This Weeks League Assignment

 

 

This week’s challenge for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers…

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What piece of pop culture did you HATE as a kid?

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This should generate some interesting debates!

 

 

For me, I never understood why people watched and liked the TV series 'South Park'. It made it's Internet debut and TV series launch when I was a teenager and most of my friends watched it and enjoyed it. But for me I hated every second I have ever watched. The animation is amateurish at best. At least with TV series like 'The Simpson's' and 'Family Guy' the animation improved with time and the quality was excellent, but South Park still looks like a lame Internet cartoon. 

 

The story lines usually involve something somewhat current that is not that funny, and then repeating the joke over and over again. The one episode I watched at a friends house involved 'reality star' Paris Hilton continually coughing up a white substance through out the episode, which was obviously a lame joke at her swallowing sperm. Again very lame and immature. I honestly think a seven year old could be writing these episodes.

 

Sorry folks if you are a 'South Park' fan. I just don't understand the hype, especially considering it has been on the air for almost 20 years. It's a mystery to me. If you want some adult funny animation check out  Seth McFarlane's 'American Dad', now that is one show that makes me laugh consistently. 

 

Be sure to check out these other blogs that are part of the league:

 

www.coolandcollected.com

 

www.goodwillhunting4geeks.blogspot.com

 

www.infinitehollywood.com

 

See you in the future!

 

 

Sunday Night TV & Podcast News!

New TV Season brings us some new TV on Sunday Night:- Boardwalk Empire: has begun their 3rd season. 2 episodes in and so far it has been good. Nucky Thompson has become the gangster he needs to be in order to maintain the lifestyle he is accustomed to.

- Dexter begins a new season this Sunday. I almost dropped this series after season 5 because that season was terrible. Last season they brought me back with Colin Hanks and Edward James Olmos as the bad guys. Not sure what they have planned for this season but I will be checking it out again.

- Family Guy & American Dad return. like both those shows, very funny. But I do not like the Cleveland Show.

- Hell On Wheels: Second Season is on. I like this western show, but I am behind on my episodes. I've only seen the first episode of this season so far. Show quality seems intact. Love Colm Meaney on this series!

- 666 Park Avenue: Looking forward to any series starring Terry O'Quinn (Locke from 'Lost'). He is great, especially if playing a bad guy as is my understanding going into this show. Plus I do love me some horror! But this show is on ABC, not sure how much they will actually show...

That is all for now about Sunday Night TV.

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The Random Nerdness Podcast

As you may have heard I am developing a 'Random Nerdness Podcast', hopefully coming to an iTunes store near you! We have so far recorded a couple pilot episodes which have gone well. But we will be officially recording our actual Episode 1 this Monday night, with it going up hopefully a week later. More updates as I have them. To contact us be sure to check out our Facebook page 'Random Nerdness Blog & Podcast', and drop us an e-mail at: nerdnesspodcast@gmail.com

Talk at you soon!

Why Not Scrappy Doo?

Eyes are a little red from all those 'Scooby Snacks' (aka 'Shrooms') they were eating in that van

Why does everyone hate Scrappy Doo? I loved that dog as a kid and I still like him. As a kid we lived in an area with few channels, and the only exposure to the Scooby Doo cartoons were the 80's Hanna Barbara TV movies that aired on CBC Saturday mornings. Those Scooby films only featured Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy. I never saw anyone else from the original 'Scooby Gang' so for me Scrappy was always an important part of that world. Yet everyone else I have talked to or listened to have a severe hate on for that little guy. I liked the fact that he was smart, stocky and small. I liked him more than Scooby Doo himself...

What got me thinking about Scrappy was listening to the most recent episode of 'The Atomic Geeks' podcast. Check out their most recent episode, Episode 176 at www.theatomicgeeks.com

But that really doesn't say much because to be honest I am not a big fan of Scooby. I was more of a Flintstones kid growing up. 12pm every weekday on Channel 12 CFRN they would air the original 'Flintstones' cartoon and it was required viewing as a kid. I was about 13 or 14 when CFRN finally decided to make their 'Noon News' which started after 'Flintstones' into a 'News Hour', and thus Flintstones got the bump. It's still a great series and I am looking forward to Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad) relaunching this series back into the primetime cartoon world in the next year or two as rumoured.