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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
WWE Extreme Rules Report from Rosemont
Hello everyone, STVO here! I apologize for the late report of this and Anime Central 2012 (which will be out this week!) I just want to let you know if I haven’t already that April 26-29th was one amazing weekend! I wish it were still going on as for the most part reality can really bite. Post con-depression did get to me for a while, but it was good to see everyone and it was real nice having a rather exciting wrestling event following the epic weekend. Since it has been over a week since Extreme Rules has moved on, I’m not going to make this report long as there likely have been many other reports that are already on the web, but I’ll give you some of my insight.
The Pre-Extreme Rules YouTube match of Santino Marella vs.
The Miz opened up the show. It was a
decent match and as I predicted Santino would make the Miz lose by performing
the Cobra to end the match. It’s kind of
depressing to see The Miz go from WWE Champion/main eventer to “dark
match”/pre-show opener. Santino was
pretty over with the Chicago crowd for the most part.
Randy Orton vs. Kane was a very good way to open the
show! Kane and Orton battled all over
the arena. My group and I were at the very top, we knew they wouldn’t battle to
the top but we were trying to encourage them with “go up top!” chants. Oh well, we actually had a very good view for
the whole event!
Back onto the match, I knew Orton would win and am fine with
the result, but as a fan of Kane I definitely was rooting on the Big Red
Machine.
Brodus Clay’s entrance had the crowd and myself on their
feet! My section and I were dancing and
singing “Somebody Call My Mama!” It’s real funny though, while the crowd was
hot for Brodus’s entrance, as soon as the match started, there were surprisingly
several “Dolph Ziggler” or “Let’s go Dolph!” chants. Sorry Funkusaurus, I guess we were just using
you for your entrance theme. L Looks like that doesn’t matter though, Brodus
won the match anyway. Honestly, what is
with these once main-eventer/future main-eventer heels losing to comedic faces?
I like the Brodus Clay character but even I felt that Dolph Ziggler should have
won this match, as he is a solid superstar and really should be closer to the
main event scene. I mean he was just
feuding with CM Punk at the beginning of this year!!
Big Show vs. Cody Rhodes was for most part unmemorable in my
opinion. There was a real nice spot with
Cody pulling off a nice reversal kick off of a table stacked against the ring
post to the Big Show. The ending while
it makes sense was real corny. Big Show
came close to land on a table on the outside. He prevented his fall by holding
onto the ropes but stepped on the table and broke the table with his weight
resulting in Cody Rhodes to win back the Intercontinental Championship. While the title will likely help Cody more
than The Big Show, the fluke victory was a little too cheesy for me. The crowd and I did root Big Show on for his
post-match beating onto Cody by putting him through two tables!
Okay, so I was really tired from the convention and was
getting a bit restless and on top of that getting pretty hot from being in
cosplay at Extreme Rules. By the way, I
think that will be my last cosplay at a live stadium event (unless it’s more
comfortable.) Got many funny looks and one picture request, but other than
that, too much work. Because of all this I decided to get a drink and some food
to keep me up so I missed a good portion of the Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus match
because the people working the concessions were a little slower than I was
wishing. Oh, let me show you some pictures of my friends and myself at Extreme Rules. 3 out of 5 of us were in cosplay, haha.
Fortunately I finally was able to watch a replay of this
match. A lot of this should have been
what happened in their WrestleMania match.
A very entertaining match but I have one slight nitpick: Why did Daniel
Bryan get disqualified in this match? First off Daniel Bryan was only kicking Sheamus
(I guess he went against the referee’s orders, but really?) and second off this
PPV is called EXTREME RULES! Wasn’t the
original theme of this event supposed to be that every match is under Extreme
Rules so anything goes? I know a slight
nit pick, but you might as well call the show Backlash instead of Extreme Rules
if you’re going to do that. Anyway, I
enjoyed the match with the fact that they made it seem like Daniel Bryan had
the major advantage including making Sheamus pass out during his match. The crowd leaned more towards Daniel Bryan in
cheers but many fans also chanted “18 seconds” in response to “Daniel Bryan.”
There were also fans chanting “Yes” followed by other fans chanting “No.” It was very much a similar “Let’s Go
Cena/Cena Sucks” moment for Daniel Bryan.
