TV Meme: Day 30 - Saddest Character Death

Well, the final day of this TV Meme is here. It has been pretty difficult on some days, but also pretty fun to think back on shows I have watched. Unfortunately, my memory for older shows seems to have faded. I am sure a lot of these days could have been different if I could remember more of the television I have watched throughout my life - that being said I am happy with my decisions.

So, here we are. The saddest character death.

And, honestly, I pretty much knew from the start that eventually this character was going to die. However, the way he was taken out was just downright wrong - but knowing the character, probably the only way he could have been taken out.

The saddest character death for me is Omar Little (Michael K. Williams) from HBO's The Wire.

Omar was an amazing character - who didn't really have a side in a show that was basically all about sides.

Omar was a thief, but he robbed almost entirely from drug dealers. And, he was such a bad ass that the words "Omar's coming" would ring through the neighborhood as he walked up - whistling his tune. It got to the point that he really didn't even have to do much - just showed up and was given something, either drugs or money.

But, Omar was also a well-rounded character. He is in love with a man who is killed by Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) crew, because Omar and him robbed them. In order to get him back he becomes an informer to Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) and Bunk Moreland (Wendell Peirce).

Through five seasons you really got to know Omar and he became, quite possibly, the best character on a show full of great characters.

He was smart and always one step ahead of everyone, which is why the way that he died is probably the only way he could have. Heading into a convenience store, Omar gets shot in the head by Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall), a young member of Marlo Stanfield's (Jamie Hector) organization (probably between 8 and 12 years old). Omar felt no threat from Kenard, which is why he got the drop on him.

It was horrible the way he went out, shot in the back of the head. This was Omar - a warrior. As a fan I was hoping he would have went out in a blaze of glory or something. Although it made sense, to me this was one of the saddest character deaths.

30-DAY TV MEME RECAP:

Day 01 - An Unfairly Canceled Show (SeaQuest)
Day 02 - A Show Needing More Viewers (Fringe)
Day 03 - Favorite New Show From This Past Season (Community)
Day 04 - Favorite Show of All Time (Scrubs)
Day 05 - A Show I Hate (American Idol)
Day 06 - Favorite Episode of My Favorite Show ("My Screwup")
Day 07 - Least Favorite Episode of My Favorite Show ("My Quarantine")
Day 08 - A Show Everyone Should Watch (Breaking Bad)
Day 09 - Best Scene Ever (Dexter)
Day 10 - A Show I Thought I'd Hate But Ended Up Loving (The Office)
Day 11 - A Show That Disappointed Me (Joey)
Day 12 - An Episode I’ve Watched More Than 5 Times ("The One With the Embryos")
Day 13 - Favorite Childhood Show (He-Man)
Day 14 - Favorite Male Character (The Janitor-Neil Flynn)
Day 15 - Favorite Female Character (Annie-Alison Brie/Britta-Gillian Jacobs)
Day 16 - My Guilty Pleasure Show (Design Star)
Day 17 - Favorite Mini-Series (Tin-Man)
Day 18 - Favorite Title Sequence (The Big Bang Theory)
Day 19 - Best TV Show Cast (Community)
Day 20 - Favorite Kiss (Ross & Joey)
Day 21 - Favorite Relationship (J.D. & Turk)
Day 22 - Favorite Series Finale (ER)
Day 23 - Most Annoying Character (Calleigh Duquesne)
Day 24 - Best Quote (Homer Simpson)
Day 25 - A Show I Plan on Re-Watching (The Wire)
Day 26 - Biggest Season Finale Shocker (Grey's Anatomy)
Day 27 - Best Pilot Episode (Lost)
Day 28 - First Show Obsession (Friends)
Day 29 - Current Show Obsession (Pawn Stars)
Day 30 - Saddest Character Death (Omar Little-Michael K. Williams)

TV Meme: Day 29 - Current Show Obsession

It's the summer, so there isn't too much going on out there in the television world. However, I have been catching up on some shows I have never seen.

That being said, there are a few hidden gems that can be found during the summer months and one that Mrs. Kano and I enjoy watching is Pawn Stars.


If you haven't seen this show, it is shown on the History Channel and is basically a day in the life of a pawn star worker.

