"Ian J. Ball" <ijball***NO-SPAM***@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <p69351dcjkka9rs0t6qdavaiukhioh1seg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> William George Ferguson <wmgfrgsn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 20:05:32 GMT, "ottomatic" <spamout@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> > >
> > >"Ian J. Ball" <ijball***SPAM-No***@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >
>news:ijball***SPAM-No***-5C476B.21035301042005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>
> > >> OMG! (No sacrilege intended!) That was almost a halfway decent
episode
> > >> of "Joan of Arcadia":
> > >>
> > >> 3.5
> > >>
> > >> Now, if they just would have dumped the tiresome extranea with the
> > >> Girardi parents, and given us some insight into what "****ty"
Bonnie
was
> > >> really all about (i.e. her motivations), this might have actually
> > >> been... you know, a *good* episode of "Joan of Arcadia"!!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Ian (But I'm betting that they can't go more than 2 in a row...)
> > >
> > >why in God's name do you watch this show
> >
> > Ian can answer for himself, of course, but my take:
> >
> > 1. He likes Amber Tamblyn
> >
> > 2. He felt like watching tv at 8pm on Friday, and even more strongly
> > didn't want to watch Deathwatch 2 - This Time it's Popifull or dumb
ABC
> > comedies or dumb WB comedies or Star Drek Enterprise or...
> >
> > The above concept, LOP, came into common usage in the mid-60s, and by
the
> > mid-80s was so embedded and intrinsic to tv viewing that it stopped
even
> > getting mentioned very much.
> >
> > LOP = Least Objectionable Program.
>
> W.G.F. is correct on #2.
>
> Normally, I don't watch JoA. But this week I did because, 1) I was tired
> and wanted to watch something, 2) I'd noticed Alexis Dziena in this
> episode's promos, and 3) the promos implied that something might, you
> know, actually *happen* on "This Week's 'Joan of Arcadia'".
>
>
> Ian (P.S. I do generally like Tamblyn, but she's not usually enough to
> get me to watch JoA...)
>
>
> P.P.S. "Enterprise" was a rerun this week - when it's first-run, I
> normally watch that...
that explains a lot
Otto
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