OMG………Airwolf.
These pictures are chaotic and ugly but LOOK AT THEM!
(Trust me, it’s worth your time to stick with me throughout this entire post, if you can handle the bitchin’ awesomeness to come).
These are photos of my British/English/Supposedly-Sophisticated SkyTV menu from Monday evening:
King of Queens? Two and a Half Men? Scrubs? JUDGE FUCKIN JUDY?
And we wonder why the Brits have stupid stereotypes about ‘Murricans. We wonder.
Y’all, stop wondering, honestly, save your energy, I will take a picture of various sections of the TV menu here in Ye Olde Blighty Towne-Shire-Chester-Ton every half hour for you for the next three years, and I guaran-fuckin-tee that you will stop wondering about those stereotypes after half a day.
Those are only two random pics I took at 7:30 p.m. It is so much worse than that. During the day? Four hours straight, on four different channels: Jerry Springer. And also Maury Povich. Please don’t forget Ricki Lake while you’re at it. I am not blowing smoke up your ass, the fact of the matter is that 90% of the programming over here is American, and 90% of that is our pure, unprocessed, not-gone-through-the-sewage-treatment-plant CRAP. (Actually that first 90% is probably an exaggeration; I’d say it’s about 60% American shows here.)
They only just started “premiering” here. There you go. Chuck should’ve been on the telly here two years ago, like it was on ours. Why did this not happen? Don’t bullshit me with laws and copyrights and bulllllshit.
It’s not their fault, or our fault, actually I’m not sure whose fault it is.
We put this Jerry/Maury/Raymond/King of Queens shit out there for everyone to syndicate, and surely it’s less expensive than the quality stuff.
I defy any self-respecting American to come over here, see what is on offering for cable TV programming, and not devise an actual serious on-paper personal 5-year-plan to completely take over all transatlantic syndication, so that at some point, the bulk of what Britons see of Americans doesn’t consist of Jerry Springer and Judge Judy, or horrifying 1980s nighttime soaps like Falcon Crest, or that dumbass sitcom dipshit Kevin James, or that dumbass sitcom creepshit Charlie Sheen, or that weasel-y sitcom doormat non-man Ray Romano, or, oh for fuck’s sake Paris Hilton or any of the “Top Models” who aspire to be like her.
Seriously I will take a picture of the entire TV menu here every single day to prove my point. It’s painful and fantastically edifying. You can’t live here for more than a month without fully comprehending why Brits in general are able to cling to their completely inaccurate idea that we’re all stupid.
The available programming here is the bottom 2% of the shit I would never in a million years watch back in America. My prime viewing options here are the very last bits of crap I’d choose back in my beloved hillbilly land.
This means something. It is a problem, and frankly, I don’t think it’s funny anymore. It makes me angry that this is the shit American studios actively market to foreign audiences - it’s not representative, they know it and you know it and so do I, and it makes me mad that on a daily basis, I encounter people whose only “exposure” to “America” - and thus to my kind - is Jerry Fucking Springer or Everybody Goddamn Loves That Dipshit Raymond.
I’m justified to be pissed about that. Would the entire UK like to be judged by , or by , which I’m sorry, I’ve given it a chance, but that’s really a stupid show.
Honestly. I “get” the “irony” and the “nuance”, but seriously you guys. I knew potheads in college that did that exact same schtick, and it was funnier, even though they were high and I wasn’t. Think about that please.
BUT.
But.
At some point when perusing the UK telly offerings, you become enchanted, and it’s nothing to do with nationality or birthplace.
You just find yourself seeing something on the menu here in England that you never would see on the menu in the Yoo-nigh’dud Staytes’o'Murrica de Hillbillies:
Oh, but I just know. At least half a dozen commenters will say, “Oh, Airwolf is on here all the time Rachel Lucas, get over it.”