The show revolves around a trio of family members - Rick Harrison, his father Richard (The Old Man) and his son, Corey (Big Hoss). Another 'cast' member who has become pretty memorable is Corey's best friend, Chumlee.

The pawn shop is located in Las Vegas, which is pretty great for them as people will come hustling in to pawn or sell their items for fast cash to head back to the tables.

The best thing is the haggling. People bring in these very rare, and sometimes odd, items that Rick and the gang try to purchase - but to purchase in a way that they can make a profit on it when they sell it again.

The pawn shop also brings in experts on just about any item who can tell you the story, or even if the item is real. The reactions of both the seller and Rick (and gang) can be pretty great when the expert reveals if something is real or not, and how much it might be worth.

Another great part that happens occasionally, is when Rick purchases something that is pretty beat up and gives it to one of his buddies to fix up. The end result is usually so amazing that you wouldn't even be able to recognize it.

This is a pretty good, sometimes funny and sometimes interesting show. A great summer show while nothing else is on - and my current show obsession.

TV Meme: Day 28 - First Show Obsession

This could almost be a repeat of my favorite childhood show. But, I think I will try to mix it up a bit.

I have to admit I don't think I truly became infatuated or obsessed with a show until Mrs. Kano's aunt purchased me season four of Friends.

Until then, yes I loved television, and yes I frequently watched reruns of my favorite television shows.


But, once we had that season in our possession, I must say I not only became obsessed with watching Friends, but also in collecting the rest of the seasons.

We currently have all 10 seasons on DVD and I must say that during the boring times in my life (there haven't been too many of those in awhile) I have made it through a season in 2-3 days. I have probably watched he entire 10 seasons 2-3 times since we got all 10.

Although I have since moved on to more obsessions with Scrubs and now Community, Friends was probably my first overall obsession - and I hope that in time I can break out the DVDs and have a 10 season marathon - if I even find the time.

TV Meme: Day 27 - Best Pilot Episode

This one was actually pretty easy. The look of this had motion picture written all over it. And, from what I have heard, it cost about that to make it happen.

Lost had one of the best pilot episodes that I have ever seen. And even though I don't think the creators, writers or actors knew what would happen to this show or where they wanted to head as they were shooting it - it was one of the most brilliant episodes of the entire series.

This episode is what cemented me on watching the show as a whole. I didn't even want to watch it, but a friend at work had taped it (seriously a tape) and told me I had to watch it. And, eventually I did - and I was hooked.

From the moment you see Jack (Matthew Fox) awaken from his unconsciousness the chaos ensues. The plane has just landed on the island and people are going crazy, hurt and generally scared out of their minds. Jack, however, plays it cool and dives in as a leader to help those in need.

We don't know it yet, but we actually start sifting through some of the soon-to-be stars of the show. We are also introduced to the flashback, which would allow the viewers an in-depth view into the characters and their pasts.


The show that became such a phenomenon and such a topic of discussion, especially as it came to an end a few months ago, truly started with a bang.

TV Meme: Day 26 - Biggest Season Finale Shocker

This will be short today as I plan on doing two because I missed yesterday - these weekend posts are not my forte.

For the biggest season finale shocker from this past season I am going with a show that does season finales pretty darn well - and that is Grey's Anatomy.

For pretty much the entire time the show has been on the air it truly has mastered the season finale, so much so that you are craving that next episode (some four months later) to see how everything panned out.

A year ago, the show let George (T.R. Knight) pass away while Izzie's (Katherine Heigl) fate hung in the balance. We didn't know what was going to happen with her as the show came to an end.

This year, they ramped it up.

What appeared to be a bit of a throwaway story during the season, Dr. Shephard (Patrick Dempsey) made the call to take a woman off of life support. This crippled her husband, Gary Clark (Michael O'Neill).

However, as the episode came to an end it felt as though this story was complete. But, episodes later Mr. Clark was back, this time suing Dr. Shephard.

As the ruling came down and Dr. Shephard came away victorious - again you felt that this story was over.

But, the final two hour season finale (broken into two episodes "Sanctuary" and "Death and All His Friends") proved that this story line was not finished yet.

