DISQUS

Hey Josh - thanks for the shout-out and, yeah, MadTV does both suck and blow.
You'll also be pleased to know that since we had our disagreement re: SNL, I kinda don't find SNL that funny any more. You have amazing powers of persuasion.
As for worst TV, re: some of the offerings already put out there by other listeners, I agree with "Little Britain" - could never get into it, though I do recognise "The Office's" genius (but to get a little sacrilicious, I'm more of a fan of The American "The Office"...) "Hogan's Heroes" may be dumb, but it's gold. Pizza et al bite the big one.
Surprised there's not more reality TV in that list - stuff like "The Bachelor" and their kind were/are the blight of the TV world (though I could potentially watch "MILF Island"...)
And we've gotta put "Family Guy" in the worst TV box, don't we? Let's start that again!

Josh - it's attitudes like that that will lead to the death of television.
Nah, I'm just messin' with ya, you're all right!

Hey gang
Two complaints and a compliment, if I may (I call this comment a "complainiment"):
1. It seems that one of the aspects of The Life and Times of Tim you liked so much, being that things get worse in spite of the fact, or perhaps because, he tries to fix them, is exactly what happens in The Curb Your Enthusiasm you all seem to dislike so much (except Ross, RIP in Babyland). Larry David gets in so much trouble because he is always trying to fix other problems, which have often arisen due to factors beyond his control, or where he has tried to do a good thing. Larry is here to help!
Plus it’s very funny.
Plus I'm looking forward to The Life and Times of Tim.
2. Saturday Night Live isn’t funny? SNL can be hilarious (and, yes, I’ve left myself some wiggle room there)! I’ll leave it at that, and just refer you to some videos I’ve posted on my blog as a rebuttal: http://rilestar.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-know-you...
Otherwise, you know I loves ya, keep up the good work!
Riley Boxcutter
PS Finally got to see the manatee episode of South Park last week, which I think sparked the South Park vs Family Guy discussion on this here blog last year. Gold. It all makes sense, now.

Hey Brett - I agree about Clarkson's agenda. Not sure if you saw him on "Who do you think you are", but he bashed greenies in that, too, blaming their ancestors for putting his ancestor out of business or something!

And Josh - I've only listened about half-way through Episode 129, but I would guess that Andersen Consulting changed their name to Accenture because they no longer wanted to be associated with the self-imploding Arthur Andersen (Enron's former accounting firm) - I haven't checked it on factmonster, though, so I could be wrong...

PS Congrats to Ross and his new son, Yancy! (I'm assuming that is Fry's new brother's name...)

Catbrain - your conciliatory tones have put me in something of a dilemma. Do I stick to my guns, and stubbornly refuse to second-guess The Lads'(TM) selections, or do I take up your lovely offer, and share a little, perhaps having a little cry?

I might actually take the third option, which is to put my hands in my pockets, murmur "I don't know, what do you think", and kick at the ground a little bit.

To be honest, hypothetically assuming for the moment that I had my own podcast (let's call it "CutBoxers") and was doing my own Golden Age, there would be a bunch of official ones that wouldn't make my list, only because I haven't really watched them, including West Wing, Friday Night Lights, Deadwood, Love My Way, and even (gulp) The Sopranos (though I'm planning on catching up with that via my brother's DVD collection). I don't have the download abilities, so I've generally had to rely on free-to-air (although we got Foxtel just recently), cutting out most of those delectably enticing HBO dramas.

Those that I would definitely agree with are Arrested Development, Buffy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Futurama, I’m Alan Partridge, The Larry Sanders Show, Lost, The Office, and South Park (mostly comedies, I just realised). I would probably add to that the Daily Show, My Name is Earl, 24, and Harvey Birdman (and possibly even The Colbert Report, which, although it was born of the Daily Show, is a step beyond and in some ways more "ground-breaking" than the Daily Show, since it mocks the bad guys seemingly from their own team). If someone was to wake up from a ten-year coma, I wouldn't want them to miss those, to see how television had changed. Sex and the City (though I'm not a fan, because I'm, like, totally masculine) and Top Gear might also scrape through. There are other shows I like (I'm tempted to add Heroes), but not sure if they'd make the grade, criteria-wise.

Since it's taken me over a week to get back to you, you'd think I'd have thought about this a bit more. But I truly haven't.

Plus I, uh, don't care...

Not to take anything away from "HOT GOSSIP!!", but how about "Rumour-Phile"? Of course, you'd probably need to constantly say: "And now it's time for Rumour-Phile...with a "PH"..."
But you've got to admit - pretty sexy.

A quick few words, if I may:
Curb is hilarious.
Family Guy is not funny. Re: its inclusion in GAT, another show about a family with an idiot Dad, that sometimes goes off on weird tangents, and which is funny, came before it.
I tried watching West Wing once, and found it a bit boring. I am wearing a flame-proof vest.
Re: Daily Show, Joshie, I find I can watch episodes again and again (they’re on right now whilst Jon is on vacation, and I still watch ‘em), but I don’t believe that was in the original criteria the envelope specified. The main criteria was groundbreaking-ness (or should that be groundbreaking-osity?). I believe ground was broken, but of course, GAT is the Boxcutter’s thing, and I couldn’t care less that it’s not in.
I love Futurama, and couldn’t care less that it IS in. Ditto Buffy, Lost, I'm Alan Partridge (a-haaaa), Arrested development, et al.
All of you people complaining about what should and shouldn’t be in GAT should do your own podcast, and then you can have your own list.
When I do my own podcast (and I won’t), Boxcutters will be in my Golden Age of Podcasts.
I agree that television really has changed in the past ten years, and reckon you've done a good job of pulling out the shows that have been in some way responsible for this. Good work, guys.
Twin Peaks was groundbreaking.
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