The next match was hilarious to me. Hilarious in the sense that you know WWE
wants this guy to be massively over but right now it isn’t currently
working. Ryback (Skip Sheffield turned
Terminator) squashed two jobbers. I do
have a problem with this match being on the main PPV card because this is
something we typically expect only to happen on a show like WWE NXT or perhaps
Smackdown. I actually do like Ryback as
he has some very impressive strength and I enjoyed Ryback’s previous character
of Skip Sheffield. The fans were
chanting “Goldberg!” during the match, which was seriously hilarious! Maybe it’s just me, but perhaps before
Ryback’s matches, maybe HE should be cutting a promo instead of the jobbers?
The jobbers aren’t going to be on the roster full-time, why do they have more
personality than Ryback? Maybe Ryback
can say something like “I’ll go easy on you, but I can’t promise you won’t be
injured.” It’s not great, but it’s probably better what they’re currently
doing.
CM Punk made the crowd really hot when he came out and went
on to defeat Chris Jericho. Easily the
biggest pop of the night. While I’m
perfectly fine with CM Punk continuing his reign as the top champion in the WWE
and am happy he has been the longest reigning WWE champion in recent history, I
wonder where they are going to go with Chris Jericho? Is Chris Jericho okay with being in a similar
position he was in previously before he decided to take off from the WWE? As of this Monday night on Raw, both he and
Randy Orton were added to the World Heavyweight Championship match at Over the
Limit against Alberto Del Rio and Sheamus.
Personally, I hope he gets another world title reign but with the
rumored Fozzy concert tour he’ll be doing this summer, I’m not sure how likely
that will be.
Layla vs. Nikki Bella was a match that a good majority of
the crowd could not care any less about.
I remember that a lot of us were anticipating the return of Kharma to be
Nikki’s mystery opponent. No offense to
Layla, she is beautiful and a decent talent, she and most of the other Divas
are not very exciting to watch on TV. In
fact, a couple of us started randomly chanting for TNA Knockouts like Gail Kim,
Velvet Sky, ODB, and Mickie James.
Finally, the main event of
the night happened. John Cena vs. Brock
Lesnar ended the show. Brock Lesnar
dominated the majority of the match.
While the fans were already chanting “Cena Sucks” and “Let’s Go Cena”
most fans weren’t as hyped for Brock when he first came out. It wasn’t until Brock started manhandling
John Cena that more cheers began (I personally was going wild for Brock
throughout the whole thing.) There was
one moment where several of us believed Brock had an injury. Brock jumped up and showed no injury was had
and we went wild in cheers for him.
Eventually John Cena came back in the match by using a chain on him and
giving him an attitude adjustment in the middle of the ring to win the match.
This win lead to my group and I leaving even when Cena gave his post-match
speech.
Here’s the problem I have
with this. You sign Brock Lesnar to a
limited appearance $5 million contract for one year. You start off his return as a powerhouse and
even have him dominate John Cena in the majority of the match. Then Cena pulls a “Super Cena,” wins the
match, and then talks about how he will be taking time off in the near future
possibly. Look, I get that Cena lost to
The Rock earlier in April and could have used a big win, but I think Brock
Lesnar could have used this win a lot more than Cena could have. If it were me booking I would have had Brock
win the match, cause Cena to be taken out on a stretcher (this was one of the
rumored scenarios for this match allegedly), then they can resume the events of
Lesnar attacking HHH on Raw and “quitting WWE” already. How many of you guys really want to see John
Laurinaitis vs. John Cena at Over The Limit? I sure as hell don’t. I think they should have had Brock injure
Cena, give Cena 2 months off, have him return in July and challenge Brock
Lesnar to a match at Money in the Bank where Cena could have got his win back
and have HHH and Brock Lesnar go at it at Summer Slam.
I don’t think things are doom
and gloom for Lesnar, not by a long shot.
