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Yes, putting kids on a desert island to forage food and battle the elements would be a little too Lord of the Flies for Nickelodeon, but as soon as you saw the first season of Survivor you realized it's that kind of "to the death" level of competition that Temple was missing.
Yes, putting kids on a desert island to forage food and battle the elements would be a little too Lord of the Flies for Nickelodeon, but as soon as you saw the first season of Survivor you realized it's that kind of "to the death" level of competition that Temple was missing.
Roundhouse might have lead you down a path of sketch comedy littered with All That, The Amanda Show, and possibly, Mad TV before finally leading you to SNL. Don't blame Roundhouse. You were young.
Leslie, like Clarissa, can explain it all. And will explain it all, whether you like it or not.
You gravitated towards Liz Lemon because it was if Daria had come to life, and the glasses and blazers were suddenly three-dimensional. The fact the Lemon isn't quite as cool as Daria, a little more frazzled? That works for you too.
The crime-solving skills of Shelby are hard to replace, and replacing Mr. Miyagi is impossible. Still, as you grew up you can connect less with an intern and more with someone rocking a 9-5 job. But oh to go back to the days when the shows you watched couldn't use the phrase "sex crimes"...
Fi, Sam, and Dean are kicking some paranormal ass. So there's no need to be afraid. Dads killed by supernatural forces? Not concerning. And conveniently, Supernatural premiered four years after So Weird ended, which was just enough time to convince yourself it's all just make believe. And you're sticking to that mentality....
Because you enjoy sleeping with the light on for weeks, jumping at your own shadow, and calling your boyfriend at 3A.M. because that is not the heater, it's a spirit contacting you from the beyond. You may have outgrown your fear of the dark, but ghosts are a completely different matter.
Two groups of crazy characters getting into different hi-jinks. Or for more fun, you can draw parallels between the characters. Patty is Pam (girl next store sensibilities), Angela is Bee Bee (same haughty expression), Doug is Jim (leading man, and destined to be with Patty/Pam), Skeeter is Micheal (without the skateboard), Porkchop is Dwight (...), and Roger (the villain) is a paperless society.
Clark Kent is just a normal teen trying to do what normal teens do. But despite his best efforts, superhuman strength and X-Ray vision seem to complicate that. And you can relate, just like you did when poor Alex would get all puddly. Teen angst is teen angst, regardless of alien origin or chemical exposure.
The overly cool cloths, the inner monologue voice-over, the need for that cute boy to notice you. The move from Lizzie to Carrie was almost seamless, though you did kind of want to see what she'd look like animated.
How I Met Your Mother has the sappy soul mates (with a sappier guy) the ladies man (without Shawn's sensitive side), and the funny friend that some of the guys sometimes want to sleep with (Rachel/Robin). While Ted isn't actually a Eric/Jack hybrid, he definitely enjoys some Jack charm and Eric crazy. There isn't a Angela equivalent....yet.
Shows separated at birth. If only Pete and Pete were still on the air, there could be a crossover. Little Pete would pretend to be psychic, Gus would get a Petunia tattoo, and they would all hang out solving crime because Shawn volunteered them for Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
