I love that article. Very cool. And yeah, if I had a Doctor like House, I guess I would put up with him.

And I know you don't watch Lost (I don't watch 24) but I was rooting for Sayid to torture some guy but I got mad at Sawyer for killing a frog. I am extremely warped.

Posted by: DM | February 18, 2006 04:44 PM

Great article and true too. Who needs all that "what I learned in kindergarten" stuff when you've got tivo?:)

Posted by: Janet | February 18, 2006 09:37 PM

All your points from things we've learned from television are true, and I hasten to point out that getting along with exes with comedic overtones has been a staple of our television heritage from Reba all the way back to the Odd Couple

Posted by: Rick | February 18, 2006 10:08 PM

The same lessons learned on House can be learned on Scrubs.

DM, totally with you on the Sawyer thing, poor little treefrog. I've seen him con people, give a dying man a gun, shoot an ice cream man, shoot a polar bear, steal everyone's guns and resort to namecalling, but the frog was the point when I REALLY thought there was no good in him.

Jack Bauer gets results. If he or agents like him existed IRL, we might avoid some of the terrorist tragedies we've suffered. It's totally an outlet for the frustration and helplessness felt by the American people. I also loved the fact that Jack's badassness is ON FILE: "You read my file. You know that first I'll start with the right eye..."

Posted by: MCF | February 19, 2006 03:46 PM

SEE! Television isn't just rotting my brain it is teaching me important life lessons...I always knew it was good for something.

Posted by: Molly | February 20, 2006 12:36 PM