WHATEVER. I have spent the last 15 years in the major metro TV markets of D.C./Baltimore and Dallas/Fort Worth, and never have I seen goddamn in syndication. Last time I saw that show, I was 15 years old and it was the last new episode, and I was too cool to care but I cried anyway.
I had kind of a crush on Jan Michael Vincent. Cram it and keep your judgments to your stupid self.
So needless to say, when I saw this Airwolf listing on my British TV thingy the other day, I went to it. And of course I took pictures of not only the menu that showed the Totally Awesome Airwolf listing but also the Airwolf show itself, because I am 2 legit 2 quit and it wuz 2 kewl and OMG!
(Tangentially - I’ve been traumatized in the last few days by reading emails from my nieces and nephews and cousins and other various relations under the age of 23 - “smart” humans who SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO WRITE IDIOTIC SHIT LIKE “UR” AND “2getha” AND “4evah” BECAUSE I WILL FUCKING TAKE YOU OUT OF THE SHARED GENE POOL I SWEAR TO GOD. And do not even get me started on what my mother, the professor at the expensive private university, told me the nite B4 hur surg-ree. U will kill urself - upscale private/expensive college students turn in papers wit dat “2″ and “ur” shit and Xpect 2 git away wid it. And u ppl wunder Y I dont have kidz N dis day’n'age. Srsly? Have U checked ur kidz myspace pages? Do it, I dare u.)
Anyway, back on subject, as “cheesy” as it is, at least I’m writing in proper goddamned comprehensible English, and also, what I have for you is awesome. Here is my photojournalistic account of the climax of an Airwolf episode as seen in Britain in 2009, which is just frakkin’ freaky.
Why did I have to move to a foreign country to have flashbacks to 7th grade? It isn’t right; you have failed me, American/Texan programming executives. Check it :
(caption lifted straight from Wikipedia)
Someone is a bad guy, and Stringfellow Hawke is going to fuck’em’up. Real bad. First he must visualize:
(Actually I think that’s his victim visualizing Airwolf, not the other way around, the point is, it looks cool.)
Then he will aim on your ass and there’s just not a lot you can do about it, Chump.
Except his Only Real Friend - and - may tell him to COOL OUT, MAN!
That might buy you a couple minutes if you’re lucky.
But Stringfellow Hawke might be a little shakey-jakey on the shit. Might be a little trigger-happy because of the ‘Nam flashbacks. Or possibly the dumbass blogger taking the picture of her TV might not focus so well, whatever bitch, you are in trouble:
And then comes The Moment When It All Goes Down: THE MISSILE. It’s so homoerotic and bad-ass and cheesy all at the same time, I don’t even know what to say about it and neither do you.
Bam. Destruction commences and goosebumps sprout.
But he isn’t happy about it because he is a decent man at core, a tortured man, a good man. He has a moment of concern while he thinks about his own moral imperative, and it troubles him, troubles him so much:
But face it asshole, ultimately Stringfellow Hawke doesn’t give a crap what your personal issues or childhood traumas were; he is going to blow you up until you die.
[I would like to repeat that drunk blogging is rarely a good idea.]
Awesome. In both the actual sense of the word and the “ironic” sense.
I’m moving to London in a couple of months, and this is what I have to look forward too. Both hideous and great.
Can’t it just be great?
What about college football!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
Sigh.
June 11th, 2009 at 6:17 pmESTafter that post i would strongly suggest some kind of intervention or deprogramming - you know the kind where they take you away for awhile and you come back cured…but then this would not be the fun it is…you go girl!
June 11th, 2009 at 6:20 pmESTThis… I… you… they…
Airwolf. Airwolf?
You’re right, so right. The world - they think we’re Springer and Falcon Crest. I’m glad I’m able to watch Monty Python and EastEnders as a matter of karmic balance.
June 11th, 2009 at 6:23 pmESTOk, I don’t hate Charlie Sheen as much as you do (although I can’t stand Ducky, er, the guy who plays his brother on the show, and the “1/2 man” kid creeps me out), but everything else you said is dead on.