Mr. Clark walked through Seattle Grace with a plan - to kill Derek Shephard. Along the way, those not willing to help him find Dr. Shephard were taken out - and thus a shooting rampage began.


The losses began to pile up - and others hung in the balance, including major characters like Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) and Shephard himself.

There was so much going on in this episode(s). Even though I felt most of the season was sort of run of the mill, this showed just how good of a show Grey's Anatomy can be.

Kudos to once again keeping your viewers on the edge of their seats - you truly know how to make outstanding finales (now lets make the rest of those episodes equally as good).

TV Meme: Day 25 - A Show I Plan on Re-Watching

I had to eliminate many of my favorite comedy shows from this section because, honestly, I can watch those an infinite amount of times and really not get tired of them.

So, this really came down to a couple of shows for me, but in the end I decided to go with The Wire.

This show was created by David Simon and ran on HBO for five seasons starting in 2002. The premise of the show is the drug ring that resides in the city of Baltimore.

This was a pretty interesting show because it kept adding a different part to the series to show just how the drug pushing is effecting everybody.

If I can remember, the first season was mainly about the drug sellers and the police - but what is great is you see both sides and actually get to know each and every character.

The second season introduces the shipping yard and their crew into the mix. The third season I believe added the politicians. The fourth season took on the schools and the children. And finally, in the fifth and final season, the newspaper industry was looked at.

The drug kingpin in the beginning of the series was Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) and his sidekick Stringer Bell (Idris Elba). We see inside their operation and how they do what they do to stay out of trouble and out of the reach of the police.

The main police detective is Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West), who is a bit of a crazy and quite possibly an alcoholic - but who will do anything to bring down this operation. He is paired with both Kima Greggs (Sonja Sohn) and Bunk Moreland (Wendell Pierce). Cedric Daniels (Lance Reddick) leads them as lieutenant.

This show was not only interesting, but apparently very accurate when it came to portraying everything that is going on in the streets of Baltimore.

I watched all five seasons over the course of about 2-3 weeks, but I am definitely going to have to go back through them to catch some of the things I may have missed. It is one of the best written shows that was ever on television and the characters are simply amazing, and so well rounded.

It's amazing that it only lasted five seasons, but that is apparently all that Simon needed to tell his story. And the show went out on top.

Truly great show and one non-comedy I definitely plan on re-watching.

TV Meme: Day 24 - Best Quote

Simple, yet true (and hilarious) - Homer J. Simpson

TV Meme: Day 23 - Most Annoying Character

Wow, I have a lot of characters/actors that I would love to do away with in some of my favorite shows.

In fact, if I was doing this last year I would be going with the character Nikki Betancourt (Sophina Brown) on the series Numb3rs. Betancourt was a replacement for Diane Farr's character Megan Reeves, and the character was so annoying that Mrs. Kano and I actually wished that one of the many baddies on the show would take her out.

Unfortunately, no one ever did, but I didn't go with her for the lone fact that the show completed its run last year - so I decided to go with someone that is still out there and still annoying me.

The lucky winner is CSI: Miami's Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Proctor). Everything about her to me is like nails on a chalkboard. Her delivery, her voice, her expressions, even the way she walks.

The show has been on for seven seasons with season eight beginning in the fall, and Calleigh has been so close to death a number of times, but she always seems to pull through.

The show has gotten rid of an actor in the past who just didn't seem to cut it with the show in Kim Delaney. A great character Tim Speedle (Rory Cochrane) was killed off and now Jesse Cardoza (Eddie Cibrian) is leaving the show - but for some reason Calleigh keeps kicking.

And, it's not like she is a secondary character either. She probably gets more screen time than Horatio Caine (David Caruso), who is considered the star of the show. So, not only is she the most annoying character on a show that I watch, but she is in the bulk of the show at all times.

The original CSI is still alive and chugging away, so I doubt there are any plans for this series to end soon. So, for the love of God, let's make this show better and get rid of Calleigh - for everyone's sake.

TV Meme: Day 22 - Favorite Series Finale

This was difficult. I have a handful of shows that I have watched over the course of their run that had great and meaningful finales.

