“If I was kidding you I’d be wearing a fez and no pants.”
How is it possible that there is no Law & Order on TV right now?
(Or, as piny over at Feministe sums ‘em up:
Law & Order: Original Flavor
Law & Order: Now With More Dead Strippers
Law & Order: Vincent D’Onofrio)
I do actually realize the irony of this; a random scan through the digital cable channels at any given time (seriously–I’ve found this to be true at 9 am) will yield at least two different L&Os. But lately I’ve been retiring to the loveseat in the living room around 10 pm, pouring myself a glass of wine or three, and “working” on the laptop while I quarter-listen to L&O (any variety) in the background. So I just now said to GB, “Guess I’ll go watch a little Law & Order,” and he snickered–because, right, who has to plan to watch L&O now?
Me, apparently. How sad is that?
And Vincent D’Onofrio: what is up with him? He’s like a car wreck for me. I find his character so disturbing that I can’t stop watching him. I starting watching the CI version late…what the hell is supposed to be wrong with him?
(Can you tell how really tired I am of talking about myself?)
Well–there’s always the Law & Order Random Plot Generator.
February 2, 2006 at 11:31 pm
You know, I can’t take VD’O anymore. I heard – through random VH1 or MTV watching – that he checked himself into the hospital for “exhaustion,” and after that I couldn’t look at him in the same way. Is that bad? Can I check *myself* into said hospital for that?
February 2, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Isn’t “exhaustion” publicist code for drugs? Or something?
It’s like calling off work with “stomach flu”–everyone knows you’re hungover.
February 3, 2006 at 7:06 am
I thought it was code for “my client’s being a whiny bitch,” which is why I had the issue…
February 3, 2006 at 12:06 pm
You know, if you can’t find Law and Order, it’s reasonable to assume you can locate a version of CSI somewhere, they are kinda the same thing.
They need to make a bunch of versions of House, like House: Road rage, or House: scares kids in the park, which would be called House: SKIP
I love house.
February 3, 2006 at 12:22 pm
okay-couple things.
csi and law and order are so incredibly NOT the same thing.
vincent d. i agree.
seriously. i read your post to the yogini and she laughed and laughed and said i had to write/commisserate con tu.
can’t stand/love/hate/remember mystic pizza. urggghhhhhh.
February 3, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Sure they are the same thing, along with numbers, bones, crossing jordan, that one with Mandy Patinkin. Some crime is commited, some crack team manages to solve it just in the nick of time, generally using some crazy technology that can’t possibly work** and/or some really strange logic.
Throw in some intercharacter drama that loosly ties the episodes together and you got yourself a rad hour long crime drama.
Granted law and order seems less to do with dealing with forensic stuff and more on the person stuff, but they still seem like the same show to me.
**My facorite trick is image enhancements.
I’m more of a doctor show person myself.
February 3, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Taz–you’re right about the whiny bitch thing, I think.
Jesse–dude, House is the best. I love the idea of the House variations. “House: meth sluts gone wild” is one of my favorites.
Skycat–thanks for commiserating. And L&O and CSI are SO NOT the same, but mostly just because CSI is like all those other shows to me, and L&O…just isn’t.
February 4, 2006 at 3:15 pm
Blogger is being a little bitch today. My posts are also disappearing… and I want to comment o the post above this, but it won’t let me.
February 4, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Yeah, what’s up with that? I wanted to give you ALL my sympathy for the horrid neighbors. And now I can’t. Hrmmm.