On a positive note, tv-wise, I just read that Doll House has been renewed for next year. Yeah! They gave Joss Whedon more than half a season to develop his show this time. Maybe the suits at Fox have learned something from their mistakes?
June 11th, 2009 at 6:23 pmESTFalcon Crest?????
June 11th, 2009 at 6:29 pmESTReally?
“If you haven’t picked up on it by now, I’ve been traumatized in the last few days by reading emails from my nieces and nephews and cousins and other various relations under the age of 23 - “smart” humans who SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO WRITE IDIOTIC SHIT LIKE “UR” AND “2getha” AND “4evah” BECAUSE I WILL FUCKING TAKE YOU OUT OF THE SHARED GENE POOL I SWEAR TO GOD. And do not even get me started on what my mother, the professor at the expensive private religion-based university, told me the nite B4 hur surg-ree. U will kill urself - upscale private/expensive college students turn in papers wit dat “2″ and “ur” shit and Xpect 2 git away wid it. And u ppl wunder Y I dont have kidz N dis day’n’age. Srsly? Have U checked ur kidz myspace pages? Do it, I dare u.)”
You know Rachel, the answer to that is to send an email back with two words: spel chek (yes, it’s intentionally misspelled). I used to do that in chat rooms and it pissed people off who misspelled stuff as well as that number/letter nonsense.
Oh, and don’t forget ThIs TyPe oF WrItInG. People like that make me want to buy a midget sub, stuff them in a torpedo tube, tie a large Looney Tunes anvil to their ankles and shoot them towards the deepest part of any ocean (no real preference here).
June 11th, 2009 at 6:44 pmESTOh silly Rachel, I have been watching reruns of Airwolf here in Michigan for over a year now. I get HD TV over the air on my antenna. One of the local stations has a substation that runs something called RTN (Retro TV Network). It has reruns of Airwolf, The A-team, Magnum PI, Hawaii 5-0, Knight Rider, Rockford Files, Kojak. Just tons of old shows. Some are cool, and some of them just make me sad when I think that I actually used to watch this crap.
June 11th, 2009 at 6:47 pmESTLike Farmer Ted the Geek said in 16 Candles:
“I’m at a loss!”
June 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pmESTMagnum PI? I could watch me some Tom Selleck again!
[Yep, that's on here, too. - Rachel]
June 11th, 2009 at 7:14 pmESTHah- someone’s been hitting the cider again methinks.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:25 pmESTResistance is futile.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pmEST“…or that weasel-y sitcom doormat non-man Ray Romano,…”
Ummm, I know you didn’t mean to insult Stoaty Weasel. No doub’t she could kick Ray Ramonos ass any second of any hour of any day of any week of any month of any year, with just a flick of her finger!
All you would have to do is glare, but be careful of international incidents. But, HEY!, I bet we could forward Rupert (NHRN) bail money. Probably even enough to hire someone to dig a tunnel out from under O’l Bailey, and smuggle ya outta the country to come back home, if need be!
“It makes me angry that this is the shit American studios actively market to foreign audiences - it’s not representative, they know it and you know it and so do I, and it makes me mad that on a daily basis, I encounter people whose only “exposure” to “America” - and thus to my kind - is Jerry Fucking Springer or Everybody Goddamn Loves That Dipshit Raymond.”
June 11th, 2009 at 7:44 pmESTBecause that is the liberal mindset, Rachel. It is why this type of shit gets aired time after time after time in the U.S.A. It is used constantly as propaganda to make us, the U.S.A. look stupid. And sadly, it’s working.
Ace linked to this a while back:
Airwolf/Star Wars mixup - perhaps the Brits will appreciate the ‘irony’ of it…
June 11th, 2009 at 7:47 pmESTtchah! gimme a call when you get ‘the A-team’ on 2 hours a day. ‘A-team’ makes ‘airwolf’ look like shakespeare.
