Ashlee Simpson is riding on the coat tails of her family name and she got showing off her inability. Not unlike our President in the first debate if you think about it. When SNL covers up the gap when she walked off stage with dress rehearsal fill-in, not even that is live. I'm sure this will be the big silly story all week so I'll let it go for now.
I'm kind of bummed that Jon Stewart wasn't more effective in his presentation. Actually, despite the fact that I do support Stewart and his basic viewpoint, I found myself feeling that same uncomfortable feeling that I had during the debates... the one where I keep waiting to hear the real put-away statement or the last, undeniable bit of A-Ha! that brings the point home. Instead, Jon called Tucker a dick and it was downhill from there.
I rather enjoy Lost and even that Desperate Housewives is funny, but those shows are pure, brainless entertainment (though I'm sure that will end for Lost when this mysterious monster is revealed to be something idiotic). For news, I like to watch Keith Olbermann on MSNBC-- he is a really good writer of his own material from what I understand-- and I catch Tim Russert and Chris Matthews here and there for other political bits.
Then, there's The Daily Show of course, which is fake by their own admission, and Real Time with Bill Maher, which is actually fake even though it is not by their own admission. The odd comedy central stand-up show now and then and a random show on HBO rounds out my tv time... a whole lot of that wasted.
I'm not really sure what my point is here, except to say that with my DirecTV subscription payment each month, I'd like to think I get somethign worthwhile, and with HDTV getting more and more like a possibility I'd hope that there would be stuff out there worth watching. As my Sony power supply shows its age more and more (high-contrast fluttering screen edges, etc), I debate getting a new tv. So far, the tv is losing.
Dan and Silicon Valley to Re-Unite