They can be however if he continues to lose most of his matches. I get that WWE hired him to help put over
stars and that’s fine but you’re attracting a much wider audience with Brock
Lesnar now! When I told former WWE fans that he was back, they had a sparked
interest and even some of the UFC never WWE fans were interested in this
development. Again, as long as they use
Lesnar right, he doesn’t have to plow through every opponent, but he shouldn’t
lose too often, then I think he will be $5 million well spent. Personally though, if they plan to job him to
HHH, Randy Orton, and CM Punk the next few times he wrestles, then I personally
think it is time they write Lesnar off as a $5 million loss.
Overall Show Opinion: Even if Extreme Rules didn’t come off as good on TV, going
to a live event makes a PPV or even a Raw that much better because you get to
join in the cheers, you get to hear/see the pyro and live entrances, and it’s
overall a larger than life feel. But
like last year, Extreme Rules is usually a PPV that will deliver the
goods. Aside from a few filler matches,
we received three excellent matches of John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (IMO way
better than Cena/Rock), Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus, and CM Punk vs. Chris
Jericho. Randy Orton vs. Kane was a hot
opener to a great show as well. While
the Lesnar losing decision has me puzzled, it still didn’t change me from
enjoying the show. Overall I would say
it’s an 8 out of 10.
BTW, I bought a Brock Lesnar
and Daniel Bryan Shirt.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
WWE Extreme Rules Predictions
The “Most Extreme Night of the Year” is this Sunday and
myself and other cosplayers will be there live! This is the night where there’s
allegedly No DQs, no count-outs, and weapons are permitted. Being there personally, I hope they battle
near the cosplayers at this event, as it would be a major honor to be on TV,
lol, if not oh well. BTW, if you’re going to be at the event, come to the Pre-Show Huddle! The current plan is to
have us line-up towards the entrance closest to the Target store.
I’m getting ready for ACen so this predictions thread won’t
have the fancy picture graphics like I did with WrestleMania, but I do plan on
going more out on my live Extreme Rules report. Without further ado, here are
my thoughts and predictions!
Pre-Extreme Rules Opener: United States Championship Match -
Santino Marella vs. The Miz
So,
starting with WrestleMania earlier this month, it appears WWE has now decided
to do the free Internet match before a PPV similar to UFC doing that with some
of their fights. I for one welcome this approach. It’s a nice change, as I like seeing people
who don’t make the main card have something to do. WWE used to do this back when they had
“Sunday Night Heat” on USA Network.
Anyway about this match, no real build-up to it and sort of surprised
they didn’t go with Santino vs. David Otunga as those two have been feuding
since the build to WrestleMania 28 with the whole GM vs. GM feud, but
whatever. As far as this match goes, it
can be an okay bout. According to my
ticket the event starts at 6:45 PM while the PPV begins at 7:00 PM. I’m
predicting we’ll see a 5-10 minute match, no more no less. I guess I will go with Santino retaining, as
I currently don’t see any hints of The Miz being pushed soon. Whatever works I
guess.
Who I Want To Win: Either I guess. Who
I Think Will Win: Santino Marella.
Intercontinental
Championship Match – The Big Show © vs. Cody Rhodes
One of
the first matches in what helps me refer to Extreme Rules/Backlash as
“WrestleMania 28.5” or whatever the PPV that year is. From what I see this match has no
stipulation, um, are they going to add one or is it assumed that they can brawl
anywhere? Anyway, the outcome just seems
like it’s going to be The Big Show. They had a good match at WrestleMania and
I’m glad Big Show had his WrestleMania moment, but to me this is just a match
to kill time. It’s fine I guess, but nothing really to get me pumped up. I see
no reason for The Big Show to lose the title back.
Who I Want To Win: Big Show Who I Think Will Win: Big Show
Falls
Count Anywhere Match: Randy Orton vs. Kane
This
is another match that seems to be added just to kill time. That’s okay, I have enjoyed all of their
previous matches they have had. Adding Bob Orton to the storyline has done
little to spark my interest, all I ask of this match is for some good weapon
usage, for these two men to brawl over the arena, and hopefully come by my
fellow cosplayers and I while brawling. Is that too much to ask? This will end the feud once and for all and
despite Orton getting his win back from Kane on a rematch on Smackdown, I see
Orton going over as the face beating Kane on a PPV to satisfy him.
