30 Day TV Show Challenge

For those who don’t follow me on Facebook, I spent August doing a 30 Day TV show challenge. Here were my results:

DAY 1: Best pilot episode
       ALIAS

DAY 2: Favourite TV theme song
       CHEERS (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)

DAY 3: A single season show that deserved another season
       STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP

DAY 4: Favourite cartoon when you were a kid
       SCOOBY DOO

DAY 5: Favourite reality/competition show
       THE AMAZING RACE

DAY 6: A show that got worse with its last season
       THAT 70's SHOW

DAY 7: Funniest female supporting character
       KELLY KAPOOR (The Office)

DAY 8: Show you quote the most
       THE SIMPSONS

DAY 9: Favourite kiss
       ROSS & RACHEL (Friends)

DAY 10: Show you must see the day it airs
       SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

DAY 11: Favourite mini-series
       BAND OF BROTHERS

DAY 12: A multiple season show that was cancelled too soon
       PUSHING DAISIES

DAY 13: Favourite show from the UK
       BROADCHURCH

DAY 14: A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
       THE WEST WING

DAY 15: Favourite title sequence (focusing on graphics)
       GAME OF THRONES

DAY 16: A show you need to concentrate on or you'll miss something
       THE WIRE

DAY 17: Saddest character death
       FRED (Angel)

DAY 18: Favourite Canadian series
       KENNY VS SPENNY

DAY 19: Favourite ship (romantic character relationship)
       JESS & NICK (New Girl)

DAY 20: A show you hear good things about but haven't gotten around to watching yet
       RUSSIAN DOLL

DAY 21: Favourite villain
       KILGRAVE (Jessica Jones)

DAY 22: Season finale cliffhanger that truly kept you guessing
       LAST DAY ON EARTH (The Walking Dead)

DAY 23: Returning show you are most looking forward to
       BETTER CALL SAUL

DAY 24: A show you like but can't binge more than 2 in a sitting
       ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

DAY 25: Character that is so annoying
       ROWAN POPE (Scandal)

DAY 26: Favourite game show
       WIN BEN STEIN'S MONEY

DAY 27: Scripted show you can't believe people watch(ed)
       2 BROKE GIRLS

DAY 28: A show you are embarrassed to like so much
       DAWSON'S CREEK

DAY 29: Show you often tell others to watch
       BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

DAY 30: Best series finale
       BREAKING BAD

30 Day Movie Challenge

 

For those who don’t follow me on Facebook, I  spent July doing a movie challenge; not watching the films but merely stating my answers for each day. I had fun trying to find the perfect films. Here were my results:

DAY 1: The last film you watched in theatres
       ONWARD

DAY 2: A film that is a guilty pleasure for you
       AMERICAN PIE

DAY 3: A great film you would never watch again
       THE THIN RED LINE

DAY 4: The oldest movie you’ve seen
       INTOLERANCE

DAY 5: Favourite film from your country
       THE WRONG GUY

DAY 6: The film you have watched the most
       A FEW GOOD MEN

DAY 7: A film you hate that everyone else liked
       THELMA & LOUISE

DAY 8: Your favourite animated film
       THE LITTLE MERMAID

DAY 9: A film you wish you could live in
       WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . . .

DAY 10: A film you used to love but now hate
       ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS

DAY 11: A film you know all the dialogue
       SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER

DAY 12: A film that makes you believe in love
       WALL-E

DAY 13: A film that had an amazing trailer but ended up being bad
       SUICIDE SQUAD

DAY 14: A film in black and white
       CASABLANCA

DAY 15: A film where the remake is better
       OCEAN’S 11

DAY 16: A film so bad it’s so good
       PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

DAY 17: Your favourite superhero movie
       AVENGERS: END GAME

DAY 18: The funniest film you’ve ever seen
       MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL

DAY 19: A film that made you shit your pants
       THE WALK

DAY 20: A film that always makes you cry
       GARDEN STATE

DAY 21: A film that stars your favourite actor/actress
       BIG

DAY 22: A film adapted from a book
       DIE HARD

DAY 23: A film that made you fall asleep
       NACHO LIBRE

DAY 24: A film from your childhood
       THE NEVERENDING STORY

DAY 25: A film from your favourite franchise
       THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

DAY 26: A film that always cheers you up
       ELF

DAY 27: A film that is visually stunning
       THE TREE OF LIFE

DAY 28: A film you regret watching
       BATTLEFIELD EARTH

DAY 29: A film with a great score
       THE ROCK

DAY 30: A film that changed your life
       THE USUAL SUSPECTS

The Best of 30 Rock

The Best of 30 ROCK (NBC)

Creator: Tina Fey

Seasons: 7 Episodes: 138 Years: 2006-2013

Premise: Behind the scenes of a crazy sketch show and network

My 20 Standout Episodes

1. Pilot S01E01 | #01

Jack’s the new NBC boss and forces Liz to hire Tracy & fire Pete from TGS

2. Jack-Tor S01E05 | #05

Jack’s terrible in a corporate synergy sketch; Tracy pretends he’s illiterate

3. Hardball S01E15 | #15

Josh’s contract is up and Jack toys with him; Jenna insults the troops

4. Rosemary’s Baby S02E04 | #25

Liz’s hero visits; Jack helps Tracy in therapy; Kenneth’s in a ‘Page-Off’

5. Greenzo S02E05 | #26

A new ‘green’ mascot goes overboard; Kenneth throws an epic party

6. Somebody to Love S02E06 | #27

Liz suspects her neighbor is a terrorist; Kenneth loses Jack’s pants

7. Succession S02E13 | #34

Jack is promoted which affects Liz; Frank’s jealous of Tracy’s videogame

8. Believe in the Stars S03E02 | #38

Liz sits with Oprah; Jack tests Kenneth’s morals; Tracy and Jenny switch

9. St. Valentine’s Day S03E11 | #47

Jack is not Catholic; Kenneth dates a blind girl; Liz has an accidental date

10. Apollo, Apollo S03E16 | #52

Tracy thinks he is in space; Liz is jealous of Dennis; Jack turns fifty

11. Kidney Now! S03E22 | #58

Jack has a benefit to help his ailing dad; Tracy gives a high school speech

12. Sun Tea S04E06 | #64

Frank pees in jars; Liz wants a bigger condo; Jack & Tracy get ‘snipped’

13. Dealbreakers Talk Show No. 0001 S04E07 | #65

Frank is Liz who becomes Jenna on her first taping; Tracy wants an EGOT

14. Live Show S05E04 | #84

Everyone forgets Liz’s birthday; Jack can’t drink; Tracy wants to break

15. Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning S05E12 | #92

Jack & Lutz plans for upcoming disasters; Tracy & Liz hate reality TV

16. Idiots are People Two! / Three! S06E02-03 | #105 & #106

Idiots protest NBC; Frasier helps Jenna; Jack helps out Devon Banks

17. Standards and Practices S06E11 | #114

Liz defies Kenneth in his new position; Jenna has kids to exploit

18. Murphy Brown Lied to Us S06E18 | #121

Liz wants to have a kid again; Jack makes bad couches that hurt people

19. Live from Studio 6H S06E19 | #122

Jenna wants an on-air proposal; Kenneth remembers past ‘live’ shows

20. Hogcock! / Last Lunch S07E12-13 | #137 & #138

Jack’s not happy as the new CEO; one more TGS is needed

My Top Five

1. Jack-Tor

2. Live Show

3. Greenzo

4. Live from Studio 6H

5. Apollo, Apollo

The Best of 3rd Rock from the Sun

The Best of 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN (NBC)

