Starting with good news first. The Drew Carey Show is back on TV with admittedly, quite a few modifications and renamed as Drew Carey's Improv-a-ganza. For me, the old show was a daily supply of funny and a feeling of everything-is-alright-in-the-world about 10 years back when it was being aired in India. The picture is distinct in my mind when I would be in the corner of our living room facing the TV, legs curled up on the wooden chair, breakfast in hands...thirty minutes of being lost in the beautiful and simple show. Day after day of the same discipline filled routine, which would have put any German soccer team to shame. Also, there was a time when even being a huge fan of youtube for all the limitless diversity of its videos, I was convinced of its greatness for the sole reason that it helped me watch those amazing clips from the old Drew Carey Show. It was just a thrilling feeling to find out you can rewatch those comic episodes-as if you had a second chance at your lost love , or life itself(or should the order be reversed). That might sound cheesy but that's exactly how it felt for me. You could not help but marvel at the spontaneity in humor and genius of Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. The others were great too, but these two were beyond compare.
The new show has a new format though..with a live audience and different gags, although I must say I miss scenes from the hat the most. Special mention to Jeff Davis, who seems like a worthy successor to the two greats above. Even though I miss the simplicity of the old show(people who know me would know how much I am a sucker for nonchalance and simplicity ), but again, seeing those improvs and the genius being played out..it's like a third chance at life. I just cannot find words to describe how it felt when I heard about this long lost favorite show of mine being revived and aired.
Another matter I wanted to address via this blog was the injustice I feel the film 'Godzilla' has been dealt. It was one of the very first English movies I got to watch, and with all the twists and turns, high dose of action and so many clever repartees,it became an instant favorite. It's never mentioned among any great lists, and ridiculously rated at 4.9 on IMDB. It has single-handedly spoiled that site's credibility for me , although a saving grace was some people on its discussion boards having similar respect for the film as me. A brilliant, fun-filled, popcorn movie and I had to let my feelings out on this one.
And to end, a brilliant joke I came across recently during the IPL2011. One of the originals, the whole situation and how it played out. Adam Gilchrist while keeping wickets for the Punjab team was hit upon his nether regions as he missed catching the ball. As he coughed due to the pain from that kind of hit, the commentators went something like this-1st one: Looks to have hurt him bad and he's coughing them back down. (Without much thought and in a smooth sentence) And as everyone realised what he had uttered the second commentator breaking into a laugh enquires: Is that the general strategy, to cough things down like that when you are hit there? HAHA.
