tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post621704554481318519..comments2023-12-20T17:20:22.032-05:00Comments on 99 Seats: The Chef of the Future!99http://www.blogger.com/profile/11955916620902994495noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-38501407914637665742010-03-11T17:52:18.915-05:002010-03-11T17:52:18.915-05:00Their slogan is of course right. "It's N...Their slogan is of course right. "It's Not TV. It's HBO." So this is outside the parameter you set here, but HBO is doing many interesting things with narrative and character development that television cannot do, haven’t even tried to do. The season of The Wire that centered on the public schools was what you were imagining with a reverse 90210.Nick https://www.blogger.com/profile/13280949568861084843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-32541141268995108082010-03-11T11:45:40.488-05:002010-03-11T11:45:40.488-05:00The real question is can it make vetavitavegamin?
...The real question is can it make vetavitavegamin?<br /><br />And, Josh, I'd watch that show. I don't know anyone who's seen that new HBO show about makin' it (but not like that), though I hear it's not great.<br /><br />Maybe the need for fantasy is stronger than we hope...99https://www.blogger.com/profile/11955916620902994495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-11894260044502130432010-03-11T11:36:56.285-05:002010-03-11T11:36:56.285-05:00By the way, in re "Chef of the Future," ...By the way, in re "Chef of the Future," I have only one question:<br /><br />Can it core a apple?George Hunkahttp://www.georgehunka.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-49713992948300902472010-03-11T11:34:34.526-05:002010-03-11T11:34:34.526-05:00Norman Lear is my idol! He made "Mary Hartman...Norman Lear is my idol! He made "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman!"<br /><br />Anyway, I've noticed the same thing. HBO had one season of a sitcom called Lucky Louie, a Louis CK vehicle, but it didn't make the cut. God, I miss Roseanne constantly. The Connor household is almost an exact mirror of how I grew up.<br /><br />Nikole Beckwith and I are working on a pilot about broke Brooklyn-ites dealing with poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, and depression. It's a comedy, natch.joshcon80https://www.blogger.com/profile/13493227172042089467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-77138506613201072342010-03-11T11:13:42.092-05:002010-03-11T11:13:42.092-05:00It really just crept up on me. I watch a lot of TV...It really just crept up on me. I watch a lot of TV, but I've slowly moved away from the evening dramas, in favor of the cop shows and sci fi, which tends to show a cross-section of society. Though even that's fading fast. The soon-to-be (I'm betting) late and somewhat lamented Heroes did a good job in the first couple of seasons, but all of their working and middle-class characters faded away (or were killed off).<br /><br />I've often wondered what a reverse O.C. or 90210 would be like: rich kid loses his money and has to attend public school across the tracks. Maybe less pretty kids to look at, but more intriguing drama.99https://www.blogger.com/profile/11955916620902994495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-36023362560172285962010-03-11T11:06:04.018-05:002010-03-11T11:06:04.018-05:00But your larger point is well-taken, J. When I was...But your larger point is well-taken, J. When I was growing up, the Norman Lear shows -- <i>All in the Family</i>, <i>Good Times</i> -- were very popular, even dealing with issues of racial integration and class mobility with <i>The Jeffersons</i>. (The professional classes were amply represented by the MTM shows like those of Mary Tyler Moore and Bob Newhart.) Later, <i>Taxi</i> and <i>Cheers</i> provided a mixture of working class and middle class characters. Nowadays, the working and lower classes are represented if at all on the margins of crime shows. A sad case.George Hunkahttp://www.georgehunka.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-71515330984907731192010-03-11T10:56:13.263-05:002010-03-11T10:56:13.263-05:00Good point, George. And there is It's Always S...Good point, George. And there is It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, too.99https://www.blogger.com/profile/11955916620902994495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-88432462491301903632010-03-11T10:54:34.708-05:002010-03-11T10:54:34.708-05:00Denis Leary's Rescue Me is a fine series about...Denis Leary's <i>Rescue Me</i> is a fine series about the working class which is now in its seventh season on FX.George Hunkahttp://www.georgehunka.com/blognoreply@blogger.com