Sorry, that title was just terrible, wasn't it? When you try to use the titles and/or lyrics of songs as the title of your blog entries as I have been for the last dozen or so, you sometimes run across one to which you just can't say "no." This was one such victim of my penchant for nostalgic TV theme songs.
Well, Dave, I hope you're happy. I'm caving. I'm giving up my summer "ban" on TV shows to watch CBS's pre-season 2 reairing of what I hope is the entire first season of the Dave-Approved show Veronica Mars (starring Kristen Bell, at right... ah, the "saved by the Bell" reference suddenly makes sense now, doesn't it?).
I just happened to look on the TV listings that I have as a section of my My Yahoo! start page and I saw that CBS is airing two episodes of the show tonight. I had no idea that they were airing this show as it spent its first season in what amounts to TV Purgatory... UPN. But, much like was the case with Monk, why would any of the big four nets allow an inferior channel to reap the rewards of a popular program? ABC tried to steal the first-run episodes of their sister station USA's Monk but had to settle for sloppy seconds.
I e-mailed Dave to ask if he knew about this airing of VM on CBS and I have yet to hear back from him. I also asked when this CBS coup started because, if I had known, I may have started tuning in from the beginning. Turns out, with a quick check of epguides.com, that the first of the two episodes airing on CBS tonight is the pilot. Through some spectacularly stupid programming rationale, the second episode is actually the Christmas episode. I wonder if I should watch it or not if it's not going to air in order.
But considering how Dave goes on and on (guys, roll up your tongues long enough to read the blurb under the pic of Catherine Bell) and on (this one contains a spoiler - read at your own risk) and on (another spoiler) and on and on and on and on and on (this one just by using an image) and on and on and on about the show, I'm guessing this show is akin to the second coming of Christ. Dave, did I catch all the references? I sure as hell hope so. This show had better be flippin' spectacular. Even if it is out of order, the first season will be out on DVD in October.
Since Katie and I work at the gym on Friday nights, I am going to bust out a brand spankin' new VHS tape and nab these little buggers; at least until I've either decided to simply rent or buy the DVDs or I finally come to the conclusion that Dave is just a complete loon.
Sorry, I have not yet succumbed to the TiVo or Comcast DVR revolution. Still a hold out, analoging my way through the TV tundra with my trusty old VCR. Anybody still remember those?
