Yes, Cowboy Pete followed the stuttering beginnings of the presidential campaign on “West Wing,” suffered through the shark-jump-worthy fist fight between Toby and Josh, and even managed to find some of the episodes engaging in a hit-or-miss manner.
After much thinking, the Cowboy is ready to state his preference for the new President in the next season:
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A high school teacher in Florida is looking to put together a comic book curriculum for a course on comics. The book budget will likely be non-existent. He’s looking to score forty copies each of UNDERSTANDING COMICS and Parts 1 and 2 of MAUS, I presume either for as cheaply as possible or free.
Anyone who thinks they can help out, in whole or in part, please e-mail me at padguy@aol.com, and I’ll give you the specifics.
Thanks.
PAD
Right now I have on, in the background while I work, the original 1936 film “Reefer Madness.” Immediately after that, they’re airing the new musical version (an adaptation of the Off-Broadway version which was more or less put out of business by 9/11) which I’ve already seen, and was hilarious.
If you’re reading this, are working or an insomniac, and have Showtime, and haven’t seen either film yet, put it on.
PAD
Understand this about me: I am a sore loser. It is a character trait I’m not proud of, but I’ve been that way for 48 years and I’m not about to change now.
You ruined my evening.
And the way you did this was outbidding me at the last minute for the Londo prop over on the B5 auction. I wrote the episode. I conceived the idea of both the souvenir shop and the Londo doll. I wrote all the dialogue from those scenes. I’ve wanted that prop for years. And you got it instead.
So now I’m going to go off and sulk for a while. In the meantime, I seriously suggest you never, ever come up to me at a convention with them and ask me to sign them. That would be a Very Bad Idea.
Yours in pissiness…
PAD
10) Pope George Ringo
9) Pope Alexander
8) Pope Carmelita
7) Pope On a Rope
6) Pope Sicle
5) Pope Skippy
4) Pope Tevye
3) Pope Bush Sucks
2) Pope Doggy Dog
1) Pope Peil Pocket Fisherman
…well, actually, Kim McGinley, costumer extraordinaire… but now I am Mighty N. Dowd!!!
With the power of my mighty headlights!
And yes, when it’s cold out, they become high beams.
These photos were taken at the masquerade at Lunacon a few weeks back, and Kim won multiple awards for her recreation of the Young Justice villianess, including technical and best recreation. She displayed the awards quite prominently, as you can see.
We here at PeterDavid.net salute her. And that’s a salute with our hands, you sickos.
Until recently, it was “Lost,” with “Desperate Housewives” a close second. And in a few weeks, it will go back to that, most likely.
But right now, for the time being, the most unpredictable TV series on the air is “Tru Calling.”
Now the ol’ Cowboy doesn’t generally wish unemployment on anyone, but really, the chowderhead at Fox who chose to cancel TC in favor of the already-cancelled “Point Pleasant” deserves to be given the heave ho. Progressing from a first season which already left me impressed by how many ways they could come up with to provide variation on what would seem a repetitive theme, the second season of “Tru Calling”–truncated as it is–progresses with a confidence and ingenuity that makes the show’s woefully premature dumping all the more regrettable. Not since the chuckleheads at the WB tacitly admitted that they’d screwed up by canceling “Angel” with their floating notions of a “Spike” series has a network’s complete and utter balls-up been so screamingly evident.
The addition of Tru’s nemesis, Jack, to the cast was nothing short of a masterstroke, and the backstory and mythos being steadily built for the series is quite simply brilliant. So much so that it seems to the casual observer that the producers of the struggling “Joan of Arcadia” are following suit by giving their protagonist her very own evil opposite. But that seems slapped on, whereas Jack’s introduction and involvement–whether intended or not–at least seems to have developed organically from the series’ progress.
And they just keep peeling the layers, like an onion, but without the unfortunate stinging smell. Just when we think that Jack is perfectly happy in his job, convinced of the rightness of his actions, we discover, no, that’s not so much the case. And the upcoming episode seems to be sending Tru tripping over into Jack’s territory, as she appears to be drawing a line in the sand and picking and choosing who she’s going to save, whether they ask for her help or not. Plus we’ve not seen hide nor hair of Tru’s annoying sister, which is fine by me. They’ve got enough going on right now.
I keep hoping that either the boneheads at Fox or perhaps someone at Sci-Fi will realize what a worthy series this is and keep it going.
PAD
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