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| The Dixon Boys |
Guess
who just got back today?
Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think them cats are crazy
Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think them cats are crazy
Several weeks ago I was resigned to a nearly TV-less
life. All of my favorite shows were on hiatus and so was my TV-fueled
happiness. My DVR never had anything to show for itself when I got home from
work. I spent most of my newly freed-up time eating junk food and thinking
about places I’d rather live. Without recorded shows for company life was just
kind of “eh.” I felt like the lone kid who had to go to summer school while all
my friends were off on exotic vacations. “I wonder what ‘Psych’ and ‘Covert
Affairs’ are up to. Is ‘Grimm’ having fun in Europe? Did ‘Survivor’ ever decide
where she was doing Study Abroad? Does ‘Amazing Race’ really get to travel the
whole globe again? Can ‘The Walking Dead’ please hurry up and come back home
already?’” Lucky for me three of my besties (“Face/Off,” “Switched at Birth”
and “Modern Family”) trickled in during the month of January. Although it was
great to have them back I couldn’t help but daydream of the mid-season premiere
of “The Walking Dead” and the season 26 premiere of “Survivor.”
On Sunday night my dearly departed zombies and their precocious
people prey waltzed, walked and walloped their way back onto my flat screen.
And oh, the joy. The pure, pure joy. A few of my friends (human friends, not TV show
friends) accompanied me as I gasped, winced and flinched through the
episode. Counting down to our previously agreed-upon start time of 11 pm was
like counting down to Christmas. How sick is that? It doesn’t matter. These
things – strange, fictional, crazy, simple things – make me happy. To be more
precise they fill a very specific bucket of happiness and dump it into my
happiness well. The fuller, the better. When the well is on the verge of
running dry it is most likely due to a months-long break between seasons of “Survivor.”
Luckily a big ole rainstorm is brewing tonight!
“This is the DAWNing of the age of Aquarius! Age of
Aquarius! Aquarius! Aquarius!” Okay, sorry, it actually isn’t. This is Dawn Meehan. I got carried away with all of that water talk. Dawn will be returning
to play “Survivor” on tonight’s premiere of Fans vs. Favorites. I have not seen
every episode of “Survivor” – I missed a previous season of Fans vs. Favorites –
but I did see Dawn’s original season and I’m excited to see her back again.
There are plenty of loonies on the Favorites team that I never wanted to see
again but Jeff Probst is pumped about
this season and it’s never wise to disagree with a guy who looks like this. If Sunday night
was Christmas Eve then it looks like New Year’s Eve has come a few days early!
Party!!!
Best of luck to Dawn Meehan, the Rick Grimes Gang and all
of my friends (TV show friends, not human friends) who are still making their
way back from vacation. At least the sorrow of the impending summer TV
slow-down will be assuaged by actual summer weather.
The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long
Won't be long till summer comes
Now that the boys are here again
Lyrics courtesy of lyricsondemand.com
