Hey T.C.

I've never liked cats. They're a nuisance, and they're awful pets. However, the only cats I like are the animated ones that live in a dirty New York City Alley. I'm talking about the old Hanna-Barbera Classic Top Cat. Started in 1961 and ended in 1962 after 1 season. You'd think it wouldn't have had any affect, and would be widely forgotten, and well, it kind of is, however it has been rerun on Boomerang/Cartoon Network for awhile.

The story is about a gang of cats, with their leader, Top Cat or T.C. as he is commonly referred to. Other cats in this group are Choo-Choo, Spook, Fancy, Brain, and his close friend, Benny the Ball. T.C. is always looking for schemes to make money, and will usually stop at nothing. However, the police officer, Officer Dibble is always on to him and the gang making sure they don't cause trouble. Usually there's some criminal they catch, they get the reward, and it goes back to the police station.

I don't know why, but I enjoy it very much, one of my favorite cartoons. Don't know why, but it is. One of the classic episodes is The Maharajah of Pookajea. It's usually the episode aired a lot in reruns, or on DVD selections. One of my personal favorites is T.C.Minds the Baby where they find an abandoned baby. That's always been one of my favorites.

Can't Hold Me??

Well, I've seen my fair share of strange music videos. So why not add another one? This one was released last week by Macklemore, titled Can't Hold Us. Well, I watched the video. First, it looks in the beginning like it features a Black version of Albus Dumbledore. Then the video is pretty much a montage of different people carrying a flag that says The Heist. However, it was shot in many areas such as New Zealand and Seattle, and other areas. As weird as it is, it's pretty cool, and the song is pretty catchy.

Pretty good features, including a guitar solo, a brass section, pretty good, and the lyrics are mostly clean. So yeah, I enjoy it. Yeah it's still a little strange though, I can't do anything about that :)

The Middle of the Pack

Well, about a year ago if you would've asked me what I thought of the ABC sitcom The Middle you would've heard negative reviews from me. However things can change. This is now one of my favorite TV shows, and also regular TV appointment.

The show takes place in Indiana and is a family that each has different problems and all that other stuff. Mike and Frankie (a female) Heck are raising their 3 kids, Axl, Sue and Brick. Axl is their oldest, currently a Senior in High School for this season. He is currently in a relationship, and is a slacker. Sue is the extremely awkward middle child, that has no friends, tries out for everything and fails. And Brick is just socially challenged.

Frankie nararrates the series, with different things going in their lives, trouble at work, school and home. It's very funny with each new adventure they face. It's what makes Wednesday nights awesome!

A New Interest

Well, with the recent debut of Sale of the Century on GSN, I have to say, I should've gotten into this years ago. During the last week I've been watching episodes of Sale from 1985-1989. I've actually seen a Sally Julian episode, and was disgusted by that. The Menning episodes are OK too.

This show makes me appreciate Jim Perry as a host even more. He's good, reads questions well, and shows his humor.

And the show actually has an interesting format as well. Some of the Instant Bargains are hilarious, and everyone seems to work well. Yeah the prizes look like crap today, but a lot of shows do, and I watch for the gameplay anyway, so what do I care? So, after Having seen a few episodes, the winner's board is my favorite end game. The last one was too hard, and the first one was OK.

I'm now into it, and am grateful GSN picked it up. I hope it does well for the network, because I'd like to see more than the final 65. Jim and Summer are a great team. Of course my favorite Jim Perry work is still Card Sharks but this is a very close second.

GSN Daytime Changes Next Week

Well, I've been on a long vacation, that should've ended 2 days ago :) Well anyway, next week GSN is revamping its daytime schedule.

8:00am - Match Game 75 (1975-1977 Episodes)

8:30am - Match Game 75 (1975-1977 Episodes)

9:00am - Press Your Luck (1983-1984 Episodes)

9:30am - Sale of the Century (1988-1989 Episodes)

11:00am - Super Password (1986-1987 Episodes)

and for Weekends, we get the 1981-1982 episodes of Password Plus with Tom Kennedy.

Well, I for one am excited for these changes. Very excited to finally see some more Match Game 75 and more Press Your Luck. Not extremely excited for the final season of Password Plus but it does have Tom Kennedy which hasn't been seen forever. More Super Password episodes are always welcome.