[Heh. We DO get the A-Team 2 hours a day, at least. I'll get you a pic of the listing next time we visit this topic. - Rachel]
June 11th, 2009 at 8:01 pmESTWachel sweety, don’t mix the meds and the hard cider. Hmmm? Okay?
Seriously, if it wasn’t for Tila Tequila, I don’t think I’d ever watch the tube.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:25 pmEST[/ironic snark]
Perhaps, if Brits can determine the difference between irony and sarcasm.
OH QUIT! I love the Brits!
June 11th, 2009 at 8:29 pmESTI gave King of Queens reruns a chance a couple years ago and, believe it or not, I am glad I did, because some of them are fucking great.
Arthur Spooner is hilarious.
Sit through a couple or three of them. If you don’t LOL 2, I owe you an hour and a half.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:49 pmESTJan Michael Vincent was totally freaking hot! I was completely in love with him back in the old Airwolf days. Then I moved on to Judd Nelson.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:53 pmESTI think I may have just discredited myself.
I will totally leg-wrestle you for the affections of Sir Hawke. And I cheat.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:05 pmESTS’OK. Tell every Englishman you meet that your impressions of their country were formed by watching Benny Hill.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:20 pmESTI remember you said hulu didn’t work over there, but that was before you got your internet connection solved.
Anyway, they have Airwolf.
Your readers can enjoy it if you can’t.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:24 pmESTI had an anthropology professor once who had done some of her graduate work in Cameroon, or some such godforsaken African backwater. She said that the two American shows that they got at the time were: Dynasty, and Sanford and Son!! So you can imagine what their ideas about America, and Americans, were.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:52 pmESTThe very worst British show ever made was called My Hero. Google it sometime, or better yet, youtube it and see if you can get through five minutes of it. It might be worse than even Small Wonder.
Point is, it seems to be a pretty big mistake to judge any country by the television they export.
On the pic with Falcon Crest, is another listing for Starsky and Hutch on Zone Thriller. Is Buck Rogers playing on Zone Scifi?
June 11th, 2009 at 9:54 pmESTThank you for the Airwolf clips, I laughed my ass off!
Oh good lord I love you woman. That pic of the Airwolf listing on the TV is now my desktop wallpaper.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:09 pmESTFrom your pics, I can see at least one area where the Brits are ahead of us (or maybe it’s behind, but in a good way?) You can see more than two lines of the dang guide channel at a time! What used to cover the entire screen is now relegated to just the bottom, so they can show the inane “TV Guide News” and assorted infomercials on the top 4/5 of the screen. Brought to you by those same a**clowns who started putting all those animated banners over the bottom of your programs.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:25 pmESTSee, this is why I visit here. Five stars for this “bitchin’ awesomeness.”
June 11th, 2009 at 11:28 pmESTOh, holy crap. I nearly woke up the whole house when I read that.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:33 pmESTI also note from the screen caps that you’re watching My Name Is Earl while surfing the guide. I’ve never seen it, so tell me, is it worth watching?
June 11th, 2009 at 11:41 pmESTHa-ha! Rachel, you don’t need de-programming. I think your “American” just kicked in.
It happened to me about 2-1/2 months after moving to Düsseldorf many years ago. I spent the first couple of months feeling inquisitive about the surprising, charming, and completely alien culture of my new home. However, at some point, my innate American-ness asserted itself and I had to do a little venting (mostly in letters home) about certain subjects.
The feeling eventually passed or at, any rate, became less urgent and left me free to appreciate my German experience yet with a new awareness that my ex-pat experience was only going to last a couple of years at most.
PS— Although I still love his performance in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Charlie Sheen totally creeps me out, too.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:52 pmESTAbout “Everybody Goddamn Loves That Dipshit Raymond.” I’m glad to see there other people who hate that program. Romano was good as a stand-up comedian, but once they castrated/neutered him and put him in that PC sitcom, he was a good kid gone bad.
