Eli
You know that irresistable temptation feeling? The one you usually get when you’re faced with luscious yarn?
Yeah, well … I really loved Eli Stone when it was on the air for its short season last Spring, and appalling money trouble or not, well … I had to have it. How can you resist a law show about a lawyer with a brain aneurism which may or may not be causing prophetic visions … many of which come in the form of musical number, and frequent appearances by George Michael? It’s just a delightful show. ABC was thoughtful enough to run some repeats over the summer. (Okay, they were on Saturday at 10:00, but I’m not complaining–we recorded them.) The fact that they aired repeats, though, gave me a chance to get Mom watching, too, and now she’s as hooked as I am … and now we can see the episodes we missed!
The one weird thing? In the bonus features, they talk to Jonny Lee Miller, of course, and while his character is purely American, he himself is British … but I’m so used to “Eli” talking with an American accent, that the actor speaking as himself keeps throwing me off! Still … watching the cast (Natasha Hendridge, Victor Garber, Loretta Divine to name a few) joking with each other is fun. SO worth getting this set.
And I’m not going to apologize for my pre-ordered set of Chuck, either. These two shows were by far my favorites of the new season last year (followed closely by the The Big Bang Theory, which was a riot).
I know, there’s really no excuse … other than that the show is delicious.
On the plus side, my sweater is coming along. The blue … which is to say, the top of the sweater … is about 4″ long now and I just keep pausing to admire the color. I’ll say it again (because why should Mom and Chappy be the only ones to hear it), I LOVE this color. Love it, love it, love it!
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And–a funny cartoon that we all got a kick of today.
And, speaking of TV shows on DVD, Amazon is having a special “Emmy Deals” promotion, and since I am a big fan of getting tv shows on DVD, well, I had to point it out!
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Oh I love Big Bang Theory. That show is hysterical, esp since it compliments my inner nerd.
there’s quite a few shows with major characters that are american, played by a brit. Hugh Laurie in house, and the love i nterest on pushing daisies.
i love tv shows on DVD as well!
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Ooh - I’ll have to check it out. Looks like great knitting TV.
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I haven’t heard of any of those shows!
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I never heardof Eli Stone & it sounds good. I added it to my Netflix queue. Netflix has the second season too. I’m so glad you’ve got a lovely sweater back on the needles. The blue is gorgeous.
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Jonny Lee Miller is British? I had no idea. I liked Eli Stone but didn’t watch more than an ep or two because I assumed they’d cancel it. They didn’t?
The Big Bang is so funny.
Well, I haven’t seen the other shows you’ve listed (at least…not yet…) but I did love Chuck, which I thought was one of the funniest shows I’ve seen in a long time. I liked it so much, I downloaded it from Amazon rather than bothering to wait for the DVD! I can completely understand why you would pre-order…
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