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I'd love to know how many countless hours I've spent sitting down in front of the old television throughout my life. While I don't watch any shows anymore -- it's been a little too long since Archie told someone to get outta his chair, if you ask me -- I grew up viewing tons of sitcoms, dramas, and made-for-TV movies just like the rest of you out there.

Below you'll find my rants and raves about everything from why I gave up on television to why the Bunkers' chairs in the Smithsonian is so deserving.

The Ken Classics
All in the Family • The Benny Hill Show

Growing Up
Sanford & Son • What's Happenin'? • The Waltons • Little House on the Prairie • The Love Boat • Fantasy Island • Hee-Haw • Battlestar Galactica • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century • M*A*S*H • Twilight Zone

Saturday Morning Cartoons
Underdog • Super Friends • Hong Kong Phooey • Fat Albert

The Teenage Years
Family Ties • SNL (1980s) • It's Your Move • In Living Color

Discovered Later
Jeeves & Wooster

Why Did They Cancel...?
The Chappelle Show • Freaks and Geeks • Quantum Leap • Arrested Development • My Name is Earl • Battlestar Galactica

Favorite Made-for-TV Movies
Brian's Song • Door to Door • Bill

Current Favorites
How I Met Your Mother • The Office • Lost • Project Runway • The Soup

The Best From Cable
Band of Brothers • Dream On

I'd Rather Watch Infomercials Than...
Seinfeld • Roseanne • I Love Lucy • Home Improvement • Everyone Loves Raymond • Mad About You • 30 Rock

Legendary Characters
Archie and Edith Bunker • Fred Sanford • Alex P. Keaton • Dr. Sam Beckett • Bill Brasky

Below are the three most recent posts. If you'd like to see the full archive, be my guest.

To Bill Brasky!

By Ken ⋅ July 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I haven’t watched Saturday Night Live in years. Outside of Tina Fey’s dead-on impersonations of Sarah Palin during last year’s election I honestly cannot remember when I sat down to watch an episode of SNL since the late ’90s.
Back during those years there was a series of [...]

Schoolhouse Rock: Conjunction Junction

By Ken ⋅ June 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Title: Conjunction Junction
Music & Lyrics by: Bob Dorough
Performed by: Jack Sheldon
First aired: 1973
My rank: #2
I’m gonna say it – this song flat out rocks. It seriously does. Debuting over thirty-five years ago as of this writing (it first hit the airwaves in [...]

Schoolhouse Rock: Three is a Magic Number

By Ken ⋅ June 24, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Title: Three is a Magic Number
Music & Lyrics by: Bob Dorough
Performed by: Bob Dorough
First aired: 1973
My rank: #3
How fitting, right? “Three is a Magic Number” comes in at, what else, #3 on my top ten Schoolhouse Rocks.
Who knew that when Bob [...]