They should have called that show, “Deborah Straightens Raymond Out” — as she did each episode, showing what a jerk he was (when she wasn’t elbowing him in the eye and otherwise beating the Hell out of him). That’s real responsible, politically correct, socially constructive TV!
June 11th, 2009 at 11:55 pmESTYeah, the relationship between Raymond and his wife sucks, but if you can look past that, it’s a very funny show, with the most dynamic presentation of a dysfunctional family since the early years of Roseanne, when that show was good.
Also, The King of Queens is simply outstanding, no excuses necessary.
Finally, Two and A Half Men is better than a show with that name has any right to be. Once I discovered that it wasn’t wholesome at all and was remarkably dirty, it became a blast.
June 12th, 2009 at 12:04 amESTThis so explains them all asking you about J.R. & who killed him when you first got there.
June 12th, 2009 at 12:23 amESTU totaly did that hole 1st part so u cld cover yer ass about hearting Airwolf, dint u?
June 12th, 2009 at 12:31 amESTi would have named ray’s show “why would such a nice guy marry the angriest bitch in the world?”
June 12th, 2009 at 12:58 amESTRachel, you made my day here in the heartland of Michigan…Thanks!
June 12th, 2009 at 2:36 amESTRe the Brits’ inaccurate stereotypes of Murkins:
Let’s remember that those TV shows were/are popular stateside. Let us also take under advisement leetspeak and related alternate spellings. Let us culminate with the recent elections.
Wee! All politics, all the time!
My favorite episode of Airwolf was the one which “guest-starred” Wham! I shall now go and write some Jan Michael - George Michael slash fiction.
June 12th, 2009 at 7:11 amESTI’m really glad I’ve been catching up on my Airwolf fetish on Hulu, or else I would have not really been into the last half of this post. But since I have been refreshed as to just how hardcore 80s cheese Airwolf was/is, this post just made me want to have Rachl’s babies even more. Previously, all I had remembered about Airwolf was the helicopter that looked like an orca. What. I was just a kid. I was too young to notice all the hardcore 80s cheese.
I used to be a huge A-team fan, but now as an adult I just get pissed when they don’t actually kill or even hurt the bad guys. At least bad guys died in Airwolf. Right? or am I remembering incorrectly?
June 12th, 2009 at 7:28 amESTP.S. “creepshit”
I think that deserves and Allah-patented itallicized allcaps DUDE!! for its awesomeness.
June 12th, 2009 at 7:31 amESTRachel,
First off, the teen spelling thing: The VERY BEST revenge is joining them in a chat and typing without mistakes in proper English at a FASTER RATE than they can type in “chat speak”. It completely flummoxes them!
Secondly, isn’t Discovery Channel programming broadcast over there? One of the VERY BEST shows for getting a real dose of what Americans are REALLY like is “Dirty Jobs”. Real Americans doing Real Work, being themselves and having a grand time at it to boot. All while Mike Rowe stumbles and bumbles around trying desperately to do their job with them while not getting maimed in the process.
Also, Mythbusters. Less realistic, but shows real people, not actors. Also it has explosions and fire and dangerous chemicals and gunpowder and swords and cool science-y stuff.
That, and a few of the better Sci-Fi channel stuff. If we could just get the Brits to show THAT instead of the stupid garbage sitcoms and reality shows I think the Brits would have a much better opinion of us.
(Also, NO ’80’s show was better than “MacGyver”. Mac RULES! Although “Magnum P.I.” and “Knight Rider” are closely tied for second. Tom Seleck is just cool, AND he’s a Gun Rights advocate, and who wouldn’t want a talking car?)
June 12th, 2009 at 7:33 amESTI noticed a glaring omission from your yellow arrow pointing thingies: you neglected to point to Psych which, if you’re not watching, you really should. That show is pretty damned funny.
It could be worse, though: the Facts of Life could be on every channel. Just imagine how that would impact the British view of us Yanks.
