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Please welcome Ellie Gonsalves.

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I'm not tryin' to hear that.

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I always assumed the Roloff's lived in Minnesota, and I'm not sure why. But I transmeshed your image as Matt, you know, resourceful, limited, sure but capable of overcoming. It drove down the bile that I had when I thought of the bottle of pisco you had convinced me to buy. I think you'll agree the last years have been a golden era for us.

But I just saw the Roloff kids go to the beach, and they were on a rustic Pacific stretch; they live in Oregon:confused:

I'm struggling for a new image for you. OTOH I'm thinking I can end my feud with Ollie, so pro/con.

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a book rec, but general interest. I do not read non-fiction, but picked up The Revolution Was Televised. I'm just into it, but understand the premise is Sopranos changed TV drama and led to some wonderful shows. I'm through the Sopranos Chapter, and it was great. I don't want to do spoilers, but his (TV critic Alan Sepinwall) take on the last scene is correct.

I'll not read all 12 chapters as some shows I never watched (Buffy (Hi RT!), Battlestar, Friday Nights Lights and 24), but if you liked those shows you will probably like those chapters. There are chapters to come on the Wire (with surprises, again no spoiler now), Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Deadwood. I have to say, Deadwood was okay, but 6 Feet Under was a much better show- no love for 6 Feet in the book.

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Is there a chapter on The Wire? If not, what's the point?

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yes. With some pretty fun trivia from what I've seen skimming.

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Matt Schaub was pretty pissed off about it. I was in the UK and heard about it there.

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What's that got to do wit' me?

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Whew. I agree that The Sopranos started it all, and that without The Sopranos you could not have The Wire. But that's sort of like saying that without the primordial sludge you could not have Kate Upton's tits.

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to have Kate Upton's tits you just need an MVP award.

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The whole list is called into question by the ranking of Minneapolis at #10. Pure insanity.

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Good to know that's all it takes. I hear those are easier to get than a World Series trophy.

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spoiler (to a book)





The premise, having now read the Wire chapter, is that The Wire is a novel, or maybe 5 novels. The advice- when someone tells you they are ready to watch it, you tell them to carve out enough time to initially watch the first 2 episodes, and better, the first 4.

Quote- "There are some episodes of The Wire that resonate more deeply with fans than others (usually the ones where beloved characters die), but there isn't one you could break out and show to a non-viewer to explain its genius, in the way you could show "College" or "Pine Barrens" to a Sopranos novice, and say this is why you should be watching.

With The Wire, the whole is far greater than the sum of it's parts.It isn't designed like any TV show before it. It isn't designed to be broken apart into bits, some parts elevated over others or consumed separately.

And perhaps as a result of that, the little show that lived in the shadow of Tony Soprano and kept getting renewed by the skin of its teeth has become,
'The show that became the most famous show ever after it was off the air.' and one where there is a steady stream of new converts declaring, 'I am now ready to watch The Wire .'"

i don't read non-fiction, let alone criticism, so for me to suggest reading a few chapters, at least, means you should.


and the first 2 seasons of Sopranos are perfect, genius, sublime. Better than The Wire or anything. Sopranos failed by sticking around, whereas The Wire had a plan.