Creators: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner

Seasons: 6 Episodes: 139 Years: 1996-2001

Premise: A goofy group of aliens disguised as humans try things

My 20 Standout Episodes

1. Brain & Eggs S01E01 | #01

The Solomons discover humans can produce feelings; Dick falls for Mary

2. Post-Nasal Dick S01E02 | #02

Tommy brings home sickness that infects the family

3. Lonely Dick S01E07 | #07

Dick tries to make friends; Harry begins to sell skin care products

4. Dick Behaving Badly S02E19 | #39

Dick becomes a bad boy; Sally and Tommy play Monopoly

5. Sensitive Dick S02E21 | #41

Dick must take sensitivity training; Tommy learns how to drive

6. Fifteen Minutes of Dick S02E23 | #43

Sally becomes a min-celebrity when she puts Mark Hamill in his place

7. Nightmare on Dick Street, Part I & II S02E25-26 | #45 & #46

The Solomons believe they are malfunctioning when they have dreams

8. A Friend in Dick S03E08 | #54

Dick befriends Don, Sally kidnaps the King of Jig for her boyfriend

9. 36! 24! 36! Dick!, Part I & II S03E14-15 | #60 & #61

Venusians invade as supermodels to take over the world at the Superbowl

10. Just Your Average Dick S03E22 | #68

Dick commands the family to be as average as humanly possible

11. Two-Faced Dick S04E10 | #83

Dick and Sally switch bodies but still have dates

12. Alien Hunter S04E20 | #93

A mysterious woman and her son take the Solomon’s hostage

13. Dick’s Big Giant Headache, Part I & II

S04E23-24 | #96 & #97

Dick is demoted; Sally is in charge when the Big Giant Head visits

14. Dial M for Dick S05E04 | #101

The Solomons don’t realize that they are part of a murder mystery party

15. Sex and the Sally S05E07 | #104

Sally learns about birth control; Dick tips; Tommy & Harry panhandle

16. The Loud Solomon Family: A Dickumentary

S05E09 | #106

Mary does a documentary on the Solomons

17. Frankie Goes to Rutherford S05E19 | #116

Mary’s former student believes that Dick is gay; the others plan a heist

18. Dick’ll Take Manhattan, Part I & II S06E04-05 | #123 & #124

The Solomons visit another dimension, where they are rich in New York

19. Red, White & Dick S06E08 | #127

Dick wants to become an American; the other Solomons start communism

20. The Thing That Wouldn’t Die, Part I & II

S06E19-20 | #138 & #139

With their mission is cancelled, the Solomons prepare to say good bye

My Top Five

1. Nightmare on Dick Street

2. Dick Behaving Badly

3. Sex and the Sally

4. Red, White & Dick

5. Frankie Goes to Rutherford

The Best of the X-Files

The Best of THE X-FILES (FOX)

Creator: Chris Carter

Seasons: 11 Episodes: 217 Years: 1993-2018

Premise: A believer and skeptic investigate the supernatural.