June 12th, 2009 at 7:36 amESTAmerica’s Top Model is “THS”…
(I won’t address the “Why???” in your graphic, as I want to live)
June 12th, 2009 at 7:55 amESTThey show Falcon Crest over there?
Friggin’ AWESOME is what that is. Now you just need nonstop feed of Dynasty and Knots Landing, with a dash of Dallas thrown in for good measure.
Now kick back, relax and throw a crystal tumbler of scotch at someone’s head. I recommend wearing a turban like Joan Collins. It makes everything more classy.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:09 amEST(Your jealousy does not become you, Bingley BASTARD.)
Oh, dear, this IS awkward. I have to capitalize on my talents overseas, because ~ if I do commercials here in the states ~ I compromise my standing in the artistic community.
And we can’t have that.
On the otherhand, Rachel, be of good cheer. When last I ventured to the British Isles (circa 1979), the two independent channels were on strike, leaving only BBC1 & 2 for the nation’s viewing pleasure. One carried teh interminable 24/7 National Indoor Badminton Championships coverage whilst the other? Teh National Dart Championships, laden with the sort of brawny fellows I looked in vain for throughout Scotland (encountering only even pastier faced David Bowie clones) and one or two Susan Boyle type team mates. All that and NO internet, Al Gore being still in his infancy. (It was very good prep for being in Japan during Sumo tournament time.)
Jan Michael Vincent would have looked pretty good then.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:12 amESTThree lines into the post and I’m asking myself, “Is she drunk?”
June 12th, 2009 at 8:21 amESTShowing Brits the best of ‘Merican TV won’t change your image.
Canadians can see all the best US shows and they still cling to their Stupid-American stereotype.
So relax and enjoy Maury’s DNA results. (Threw up in my mouth a little after re-reading that line.)
June 12th, 2009 at 8:31 amESTHey now Jason… don’t dismiss the Retro network
that’s my just forget my troubles channel: The Greatest American Hero is a must watch for me STILL when it comes on 
Katt/Kulp.. = best Tv duo EVA (See I can do that typo-speak too)
IMO, Rachel, the worst part has to be that you’re paying that stupid TV Tax for this Springer garbage.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:00 amESTAre they popular because people like them, or just because there aren’t many shows worth watching, and people just veg out in front of their tubes?
June 12th, 2009 at 9:23 amEST“IMO, Rachel, the worst part has to be that you’re paying that stupid TV Tax for this Springer garbage.”
worser yet, on top of the TV License the lady has a Sky subscription to pay, to that nice Mr Murdoch (spit)
luv geoff
June 12th, 2009 at 9:33 amEST(wiv no TV in the house)
Oh man, I just remembered how every time JMV says “Airwolf” it come out “Airwoof”. Makes my chuckle every time, as I am right now. But still good looking enough to overlook that sort of thing.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:39 amESTRachel — You might find the following Big Hollywood post interesting now that you’re living across The Pond, especially as it relates to your post.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:55 amESTKeep in mind I haven’t seen this show since I was seven,OK? And I can STILL hear that dang theme tune in my head, just at the mention of “Airwolf”.
Oh, and let me introduce you to Airwolf: the Adjective! (Warning - some naughty words at the link)
June 12th, 2009 at 10:08 amESTYou are awesome.. really …
June 12th, 2009 at 11:01 amESTI bet they worried that hooking you up for cable would just get you started criticizing the British. So they hook you up, and what do they get? Blasted.
Enjoy Airwolf, and Judge Judy, and if you get Soap (the Billy Crystal one) and Car 54 Where Are You? . . . just don’t tell me.
Enjoy!
June 12th, 2009 at 11:17 amESTWhy is Falcon Crest in the “Zone Romantica?” It should be in the “Zone Fecalacular.” Someone should really contact Sky.
Rumor has it the Brits are in negotiations to bring “Silver Spoons” to the Old Country this year.
Sweetness.