Just in the past couple of years shows like Scrubs (the main series) and Lost ended their runs with great finishes. But, this blog has been pretty heavy on the Scrubs (thanks, Mrs. Kano) and Lost I feel has been written about to death over the past few months since it ended.

For this category, I decided to go with a show and its finale that I blogged about when it happened right here and that show is ER.


A show that can run for 15 years, more than half my life at this point, must have been doing something right. So, it had to have a great finale to usher it out the door. Over the top, right? Nope, ER played it perfectly.

The show brought back a handful of the shows original members in small storylines throughout the final season - including heavy hitter George Clooney, and a touching flashback episode of Mark Edwards' Dr. Green. A handful of the other cast returned as Noah Wyle's Dr. Carter was opening up the Carter House - but that was really all of the fanfare.

Like I said in my previous installment - there wasn't a wedding, the hospital wasn't shutting down and people weren't coming together for a funeral, or any other cliche you can come up with for a season (series) finale. These peoples' lives will go on (technically speaking) without us watching.

The final scene had the camera pulling away from the hospital as an ambulance was pulling in - a great nod to say that life goes on, and we will be here saving lives even if you aren't seeing it.

I thought it was a pretty special finale - and although I didn't stay with the show through its entire 15 year run, I did manage to stay around for most of it. And I felt the finale was fitting to a pretty groundbreaking show.

TV Meme: Day 21 - Favorite Relationship

My apologies for this running a day late - 4th of July yesterday sort of ruined my computer time (in a good way).

Anyway, back to the meme. Today is favorite relationship - Mrs. Kano has gotten on me about the amount of Scrubs and Community love I have been giving on this meme. And she is right.

However, I absolutely must stick with my all-time favorite show on this category. My favorite television relationship is Turk (Donald Faison) and J.D. (Zach Braff) on Scrubs.


Their relationship is so great and so strong that nothing can truly come between it. They have been friends since college and remained tight through medical school - and that continued as both received jobs at Sacred Heart.

Even when it appeared that they could be drifting apart, like when Turk got close to, and eventually married Carla (Judy Reyes). Sure, their time together may have suffered, but they always remained close.

The running joke was that they were an old, married couple. And, they even got in on the act most of the time. They even sang a song called "Guy Love" in the musical episode professing their platonic love for each other.



Anyway, I have looked over the rest of these meme categories and I believe that this is my last official day consisting of Scrubs, but when I saw this category the only relationship that jumped out at me was this one. It is so strong of a relationship that even Carla realizes that Turk just may love J.D. more than her. J.D. tells her that Turk loves them both the same.

TV Meme: Day 20 - Favorite Kiss

There have been a ton of monumental kisses in television history. Kirk and Uhura; Ross and Rachel; Grey and McDreamy; Winnie and Kevin; and the list goes on.

My kiss selection is a little different because it really isn't the start of a relationship, or even sexual at all. It is just the true reason behind it that makes it so great.

I decided to pick - not Ross and Rachel, but Ross (David Schwimmer) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) in Friends.

Huh?

Well, there was an episode in in season two entitled The One With Barry and Mindy's Wedding. Joey was auditioning for a role in which he had to kiss another man and he asked Ross to help him rehearse. Ross was completely against the kiss the entire episode.

As he finally thinks it through, Ross rushes into Joey's apartment and plants one on him. It turns out that the audition had already happened and Joey didn't get the part, but it is this that makes Friends so true to real life (in relationship terms). They would do anything they can for a friend. In shows past Joey even helps Ross learn to talk dirty to a girlfriend - and gets completely embarrassed as Chandler walks in. But, that is what friends do - they do things completely off the wall if their friends need them, and Ross proved that in this episode.

Here is the kiss - it takes a while to get there, but if you want to see what I am talking about just check it out. This was the best clip of the part that I could find.

TV Meme: Day 19 - Best TV Show Cast

Wow. I have been back and forth on this one for a little while now. In the end I think I decided to go with the one that I did because the show is still on and is still just getting started, but already there is so much chemistry between the characters.

At first, my gut instinct had me selecting Scrubs as the best television cast. I mean, for eight seasons they delivered the laughs and the relationships between each and every character just seemed so genuine. That is something so hard to do. But, the cast was actually very close friends off of the set, and it clearly showed on the show.

