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geebsSo thought I'd answer the last two Writer's Block Questions of the Day:
1) If you could have one--and only one--wish granted in the next five minutes, what would you wish? How do you think it would improve your life?
Call me shallow, but I'd wish for $10 million dollars. They say money doesn't buy happiness, and it doesn't. But it does get you a whole lot of cool things! And really, I bet there are a lot of things you could wish for that you could get by having large quantities of cash.
2) What was your favorite childhood sit-com? Why do you think you loved it so dearly?
Hnm, my answer to that would depend on how you define "childhood". I mean, pre-high school, if I had to pick something, it would probably be Growing Pains. But if high school still counts as "childhood", then I'd have to say either "Married w/ Children" or "Wings".
Of course, a harder question would be what is my favorite sitcom nowadays. I mean, I enjoyed the last few iterations of Must See TV Thursday- the current Community-Parks and Rec-Office-30 Rock is incredibly solid, and I also liked it when it was My Name is Earl-Scrubs-Office-30 Rock. The second half of ABC's Wednesday comedy lineup- Modern Family and Cougar Town is equally strong. I still enjoy the Seth Mcfarlane portion of Fox's Sunday animation block, The Cleveland Show/Fmaily Guy/American Dad. And CBS has HIMYM. I'll just limit it to network TV sitcoms for now, or I'll be listing half a dozen more shows.
If I had to limit it to just onee, I'd have a tough time deciding between "The Office" and "Family Guy". I mean, in addition to comedy, The Office has all that shippy stuff. (Community and Parks and Rec are pretty shippy themselves, but they haven't been on nearly as long yet) But Family Guy (and Friends) are the sitcoms I can just put on in the background and still enjoy even if I've seen the episode a hundred times.
Speaking of Family Guy though, I do think it lucks out being the first and the original one of Mcfarlane's cartoons. I think there are plenty of people who watched an ep or two of American Dad or The Cleveland Show, not like the particular ep and just proclaim, "Oh, it sucks and isn't as good as Family Guy". I think that's debatable- on any given Sunday I think it can be a toss up on which was the best of the three that night. I think FG can get stale at times, and having a different set of characters on these other shows gives them a way to do other plot lines that work better with those characters.
1) If you could have one--and only one--wish granted in the next five minutes, what would you wish? How do you think it would improve your life?
Call me shallow, but I'd wish for $10 million dollars. They say money doesn't buy happiness, and it doesn't. But it does get you a whole lot of cool things! And really, I bet there are a lot of things you could wish for that you could get by having large quantities of cash.
2) What was your favorite childhood sit-com? Why do you think you loved it so dearly?
Hnm, my answer to that would depend on how you define "childhood". I mean, pre-high school, if I had to pick something, it would probably be Growing Pains. But if high school still counts as "childhood", then I'd have to say either "Married w/ Children" or "Wings".
Of course, a harder question would be what is my favorite sitcom nowadays. I mean, I enjoyed the last few iterations of Must See TV Thursday- the current Community-Parks and Rec-Office-30 Rock is incredibly solid, and I also liked it when it was My Name is Earl-Scrubs-Office-30 Rock. The second half of ABC's Wednesday comedy lineup- Modern Family and Cougar Town is equally strong. I still enjoy the Seth Mcfarlane portion of Fox's Sunday animation block, The Cleveland Show/Fmaily Guy/American Dad. And CBS has HIMYM. I'll just limit it to network TV sitcoms for now, or I'll be listing half a dozen more shows.
If I had to limit it to just onee, I'd have a tough time deciding between "The Office" and "Family Guy". I mean, in addition to comedy, The Office has all that shippy stuff. (Community and Parks and Rec are pretty shippy themselves, but they haven't been on nearly as long yet) But Family Guy (and Friends) are the sitcoms I can just put on in the background and still enjoy even if I've seen the episode a hundred times.
Speaking of Family Guy though, I do think it lucks out being the first and the original one of Mcfarlane's cartoons. I think there are plenty of people who watched an ep or two of American Dad or The Cleveland Show, not like the particular ep and just proclaim, "Oh, it sucks and isn't as good as Family Guy". I think that's debatable- on any given Sunday I think it can be a toss up on which was the best of the three that night. I think FG can get stale at times, and having a different set of characters on these other shows gives them a way to do other plot lines that work better with those characters.
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Date: 2010-06-09 07:19 pm (UTC)Granted, one of my things I'd like to do is own the Red Sox, which would probably take $2 billion, give or take. But I'd still want several billion more for other stuff.
For $10 million, sure you'd be comfortable and have a nice house and car and stuff, but why not get private jet/butler/name buildings after yourself rich?
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Date: 2010-06-09 07:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-09 07:39 pm (UTC)