Haven’t posted much in a while, but here’s the gist of my television viewing the past week:

BREAKING BAD FINALE
Love the show, the finale really wasn’t good though.  I’m thinking that it wasn’t really supposed to be the finale, but that the Writer’s Strike had something to do with it.  The best part by far was when the two Meth Makers were waiting in the junk yard and the chemist puts on the hat, which was reminiscent of the one that Sammy Davis Junior gave to Dr. Huxtable on an episode of the Cosby Show.  If you haven’t seen the show(Breaking Bad, or the Cosby Show), its really worth catching on AMC.

ROBOT CHICKEN
A friend gave me the first season on DVD.  I haven’t watched it yet though.  Its funny, most people probably don’t care what I think about shows, never mind shows I intend to watch.

JUNO
Actually watched a movie this week.  I thought it was very good, but not great.  I didn’t think I’d like Juno (the girl) but she actually grew on me.  Apparently, I also learned that Michael Cera must be in every movie that is being made.  I like him as an actor, but it would be nice if he wasn’t in every film out right now.  Also, not a big fan of Jennifer Garner.  But any movie with orange tic-tacs should probably be considered for an Oscar.

BIG BANG THEORY
So the intern that I know that was hyped that it didn’t get canceled only watched half the episode.  Thus proving that CBS still struggles to make acceptable television for people under 60.

IDOL
Chicklets went home.  That’s ok by me, cause my two horses, Aussie Dude and Brooke are still in it, and I think she’ll win it.  I was also glad to see that the baby faced guy that wishes that he was Bob Marley’s illegitimate son was in the bottom 3.  Pretty soon he’ll have to go back to playing his guitar in college quads hoping that desperate girls with high GPAs and low self esteem find him to be “groovy” again.

AXE MEN
Yeah, I’ve resorted to watching shows about slacked jawed yokels cutting down trees.  I find it oddly entertaining and it reinforces my choice in life to not be a lumberjack.  However, I do feel a sense of shame that this is how I spend my free time.  Watching other people earn a truly honest living as I devour an entire bag of Redden’ Butter popcorn.

COMEDY
Nick Griffin, the best standup I’ve seen in a long time

So that’s my week anything I missed?

I was just running through the old noodle on the way home from work thinking about 5 people I miss seeing on TV. Here are my 5, then you can add your own.

JIM LOUDERBACK (Fresh Gear)

If you were one of the 23 people that tuned into ZDTV/TechTV a few years ago then you knew who Jim was. He was the straight talkin’ review guy on Fresh Gear. He told you what to spend your gadget money on and what was going to become the next Apple Newton. Then Tech TV had to go turn itself into a video game channel (and an awfully sh*tty one at that). Now Jim is off doing bigger and better things, but why he couldn’t be the Tech Reporter for some Nightly News program is beyond me. He was cool geek that wasn’t actually all that geeky.

THE MUPPETS

Why can’t they bring back the Muppet Show? Seems to me, that it always had a “Shrek Type Humor” where kids got some of the jokes and the adults got the other half. The Muppets on NBC at 8pm on a Sunday would be gold. Who wouldn’t watch that? Maybe people with a phobia of puppets or communists, but other than that it would have to succeed. Seems to me if Hank Hill can be on Sundays, so can Professor Bunson.

MATT PINFIELD (120 Minutes)

Remember the bald headed dude on MTV late nights that looked like he’d kill your sister for a nickel, but wouldn’t because he was do busy figuring out who opened for Duran Duran at the Oklahoma State Fair in ‘83. Sure he was about as attractive as Mr. Clean’s illegitimate son, but the man knew music. When you listened to him you always took him and his musical picks seriously. They should resurrect that Pepsi Smash show and put him in charge of booking acts and hosting the show.

MARIO VAN PEEPLES

He may actually still be on television, but I think his name could make a show a star. For instance, if I said “Hey Billy, do you wanna watch Miss Guided?” Chances are Billy will say no. However, if I say “Hey Billy, Miss Guided, Staring Mario Van Peeples is on, do you wanna watch?” There is a 12.3% better chance that Billy will say yes. C’mon, it’s Mario Van Peeples!

DANA CARVEY

Remember when he was like the funniest guy on TV?  Now, he’s relegated to buying box-sets of SNL when they hit DVD.  The shame of it is, is that he was persecuted for doing the Dana Carvey Show, which bombed.  However, if you go and YouTube it, you’ll see that he had Steve Carrell and Colbert as part of the cast.  So in essence, Carvey was a revolutionary.  I bet he could create a pretty successful show for HBO, where higher class humor is appreciated.

So those are the 5 that I miss, who are you aching to see back on the air?