wicked shame
how come nobody ever talks about the Chris Isaak show? sure, it's on showtime an it's just now come back on after a Sopranos-like 18 month vacation, but even before it never generated much buzz. happening upon it last night, we watched the last half of it and it was so enjoyable in its understated goofiness that t.s.o.a. is legitimately saddened to learn that this is the last season for the show. we'll certainly miss Anson's antics, but the news goes down a little sweeter since next week's episode will feature Oakland As pitcher and noted guitarist Barry Zito.
last night's episode featured Chris learning a valuable civics lesson after running for parking commissioner and ending up with a measly 32 votes. brilliant! but i won't win any friends by saying that i'd rather watch this show than Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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dan and i used to watch it. the first season was a lot of fun. somehow during the third or fourth episode of the second season we lost interest. as soon as i restore my blog archives, i'll point you to an entry or two where i tried (and failed) to create some positive "buzz."
Posted by: marc | January 16, 2004 01:32 PM
as someone who has the hots on for mr. isaak, i was super excited to see that he would be starring in his own show but between the mermaid on the bed and the weird guy "in his band" who isn't really in his band, i just never could get into it. as far as cable teevee shows go, it is worlds better than the crap fest of curb your enthusiasm but not as good as brain games. but, really, what is?
Posted by: crispin | January 16, 2004 02:00 PM
i admit that the mermaid on the bed doesn't do much for me, but Anson the "keyboard player" is an amazing character. he totally makes the show half the time. last night he had stars named after all the other band members.
Posted by: jamie | January 16, 2004 03:15 PM
I was trying to convince Marc to watch Chris Isaak the other night but there aren't enough nubile 19 year olds on it for him to bother dvring. My main problem with the show is that it is set in San Francisco and never once has Huey Lewis been on the show!
As far as Curb Your Enthusiasm, we here at t.s.f.c.s are longing for the day that the t.s.o.a. and the brother of t.s.o.a. can just admit that they are anti-semitic and get it over with. Here's hoping they can!
Posted by: dan | January 16, 2004 04:56 PM
that's it, i'm leaving your fiance at a gas station in delaware tonight. some of my best friends are jewish!
and what the hell does t.s.f.c.s. stand for?
Posted by: jamie | January 16, 2004 05:02 PM
and i suppose you have some black friendsters too?
t.s.f.c.s
three seventy five cumberland street
and don't you forget it.
Posted by: dan | January 16, 2004 05:30 PM
Brother of T.S.O.A.?!? just like back in school when i was little jamie. can't i get my own identity for once? where's my acronym?
Posted by: crispin | January 17, 2004 02:49 PM
t.s.o.a. is the one who dubbed you brother of t.s.o.a.- take it up with him.
Posted by: dan | January 17, 2004 04:08 PM
Jamie, as you know I was right with you early on in your skepticism about Curb Your Enthusiasm (CYE). However, having seen many more episodes I now totally love it. I have been catsitting for a friend on the Upper East Side who has HBO OnDemand, so Sunday and yesterday I had the privilege of watching several CYE episodes and laughing my ass off. I continue to revel in the brilliance of Seinfeld through its reruns, and its obvious now from watching CYE that Larry David was the prime creative genius behind it all. Jerry Seinfeld was nothing more than a prop.
Because of your Chris Isaak endorsement, I checked out one of those episodes too, on Showtime OnDemand, but lost interest after about 15 minutes. In fact, it was the one you wrote about with the parking ticket. So about this naked woman on the bed, she's a regular character? That's stupid.
Posted by: Jim | January 21, 2004 10:29 AM
Oh shit, I did something in that last comment that I've never done before in my life...messed up its vs. it's. That is a huge pet peeve of mine, that so many people consistently confuse those two. Can you not edit posts after they're posted? How embarrassing.
Posted by: Jim | January 21, 2004 10:32 AM