This week, Johnny and I discuss ten of our favorite situation comedies. You can find the episode here.
I was sort of surprised by all of the overlap. More than half of my shows were on Johnny's list as well. On the other hand, I really should not be too surprised because we watch a lot of sitcoms together. The other interesting note is that none of the shows we discussed are still running new episodes. We decided that this was because the current crop of sitcoms are either aimed at adults (with all of the immature "mature" humor) or aimed at kids. Our favorites were designed for families to watch together, which is no longer a target demographic for ANYTHING.
If you have comments, suggestions, or interesting business opportunities, please send us an e-mail! Our address is tmichicagoshow@gmail.com. Question for the week: What is your favorite sitcom? Also, be sure to join us next week for the Game Shows Show!
I had an excellent time at the CON!! Look for pictures soon-ish.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Night of the Living Blog!
Hello, hello, one and all! I must apologize for the lack of blog entries. There are two main reasons for this. The first is that on Wednesday, we had another thunderstorm that knocked out the power; this time it was out for a good twenty-four hours. The second is that when I decided to do daily blog posts, I was anticipating a summer with nothing much to do. I was incredibly fortunate to find a job within a week of graduating from college, but the slight downside is that I will have to reconsider the "daily blog post" deal. Johnny and I will discuss it, and I think what will probably happen is that he and I will each try and post something 2 to 3 times a week.
We just finished recording TMI Chicago #3, where we discuss some of our favorite sitcoms! It will be available for your listening pleasure tomorrow. This was a fun episode to record, because we had a lot of shows in common. This also means that we got a bit long-winded. I promise that we are going to try and keep future episodes around an hour.
One more bit of news: Look for pictures in the next few days from Cyphan! This is going to be my first time going to a con (CON!!) so I am hoping to get a lot of good photos. The lovely Jewel Staite, AKA Kaylee from "Firefly," is going to be there. I probably will not get her autograph, because I am impatient and cheap, but it should be fun anyhow.
We just finished recording TMI Chicago #3, where we discuss some of our favorite sitcoms! It will be available for your listening pleasure tomorrow. This was a fun episode to record, because we had a lot of shows in common. This also means that we got a bit long-winded. I promise that we are going to try and keep future episodes around an hour.
One more bit of news: Look for pictures in the next few days from Cyphan! This is going to be my first time going to a con (CON!!) so I am hoping to get a lot of good photos. The lovely Jewel Staite, AKA Kaylee from "Firefly," is going to be there. I probably will not get her autograph, because I am impatient and cheap, but it should be fun anyhow.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Monday website AND new TV show review!
Today's blog comes to you in two parts. Part one: your weekly time-wasting website recommendation. This week's site is called Reasonably Clever. It is run by a guy named Chris. The home page features the latest strip of Chris's webcomic, which is called "Brick House." Despite also being made of Lego creations, "Brick House" is completely different from "Irregular Webcomic!" (which was first mentioned a couple weeks ago). Anyway, "Brick House" is worth a read, but it is harder than IWC for new readers to jump into.
I am recommending "Reasonably Clever" for two main reasons. The first is the Lego Mini-Mizer, which allows you to create your own Lego people. Here is an example of some of the Lego people I've made:
We have Dracula, the wolfman, and Frankenstein's monster! There are also a ton of superhero costumes, Star Trek uniforms, and a collection of T-shirts. You can even add a background.
The other cool thing about Reasonably Clever is Chris's photo gallery of his Lego creations. He is crazy talented! Here is the main build page, which includes (among others) LIFE-SIZED Tom Servo and Crow made ENTIRELY from Legos! Also worth a look: Lego "Serenity" and a church for the "Flying Spaghetti Monster" (scaled to accommodate Lego mini-figs).
All right, part 2 is a review of ABC's new show "The Gates." It is a drama chronicling the lives of residents in a gated community cleverly named The Gates. But The Gates must be one of those places like Sunnydale that attracts weirdness. The new police chief has just moved his family into the community and has no idea about what is really going on. So far, we have a werewolf pack at the high school, witches owning shops downtown, and a couple of vampires who live next door with their adopted (human) daughter.
The first episode was pretty good. We get to know a bit about all of the characters in the ensemble, although I hope that all of the main characters have been introduced already. If the ensemble gets too large, it turns into a soap opera. The main reason I stopped watching "Heroes" is because they had too many damn characters. I would watch the show every week, and still had trouble following it!
Anyway, the acting and writing are decent, but not spectacular. So far, I am most intrigued by the vampires, Claire and Dylan (big surprise). They moved to The Gates to protect their daughter Emily from other vampires. The only problem with this plan is that Claire has trouble controlling her hunger. Dylan seems to have a handle on it, but I think he is more the exception than the rule when it comes to vampires. I would like to hear more about their daughter and why they decided to adopt.