That being said, I have (and will) be using Scrubs in a great many posts for this meme. Which is pretty obvious seeing as how it is my favorite show. So, I decided to select the show that is, I guess, currently becoming my favorite show - Community.


I seriously hope this show doesn't have a sophomore slump because I am really speaking so highly of it, but only after one season.

As I have said in previous posts the cast shakes down like this. Joel McHale stars as Jeff Winger, a lawyer who gets found out for having a fake degree and must return to community college to get his old life back. Gillian Jacobs is Britta Perry, a love interest for Jeff who is also a large feminist and activist - she has also been called the downer of he group. Danny Pudi plays Abed Nadir, a film student who converses through his knowledge of movies, mostly from the 80's. Donald Glover is Troy Barnes, a former star quarterback who loses his scholarship when he gets hurt tossing a keg. Alison Brie stars as Annie Edison, a brilliant girl who blossomed late in life, or after she overdosed on drugs and had to leave high school. Chevy Chase plays Pierce Hawthorne, the inventor of Hawthorne wipes. Finally, Yvette Nicole Brown plays Shirley Bennett, a mother of two who is freshly divorced and heads to college for the first time.

Also on the show in a smaller role are Jim Rash as Dean Pelton and Ken Jeong as Senor Chang - with John Oliver as Professor Ian Duncan also lending a hand in a handful of episodes.

It's truly amazing just how quickly the cast gelled together. The best scenes, much like Friends at Central Perk, are when the cast is alone in the study room. Without even saying words, but gestures at the table and sly looks they can have you rolling on the floor. But, the dialogue is just as great as the gestures - and the characters have blossomed there as well. Each character has found their niche and they slide together perfectly.

The best character interactions come between Troy and Abed. They have truly developed amazing chemistry together - they remind me a lot of J.D. and Turk (except neither of them is truly the star of the show). I have embedded their Spanish rap below - check it out. If you do watch the show, make sure to stick around for the credits - they usually do something off the wall crazy like this.



I urge you if you have not checked out this show yet and you like comedies (especially a show like Scrubs) then check this one out. Don't just watch a single episode because it might not show you everything you need to see - watch a few and you won't regret it.

TV Meme: Day 18 - Favorite Title Sequence

I actually believe that the title sequence has become a lost art. Nowadays shows sometimes bypass the title all-together (Lost), while others will make a great one and then shorten for no real reason (Community).

A theme song and a great title sequence can really get you excited for a show, it becomes one with the show. How many people hear "I'll Be There For You" and think of The Rembrandts? Not many, right? But, how many people hear that same song and think of Friends? I am guessing about 99% of them.

So, I almost wish that all shows would make the effort and create not only a great title sequence, but a great theme song as well. Right now I have multiple theme songs on my phone as ringtones, mainly because of my love for the show, and its theme.

There are so many out there I could name - Scrubs, Community (in its entirety), Friends, etc.

But, one of the few that I sit through during my TiVo watching is The Big Bang Theory. The title sequence is basically just a bunch of random (I say random, but it probably isn't) science-type things, but the theme song is sung by Barenaked Ladies and it is now synonymous with that show.

For your pleasure, below I have attached The Big Bang Theory title sequence. And as a bonus, Community as well.

TV Meme: Day 17 - Favorite Mini-Series

A day I have been dreading. I have never watched a Mini-Series.

Sure, I have heard of some great ones like Roots or The Thornbirds, but I have never sat down and actually watched one.

So, this is a pretty short post today.

I will conclude with this, there is one Mini-Series that I do plan to watch at some point and that is Tin Man. Which is a new take on The Wizard of Oz. When it was first on I planned on watching it and had it DVRed, but the DVR was replaced. At some point, however, I will watch it. It looked interesting.

TV Meme: Day 16 - My Guilty Pleasure Show

To me, when I think guilty pleasure I think of something that if found out you may feel a little embarrassed about.

So, I thought about a few of the shows that I watch and have watched and, well, the one that stuck out to me was Design Star, which just happens to be airing its fifth season as we speak.