Who I Want To Win: Kane Who I Think Will
Win: Randy Orton
World Heavyweight
Championship Match – Best 2 of 3 Falls: Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus ©
Anyone
remember me predicting these two having a great match at Mania? I was so pissed
they had no time! Honestly, the WHC and
WWE Championships shouldn’t have that kind of humor in the match. To me it was
as bad as them being bumped to dark match last year. WWE is confusing me with their plan on Daniel
Bryan. On one hand, it seems like they’re mostly trying to sweep him under the
carpet and have Alberto Del Rio be the top heel on Smackdown but on the other
hand they seem to be really trying to make “Yes! Yes! Yes!” a new phenomenon
(which my group most definitely will be chanting at Extreme Rules and quite
possibly Anime Central as well!)
Anyway,
as long as we don’t see Daniel Bryan get screwed in one of the two falls (18
seconds or whatever BS) I’ll be happy. I don’t see him winning the title back
at all and that’s perfectly fine, but let’s have him and Sheamus give us an
awesome 2 or 3 falls match where they tear it up and deliver! Not sure if this
one will fight into the crowds or not, I’m fine either way; just give us some
great wrestling please. Sheamus wins and starts his new WHC feud with Alberto Del
Rio while Daniel Bryan feuds with someone in the midcard?
Who I Want To Win: Daniel Bryan (No Offense
Sheamus)
Who I Think Will Win: Sheamus
WWE Championship - Chicago
Street Fight Match: CM Punk © vs. Chris Jericho
These
guys tore the house up at WrestleMania 28! Besides maybe HHH-Undertaker, this
was my favorite match at WrestleMania! Overall I have been enjoying the feud
but with this week’s Raw with the sobriety test (BORING segment!) and the
previous week’s hint of CM Punk drinking at a London pub, it has started to get
dull. None of us believe that Punk is
really going to drink; we know those stories that Chris Jericho mentioned are
real and mostly have influenced Punk with his real life decisions. I like the idea of Chris Jericho trying to
get CM Punk to drink and get depressed, as he has currently been his only
opponent to get inside of Punk’s head. Well regardless of the storyline, it
should be another great match. I
wouldn’t be surprised to see CM Punk bring more booze to the match and the two
crashing bottles amongst each other’s heads, but we’ll see.
Anyway,
a lot of predictions are going around thinking CM Punk will finally lose his
belt. I’m agreeing with these
sentiments. My reasons: 1. Chris Jericho
hasn’t done too much in terms of victories since his “epic return” to the WWE.
I think he’s going to want to be repaid at one point. 2. CM Punk had his big
Chicago hometown victory at last year’s Money in the Bank. WWE doesn’t always
allow the hometown hero retain! Chris Jericho will finally get his next WWE
Championship victory and hold it either up until WWE Over the Limit or whatever
the June PPV is. That way he can take
the time off and tour with his band Fozzy. Anyway, I think this will be the top
match on the card if they don’t want to let Sheamus-Daniel Bryan be the one.
Who I Want To Win: CM Punk (It’s Chicago!) Who
I Think Will Win: Jericho
Main Event: Extreme Rules
Match – John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
Brock
Lesnar has returned to the WWE and they’re milking every opportunity they can
with him! Can you blame them? $5 million for one year, limited appearance, a
lot of potential mainstream/UFC fan appeal. Of course you have him return ASAP!
Yes, I will agree that John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar probably should be saved for
a bigger event or have more hype to it, but like they say, you have to strike
iron while it’s hot! It’s going to be
interesting to see how Chicago reacts to Brock Lesnar. I was surprised Detroit
were chanting “Brock’s a Bitch” and were rooting for John Cena when he came out
on the last segment on Raw this Monday.
Chicago each time I have attended has mostly been an anti-Cena
crowd. I personally will root for Lesnar
and predict everyone else will do the same.
As far
as the match goes, I don’t know if it will be great to be honest. It’s good
that it’s Extreme Rules (well that’s the PPV name after all) but with Brock
returning to wrestling, it will be interesting to see how well he holds up. I
think it would be cool if he uses some of his UFC arsenal to take out Cena. I’m in belief that Brock will defeat Cena
this Sunday, as I just couldn’t see him return just to lose right away. If I were the WWE, I’d have this match be a
storyline reason for Cena to take some time off as he has been working real
hard for the company and hardly takes a break. Let Brock take him out, go
through others on the roster, and then have Cena return.
