathtakingly beautiful. I think I might love her as much as Hank does.
Found out this week that what’s even better than being able to watch something On Demand or on On Demand is being able to watch something on YouTube from a previous season when you never watched your least favorite Sunday night show at all, but now you can, on a Friday evening, making Sunday nights from long ago last forever.
I only saw one episode of Californication and that was in the first season... I liked it, but never went back... go figure!
I love On Demand or when things are on On Demand! Except when you have to wait a day or two because they're not On Demand the minute after you've fallen asleep and missed the episode... you have to wait. Pffft.
I fell asleep during a show last night and thought, I'll watch it today! No... it's not On Demand yet... or on On Demand yet. :(
Posted by: Jennifer | November 13, 2009 at 05:28 PM
I swear to God, Californication is hard to take. There are so many cringe-worthy moments. But, there are also excellent moments and they're the ones that rise above for me.
A few weeks back, Bored to Death wasn't on On Demand till Thursday for some reason. I was going through serious withdrawal. I thought HBO was punishing me on purpose for my disloyalty on Sunday nights.
Posted by: blue girl | November 13, 2009 at 05:41 PM
I swear to God, Californication is hard to take.
You do know you'll pay for that comment, right?? :) I won't even touch... rise above.. :)
As far as On Demand goes for us... it's refreshed on Mondays. If I had missed Bill Maher... had to wait until Monday. Same with other shows I watched... like Paranormal State! There!!! I said it!
Posted by: Jennifer | November 13, 2009 at 06:12 PM
Based on your advice and this clip, I recommended the show to my Christian discussion group on "Relationships and Jesus in the 21st Century." Thanks!
Posted by: Larry Jones | November 14, 2009 at 02:39 AM
Youtube is the poor man (or woman's) (or cheapskate man or woman's) On Demand. That and Hulu. And having said that I'm now gonna watch The Office on Hulu!
Ah, who remembers those days of your when we had three whole channels on TV?
(And somewhere some great classic book is sighing, "Read me!" )
(Shut up, classic book, I've got 30 Rock lined up next -- sucka!)
Posted by: Dan Leo | November 14, 2009 at 03:44 AM
Ah, who remembers those days of your when we had three whole channels on TV?
God Dan... no one's that old... :)
I was just explaining again to the lamblets how you had to wait ALL year for a certain shows/specials... and if you missed it, you were out of luck until the next year. They didn't get it...
Posted by: Jennifer | November 14, 2009 at 08:49 AM
I was just explaining again to the lamblets how you had to wait ALL year for a certain shows
And there was something really great about that, don't you think? Having to wait to see The Wizard of Oz? Rudolph? Etc? There was something special there that's really been lost.
Larry, I'm so glad I could be of help. Your Christian group is going to have a ton of fun discussing Kathleen Turner's character. lol
Posted by: blue girl | November 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM
And there was something really great about that, don't you think?
Yes, I fully agree.
Posted by: Jennifer | November 14, 2009 at 11:01 AM
And you know what? I knew I was killing that myself as soon as I started buying BK videos. I knew it! But, I did it anyway...
Bad mom.
Posted by: blue girl | November 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM
And you know what? I knew I was killing that myself as soon as I started buying BK videos. I knew it! But, I did it anyway...
I did it too... it was that glee that you could have it whenever! They wouldn't have to wait!!! And then you realize that if you can see it whenever, it's not as special...
They'll have their own "special".
Posted by: Jennifer | November 14, 2009 at 11:25 AM