We also have Peg and Devon, who both own shops that sell herbs and holistic junk. They haven't stated it outright yet, but it is heavily implied that they practice witchcraft. Peg is the "good" witch and Devon is the "bad" witch. Then there is the werewolf pack, which appears to be composed of about half a dozen teenage boys. Not too much has been said about them, except that there is a "code" and running around as a werewolf is not allowed inside the community. I'm guessing that they fall into the "turn into a wolf at will" category rather than the "change at the full moon" category.
Interwoven with all of this is the story of the Monohans, who have just moved in. Nick is the new police chief (from Chicago!) and is suspicious of his new neighbors, Claire and Dylan. His wife Sarah thinks Claire is a wonderful woman. Claire recommended Peg to Sarah, but Sarah ended up going to Devon's shop instead. Their son Charlie has a crush on a werewolf's girlfriend. They also have a daughter, who is just kind of there. Maybe she'll end up being friends with the vampires' daughter or something. Actually, that would be pretty interesting.
The show has potential. I will probably tune in again next week.
Leverage: Season 3 review coming soon! It is downloading as we speak.
I am recommending "Reasonably Clever" for two main reasons. The first is the Lego Mini-Mizer, which allows you to create your own Lego people. Here is an example of some of the Lego people I've made:
We have Dracula, the wolfman, and Frankenstein's monster! There are also a ton of superhero costumes, Star Trek uniforms, and a collection of T-shirts. You can even add a background.
The other cool thing about Reasonably Clever is Chris's photo gallery of his Lego creations. He is crazy talented! Here is the main build page, which includes (among others) LIFE-SIZED Tom Servo and Crow made ENTIRELY from Legos! Also worth a look: Lego "Serenity" and a church for the "Flying Spaghetti Monster" (scaled to accommodate Lego mini-figs).
All right, part 2 is a review of ABC's new show "The Gates." It is a drama chronicling the lives of residents in a gated community cleverly named The Gates. But The Gates must be one of those places like Sunnydale that attracts weirdness. The new police chief has just moved his family into the community and has no idea about what is really going on. So far, we have a werewolf pack at the high school, witches owning shops downtown, and a couple of vampires who live next door with their adopted (human) daughter.
The first episode was pretty good. We get to know a bit about all of the characters in the ensemble, although I hope that all of the main characters have been introduced already. If the ensemble gets too large, it turns into a soap opera. The main reason I stopped watching "Heroes" is because they had too many damn characters. I would watch the show every week, and still had trouble following it!
Anyway, the acting and writing are decent, but not spectacular. So far, I am most intrigued by the vampires, Claire and Dylan (big surprise). They moved to The Gates to protect their daughter Emily from other vampires. The only problem with this plan is that Claire has trouble controlling her hunger. Dylan seems to have a handle on it, but I think he is more the exception than the rule when it comes to vampires. I would like to hear more about their daughter and why they decided to adopt.
We also have Peg and Devon, who both own shops that sell herbs and holistic junk. They haven't stated it outright yet, but it is heavily implied that they practice witchcraft. Peg is the "good" witch and Devon is the "bad" witch. Then there is the werewolf pack, which appears to be composed of about half a dozen teenage boys. Not too much has been said about them, except that there is a "code" and running around as a werewolf is not allowed inside the community. I'm guessing that they fall into the "turn into a wolf at will" category rather than the "change at the full moon" category.
Interwoven with all of this is the story of the Monohans, who have just moved in. Nick is the new police chief (from Chicago!) and is suspicious of his new neighbors, Claire and Dylan. His wife Sarah thinks Claire is a wonderful woman. Claire recommended Peg to Sarah, but Sarah ended up going to Devon's shop instead. Their son Charlie has a crush on a werewolf's girlfriend. They also have a daughter, who is just kind of there. Maybe she'll end up being friends with the vampires' daughter or something. Actually, that would be pretty interesting.
The show has potential. I will probably tune in again next week.
Leverage: Season 3 review coming soon! It is downloading as we speak.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
TMI Chicago #2: Endurance Training
This week, I discuss topics that bore Johnny and he discusses topics that bore me! Johnny talks about one of his favorite websites, Homestar Runner; I discuss Doctor Who. In the second half, Johnny discusses "YouTube Poops" and I talk about the vampire drama Blood Ties. We only hope that nobody thinks we're boring!
I apologize for the show being late. As Johnny explained yesterday, our power went out last night. It was back on surprisingly fast; despite the large number of fallen trees and branches, the outage only lasted four hours. However, we finished recording the show after ten o'clock last night, and then we had a brownout and decided to shut down the computer until today.
