TV Meme, Day 30 (Last Day!)
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favourite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favourite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favourite TV show
Day 07 - Least favourite episode of your favourite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favourite childhood show
Day 14 - Favourite male character
Day 15 - Favourite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favourite mini series
Day 18 - Favourite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favourite kiss
Day 21 - Favourite ship
Day 22 - Favourite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Oh, heavens, so many sad times. Joyce, Buffy, Spike, and Anya on BtVS. Doyle, Wes, Cordelia, and Fred on Angel. Too many people on Lost. The 9th and 10th Doctors on Doctor Who (and I also just watched the 4th Doctor die, too, in the old series, and that was sad as well).
But, no. I've been a little offbeat with some parts of this list, so I'm not gonna stop now. Here's my out-of-left-field pick: Todd Styles on Suddenly Susan.
Suddenly Susan was the most bland and banal of '90s sitcoms. It was not particularly well done. It was very forgettable, really, and while it was ever truly BAD during its first few seasons, it wasn't particular good, either. It was serviceable, something pleasantly okay to let your eyes glaze over between other things that were better. It did introduce the world to Kathy Griffin and Nestor Carbonell, but was otherwise not very noteworthy. I kind of dug the dynamic between Brooke Shields' and Judd Nelson's characters, though. They did a pretty good job.
I also liked the character of Todd the hipster music critic. He was usually funny and was close-ish to my own age when the show was on, so I felt a kind of kinship with his character. He was bubbly, effusive, nerdy, and awkward, and he dug music that at the time I was super into. Very relatable, in other words. And so when his portrayer, actor David Strickland, committed suicide abruptly in 1999, they went ahead and wrote his death into the series, a series that up to that point had been not exactly the sort to tackle tough issues. I haven't seen it since it aired, but I don't think I'll ever forget the montage of scenes of Todd being played over Fatboy Slim's "Praise You." It was pretty powerful.
Of course, predictably, the series went completely off the rails after that because it was too tough to go forward as they had been, and its revamped version was just never as good. I stopped watching altogether at some point, and I think they should have ended the series with that.
What a bummer to end on, and yet this meme has been a lot of fun.
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favourite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favourite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favourite TV show
Day 07 - Least favourite episode of your favourite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favourite childhood show
Day 14 - Favourite male character
Day 15 - Favourite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favourite mini series
Day 18 - Favourite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favourite kiss
Day 21 - Favourite ship
Day 22 - Favourite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Day 30 - Saddest character death
Oh, heavens, so many sad times. Joyce, Buffy, Spike, and Anya on BtVS. Doyle, Wes, Cordelia, and Fred on Angel. Too many people on Lost. The 9th and 10th Doctors on Doctor Who (and I also just watched the 4th Doctor die, too, in the old series, and that was sad as well).
But, no. I've been a little offbeat with some parts of this list, so I'm not gonna stop now. Here's my out-of-left-field pick: Todd Styles on Suddenly Susan.
Suddenly Susan was the most bland and banal of '90s sitcoms. It was not particularly well done. It was very forgettable, really, and while it was ever truly BAD during its first few seasons, it wasn't particular good, either. It was serviceable, something pleasantly okay to let your eyes glaze over between other things that were better. It did introduce the world to Kathy Griffin and Nestor Carbonell, but was otherwise not very noteworthy. I kind of dug the dynamic between Brooke Shields' and Judd Nelson's characters, though. They did a pretty good job.
I also liked the character of Todd the hipster music critic. He was usually funny and was close-ish to my own age when the show was on, so I felt a kind of kinship with his character. He was bubbly, effusive, nerdy, and awkward, and he dug music that at the time I was super into. Very relatable, in other words. And so when his portrayer, actor David Strickland, committed suicide abruptly in 1999, they went ahead and wrote his death into the series, a series that up to that point had been not exactly the sort to tackle tough issues. I haven't seen it since it aired, but I don't think I'll ever forget the montage of scenes of Todd being played over Fatboy Slim's "Praise You." It was pretty powerful.
Of course, predictably, the series went completely off the rails after that because it was too tough to go forward as they had been, and its revamped version was just never as good. I stopped watching altogether at some point, and I think they should have ended the series with that.
What a bummer to end on, and yet this meme has been a lot of fun.