Not what I was expecting — seems like possibly a quite different show. Interesting.

Ah, can’t wait for Easter…

Conan went out with a great show, and this final speech is wonderful. Yes, I realize that this whole story isn’t important in the grand scheme of things, but the sentiment here is indeed important and well said.

My interest in this whole Leno vs. Conan thing isn’t some misguided worrying about the financial or career fates of millionaires. Honestly, I’m just sick of unfunny comedy being more popular than funny comedy. It’s that simple. Two & A Half Men is the most popular sitcom on television while Community struggles in the ratings. This is ridiculous and fairly embarrassing to God’s America in my admittedly kind of comedy snobby opinion, but so long as they’re both on for their respective fans to enjoy, fine.

Now, if Two & A Half Men wanted Community‘s time slot? I mean, not just to go up against it on another network, but to actually kick Community off the air and in that very time slot instead show Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer say horrible, unfunny things about women? Well, then I’d be up in arms! (By “up in arms,” I mean blogging on my less popular than seems possible bloggy blog here, I suppose.)

If Leno gets the Tonight Show back at the expense of Conan, it’s just another example of mediocrity winning. Now, maybe I should be happy about this, as it bodes well for my writing career, but, be that is at may very well be, I don’t want mediocre material rewarded. It’s not a major catastrophe or something important in a real world sense, no, but it isn’t completely trivial. Good humor is smart humor (even good dumb humor has intelligence behind it). The once funny Leno represents the dumbing down of comedy, specifically, American comedy. I don’t want America to be a dumb country of Jaywalkers.

Hopefully, at the very least, Conan will go to another network with his entire crew in tact and thrive. This is all very disappointing, though, just in the sense that quality doesn’t always prevail.

This is old… well, internet old. But it makes me laugh, and just in case my reader hasn’t seen it yet, I want to share… Because it makes me laugh. It makes me laugh way too much. One minor complaint, but I don’t want to spoil it, so I’ll complain below.

Don’t spoil the magic by reading my deep, insightful criticism of this near-perfect amalgam of comedy, R&B, country, and hot, hot sexiness… Watch that video up there, then read below… For reals, now.
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Okay, so this is a song chronicling the beautifully erotic love affair between Andy Samburg and an alternate-reality Reba McEntire. I wish it’d just gone on like this was just Reba, not some homeless dude that found a wig. Though I do kind of like the conflicting realities of the song… still, it’d be even more surreal if they just insisted this was the real Reba.

I’ve given this too much thought, I know.

Everyone who wants to see this has seen it, right? Well, I’m posting it anyway.

Kneejerk reactions to Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor are: “Boo! I miss David Tennant!” And, “He’s toooooo young!” And, “His head is HUUUGE!” From the regeneration scene in “The End Of Time, Part 2″ and this trailer, he seems energetic, at least. And, personally, I dig the hair.

Also, perhaps more importantly, new show runner Stephen Moffat has written some of the best New Who episodes ever. AND Jekyll kicks ass. AND what I’ve seen of Coupling is delightful.

And actress Karen Gillan, The Doctor’s new companion? So purdy. I assume she’s a good actress, too, seeing as how she was cast and all.

Okay, basically, I am really hoping this show is great. Why would anyone hope for anything else? Sure, we don’t know, and, yeah, there are kneejerk reactions, but one should wish for the best, yeah? Tennant was “my” Doctor (every fan has one, right?), but I have my fingers crossed for the new team.