TV Shows

[Eagles_Legendz]

Finale?  C+.  Was going to be like a C- until the last two minutes which quasi-redeemed it.  My immediate reaction after watching it wasn't great but I've warmed up to it the last hour.

[MDS]

if the last scene means what i initially thought it meant....C

if it means what twitter is saying....C-

some good individual character moments, some fitting conclusions, some shoehorned. the ending wasnt a cliffhanger or anything, but its something people are going to talk about forever.

[Don Ho]

Clever implication with the last scene.  Rest of the episode...meh.

Great ending, rest of episode like most of final season, B-

[MDS]

the further i get away from the mad men finale, the less i like it (except for the joan and rodger parts, those were fitting)

why did they end it when and where they did? how many times did don disappear and go hobo? like 5 times? so what made this act so important? this is the one where he realizes hes an ad man and he accepts it? ok.

then they quick cut to a famous commercial someone else did, but in this world don did it. jeez. this is the ending weiner wanted all along? it doesnt ruin 7 seasons of greatness, but it is not an ideal finishing point.

[ice grillin you]

some parts of don's travels got slow and old....that race car shtein was just stupid...but overall I thought the ep did its job very well....it wasn't the shield but it was better than most

[Don Ho]

Well actually, that Coke commercial was really done by the ad agency McCann Erickson.  Thought that final scene was actually pretty cool.  Agree on Don's MIAs getting old and the race car shtein was lame.  Not sure what those dudes had to do with anything except giving Don a ride to LA.  A Midnight Cowboyesque bus ride to Santa Monica would have been cool.  Ben Crane sure got farged this last season.  Talk about MIA. 

[MDS]

Well actually, that Coke commercial was really done by the ad agency McCann Erickson.  Thought that final scene was actually pretty cool.  Agree on Don's MIAs getting old and the race car shtein was lame.  Not sure what those dudes had to do with anything except giving Don a ride to LA.  A Midnight Cowboyesque bus ride to Santa Monica would have been cool.  Ben Crane sure got farged this last season.  Talk about MIA.

who is ben crane you fossil

[Don Ho]

Sorry junior, meant Harry Crane.  Guess i was thinking of the golfer Ben Crane.

[ice grillin you]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y29ELOsXSI0

[MDS]

i was thinking of this earlier. after lettermen goes what's left in terms of tv institutions?

-the simpsons
-snl run by lorne michaels

thats pretty much it. 1 of those things was exceptional for about 7 years and has since been eroding into a disgraceful insult to its legacy. the other thing is more of launching pad for talent than it is a place of talent to actual flourish.

[ice grillin you]

60 minutes

[General_Failure]

i was thinking of this earlier. after lettermen goes what's left in terms of tv institutions?

-the simpsons
-snl run by lorne michaels

thats pretty much it. 1 of those things was exceptional for about 7 years and has since been eroding into a disgraceful insult to its legacy. the other thing is more of launching pad for talent than it is a place of talent to actual flourish.

Harry Shearer Leaving 'The Simpsons'

"The Simpsons" has lost one of its most recognizable voices. Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders and Principal Skinner, is leaving Fox's animated series after 26 seasons.

He tweeted the news on Wednesday night.

"This because I wanted what we've always had: the freedom to do other work," he wrote.

[MDS]

60 minutes

decent point....but 60 minutes will literally never end. its a news show with a changing cast of reporters. it will still be going long after you and i meet jesus in heaven. if thats on the list so are the 3 nightly news shows.

[ice grillin you]

you cant count the news if you want...i wouldnt....but either way it doesnt get more institution than 60 minutes

[MDS]

if thats the case so are o'reilly and hannity