Goodbye old friends...
This week is a week of endings for me. Last week I turned 29, so I have one more year until the big 3-0 and this week some of the shows that I associate with my 20s are ending.
So, I said goodbye to the Camdens and 7th Heaven this week. I know it was a predictable, cheesy, and sappy show, but still there is something endearing to it. I like to call it my "soap opera". So after 10 years, and 200+ episodes (yes, I've seen almost all of them and it's been neat to watch all those characters literally grow up), it's over.
This week is also a goodbye to That 70s Show. I've been with this show basically since the beginning. It is sophomoric, vulgar at times, and seems to trivialize drug use. But still, it was a funny show (until recently) and I had no idea that 1976-1979 could last 8 years! But alas, it's over.
Malcolm in the Middle is also leaving. I've been watching that since the beginning. Oh man, it is one of the most original, funny shows of the past 10-15 years. The show's take on the middle-class life of a highly disfunctional family has been one of most interesting journeys into comedy ever. Bryan Cranston - you deserved at least 3 Emmys! But after 7 seasons, it's time to go.
The biggest near loss for me was King of the Hill. Thankfully, Fox wised up and ordered season 11. Whew.....my favorite show....has one...more...year.
But, why am I lamenting the loss of some of my shows? Well, I think that it's a bit of nostalgia, really. I can watch a certain episode of a program and remember what was going on in my life at the time, my mood, and all the events leading up to now. It's strange. And, even though, TV is fake (even reality TV), there are aspects of it that seem to progress with your life (as you're hooked), and there are bits of things you can identify with.
And the significance for all these shows to me is how I have been watching them through the bulk of the best decade of my life so far, and now as my best decade is ending, so are these shows.
So like my soon to be lost 20s...some of them beat me to it.
At least the Simpsons will be around for a gazillion more seasons.
So, I said goodbye to the Camdens and 7th Heaven this week. I know it was a predictable, cheesy, and sappy show, but still there is something endearing to it. I like to call it my "soap opera". So after 10 years, and 200+ episodes (yes, I've seen almost all of them and it's been neat to watch all those characters literally grow up), it's over.
This week is also a goodbye to That 70s Show. I've been with this show basically since the beginning. It is sophomoric, vulgar at times, and seems to trivialize drug use. But still, it was a funny show (until recently) and I had no idea that 1976-1979 could last 8 years! But alas, it's over.
Malcolm in the Middle is also leaving. I've been watching that since the beginning. Oh man, it is one of the most original, funny shows of the past 10-15 years. The show's take on the middle-class life of a highly disfunctional family has been one of most interesting journeys into comedy ever. Bryan Cranston - you deserved at least 3 Emmys! But after 7 seasons, it's time to go.
The biggest near loss for me was King of the Hill. Thankfully, Fox wised up and ordered season 11. Whew.....my favorite show....has one...more...year.
But, why am I lamenting the loss of some of my shows? Well, I think that it's a bit of nostalgia, really. I can watch a certain episode of a program and remember what was going on in my life at the time, my mood, and all the events leading up to now. It's strange. And, even though, TV is fake (even reality TV), there are aspects of it that seem to progress with your life (as you're hooked), and there are bits of things you can identify with.
And the significance for all these shows to me is how I have been watching them through the bulk of the best decade of my life so far, and now as my best decade is ending, so are these shows.
So like my soon to be lost 20s...some of them beat me to it.
At least the Simpsons will be around for a gazillion more seasons.
posted by Bobby's blog at 3:27 PM
1 Comments:
Dude, I turned 30 a month ago, today. Ain't no big deal, but I thought it was when I turned 29. About two months before my 30th birthday, I realized I didn't care any more. I don't feel any older.
Only thing that has changed is that people react much differently when they ask me how old I am. THIRTY just has a different ring to it, you know?
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