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January 28, 2013 by Dave Knadler

Obviously, I haven’t found much to write about lately. I’m still not very inspired, but the month is almost up and the calendar at right doesn’t have much red in it. So here are a few desultory observations from a man still dealing (apparently) with the heart-attack blues:

Downton Abbey, Episode 4 (BIGTIME SPOILER AHEAD): My wife says she saw this coming, but I really didn’t. Yes, I had heard Internet chatter that some recurring character was going to shuffle off to Buffalo this season, but I really thought it would be Bates. That was my hope, anyway, since his and Anna’s steadfast love is beginning to wear a bit thin. Anyone else tired of the whole Anna-as-private-detective thread? I know I am.

Rest in peace.

Rest in peace.

In retrospect, of course, it had to be Lady Sybil. Once the doctors started arguing about the diagnosis, a careful viewer would have realized that she was about to exit the Abbey feet first. It was a moving scene. I’m glad Maggie Smith got a few genuinely poignant lines out of it — not that I don’t enjoy all her arch put-downs. I think this is also the first time we’ve seen Thomas express any real emotion. Finally, now there’s a dramatic wedge between the Granthams. The show is now much more interesting than it was. If you’re going to kill off a sympathetic character, make it count. And these writers did.

He will punch you.

He will punch you.

Chris Brown. I always hate it when some celebrity I loathe punches another celebrity I’ve never heard of, and the Internet lights up with stories about what both men tweeted afterward. What a country. Couldn’t Chris Brown punch somebody else I loathe, like Adam Sandler or Larry King? Or, since he’s not averse to wailing on women, one of those Kardashian tarts?

Sarah Palin. I shouldn’t be sad about this, but I am. Kind of. Palin was a pernicious media force from Day One — from VP candidate to GOP power broker to reality star to ignoramus pundit — but she did it in such a loopy way it was always fun to feign outrage at whatever she did next.

The other day I caught my wife watching reruns of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” In it, the former mayor of Wasilla was shown taking quite a bit of time to scale a minor outcropping of rock. Never mind that the gear-laden camera crew had already managed it since they were shooting down on her; the scene was supposed to illustrate what a gutsy, adventurous woman this Sarah Palin is. I thought it a nice metaphor of her entire career since 2008: somebody tackling minor obstacles head-on, and not doing a very good job of it.

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About Dave Knadler

Obscure writer. Lazy photographer. Bashful guitarist. Perhaps too fond of wine. Tireless nemesis of New York Times crosswords, Wordle, Semantle and all other puzzles du jour.

Comments

  1. Deb says

    January 29, 2013 at 7:30 am

    Fun post to read—I agree with you on Anna–enough! On the up side, are you hearing about all the recent talk on “Breaking Bad, the Musical”?!?! Apparently, someone had already got a leg up on that idea though—

    http://jcmpire.com/breaking-bad-the-musical-ft-taylor-swift/

    • Dave Knadler says

      January 29, 2013 at 9:26 am

      That “Breaking Bad” parody is great! Thanks for the link.

  2. Erin says

    January 29, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    Have I mentioned how mentioned how much I enjoy your pithy blogging? I am sure my blogging would be the opposite. Rambling. Meandering. Ha!
    I have been enjoying Downton Abbey this season. Even though the long suffering Bates and Anna annoy me at time.
    Have you checked out Catfish: The TV Show? I did a marathon watching of it recently and found it interesting and well done.

    • Dave Knadler says

      January 29, 2013 at 2:04 pm

      Thanks for the tip, Erin. I’ll have a look. At the moment, we’re going through the first season of The Hour, the 50s-era series from BBC America.

  3. John H. says

    January 29, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    “Ignoramus pundit” – I love it.

    What odds do you think we could get in Vegas that Chris Brown will punch himself in the face sometime in the next 12 months?

    • Dave Knadler says

      January 29, 2013 at 4:41 pm

      I like the Onion piece that mentions him going back in time to punch Anne Frank in the face.

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