"Tough Crowd," We Hardly Knew Thee.

This post is written to bemoan the loss of one of the most honest programs on television. Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

For those not familiar with the Comedy Centrals late night, dirty little secret, allow me to enlighten you. Tough Crowd was a thirty-minute, round-table discussion with 5 comedians on relevant topics that no other program ever bothered to touch. The comedians never pulled any punches when it came to issues such as religion, race or modern society. Colin Quinn frequently place a magnifying on issues that may not mean much to our main stream media, but they meant something to me and the rest of the Tough Crowd fans.

The final episode was extremely heart-felt, funny, and sad. People always say they want to see something different on television, but that's not true. This show was different. This program addressed all of the socially taboo thoughts we all have, but never say, and for that it was cancelled to be replaced by a repugnant cartoon with zero comedic or social value.

Thank you Colin Quinn and company for two years of refreshing comedy that represented the values and ideology of everyone, even those that don't live in the blue states (I'm looking at you Daily Show.) Given more time, perhaps you could have gained the popularity you deserved. Rest in peace Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

Killer TV Series DVD Deals.

Just a quick heads up, Amazon.com has some amazing deals on Season 1 DVD sets. I don't know how long these deals will last so check'em out!

24 - Season One - $14.99

The Simpsons - The Complete First Season $14.99

Futurama, Vol. 1 $14.99

King of the Hill - The Complete First Season $14.99

Enjoy!

Kiss my shiny metal...

I just picked up the final season of Futurama on DVD and it's awesome. Season Four has several of the funniest and sweetest moments that ever occurred in the series such including the introduction of Leela's long-lost mutant parents.

Leela was raised in an orphanage because her folks didn't want her to grow-up with the stigma of being a sewer-dwelling mutant. They decided she looked normal enough to pass as an alien which is far better than being a mutant. The episode ends with Leela embracing her mutant parents which is followed by a nice montage of moments in Leela's lonely life where it is revealed that her parents were there for her the whole time without her even knowing it.



And if you're even a mild Trekkie you'll love the episode, Where No Fan Has Gone Before. Much of the cast from the original Star Trek
series came on the show and voiced their own characters. Before the end of the episode the Trek crew is forced to battle with the Futurama crew by a gaseous being who has brought them to his home-planet for his entertainment. Good stuff.