Design Star is a reality television show, almost game show that is on HGTV. The current format has six guys and six ladies fighting it out for a chance to host their own home decorating show on HGTV.

In year's past, Clive Pearse was the host of the show and three others were considered the judges for the designers.

This year, however, Pearse is not on the show for reasons unknown to me, and the judges (Vern Yip, Genevieve Gorder and Candice Olson) have become both the judges and hosts of the show. I am not sure if I like the new format, because I did like Clive Pearse.

Each week the designers are given tasks to complete in interior design. Once completed the judges take a walk through and decide who was the best at this specific task, and who were in the bottom.

The bottom two are now brought forward and their hosting abilities are what may save them. They each are to showcase their room in their best hosting style and if the judges like what they see they may get to stick around - if not, their show is canceled.

Not sure how I got into this at the start, but I enjoyed the first season. So, I have been back for each additional season. I don't think the other seasons have lived up to the first one, but they have been pretty entertaining as well.

TV Meme: Day 15 - Favorite Female Character

Again, there have been so many great female characters in the history of television - how do you pick just one?

In fact, I couldn't. I had to select two, but only because I feel as a pair they make a great team, and make the show better. Apart I feel the show might be missing something.

So, my two favorite female characters are Britta (Gillian Jacobs) and Annie (Alison Brie) from Community.

Britta is the feminist movement, always has a snappy comment, sex symbol type for the main star Jeff (Joel McHale). Annie is the cute as a button, but can also push the right buttons girl that holds the group together - but is also a little neurotic.

The two together play such an important role on the show. Separated I don't feel the show would be as great as it has become. And the sexual tension that has been part of the show between Jeff and Britta has been great, but there is also a little hidden sexual tension that pops up every so often between Annie and Jeff, despite the huge (albeit only on the show) age difference.

This almost feels like a throwback to Gilligan's Island where there are the two types of women, but whoever you choose is great. Ginger was the movie star with the good looks; however, Maryanne was the girl next door-type. Annie is the new Maryanne where Britta (despite not a true movie star) would resemble the new Ginger.

So, who do you pick?

That question comes to a head in the finale for Jeff - where he is to choose between Britta and his former flame Professor Slater (Lauren Stamile). But hidden in the shadows is that elephant in the room that is Annie, a fourth wheel in this little love-rectangle.

Just great casting all around for these two. Two actresses I had never really heard of until this show got started, and both do a fantastic job on the series. Together they are amazing, so I could not choose just one. Sorry.

TV Meme: Day 14 - Favorite Male Character

Well, this was actually a lot harder than I thought it would be. There are so many great male characters on television that it was very hard to limit it to just one.

That being said, I decided to just go to the old standby and pick one from Scrubs. But, which one? Scrubs actually has multiple viable candidates in J.D., Turk or Dr. Cox, but the one character that always keeps me interested in what he is doing is The Janitor (Neil Flynn).

He is so interesting, that the Scrubs wiki even has a separate link for "The Janitor's storyline" for each episode. How many other characters can say that?

As you have heard before, most likely by me, The Janitor (along with Ted the Lawyer and a few other background characters) were only supposed to be on the show for a short amount of time. But, they were such a huge hit during the first few episodes that they kept them for the entire run of the series.

It is also pretty interesting that Bill Lawrence (the show's creator) originally intended to have The Janitor be a figment of J.D.'s imagination. And it is sort of interesting with that little bit of knowledge to re-watch the first season and see that The Janitor doesn't talk to or get acknowledged by any other character but J.D.

I am, however, grateful that they didn't stay with that intention. It would have been pretty odd - and also pretty obvious - if The Janitor was only talking to J.D. for eight seasons. Once he was allowed to mingle and throw his crazy at the other characters, he really started to shine.

In a show that was pretty weird most of the time, and had a great time with fantasy and crazy story lines, The Janitor always seemed to go even further which really made him that much more funny - and, well, that much more strange.

TV Meme: Day 13 - Favorite Childhood Show

This was another difficult one for me. I seem to have a bit of a memory loss when it comes to any television that happened before the '90s.

I wanted to select The Greatest American Hero for my favorite show, as I have been told at great lengths that this was the one show I never wanted to miss when I was growing up. Unfortunately, I cannot remember a single thing about the show - except one of the better theme songs for a television show.