Long story short, our latest episode is available here.
Have comments about the show? Want to add to our discussion, or suggest a topic for an upcoming show? We would love to hear from you! Our email address is tmichicagoshow@gmail.com.
Coming up next week: A countdown of our favorite sitcoms!
I apologize for the show being late. As Johnny explained yesterday, our power went out last night. It was back on surprisingly fast; despite the large number of fallen trees and branches, the outage only lasted four hours. However, we finished recording the show after ten o'clock last night, and then we had a brownout and decided to shut down the computer until today.
Long story short, our latest episode is available here.
Have comments about the show? Want to add to our discussion, or suggest a topic for an upcoming show? We would love to hear from you! Our email address is tmichicagoshow@gmail.com.
Coming up next week: A countdown of our favorite sitcoms!
Another Power Failure!
While I was editing last night, the power went out.
Again.
Then it came back on, but that was our signal to go to bed. So anyway, I'm just finishing editing right now, but I don't even know how to put stuff on Podshow (or whatever it's called now), so Monica will have to show me that.
Anyway, expect minor delays in getting the show live. Sorry.
-Johnny
Friday, June 18, 2010
Power Failure and Other Stuff!
Johnny here. Monica and I just went through a long power outage, so for awhile we weren't able to record the show.
The power, obviously, just came on.
So here we are, about to get ready to start the show. A reminder, the theme this week is "Endurance Training", where Monica talks about Doctor Who and Blood Ties (which I hate), and I talk about Homestar Runner and YouTube Poops (which Monica hates). Oh yeah, this is going to be one fun Friday evening!
Also note that we will be putting the show on iTunes at some point (provided we can figure out how to get the "Publish a Podcast" link/button/whatever you want to call it to work), so keep an eye out for that!
-Johnny
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Video Thursday #3: Our Favorite Things
It's time for another Video Thursday! This week's theme, to recap our first show, is Our Favorite Things. I decided to focus on three of the items that appeared on Johnny's and my lists.
First up: Leverage. This is a preview of the first episode in Season 3.
Seriously, think "Mission: Impossible" meets "Robin Hood" and you've got a pretty good picture of Leverage. The acting and writing are FANTASTIC. I am so ready for the new season! I discovered it back when I had cable, and so now I buy it on iTunes. New episodes are available the day after they air on TV, which is pretty sweet.
All right, next up is the trailer from one of our favorite movies. Dracula: Dead and Loving It is Dracula done by Mel Brooks. This is probably one of the most quoted movies at our house, along with "The Emperor's New Groove."
The whole movie is available on YouTube, though I am not sure it was uploaded legally. Of course, I would never link to it unless I was sure.
And finally, here is an excellent Marvel/DC video from RandomGuy! What if the "Twilight" series was done by your favorite comic book characters? We have the Joker as Edward, Green Goblin as Jacob, and Harley Quinn as Bella.
When not parodying the rivalry between the comic book companies, RandomGuy and RandomGal also do parodies of movie trailers. This one is about to become relevant again, with the release of "Eclipse" later this month.
And to explain the end of this one: RandomGuy has established that all of the movie trailer parodies are Spider-Man's dreams. The other superheroes find them so entertaining that they have taken to spiking his milkshakes. Batman is not too pleased.
First up: Leverage. This is a preview of the first episode in Season 3.
Seriously, think "Mission: Impossible" meets "Robin Hood" and you've got a pretty good picture of Leverage. The acting and writing are FANTASTIC. I am so ready for the new season! I discovered it back when I had cable, and so now I buy it on iTunes. New episodes are available the day after they air on TV, which is pretty sweet.
All right, next up is the trailer from one of our favorite movies. Dracula: Dead and Loving It is Dracula done by Mel Brooks. This is probably one of the most quoted movies at our house, along with "The Emperor's New Groove."
The whole movie is available on YouTube, though I am not sure it was uploaded legally. Of course, I would never link to it unless I was sure.
And finally, here is an excellent Marvel/DC video from RandomGuy! What if the "Twilight" series was done by your favorite comic book characters? We have the Joker as Edward, Green Goblin as Jacob, and Harley Quinn as Bella.
When not parodying the rivalry between the comic book companies, RandomGuy and RandomGal also do parodies of movie trailers. This one is about to become relevant again, with the release of "Eclipse" later this month.
And to explain the end of this one: RandomGuy has established that all of the movie trailer parodies are Spider-Man's dreams. The other superheroes find them so entertaining that they have taken to spiking his milkshakes. Batman is not too pleased.
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