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Yet another meme, gakked from around.
Back in the Day: 5 TV Shows You Loved As a Kid
1. F-Troop
2. MASH
3. Doctor Who
4. The Goodies
5. Star Trek
Who Would You Do?: 5 TV Characters You Would...Well, It's Self-Explanatory
1. Dean Winchester
2. Ray Kowalski
3. Dan Rydell
4. Josh Lyman
5. Johnny Johannssen (Am allowed to name two characters played by the same actor?)
What? No, No, I Don't Watch That...: 5 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows
1. For a long time I could not miss an episode of Day of Our Lives. Alas, this was in the pre-Jensen days :~(
2. Any cooking show you can name. Nigella, Jamie, Rick, Maggie and Simon, Delia, Nick Nairn, I love 'em all!
3. I still love Friends even though these days the mid-90's fashions make my eyes bleed.
4. Beverly Hills 90210. Nuff said.
5. Play School, even though I grew out of their target demographic about 35 years ago :~\
Wow: 5 TV Moments You Still Remember (And Probably Won't Forget) ((BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL HEARTBREAKING))
1. This one will only make sense to the Australians on my flist, but the day Molly died on A Country Practice. We all knew it was going to happen because we'd been living and breathing her battle with leukaemia for months, but none of us were prepared for just how devastated we would be when it finally happened.
2. Adric's death in Doctor Who. This was long before the interwebs could spoil you in advance and I was completely unprepared for it when it happened.
3. Radar announcing Henry Blake's death in MASH. I still tear up even though I've seen it more than a dozen times.
4. Basically the whole of The Body in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
5. Angel killing Jenny in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (or really, just about any Buffy episode you can name will contain at least one scene that will stay with you for life).
"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs": 5 TV Theme Songs You Know (and Love) By Heart
1. Fintstones, meet the Flintstones, they're the modern stone-aged family... (The Flintstones)
2. The end of the Civil War was near when quite accidentally, a hero who sneezed abruptly seized retreat and reversed it to victory… (F-Troop)
3. It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere. I'm all alone, more or less… (Red Dwarf)
4. Top Cat! The most effectual, Top Cat! (Top Cat)
5. Love is like a butterfly. As soft and gentle as a sigh. The multicoloured moods of love are like its satin wings… (Butterflies)
Eh: 5 Shows You Just Can't Get Into
1. Stargate Atlantis
2. Life on Mars
3. Lost
4. Heroes
5. Smallville
The Starting Line-Up: 5 Channels You Go To First When You Sit Down to Watch TV
I live in Australia and can't afford cable so I have a choice of five free-to-air TV stations whether I like it or not: three commercial networks, one publically owned station and one channel that started out as a public network but has grown more and more commercial as the years have passed.
This Is An Environment of Welcoming, and You Should Just Get the Hell Out Of Here: 5 TV Characters You Could Do Without
1. Bela in Supernatural. I was all prepared to give her a go, but her character is so poorly written and she has been so obviously wedged in to provide more T&A that I just wish Dean would shoot her and be done with it.
2. Mandy in The West Wing. Why did Aaron Sorkin feel the need to create such an unlikeable character? Did a girl called Mandy diss him in college or something?
3. Connor in Angel. He just. Did not. Work.
4. I always find myself fast-forwarding through most of Charlotte's scenes in Sex and the City. But it's not because I don't like her, it's just that I find her rather boring compared to the other ladies.
5. Riley in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Once again I was all prepared to like him, but he just didn't sit right, especially after all the Angel angst of the previous two seasons. Sadly enough, he left just as his character really started to get interesting.
That's What She Said: 5 Quotes That Still Resonate
1. If you're dumb, surround yourself by smart people. And if you're smart, surround yourself by smart people who disagree with you. (Isaac Jaffee– Sports Night)
2. We attack the mayor with hummus. (Oz – Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
3. I will not carry a gun, Frank. When I got into this war I had a very clear understanding with the Pentagon. No guns. I'll carry your books, I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to old Virginie, I'll even hari-kari if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun! (Haweye Pierce – MASH)
4. Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes, we need gigantic changes. Schools should be palaces; the competition for the best teachers should be fierce, they should be making six figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defence. That's my position. I just haven't figured out how to do it yet. (Sam Seaborn – The West Wing)
5. But I don't understand! I don't understand how this all happens. How we go through this. I mean, I knew her, and then she's, there's just a body, and I don't understand why she just can't get back in it and not be dead anymore! It's stupid! It's mortal and stupid! And, and Xander's crying and not talking, and, and I was having fruit punch, and I thought, well Joyce will never have any more fruit punch, ever, and she'll never have eggs, or yawn or brush her hair, not ever, and no one will explain to me why. (Anya – Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Gimme More: 5 Shows You Can Never Get Enough Of