Who I Want To Win: Brock Lesnar Who I Think Will Win: Brock
Lesnar
That
is all for my predictions, tune in next week as I will try to make a video or
at least my thoughts of the show and let you know what I thought about it live!
THE STVO UNIVERSE ANIME CENTRAL SNEAK PREVIEW
Welcome to The STVO Universe Anime Central Sneak
Preview! I assume most of you reading
this have been to Anime Central before but for those that haven’t and might be
going for the first time; get ready for lots of fun, laughs, and a convention
experience unlike most others. Anime
Central is celebrating its 15th year anniversary at the Hyatt
Regency in Rosemont, IL and it will be holding multiple events all over the
surrounding Rosemont hotels as well as the Donald E. Stephens Convention
Center. ACen allows you to embrace your
inner geek or just show off all your geekiness among other nerds, gamers, and
otakus. There are vendors, a large
artist alley, multiple panels in relation to anime/video games/J-Pop fashion/etc.,
cosplayers (including sexy lady ones), and lots more!
I have been going to Anime Central since 2002. Because I
missed two years this will be my 9th year and I am really looking
forward to it! Personally, what I like most about ACen is the passion of
everyone there be it for their interests in a certain series, their dedication
to a cosplay, or the sense of humor and mostly laid back attitude of everyone
there. You can always expect random
moments of people dancing to a Rick Roll, a confrontation of two cosplayers of
characters from rivaling series, or people shouting random Internet memes. I
have made lots of friends both at Anime Central and the Anime Central Facebook
group and for me I want to say I am thankful that such conventions like this
exist.
Here are a few panels/guests/events I am looking forward to/might attend
(look for some of my own cheap promotion too!):
·
The Yu Yu Hakusho Photoshoot
·
The Crystal Ball (Where my date and I
will be dressed as Cat Woman and Two Face!)
·
Hellsing Hentai: After Dark (I like
Hellsing, should be interesting to see how this goes)
·
Christopher Sabat!!!!
·
Johnny Yong Bosch!!!
·
Possibly watching more anime including:
Gunslinger Girl, Puss N Boots
·
Batman Photoshoot
·
Classic Nintendo Photoshoot
·
Anime Voice Over Panel
· The Soap Bubble (???)
·
Some Karaoke Perhaps
·
Lots more!!
Now some special shout-outs as requested on the Anime
Central Facebook Page and one of my own:
·
Foreign Expressions (Booth 1231 in Donald E.
Stephens?)
·
My Buddy Norman L.!
· The Final Fantasy MMO Panel: Saturday,
630-930 PM at the Doubletree Hotel.
·
Courtesy of Emi Chan: The people of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa!!!
Reminder: Everyone with a smartphone (Droid/iPhone),
download the free Guidebook app! After you download that app, download the
Anime Central Guide!
Some final notes:
·
Here are two masquerade skits I participated in.
2002
2003
· Here are a look of my cosplays this year:
·
If you can, please help me raise money for MS by
visiting this link here. I will be participating in a walk for MS on May 6th.
Check out my video here.
That’s all for my Anime Central Preview! I really look
forward to help celebrating the 15th Anime Central! If you have to
line-up Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, GET THERE EARLY!!!! I hope you will stop
by Mitsuwa tomorrow and say hi! I’ll be dressed as PeeWee Herman.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
STVO Universe’s Tribute to the 25th Anniversary of Fox Part 2: Top 10 Primetime and Late Nights Shows
I now return with the second part of my two-part article
paying tribute to Fox’s 25th anniversary. I am now focusing on Fox’s heart and soul of
success: primetime! While their kids programming has long ceased airing, Fox
has successfully remained on television for over two decades. With that said, here is a few of the
following things that will not make it on my Top 10 Primetime list:
·
No FX, Fox Family, or other sister channels
shows will be on this list. As much as I love It’s Always Sunny in
Philadelphia, The League, and Archer among others, they do not qualify.
·
No syndicated programming! Just because
Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, etc. air on Fox Chicago, doesn’t mean they also air
in markets such as New York on Fox. This is for national broadcasts.
