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Just us girls

Like many others, I love fast-talkin', smart TV. First came Mash, then Wil & Grace and West Wing. We loved the patter of the short-lived Sports Night with Felicity Huffman, later of those housewives and now Transamerica. But I write this the morning after watching Gilmore Girls Season 3 Disc 1,  featuring one of the best single hours of television writing. Yes, the Gilmore Girls, of the WB, soon to be CW or something. My daughter and I love it for its wit, pop references, and mature, real-life, non-OC themes. Get it on DVD.

January 31, 2006 in Movies and TV |

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Tania

I recently started watching Gilmore Girls, and love the dialog. I will be on the lookout for the DVDs of the early seasons.

For fast-talkin', smart TV, check out the new show called Love Monkey. The humour is subtle but *very* funny.

Posted by: Tania | February 01, 2006 at 05:03 AM

Michael

Hey Carl-

My wife and I are on Season 5 Disc 1 and agree with you. By the way, it only gets better.

Out of curiosity, to which episode are you referring?

Posted by: Michael | February 02, 2006 at 07:16 AM

mk

Just watch for all of the book and reading references--- more than in any TV show I've ever seen.

Posted by: mk | February 02, 2006 at 02:48 PM

Linda

Talk about an unrealistic show.The daughter is a whiny college student from a priveleged background despite what anyone says. Hello weathy grandparents! Why don't they have episodes where Rory faces the real world, like get a job and deal with people outside her quaint little town.

Posted by: Linda | February 03, 2006 at 12:57 PM

Carl

You make a good point. I almost hesitated as I was about to post my blog, for the very reason you state. But as a middle-class kid with a major chip on his shoulder about the wealthy, I see this part of the show as the counterpoint to the girls' desire to live a normal life away from the money. And the 3rd episode of Season 3 has a hilarious send-up of Harvard pomposity. Having said all this, I would like a few more $ and wished I went to Harvard...some days.

Posted by: Carl | February 03, 2006 at 05:33 PM

M_eHart

I heard somewhere -- maybe on one of the DVD extras? -- that their average script is half again as many pages as the average hour long drama, and yet the actors speak fast enough to get all that dialog in!

I will grant Linda her point about its lack of reality, but it's a faux reality I can support, for the most part ... :)

Posted by: M_eHart | February 04, 2006 at 01:15 PM

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