Scrubs: What Happened?

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/24/scrubs-dead-or-alive/

If you’re a fan of the TV show, Scrubs, then you have probably noticed the sudden decline of the show since it went from NBC to ABC.  As mentioned in the CNN article above, the writer’s strike from ‘07-’08 had a lot to do with the show’s demise.  J.D., one of the show’s main characters (if not the main character), is no longer on the show… along with several other core cast members.

I was aware that the show had moved to ABC, so I tuned in one night.  A few of my observations:

- Midway through watching Scrubs 2.0, I thought I was watching Saved By the Bell: The New Class.

- Watching the new Scrubs is like looking at the Matrix in a different hue of puke-green.

- Comic Book Guy, from The Simpsons, made an appearance sometime during the show.  He was quoted as saying, “Worst…episode…ever.”  Another episode aired the following week.

- I wasn’t aware at first that J.D. wasn’t on the show anymore.  After realizing he wasn’t there, I figured they had killed him off… or maybe there were some budget cuts… or he pulled a Katherine Heigl

- This just in:  The ABC version of Scrubs will be the first television show to come out on View Master instead of DVD/Blu-Ray.

Needless to say, the new version sucks!

Tags: abc, comic book guy, j.d., scrubs, the simpsons, view master

Sitting by the Phone: The Subconscious Pattern

Boy meets girl.

Boy and girl begin dating, “talking,” if you will…

After a few dates, weeks, etc, boy and girl are feelin’ each other.  There’s a connection.

Boy and girl go from talking a few times a week, to wake-up calls, talking during the commute to work/class, at lunch, after work, and 3 hours before bed.  That’s not even taking into account the random texts throughout the day about paint drying on the wall.

This continues, and boy and girl get used to this pattern of communication.

Boy or girl breaks this pattern.  9.9 times out of 10, it’s usually boy who breaks this pattern.

Boo-boo hits the fan.

You know how you begin dating/talking to someone, and you get used to hearing from them everyday?  Despite the fact that there is no relationship, or any semblance thereof, even established?  I like to call it the subconscious pattern of communication.  It’s when a pattern begins where you communicate with your flavor of the month daily, and therefore you expect this pattern to continue.  The problem with this subconscious pattern of communication lies exactly in the name:  It’s subconscious, and last time I checked we couldn’t read minds.  We subconsciously expect to talk to a certain person everyday, yet we haven’t even established where the situation is going.  We just assume to hear from them.

And we all know assumption’s gub’ment first name is Azz.

When that pattern is broken, all kinds of 2012 type chaos occurs.  “Why didn’t he/she text me during lunch?  We normally talk before we go to sleep, but I never got a call.”  Etc.  The truth is that while we were subconsciously developing this pattern of communication, what we were really doing was developing feelings.  We start becoming used to that person.  We expect to hear from them.  It’s like this pattern of communication is really some type of quasi-relationship.

At the point that the calls become less frequent, and you don’t get as many texts, what do you do?  My guess is that there’s usually an altar call… you know, that “Where is this going,” type of conversation.

My question is this… what do you do when you realize you’re becoming used to a person?  How do you handle it?  Is it healthy?  Should you expect to hear from someone and get mad when you don’t EVEN THOUGH you haven’t really established how often you would like to hear from them?

Skype on TV…

So apparently Skype will be coming to a flat-screen near you:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/02/skype.on.tv.videophone/index.html

From the article:

“The common use of videophones could happen through three technologies that separately aren’t exactly considered bleeding edge today: high-speed Internet, a television, and Skype. Samsung says it will put the VoIP calling service Skype as an application on its televisions, allowing phone calls to be made on camera right from a couch, just like Jane Jetson talking into her TV set. The Samsung Skype-enabled TV follows similar announcements from Panasonic and LG at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.

The models will range from to $1,200 to $2,000 for Panasonic’s set. Samsung and LG have not yet announced how much they will charge.

The Skype on TV application should work similarly on all three models, which in turn should closely mimic the version of the application that many people use to make free PC to PC calls, or for a fee, PC to landline.”

The same consulting team that worked with the Geek Squad/Best Buy on the idea of coming to your home to “install” your PS3 or Xbox360 and “set up your wi-fi” must have came up with this bull…

Why?

If you have a flat screen TV and a laptop, you can make video calls on your TV with an HDMI cable and an internet connection. 

I suppose there really is a market out there for idiots, posers who buy the latest thing b/c it’s the latest thing, and lazy people.

Tags: flat screen tv's, hdmi, idiots, skype