1968 TV Poll

Secret underground groups will be showing "West Wing" to their children in order to teach them how democracy worked before we lost it........

ROTFLMAOPIMP!!!  No joke!

Thought of some more this morning:

Nip/Tuck
The Shield
Sopranos
Oz
Rescue Me
Invasion
The Pretender
Surface

As current television programs possibly typifying the "zeitgeist" of comtemporary America, how about?:

The Simple Life - featuring the always intriguing and self-effacing Paris Hilton (a/k/a "The Ink Hound" according to Newsweek Magazine) as she schleps her away across this great land from one lousy job to another.

Hardball - A wonderfully informative political affairs program hosted by the unfailingly reserved and introspective Chris Matthews, a man widely considered to be this generation's answer to John Chancellor.

Entertainment Tonight - Providing a seemingly never-ending array of pointless stories about vacuous celebrities and their shallow and totally self-absorbed lives, thereby, providing much of the American viewing audience with a truly vicarious thrill.

Commander-in-Chief - starring the statuesque Geena Davis (also star of the winsomely-amusing "Earth Girls Are Easy") as President Mackenzie Allen.

Live with Regis and Kelly! -  Yes, always a thoroughly delightful watch, as the seventy-something Mr. Philbin and the thirty-something Ms. Ripa kiss celebrity "caboose" every day with even more elan than the King of celebrity caboose-kissers himself, Mr. Larry King!  (In addition, "Reege" will hawk his latest Christmas record, senior citizen medication or game-show hosting-gig as glibly and as expertly as Mr. Ron Popeil, undisputed King of the TV Infomercials!)

MTV - A great rock & roll network, with many of the shows hosted by the irrepressible one, Mr. Pauly Shore, simply the greatest renaissance man of our time!

Maury - hosted by Mr. Maury Povich, (mensch extraodinaire!), who delves into the extremely personal problems of other people to afford them the benefit of his King Solomon-like wisdom and counsel, while both simultaneously entertaining and informing the American public.  (Connie Chung must be so proud of her helpful hubby. What a guy!)

Secret underground groups will be showing "West Wing" to their children in order to teach them how democracy worked before we lost it........

 

Exactimundo.    I have my WW tapes for my post-democratic future.    Too bad about Toby, huh?

Too bad about Toby, huh?

I think you mean Leo   very, very sad..

Hey....what about Absolutely Fabulous...it's a MUST! IMHO.

Patti

I didn't know about John Spencer (of the West Wing) dying until later, though it happened that day.    Now I wish he'd quit the show when his character quit as Chief of Staff; maybe he wouldn't have had the same heart attack that Leo did.      I've been brooding on this all day. 

Toby was fired on the show, that's what I meant.