December 24th, 9am, Pacific Standard Time...
Merry merry!
It’s Christmas Eve, so I assume that you’re reading this in the bathroom/Target parking lot/smoking patio where you’re hiding from your family.
I assume we all read the Nepo Baby package. Good stuff; no notes (even if they missed a couple NBs. Vulture, call me).
THE OSCARS USED TO BE FUN
I’m not going to do Award Season Discourse because they lit’rally don’t matter. Stanley Kubrick won one (1) (uno) Oscar and it was for VFX. I also don’t think the representation arguments hold much weight. The same body that voted for Moonlight voted for Green Book.
Buuuut awards shows are some of our last Live non-sports non-election events, so I want them to be fun! Buncha talented people in a room together, make em do something! In that regard perhaps Will Smith did us all a favor with the slap.
Anyway, this is great:
DUMB LIST
TV Shows That, Were I An Exec Greenlighting Shows Without Knowing Anything Else About Them, I Would Choose Based On How Fun-To-Say Their Titles Are
Peaky Blinders
Cashmere Mafia
Nip/Tuck
Loot
SMILF
United States of Tara
Californication
Boo, Bitch
Gordita Chronicles
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Felicity
My So-Called Life
Dirty, Sexy, Money
Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place
Spin City
Suddenly Susan
Rizzoli & Isles
3rd Rock From The Sun
Babylon 5
Frasier
And most of all
Los Espookys
Essay
I’m Cheating This Week And Linking To Something I Wrote For Work
(I tried to write about the new Gossip Girl and it exploded into thousands of digressive tangents so that is coming…later)
Did you know I have a movie column over on Flood? Every month I take a movie that’s 10, 15 or 20 years old — old enough that it’s now in a different cultural context but not so old that it’s a classic — that I’ve seen before, and I ask, how’s this thing hold up?
This month: Gangs Of New York
RECOMMENDATIONS
Sitcoms That Ended Quickly So You Can Watch All The Episodes In Like A Week
If You Like Workplace Comedies
If You Like Friend Group Comedies
Enjoy the mistletoe consensually!
LL