Pharmaceutical Induced Viewing

I might have mentioned earlier that I was near death all weekend. I was actually so sick that I had to call in for my weekend job as a sexy shirtless firefighting pirate vampire that reads books to blind orphans. So being the consummate professional blogger that I am, I watched tv all weekend. During this marathon I discovered a few things, let's share:

1. I watched the entire "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Jungle Fury" series in one sitting. I'll admit it, I was a fan of the original series when I was a kid. I remember sitting in front of the tv in eager anticipation waiting to hear that super awesome theme music. Thankfully I had no idea that there have actually been about 15 different incarnations of that original series since then, if I had known my life might have taken a much different far sadder path. So after the fourth episode my 5 year old turns to me and says, "Daddy, can the bad guys hear the music? Because if they did, they would know its time for the Power Rangers to win." I'm 31 years old and I've never picked up on that before...

2. Most of the weekend felt like I had a family of four living in my sinuses so as you can imagine sleep wasn't really an option for me. I never really noticed some of the ridiculous things on tv late at night, and I'm not talking about Jay Leno. (Ed Note: How does that guy still have a job?) First thing I noticed, 3 bras for $15. Seriously? Ladies I don't claim to be an expert on women's fashion but if you're buying underwear off of the tv at 4am something went horribly wrong in your life. I also can't believe that they're still pushing the "Magicjack" system at 3am. The only people with landlines were born before WWII and have been in bed for at least 6 hours. And the most ridiculous..."'Til Death"? I actually sat through an entire Magicjack ad and two Ahhbra commercials just so I didn't accidentally watch this abomination of a television show.

3. Right around 8am is "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" and I'll be the first to admit that it's absolutely one of my guilty pleasures. The writing is solid, the cast works extremely well together, and you cannot go wrong with John Ritter. John Ritter was everything right about physical comedy. He made that loose rug on "Three's Company" a star. If you've never seen his guest starring role on "The Cosby Show", do yourself a favor and find it somewhere. The man was brilliant and we lost him far too soon, now we're stuck with douchebags like Ashton Kutcher falling backwards over the Foreman's couch pretending to have the same grasp on physical comedy that John Ritter had. Hey Kelso...Do yourself a favor and get "Three's Company" on dvd and study John Ritter. That is what you are trying to be. And while you're at it, take off those ridiculous hipster hats. You look like a damn fool.