What's In My Queue?- Week 4

This week, I traveled to many distant locations. Like Scranton, Quahog, and the Food Network...


The Office- Seasons 1 and 2:

I started watching The Office last year, during my senior year of college. Every one of my friends was in love with the show and I had never really taken the time to sit and watch it. I devoured the show over the course of my final semester and I knew there'd be a time when I re-watch it again. This week was the starting block for that. It has become one of my all-time favorite shows due to the writing and the cast, so this will definitely get a huge series retrospective by the time I get to the end of Season 9 for the second time. That'll be a few months down the road, but it'll definitely be worth the wait. Odds are you've made up in your own mind whether you like this show or not. I mean, it was one of the top sitcoms in history and certainly one of the most popular shows of its era. If you've already watched it, you'll probably watch it again. If you've dismissed the show for many years, you'll probably continue to do so. If you don't know what to make of it yet, give it a watch for a few seasons and see if it hooks you in like it did with me.

Family Guy- Seasons 1, 2, and 3:

If you're a fan of animation or adult humor, you've probably checked out Family Guy to see what the fuss is about. I was a fan of this show through reruns in my adolescent years, but lost base with it once I went off to college. The show had strayed far from the roots that I fell in love with and began to stray far too much to the side of pointless references and cutaway gags. That style has been Seth MacFarlane's bread and butter over the years, but I really liked the sitcom style that the first few seasons had, so I enjoyed making my way through those episodes again recently. The show ran for 2 seasons before being cancelled, then revived for a third season and being cancelled again. Once it was brought back for its fourth season, the tone was to go much more out there with the offensive humor. I prefer the style and tone of the show's original run, feeling like a classic sitcom with a modern, more adult twist. Maybe that's just me, but I'll gladly make my way through earlier seasons of Family Guy than try to keep up with whatever the show is doing nowadays to push the envelope.

Mystery Diners- Collection 1 (Technically Season 8):

This show is the greatest thing EVER!!! My wife and I love to sit through this show and have a good laugh. The premise for the show is simple: a restaurant contacts the Mystery Diners company to investigate something going on in their restaurant. They find the culprit via hidden cams and microphones and fire them. This is the show in a nutshell, but it's the poorly acted, over the top reenactments that make the show worth watching. Food Network has quickly become one of my favorite channels on television and Mystery Diners is definitely my favorite guilty pleasure for that channel. I didn't think the Food Network could have a "trash TV" kind of show, but here it is in all its heavily-dramatized glory.


The Office and images are copyrighted by NBCUniversal Television Distribution

Family Guy and images are copyrighted by Fox Television Animation

Mystery Diners and images are copyrighted by T Group Production