·
No temporary primetime shows or specials: X-Men
the Animated Series was once on primetime, doesn’t qualify as it didn’t run a
full season in primetime.
·
I’m withholding sports such as the MLB, UFC,
Nascar, etc. They wouldn’t have made my list anyway, but I just thought I’d say
it.
Now onto the list!
Top 10 Shows on
Fox Primetime/Late Night
10. The George Carlin Show
Let me be frank here.
I don’t remember too much from this show now as it has been a long time
since I have watched it but when I watched it as a kid, I thought it was
hilarious! I’m also a very big fan of George Carlin. He was always a controversial but hysterical
man. He didn’t like this show very much
but I remember him and his alcoholic buddy at the bar always made me
laugh. George played a cab driver in the
show.
9. Action
Raise of hands. How many of you guys actually remember this show? I’m predicting none most likely, but if you do then pat yourself on the back. If you haven't, I posted part 1 of the first episode here, you can find the rest on YouTube if you enjoy. I never actually watched the show while on Fox to be honest, it was on Thursday nights right when WWF Smackdown came to UPN. One night during college, I was flipping through channels late night and Comedy Cenral had an awesome 1 AM (Central) block that played cancelled shows from their channel and other channels, and this was one of them.
Anyway a quick synopsis, the show stars Jay Mohr who plays
Peter Dragon a director trying to recover from his last movie that bombed in
the theaters. It features stories about Peter and his sleazy attempts to break
back into the movie scene, meeting former child actress turned “slut” and coke
addict, Wendy Ward, as well as many other directors and actors trying to go
back in the business. You also see several guest appearances from real actors
and actresses such as Salma Hayek, Keanau Reeves, and Sandra Bullock, among
many others. This reminds me of the type of show that would be on FX. It’s a
real shame it didn’t do well. If you can find it online, check it out!
8. Martin
Is this show stupid? Yes. Is it funny? Oh yes! Before Martin
Lawrence was in drag as a big fat woman he was in drag as Shenehneh, playing
a 1970s pimp, a little kid, and his main character, Martin Payne. It was a
wacky show for sure and Martin’s voices and character reactions were
hilarious. I also loved his friend Cole.
Ignorant but funny and always dating a girl named Big Shirley!
7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Yet another quality Fox show cancelled prematurely. Once known as Conan O’Brien’s sidekick (and
then once again becoming his sidekick), Andy Richter finally broke his
Robin/Tails/Ed McMahon sidekick mold and landed his own show on Fox. Andy has a crush on the receptionist at his
work place who is taken by the perfect pretty boy douche at his job. Andy narrates the show and often lets his
imagination run loose with the plot of each episode.
6. MadTV
Going to be honest with this one, I mostly only liked the
first two seasons. There were some funny
jokes in the others, but the start of the series was the best. Anyway, MadTV started in 1995, sometime
around the time I felt SNL was going downhill.
I really enjoyed MadTV with the cast of Arnie Lange, Orlando Jones, and
Phil LaMaar (Samurai Jack!!) I also loved the animated skits, which were a
great contribution on the show with skits parodying Gumby, Toy Story, and there
were also the entertaining Spy Vs. Spy Cartoons. I enjoyed skits including Mrs.
Swan and That’s My White Momma. The movie parodies were also top notch. I also
liked series additions of Will Sasso and Frank Caliendo.
5. Family Guy/The Cleveland Show/American Dad
I had a tough time with this decision, but I decided to
induct all of Seth Macfarlene’s (and Mike Henry, for the Cleveland Show) as
one. I’m going to have to admit, while I
like Family Guy, I have grown over time to see it’s not as well written of a
show on TV as others such as The Simpsons (let’s ignore seasons 11 on up),
Bob’s Burgers, among other programs on television. Here’s the thing though, the gags can be very
funny! You also have characters like Herbert the Pervert, Glenn Quagmire, Ollie
Williams, among others on Family Guy that can really crack you up while
American Dad and The Cleveland Show have hilarious characters like Roger the
Alien, Snot, Cleveland Jr., Freaktrain, and Auntie Momma. These shows all have different characteristics,
but they all come together in specials such as the Family Guy Star Wars
specials. For me, I prefer season 4-7 Family Guy the most, while later on I
would prefer The Cleveland Show and American Dad. All in all, the three shows
provide me with good laughs on Sunday nights.
