Things I love...

I love game shows.

I don't like them all, but I like most of them, and I watch alot of them, especially on GSN. I despise it when game shows draw out the "drama" too extreme lengths, and game shows where contestants are "talking things out" and/or where they cast the shows with over-hyped overly-excited contestants. Take Deal or No Deal for example. That show is all about dragging out the "tension", which makes it extremely boring to me. 1 vs. 100 is an interesting spin on a trivia show, but they do the too-talky thing and draw things out too much. It boils down to the fact that you get some ten to fifteen questions in an hour long show. I still watch shows like that and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, but I record them on a DVR, then fast forward through them.

I love Carly Simon.

While she is a talented and sexy songstress, and while I like several of her songs, that's not why I love her. For many years, people have rumored that her song "You're So Vain" was written about a famous man. And, she has admitted that there was a man who inspired the song, but she won't say who. Theories are rampant, and three of the main "possibilities" are James Taylor, Mick Jagger, and Warren Beatty. For all this time, Carly has refused to say who it is. A few years ago, she held an auction for charity, and the winning bidder was to learn who the song was inspired by. The winning bidder paid some $50k, and brought several friends to hear her play the song, and find out who it was. She swore them to secrecy, told them, and allowed them to release one letter of the name: "E". Then later on, she released the letter "A", and then "R". Of course, that matches all three rumored famous guys, and for all we know, the guy is some bartender or record exec with a name like Tony Carrera. But I love the fact that she is just dragging this out, taunting people who are obsessed with this too much, and need a life. I'm a little curious, admittedly, but I'm actually enjoying her toying with every one much more.

And, I love potatoes!

While I like the vegetable, that's a very obscure reference to a '90s standup bit by Jeff Garlin (the comic from Curb Your Enthusiasm, Daddy Day Care, and other things). I'd share the joke with you, but I don't want to steal his stuff. I'll just say "I love them mashed, I love them fried, I love potatoes!", and leave it at that.

---jps