Too cute for television?

Cute: It’s that appreciable concept displayed in a pile of kittens, or really any pile of such naturally adorable substance. The problem is, sometimes cute doesn’t transfer well into fictionalized media. Sandra Bullock comes to mind, as does Zach Braff. Everything can’t be equivalent to the ubiquitous “Hang in There” posters.

We want TV!

Wondering why the last two nights of Leno jokes seemed more stale and repetitive than usual? The answer: there’s a writers strike going on.

Portland State on TV

We are now a month and a half into the fall TV season, so it was decided by The Vanguard powers-that-be to check in with Portland State students on the subject of television. While all the students interviewed watch TV (some more than others), it seems none have a very high regard for it, especially the show Cavemen, which is unequivocally seen as dog shit.

A tale of two assholes

Larry David is an asshole. I hear this all the time as reasoning for someone not liking his HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. And like the Larry David-inspired George Costanza character from Seinfeld, he is kind of an asshole–but that’s no reason to disparage the show.