So, I decided to select my favorite cartoon as a child - He-Man.

Of course looking back on it now it is sort of unbelievable how incredibly awful it is - but awful in a good way. I recently watched the He-Man Christmas Special over Christmas and it was amazing to reminisce to the old school days. Really brought back memories.

My favorite character on He-Man was Orko. Orko was a Trollan and one of He-Man's friends.

One of the things that sort of bothered me about the He-Man universe is that for the most part a lot of the characters are a little different, but for some reason Adam (or He-Man) had to keep his identity hidden from anyone. It was sort of a Clark Kent/Superman thing and only a few people knew about it - I just had no clue why. This also happened in the He-Man spinoff series - She-Ra, which I also enjoyed.

Of course, just like every cartoon show, He-Man was mostly on the air for the money it raked in from toys. I had a ton of He-Man toys growing up - including the great Castle Grey Skull.

My mother ended up getting rid of all of them and to this day I still curse her for it.

Anyway, that is my favorite childhood show. Not the greatest of blog posts because, again, I have really lost touch with most of what I watched when I was younger. And, I cannot remember anything about them.

TV Meme: Day 12 - An Episode I’ve Watched More Than 5 Times

A few years ago now I got a Christmas present from Mrs. Kano's aunt. It was a little weird at the moment, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

You see, I got season 4 of Friends on DVD. It is a perfectly normal and thoughtful gift, however, when you factor in that I didn't have season's 1-3 on DVD it sort of loses some of the luster.

I still accepted it with open arms and Mrs. Kano and I dove into the season - I guess I should also thank her aunt for costing me a ton of money as I then bought all the seasons of Friends and it also got me interested in TV on DVD and I bought a ton of other shows, but I digress.

I love season 4 of Friends for many reasons but the one that sticks out the most is because it has my all-time favorite episode The One with the Embryos.

You see, the name of the episode is a bit misleading even though it is true. This episode Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) is getting Alice's (Debra Jo Rupp) fertilized eggs placed in her because she is going to be the surrogate for her brother Frank's (Giovanni Ribisi) child.

I say it is misleading because although this is actually happening in the episode it isn't the most exciting part - that comes in the form of a game played by Joey (Matt Le Blanc), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Monica (Courtney Cox), which was administered by Ross (David Schwimmer).


Earlier in the episode Joey and Chandler bet that they can guess all of the items in Rachel's shopping bag because they know Monica and Rachel so well. After they correctly guess all of the items in the bag - Monica says that she and Rachel know them (Joey and Chandler) just as well and the game is born.

Ross creates questions about the foursome and asks them the questions and the two pairs square off against each other. After the first part of the game they are all tied up and a lightning round ensues. To up the ante, Monica bets that if the girls win that the guys have to give up their birds - if the guys win they get the girls' apartment.

It is a hilarious episode that not only can make you laugh, but gives you even more information about the characters in a sneaky little (and fun) way.

There are a ton of shows that I have seen episodes way more than five times, so I could have selected any of those, but this one stuck out to me. I loved the show, but to me this was definitely one of their best and funniest episodes.

TV Meme: Day 11 - A Show That Disappointed Me

This was difficult, seriously. I had a very hard time coming up with a show that disappointed me. For the most part I do a pretty good job at scouting new shows before I watch them - or accidentally coming across a show and beginning to like it. So, I don't really have too many shows that have truly disappointed me.

That being said, I guess I am going to have to select Joey. This show was essentially a spin-off of Friends a show that I really enjoy - but out of the characters on the show I think Joey (Matt Le Blanc) might be the most difficult to follow along by himself - but they tried it anyway.

I can't even really pinpoint what exactly didn't work about the show. Perhaps it was that we spent 10 whole years getting to know this character and his five friends. To totally remove them from the scenario just didn't seem to work.

I don't have too much to say really - I think if they were to spin-off Friends they should have followed Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Monica (Courtney Cox) into suburbia - especially if Janis, Chandler's ex-girlfriend, seriously moved next door. That would have been a great show. And of course, have the other cast members visit them on occasion since they just lived in the city. That would have worked I feel.