As for the lapse in programming (i.e. Chuck), they probably have to run it through translation into the King’s English.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:23 amESTI’m so glad you drunk blogged on this subject Rachel. It’s been my theory for years that Hollywood is to blame for a lot of the hatred so many individuals around the world have for our great and awesome country.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:25 amESTI hope 24 is being seen on every TV in the middle east.
There’s a Retro TV channel?!! Where??!!! I might have to start watching TV again if this can be found in the Des Moines area!!!
I am SO envious you get to watch Airwolf. J.M.V.=H.O.T.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:25 amESTThink of how many British people could be WORKING if they’d have more British shows on instead of importing American stuff. But face it; not even the British -who brought us such cool shit as Monty Python, Dr. Who, and…… some other stuff- could make up something as cool as ‘Airwolf’. (disclaimer: only seen Airwofl once & I was really young).
As for the texting-speak, is it ever acceptable to use it? I find myself doing it more and more when I text people quick notes, but I keep that shit out of e-mail or real posts because it just looks dumb.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:41 amESTMr Bean is awesome, and I no longer have any faith in your TV judgment. Benny Hill is great fun, too.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:55 amESTRachel,
June 12th, 2009 at 11:57 amESTI haven’t been able to read your blog since you moved (the NOSC just unblocked your site for us in Afghanistan) and I see right up front this gem. You are one seriously funny lady. I hope Rupert takes advantage of your when you have been drinking like this
Wow…I love King of Queens and watch Everybody Loves Raymond almost every night (though I do tell hubby how lucky he is that I’m not a shrieking harpy like Deborah).
OMG! That is the BEST show. I crack up every episode and am looking forward to the new season.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:04 pmESTEverybody harps on poor “Deborah”! I despised that emasculating, shrill mother of his!!!!!
June 12th, 2009 at 5:13 pmEST70’s and 80’s TV was a VAST WASTELAND of WASTE. There, I’ve said it and meant it.
Now, it’s HAMMERTIME!!!!
Blue Thunder could totally PWN that piece of junk, any day of the week.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:15 pmESTJudging us ‘Mmmmericans as stupid because of America’s top model and what have you is just stupid. I don’t judge the British because of Benny Hill and Mister Bean…
seriously, the only thing I enjoyed Rowan Atkinson in was Lion King. As Zazu he rocked.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:22 pmESTAirwolf! I loved that helicopter! Back then I was on midnight shift and was able to see the show before I went to work. Good times! I’m glad to know that Hulu has it. One more thing for my list
June 12th, 2009 at 5:32 pmESTDid you know your dogs are in youtube video? I haven’t been reading every day and all - but I thought it might be something you’d mention if you knew.
June 12th, 2009 at 8:35 pmESTsnark:
I had the sound off, so I don’t even know what the video was about. But Rachl Lukis dogs were in there twice! She should get some sort of compensation or sumpin, I think.
Anyway: Did anyone else mention yet that there is an A-Team MOVIE in preproduction right now??
June 12th, 2009 at 9:16 pmESTRachel, Rachel, Rachel, oh how we love you! I am so with you on the teen spelling thing and don’t even get me started with what they put on their myspace page!
Wearyman, I respectfully disagree on the perfect revenge. I find that sending properly spelled, grammatically correct text messages to said teens drives them absolutely crazy!
June 12th, 2009 at 11:32 pmESTAirwoof Rawks!! Being a JMV groupie, I can only assume you’ve seen White Line Fever. JMV and an 18-wheeler, and it flies! Awesome! Plus, he’s the only reason to watch Hooper. I certainly didn’t buy it for Burt Reynolds.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:12 amESTHeh…. Glad to see I wasn’t the only watching Airwolf.
Oh, and that doggie in the previous post, was a Pomeranian. My folks owned one. It died finally. It had a heart murmur.
Glad to see you’re still alive over there.
