Ah television.
Don't you just love it? It is the window into the lives of imaginary people that we oh so care about. We watch our shows every week completely invested in their lives, watching and waiting to see what happens next. No matter how cheesy the storyline may be, or how cheesy the show is in general, you always watch, because, well, you are addicted.
Since I will most likely be spending my Thanksgiving break watching said television, and not doing all the homework I should probably be doing, I have decided to list my top 10 favorite shows of all time so that I can share with the world what I consider to be quality television, also I'm pretty bored.
10. Man vs. Food
Okay granted this isn't a typical TV show. It is actually a type of reality show that airs on the Travel Channel but it is fantastic nonetheless. Adam Richman travels from city to city tasting the best food each city has to offer. But that is not all! He also competes in food challenges! The challenges are all pretty intense and range from him eating six of the spiciest buffalo wings in 25 minutes and then licking all the sauce off his fingers and then not being able to use a napkin or drink anything for an extra five minutes to eating a 12-egg omelet filled with chili, cheese, and sour cream. Some of the time it is completely disgusting how much food this guy puts in his stomach, but most of the time it is truly amazing and awesome how much food this guy can put in his stomach. For the most part, in the challenge against man vs. food, man wins.
9. The Soup
So yes, again, not the typical TV show, this is actually a TV show that makes fun of other TV shows, but details. Joel McHale and his not-so-subtle comedy on the various television shows out there is fantastic. When it comes to The Soup, no one is safe, everyone is a target. Watch out Tyra because Joel is coming for you. (That wasn't a very good description, but hey, how do you describe something so awesome right?) I wish I had his job. To make fun of all the stupid people that exist in the realm of reality television and get paid for it? Talk about living the dream.
8. Degrassi: The Next Generation
Oh Canadians. The drama these high schoolers go through is truly amazing. Pretty much everything that can happen in a high school in the history of the world has happened in this one high school in Canada. Teen pregnancies, abortions, school shootings, coming out of the closet, abusive boyfriends, almost every student becoming famous in either music or film, and so much more. If this school were real....I don't even know what to think if this school was real. Yet it is so addictive, I can't stop watching. I have to know what happens next.
7. The 4400
This show was Heroes before Heroes was Heroes. And the stupid USA network cancelled it before it even got to finish its story. 4400 people have disappeared over the course of 60 years from all around the world, and then all were returned on the same day in the same place in a big ball of light, and some came back with special abilities. Okay, I know what you must be thinking, that it's a kind of lame idea for a show. I mean they were pretty much abducted by aliens, except they were really taken by people of the future and inserted back into the timeline so that they could prevent the catastrophe. What is the catastrophe you ask? I have no idea because after 4 seasons they never really got to it and then USA was a bitch and cancelled it.
6. Pushing Daisies
Ned is a pie maker. He owns a pie shop. He has a gift. He can touch something that has died and bring it back to life. But here's the glitch, the dead thing that has been touched can only be alive for one hour, any second over an hour something has to die in its place. That's just the circle of life. Ned has decided to use his gift to solve crimes with his partner Emerson Cod. They go to the morgue, touch the dead person, find out who killed them, "solve" the case, and collect the reward money. Not the most ethical way to solve a crime, but eh whatev. But, wait, there is a problem! Ned discovers that the love of his childhood life has died and so he touches her and brings her back to life for, gasp, more than an hour! What a great show this was. It was so colorful and magically and it just made you smile. Especially Kristen Chenoweth, who played the waitress in the pie shop. Sometimes she would break out into song and it would be amazing. Sadly, Pushing Daisies life was cut short and it died. If only Ned could have touched the show and left it alive for more than an hour and some other horrible show could have died in it's place.
5. The Office
You know what my favorite thing about this show is? The characters. They are all just so unique, yet so boring and everyday people all at the same time. The way all these characters interact with each other is what makes this show worth watching. That and Jim and Pam together, who have to be one of the cutest couples in the history of television. Jim in general is just great. His pranks on Dwight are just amazing.
4. Glee
My latest obsession. A combination of my favorite things: comedy, drama, and best of all music. Any time when people break out in song is great in my book. How can you not love this show? Every time I watch it, it just makes me smile. These characters are actually real people. They aren't people that could never really exist. They go to high school like normal people in middle America, not in an upper east side prep school in New York, or in some random high school in North Carolina where half of the student population became famous, I mean seriously? Yeah right. No they are real people that probably exist somewhere in the world and I love every single one of the characters. Especially Finn. I mean how can you not be completely in love with Finn? With his amazing singing voice and his little crooked smile and dimple? Love him.
3. Arrested Development
Another show cancelled in its prime. Why does this keep happening? Are the people of the world that stupid and don't know good television? The dumbest shows ever stay on the air but great shows that actually have good writing and story lines are cancelled before they actually get a chance to shine? It is just a travesty, isn't it? And this show was so great. The entire series was just one long inside joke, which may have contributed to the cancelation because some of the stuff might not have been as funny if you just started watching and not from the beginning but, again, details. Of course the best season had to be the third season when the show knew they were being cancelled. The narrators blatant attempts to get people to watch the show, by saying "Please tell your friends about this show." Where else can you get comedy like that?
2. That 70s Show
A look into the lives of teenagers from the 70s. Not so different from teenagers today is it? Except it's a little funnier. Every time I watch this show I always wish that I could be hanging out in the basement with all of them. They always look like they are having so much fun. Although most of that fun probably had to do with the fact they were high all the time, but I guess that's what the 70s were like right? Probably not. Who knows.
1. How I Met Your Mother
This show is legen....wait for it...and I hope you're not lactose-intolerant cause the second part of that word is "dairy" LEGENDARY! My favorite show of all time. A TV show unlike any other. The story is that Future Ted is telling his two kids an entirely way too long and completely inappropriate story of how he met their mother. He's been telling the story for almost 5 years now, we still have NO idea who the mother is. I mean come on, seriously. Tell us who the mother is already! Or don't cause that might mean the show is coming to an end and that would not be a good thing. Also, Barney Stinson is the greatest character in the history of television. I have never seen anyone on TV as awesome as him. Neil Patrick Harris, you are amazing.
P.S.
This is the longest post in the history of the world. Wow. It's not even good writing. It's just me rambling on and on, paragraph after paragraph. It's only the first day of break. How more bored can I get?
Oh I know. I'll watch all the episodes of Glee again and write a review for each one! I truly believe that it will be a good use of my time.