As for Sale Of the Century all I can say is wow, I thought this show would never set foot on the schedule.  Well, good thing I didn't necessarily bet my life, otherwise I'd be in huge trouble. It's a decent show, and I will enjoy it. I mean Jim Perry is an excellent host, so it's gonna be good. Starts Monday April 1st.

Yeah, we give up Dawson Feud and Card Sharks but oh well. They'll probably be back. This is the first time Dawson Feud has not been on the GSN lineup.

Chuck's Back

Well, looks like GSN is changing a part of the schedule again. Jeopardy! once again disappears from the schedule. And they haven't finished out the season yet. Oh well, some things I still would've liked to see, but oh well, life moves on.

It's replacement is something that is not on the schedule at the moment. Chuck Woolery's Lingo. According to the PDF schedules, it will be Season 5, with Chuck and Shandi.

Well, I enjoy Lingo but the Chuck and Shandi seasons weren't my favorites. They were OK, but I don't know, it just doesn't click with me. I just don't know. I didn't mind Stacey Hayes that much, but I personally think Lingo is best with just one host. I do prefer the Bill Engvall version over Chuck and Shandi, but of course, you can't beat Chuck solo, during his first two seasons. I'm sure 2003 episodes will turn up again soon. Might take a long time, but they'll be back, and I'll be watching. So Starting Monday February 25th at 11:30am, Woolery Lingo replaces Jeopardy!

I Love a Good Show

The last couple weeks, the GSN board has had a conversation about people who only give praise to older shows, or something like that. Well, I'll state my opinion on what I like about the genre.

Well, there's new shows, and well... older shows. I will admit most of my collection includes, well, majority older shows. There are many on the internet who clamor for older shows to be in abundance on the airwaves. Unforutately time is moving on, and it will keep going on. My favorite game show is turning 40 in July. Wow, I'm only 17, maybe I should re-evaluate my life. But they're getting older, and people want newer stuff. That's what the casual viewers want. That's why Steve Harvey is on 6 times a day, because the young casual audience (or even old) wants Steve, because he's new.

Then you have a small group of people that are complete purists. Yeah, there are some out there. If Richard Dawson is not hosting the Feud or if there's color in the picture (Other than black or white), then it's considered trash and therefore deserves no attention at all. I'm sorry but I don't buy that. I believe that both eras are great. (Note: I know some people on the GSN boards appreciate both, and I'm not attacking you).

I appreciate both eras, old and new. Today I love shows such as  The Price is Right with Drew Carey, Wayne Brady's Let's Make a Deal, Steve Harvey's Family Feud, and of course Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! I loved the revival of Pyramid with Mike Richards. However that didn't fly with the audience. Within the last 10 years I've enjoyed stuff such as Deal Or No Deal, 1 vs. 100, Catch-21, Lingo even Bill Engvall's too, The Power of 10, Family Feud, Catch-21, Whammy!, Russian Roulette and countless others. However, there's still some crap among there. Who's Still Standing and Take it All are awful. I understand getting new concepts out there, but they aren't working. So I enjoy many newer shows, and kind of don't mind over abundance of them, because I know more people like them.

However when we cross the timeline, I do have some favorites over there too. Match Game, Card Sharks (except Eubanks doesn't count as a favoite) Family Feud (Dawson), The Price is Right, Press Your Luck, Pyramid, Password and many others. There are multiple episodes made for each, some have several incarnations. However stuff like Ray Combs Family Feud, To Tell the Truth except for Moore Ward and Trebek, and even older episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! just don't appeal to me. OK, I like some older WOF episodes. Somethings are forgettable like Gambit or The Dating Game. Which also don't appeal that much, even though some absolutely adore.

So, when I was younger I used to openly like Game Shows, however, I keep it private now, as it seems weird to enjoy older shows. I still do, but now no one knows. If the show's good, I watch it. If it sucks, I don't bother. I don't care if it was 1974 or 2004, if it's good I'm watching. That's how every game show should be treated. Not based on age. I'm grateful GSN even still shows older programming in a time where it's becoming less popular. I don't care if it's only 50 episodes, or if the credits are being crunched, or if there's ads on the screen. We should be grateful we're seeing them.