Be well kiddo…
-Pat
June 13th, 2009 at 11:10 amESTWearyman: Well, Knight Rider was hugely popular in Germany.
June 13th, 2009 at 2:59 pmESTWhat, they’re still showing Falcon Crest?! 25 years ago when I was in Germany they were showing dubbed Falcon Crest and it was really popular. That was the first and only time I ever watched Falcon Crest, most memorable when one of the woman yelled “Du beast!” at another woman. Now I’m curious what made Falcon Crest so popular in the first place.
My Chinese relatives love (with a big heart) Two and Half Men, especially the mom character. When I finally got the courage to ask why, the consensus was “it’s so realistic!” Oh boooooy… I have to admit I watch it occassionally, and on occasion wish they tone down the graphic sexual talks just a tad.
June 13th, 2009 at 5:29 pmESTAirwolf had one of the best opening themes ever on TV. There was a long version too, but I only caught it once on a special show.
Airwolf would take Blue Thunder. Easily. (Geek warning) Like a Bolo Mark 28 taking out a measly Yavac heavy, or Dahak plinking Anu’s lifeboat out of the sky.
Rachel,
one time years ago I saw a Benny Hill episode where he was monologuing about radical feminists. It was absolutely classic, both the delivery and the ambiance since he was surrounded by Benny’s Angels wearing their usual fine and minimal attire. I never managed to catch that again and I couldn’t find a copy online.
You know if you can make your phone play a ringtone on demand, you could always use the end theme from Benny’s show; if people ask or make comments, you can just say you use it because its so very British and you wanted to fit in
June 13th, 2009 at 6:20 pmESTAirwolf aired originally on Saturday nights and my housemates would laugh at me because I’d never go out clubbing until after it aired. I had a crush on the helicopter and Archangel, though. JMV was a dead ringer for my brother and I just could never go there. You do know, don’t you, that JMV was always so drugged/drunk that they could rarely give him lines of more than two words?
June 13th, 2009 at 11:47 pmESTMaya and Snarko - ummm, nooo, I had never seen that video and have no fuckin’ idea who that person is who has stolen the pics of my dogs. He’s even using one of them as his PROFILE PIC!!!
What the fuck?
What should I do? Anyone know who 10000 Pennies is?
June 14th, 2009 at 12:33 pmESTWell, look on the bright side. At least they’re not watching .
“Energy drink addiction is nothing but a passport to a sad tomorrow” –Paul Blart
June 14th, 2009 at 3:24 pmESTDammit Rachl Lukis clear out your email:
I have no idea how YouTube works, but is sending an email or some personal note to 10000 Pennies an option? ooh! ‘old on, guvnah. Click on the 10000 Pennies link, which goes to the full description of that video. At the bottom of the video description, there is a link “Report profile image violation”. Do it. But be prepared to not get any sort of response form You Tube. I have heard stories they don’t reply to this sort of thing very quickly or often.
Also note in his description there is a link to a website. I’m not going to click on it, but you can. Maybe there is an email there.
Maya
June 14th, 2009 at 7:00 pmESTRachel — The YouTube page for the vid sez…
…which presumably means he hopes avid rachellucas.com readers would recognize those photos.
June 14th, 2009 at 9:01 pmESTRachel, since you were talking TV, let me recommend a show I just watched. I watch Brit TV on dvd through netflix and somehow found a show called “Hamish McBeth”. It is set in Scotland, and if it is even close to reality, then the Scots are the hillbillies of the UK. They even have your favorite breed of cattle wandering the streets.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:39 pmESTSince you brought up TV stuffs, I think it appropriate to mention the following:
1. Dr Who.
2. Torchwood.
3. Primeval.
4. 28 Weeks.
5. 28 Weeks Later.
The above pattern of tv and movies tends to indicate that “the powers that be” are trying to warn us earth folk that something bad this way comes. And, that the something bad will come from the UK area.
The UK should be quarantined for the safety of all.
June 15th, 2009 at 2:23 amEST