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. The West Wing
3. Sports Night
4. Red Dwarf
5. Doctor Who
Back in the Day: 5 TV Shows You Loved As a Kid
1. F-Troop
2. MASH
3. Doctor Who
4. The Goodies
5. Star Trek
Who Would You Do?: 5 TV Characters You Would...Well, It's Self-Explanatory
1. Dean Winchester
2. Ray Kowalski
3. Dan Rydell
4. Josh Lyman
5. Johnny Johannssen (Am allowed to name two characters played by the same actor?)
What? No, No, I Don't Watch That...: 5 Guilty Pleasure TV Shows
1. For a long time I could not miss an episode of Day of Our Lives. Alas, this was in the pre-Jensen days :~(
2. Any cooking show you can name. Nigella, Jamie, Rick, Maggie and Simon, Delia, Nick Nairn, I love 'em all!
3. I still love Friends even though these days the mid-90's fashions make my eyes bleed.
4. Beverly Hills 90210. Nuff said.
5. Play School, even though I grew out of their target demographic about 35 years ago :~\
Wow: 5 TV Moments You Still Remember (And Probably Won't Forget) ((BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL HEARTBREAKING))
1. This one will only make sense to the Australians on my flist, but the day Molly died on A Country Practice. We all knew it was going to happen because we'd been living and breathing her battle with leukaemia for months, but none of us were prepared for just how devastated we would be when it finally happened.
2. Adric's death in Doctor Who. This was long before the interwebs could spoil you in advance and I was completely unprepared for it when it happened.
3. Radar announcing Henry Blake's death in MASH. I still tear up even though I've seen it more than a dozen times.
4. Basically the whole of The Body in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
5. Angel killing Jenny in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (or really, just about any Buffy episode you can name will contain at least one scene that will stay with you for life).
"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs": 5 TV Theme Songs You Know (and Love) By Heart
1. Fintstones, meet the Flintstones, they're the modern stone-aged family... (The Flintstones)
2. The end of the Civil War was near when quite accidentally, a hero who sneezed abruptly seized retreat and reversed it to victory… (F-Troop)
3. It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere. I'm all alone, more or less… (Red Dwarf)
4. Top Cat! The most effectual, Top Cat! (Top Cat)
5. Love is like a butterfly. As soft and gentle as a sigh. The multicoloured moods of love are like its satin wings… (Butterflies)
Eh: 5 Shows You Just Can't Get Into
1. Stargate Atlantis
2. Life on Mars
3. Lost
4. Heroes
5. Smallville
The Starting Line-Up: 5 Channels You Go To First When You Sit Down to Watch TV
I live in Australia and can't afford cable so I have a choice of five free-to-air TV stations whether I like it or not: three commercial networks, one publically owned station and one channel that started out as a public network but has grown more and more commercial as the years have passed.
This Is An Environment of Welcoming, and You Should Just Get the Hell Out Of Here: 5 TV Characters You Could Do Without
1. Bela in Supernatural. I was all prepared to give her a go, but her character is so poorly written and she has been so obviously wedged in to provide more T&A that I just wish Dean would shoot her and be done with it.
2. Mandy in The West Wing. Why did Aaron Sorkin feel the need to create such an unlikeable character? Did a girl called Mandy diss him in college or something?
3. Connor in Angel. He just. Did not. Work.
4. I always find myself fast-forwarding through most of Charlotte's scenes in Sex and the City. But it's not because I don't like her, it's just that I find her rather boring compared to the other ladies.
5. Riley in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Once again I was all prepared to like him, but he just didn't sit right, especially after all the Angel angst of the previous two seasons. Sadly enough, he left just as his character really started to get interesting.
That's What She Said: 5 Quotes That Still Resonate
1. If you're dumb, surround yourself by smart people. And if you're smart, surround yourself by smart people who disagree with you. (Isaac Jaffee– Sports Night)
2. We attack the mayor with hummus. (Oz – Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
3. I will not carry a gun, Frank. When I got into this war I had a very clear understanding with the Pentagon. No guns. I'll carry your books, I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to old Virginie, I'll even hari-kari if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun! (Haweye Pierce – MASH)
4. Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes, we need gigantic changes. Schools should be palaces; the competition for the best teachers should be fierce, they should be making six figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defence. That's my position. I just haven't figured out how to do it yet. (Sam Seaborn – The West Wing)
5. But I don't understand! I don't understand how this all happens. How we go through this. I mean, I knew her, and then she's, there's just a body, and I don't understand why she just can't get back in it and not be dead anymore! It's stupid! It's mortal and stupid! And, and Xander's crying and not talking, and, and I was having fruit punch, and I thought, well Joyce will never have any more fruit punch, ever, and she'll never have eggs, or yawn or brush her hair, not ever, and no one will explain to me why. (Anya – Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Gimme More: 5 Shows You Can Never Get Enough Of
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. The West Wing
3. Sports Night
4. Red Dwarf
5. Doctor Who
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I don't mind Charlotte. But Miranda is who I watch that show for. And I actually didn't mind Riley. It was Dawn who did my head in. With you on Connor, though. And Mandy! Oh god, oh god. I remember, I tried to rewatch TWW a little while back, convinced that Season One was bestest of all. Oh, selective memory, what a cruel hoax you played on me! I had completely blotted out all reminders of Mandy, so when she turned up on the screen it was twice the shock it should have been.
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And I think it's perfectly acceptable to do both Ray Kowalski AND Johnny Johanssen. I would probably add Gray Wellman to the list.
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Ray and Johnny - I'll give you that. That's okay, no really.
Anya's speech in Buffy was so, so perfectly done. Her bewilderment was almost touchable. That is what made me cry out of the entire episode (and, don't get me wrong it was a brilliant piece of television).