Jersey Shores....

Everyone and their mom goes on and on about how this show is great. I watched about two minutes of it awhile back and couldn't take it, so I moved on. A few weeks back, a friend again posted on facebook, that she was watching a marathon, so I decided to DVR an episode. I finally sat down to watch it. Yup, still not into it. I thought maybe it would be like Zoolander where I literally turned the TV off at first. And now I can watch this movie whenever I pass by it on cable. Nope, not the case. A duck phone, really? Is it 1984? I kept looking for Rick Schroeder to appear, grab it and head back to Silver Spoons. (I have no clue why I remember that he had a duck phone.) I didn't really find any of the characters likable. More annoying and whiny. Clearly, I'm getting old. I'll stick to some other reality shows instead, like Biggest Loser or Amazing Race.

Mad Men

I love this show! If you aren't watching it, you're missing out - it's on AMC on Sundays. It's set in the early 60s and the clothes that they wear are awesome. I love the dresses. On top of that the stuff that you witness happening is hilarious. I'm not talking about plotlines and such, I mean things that nowadays would be socially unacceptable.  The show centers around an ad agency. Ah, big account coming in for their presentation and they're doing a Hawaiian theme? Then they serve mai tais and hog roast (okay maybe not a hog roast) but definitely the alcohol and sandwiches that would relate. Everyone has alcohol in their offices, and so what if it's only nine a.m., they just might need a drink.  Of course the women drink when they're pregnant and smoke. Heck, everyone smokes. A LOT. And drinking and driving? No. Big. Deal. Oh and I just remembered my favorite thing from a few episodes back - grandpa letting the granddaughter drive. Which sounds innocent enough - if she wasn't eight!!! With her brother in the backseat and she was driving them to school. The wife, Betty, of the main character, Don, had a baby recently and of course he waited in a room. All the phrases that they used is so entertaining. LOVE. THIS. SHOW. There's a reason it's won best drama two years in a row.