Pace on Earth

Flamenco

On Monday night I sat and sulked to Normy about how the writer's strike in the States would kill our Monday night 24 ritual. I will admit that last season wasn't quite up to the standards of season's 4 and 5 which got me hooked but we still rushed home from basketball to tune in. It doesn't look like that's going to be necessary any time soon.

But as much as this is a painful situation for me, it is a boon for the CBC and the lineup of shows it's trotting out for the New Year. While I don't think I will be tuning in to MVP - The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives, I was happy to stumble across jpod, which is the CBC's adaptation of the Douglass Coupland novel. Despite the fact that North like him, I am a fan of Coupland's and despite my aversion to most Canadian TV, this one looks very promising. It's set in Vancouver so it lacks the typical rural simpleton stereotyps that Corner Gas plays up and is actually much more up to speed then any American comedy I've seen. Yet there is still the feeling that I relate a little better. Maybe it's because I've worked close to programmers; although, that being the case, I can say that they are less geek chic and more sweatpant chic...and there are definitely fewer hot girls. Nevertheless it is tv and I wouldn't want them to put my guys on tv so I'm happy with the stretch. I didn't watch the whole episode (that's not how people watch tv in the google age) but I liked what I did see and will watch again. I particularly liked the fact that Alan Thicke did a 180 from his Growing Pains role and plays a boozy skirt-chasing father. My other favourite part was that there was a kickass soundtrack including a nice interlude featuring the Hip's Flamenco...a great backround song if there ever was one.

Given the dearth of new American shows this is a golden opportunity for the CBC to reach a larger audience. This show should help and I would recommend checking it out.

Now I sit back and wait to get paid...

Pace out.

Labels: CBC, Corporate Whores, jpod

posted by Vitamin S @ 5:55 p.m.