My 20 Standout Episodes

1. Pilot S01E01 | #01

Scully joins the X-Files to debunk Mulder’s theories

2. Humbug S02E20 | #44

Residents of a circus freak show are all suspects in freak murder

3. Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose S03E04 | #53

Bruckman is able to foresee a person’s final moments, including Mulder’s

4. Jose Chung’s From Outer Space S03E20 | #69

Scully gives her testimony to an author who is writing about alien abduction

5. Home S04E02 | #75

A tiny community is rattled by three inbred brothers

6. Small Potatoes S04E20 | #93

A lowly janitor is able to morph himself into other people including Mulder

7. Unusual Suspects S05E03 | #100

The origin of the Lone Gunmen is told in flashback to 1989

8. Bad Blood S05E12 | #109

Mulder & Scully have varying accounts of a vampire attack in a small town

9. Triangle S06E03 | #120

In the Bermuda triangle, Mulder ends up on Nazi controlled boat in the past

10. Dreamland, Parts I & II S06E04-05 | #121 & #122

Mulder and Morris Fletcher switch bodies after visiting Area 51

11. The Ghosts Who Stole Christmas S06E06 | #123

Ghosts in a haunted house try to get Mulder & Scully to kill each other

12. Monday S06E14 | #131

Mulder is caught in a continuous loop that features a deadly bank robbery

13. Arcadia S06E15 | #132

Mulder & Scully go undercover in a gated suburb community

14. The Amazing Maleeni S07E08 | #147

A magician’s head falling off is just the beginning

15. X-Cops S07E12 | #151

Mulder & Scully find themselves chasing a werewolf on Cops.

16. First Person Shooter S07E13 | #152

Scully comes to Mulder’s rescue when he is caught in a deadly video game

17. Hollywood A.D. S07E19 | #158

The movie based on Mulder and Scully’s life does not go as planned

18. Je Souhaite S07E21 | #160

A genie grants dumb wishes to some trailer trash

19. Redrum S08E06 | #167

Doggett’s friend finds himself going back day by day

20. The Truth, Parts I & II S09E19-20 | #201 & #202

The truth behind the alien conspiracy and the super soldiers are finally revealed when Mulder is put on trial

My Top Five

1. Hollywood A.D.

2. Triangle

3. Bad Blood

4. Arcadia

5. Humbug

The Best of The Wire

The Best of THE WIRE (HBO)

Creator: David Simon

Seasons: 5 Episodes: 60 Years: 2002-2008

Premise: A dramatic detailed analysis of how drugs affect a city.

My 20 Standout Episodes

1. The Target S01E01 | #01

McNulty gets the go ahead to try take down Barksdale

2. The Buys S01E03 | #03

Omar robs Avon; D’Angelo teaches the others; McNulty wants a wire

3. Old Cases S01E04 | #04

Bodie escapes juvie; McNulty and Bunk revisit an old case

4. The Cost / The Hunt S01E10 / S01E11 | #10 / #11

Wallace snitches and Gregg goes undercover but gets shot

5. Cleaning Up S01E12 | #12

Stringer changes operations; Wallace has to face the music for snitching

6. All Prologue S02E06 | #19

Omar goes to court; Stringer orders a hit on D’Angelo in prison

7. Stray Rounds S02E09 | #22

Bodie’s corner is under attack; McNulty goes undercover in a brothel

8. Storm Warnings S02E10 | #23

Ziggy makes a stupid mistake; Valchek brings in the FBI

9. Bad Dreams S02E11 | #24

Sobotka sacrifices himself for Ziggy; The Greek gets Nick to do his bidding

10. Straight and True S03E05 | #30

Johnny tempts Bubbles; Colvin’s Hamsterdam is up and running

11. Slapstick S03E09 | #34

Prez shoots the wrong person; Bubbles is wired up; Carver moves a body

12. Middle Ground S03E011 | #36

Stringer and Avon reminisce; Colvin tries to save others from Hamsterdam

13. Boys of Summer S04E01 | #38

Snoop buys a nail gun; Prez is a brand new teacher

14. Alliances S04E05 | #42

Randy believes in zombies; Chris recruits Michael; Prez tries rewards

15. Margin of Error S04E06 | #43

Carcetti triumphs in the elections; Cutty is womanizing; Prez helps Dukie

16. Unto Others S04E07 | #44

Omar needs protection in prison; Prez tricks his students into learning

17. Final Grades S04E13 | #50

Bodie’s talk with McNulty puts a target on his back

18. Took S05E07 | #57

McNulty takes his fake serial killer even further with the help of Freamon

19. Late Editions S05E09 | #59

Marlon is finally taken down; Michael is nervous about an assignment

20. -30- S05E10 | #60

A copycat killer takes the blame as the series comes full circle in Baltimore.

My Top Five

1. Middle Ground

2. The Cost/The Hunt

3. Final Grades

4. Took

5. All Prologue