4. In Living Color
This show was 100 times better than MadTV! This show was an
amazing start to many comedian actors’ careers such as Jamie Fox, Jim Carey, the
Wayans, and David Alan Grier. Many
hilarious skits included Homey Da Clown, The Head Detective, Wanda, and Fire
Marshall Bill. This show was also full
of many 90s rap and hip-hop performances.
While I’m more a rock music guy, there were many great performances.
There have been talks of Fox doing a few In Living Color
revival specials with an all-new cast. If
the current SNL for most part is any indication on the quality of reviving a
show or keeping it around too long (in my personal opinion it hasn’t been as
good as it once was), then I think Homey needs to approach the person who
greenlit this idea and give him a piece of his mind.
3. The Critic
A show that was let go way too early! Again, way too early!
This show in my personal opinion should have lasted at least as half as long as
The Simpsons. There were so many quality characters, lines, parodies, and
more. Jon Lovitz also really brought out
the character of Jay Sherman as one of my all-time favorite TV show
characters. The show aired its first
season on ABC and was moved to Fox for its second season where they attempted
to make Jay a more likeable character by giving him a girlfriend and having
more friends. I’ve grown to like the
first season a little more but I still loved season two on Fox and would have
loved to see more! We did see more of it eventually with online shorts and
while those were funny, it just wasn’t the same. It’s okay; the memories live on in my
complete series DVD set.
2. Married with Children
Quite possibly my favorite sitcom of all-time! Married with Children starred Al Bundy, while
rude and smelly, he is what I consider a real man’s man. From his attempts of trying to get rich,
bypass the law, bypass the wife from sex, or just relive his old high school
football days, despite being a women’s shoe salesman, his rants on life were always
hysterical as well as his misfortunes.
He wasn’t alone in his humor; there were many great supporting
characters such as his wife Peggy, his daughter Kelly, Jefferson, Marcy, or
even the NO MA’AM gang members. Even though the show got more cartoonish later
on, I still laughed every moment of the show and was very sad when the show
came to an end. I can still watch every
episode non-stop today.
1.
The
Simpsons
Was there any question if this would be my number one? This show has been a staple for many quotes
and hilarious moments and without this show there would be no Family Guy, no
American Dad, no Adult Swim, etc. While
it has greatly shown signs of weakness from seasons 11 and beyond, it still can
deliver some funny moments to this day and since I have been watching the show
since season one, it would be hard to picture a world without The Simpsons
every Sunday night. I think a
cancellation should happen but the first ten seasons were so memorable and
hysterical that I can watch those seasons endlessly and still laugh at the
jokes. We also can’t forget the numerous
hilarious characters the show has had.
Okay as you know, I didn’t put any dramas on the list. I’ll
be honest, I have a hard time following drama/action series while they’re on TV
today. Especially with today’s series where if you miss one episode or start
watching late, you will be lost. I am
the type of person who will rent the box set of a show and watch them. Here are some shows that are either on Fox or
once were that I would like to watch:
·
Terra Nova: I watched the first two episodes
thought they were great, but fell behind.
·
X-Files:
I’m kicking myself for not watching much of this.
·
24: Heard
nothing but good things. I heard it did begin to drag on later on.
·
Prison Break: The concept sounds very
entertaining.
·
Terminator - Sara Connor Chronicles: If only to
follow the Terminator storyline that I like.
·
M.A.N.T.I.S.: I really liked the concept of a
disabled man making himself a suit that could make him a hero.
·
Woops: Not a drama but a post-apocalyptic sitcom
where it’s 5 people that have to ban together and deal with things like giant
ants or an evil Santa Claus. I heard it’s one of the worst shows ever to air on
TV.
That is all for my tribute to the 25th
anniversary of Fox! Be sure to tune in Sunday at 6 PM Central to watch their anniversary
special including the first episode of Married with Children. As always follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube. Have a great weekend everyone and I shall see a lot of you at Anime
Central next week!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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