This is a picture of my television seat, which is located above my chest of drawers and beneath my true blue friend Burgess Meredith. We have good times, Burgess Meredith and I. We enjoy such excellent programs as "The Office" and "The Colbert Report" together. In fact, he's presently perched atop a repeat of "The Office". Fortunately, there were "two" episodes of the show on tonight, and the first was a new episode. A summary will follow:
Phyllis is getting married next week, so Michael is trying to psyche people up for the event with bachelor(ette) parties. Michael's middle-aged frat boy friend Todd Packer insists that the guys' party include a stripper. Michael is hesitant until the Pac-Man suggests that the women get a male stripper for equality's sake. Meanwhile, Karen and Jim's relationship has become a little more difficult. Over the last week, the couple has been having late night talks on the subject of Jim's feelings for Pam. Karen believes (or has convinced herself) that these talks has resolved the issue between them, while Jim seems weary over the lost sleep.
The hiring of strippers is left to Dwight and Jim. Dwight's female stripper proves to be very popular (although her presence is predictably upsetting to Angela), but Michael feels the pains of guilt halfway through a lapdance. The task of hiring a male stripper is left to Jim, who chooses to enlist the help of a Benjamin Franklin historical re-enactor instead. This last plot point had me wondering whether they would adapt this episode for the Canadian version (which I would really like to check out, if only my French was a little better), and if they would have a Parks Canada employee show up as Sir John A MacDonald instead of Mr. Franklin. Anyway. Dwight is 99% sure that this man is not Ben Franklin, therefore sets out to stump him with American Revolution-era trivia (to no success).
It was a good episode, and I'm very glad that the show managed to sustain the fantastic energy and quality of writing that really took off in the second season.
Another show that has caught my eye (and attention) recently is "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". Unfortunately, the show is kind of hard to explain. Essentially it's about Flylock, Master Shake and Meatwad, three anthropomorphic food orders that share a bungalow. Frylock is the mature, scientifically minded one. Master Shake is the irresponsible, foolish con-man and Meatwad is the childlike metamorph who is too-easily swayed by him. Their neighbour, Carl, is a balding, lazy shlub who is constantly having his life (and car) ruined by the trio, largely due to the efforts of Master Shake. The show also supports a wide variety of interesting supporting characters (some of which, the Moonites, appeared recently in Lite-Brite form and sparked fears of a terorrist plot down in the States, but you can read all about that in the news) The show typically has absurd plots, and it's often incredibly offensive, but it's always engaging.
I'm resisting the urge to get a haircut... But perhaps, instead, that instinct is one I should follow. We'll see what happens tomorrow (later today, technically...)
Domville out!
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