My Top 90 Favorite List of Bart Simpson's Chalkboard Punishments

    * I will not waste chalk.
    * I will not aim for the head.
    * I will not skateboard in the halls.
    * I will not do anything bad ever again.
    * I will not torment the emotionally frail.
    * I will not call the principal "spud head".
    * I will not spank others.
    * I am not a dentist.
    * I will not bribe Principal Skinner.
    * Spitwads are not free speech.
    * "Bart Bucks" are not legal tender.
    * High explosives and school don't mix.
    * Hamsters cannot fly.
    * All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy.
    * I will not say "Springfield" just to get applause.
    * I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers.
    * I am not deliciously saucy.
    * Organ transplants are best left to the professionals.
    * I will not send lard through the mail.
    * No one wants to hear my armpits.
    * Next time it could be me on the scaffolding.
    * The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.
    * I will stop talking about the twelve inch pianist.
    * I do not have power of attorney over first graders.
    * I am not certified to remove asbestos.
    * "Bagman" is not a legitimate career choice.
    * I will not barf unless I'm sick.
    * I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty.
    * I will not instigate revolution.
    * I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge.
    * I will not call my teacher "hot cakes".
    * I will not snap bras.
    * Garlic gum is not funny.
    * I will not fake seizures.
    * I will not encourage others to fly.
    * I will not bury the new kid.
    * I will not Xerox my butt.
    * I will not drive the principal's car.
    * I will not eat things for money.
    * I will not pledge allegiance to Bart.
    * I will not yell "She's Dead" during roll call.
    * I will not sell school property.
    * The principle's toupee is not a frisbee.
    * I do not have diplomatic immunity.
    * I will not charge admission to the bathroom.
    * I will not go very far with this attitude.
    * Goldfish don't bounce.
    * No one is interested in my underpants.
    * I will not sell land in Florida.
    * I will not sell miracle cures.
    * I will not grease the monkey bars.
    * I will not hide behind the fifth amendment.
    I did not learn everything I need to know in kindergarten
    There was no Roman god named "Fartacus"
    Rudolph's red nose is not alcohol-related
    I will not file frivolous lawsuits
    A trained ape could not teach gym
    Loose teeth don't need my help
    I have neither been there nor done that
    I will stop phoning it in
    Class clown is not a paid position
    Substitute teachers are not scabs
    My suspension was not "mutual"
    A belch is not an oral report
    Dodgeball stops at the gym door
    I will not surprise the incontinent
    I am not the acting President
    I was not the sixth Beatle
    I will only provide a urine sample when asked
    The nurse is not dealing
    Science class should not end in tragedy
    I will not publish the Principal's credit report
    The hamster did not have "a full life"
    Fish do not like coffee
    Milhouse did not test cootie positive
    This school does not need a "regime change"
    SpongeBob is not a contraceptive
    The capital of Montana is not "Hannah"
    Teacher did not pay too much for her condo!
    The art teacher is fat, not pregnant
    Teacher's diet is working
    There's no such month as "Rocktober"
    I did not see teacher siphoning gas
    It's "Facebook," not "Assbook"
    The class hamster isn't just sleeping
    Chalkboarding is not torture
    I am not allergic to long division
    Halloween does not kick Thanksgiving's ass
    Teachers' unions are not ruining the country
    The world may end in 2012 but this show won't.

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Been "Off the Air" For Awhile

I've been .... pre-occupied with a dozen other things more important than blogging for the past few months, but for now, with a more stable situation, I return to the blogosphere invigorated.....

Sorry to read that Scrubs, Heroes and Better Off Ted will likely be cancelled at the end of this season. All were innovative shows that broke the mold... Who can forget the Scrubs all-musical episode? Such wonders as "Guy Love" and "It All Comes Down to Poo..." made me laugh out loud.
Thank God for Modern Family and 30 Rock.

This blog will become more specialized, towards TV coverage... as you see. I seem to make more time for TV in my day than others..... But this isn't 'True Confessions.' On with the show....

If you've never caught Friday Night Lights on NBC or DirecTV, the first 3 seasons are on Netflix's direct streaming PLAY NOW section. Kyle Chandler deserved an Emmy for Best Actor but the show has been largely ignored by the public, despite winning a Peabody Award...
From Wikipedia:

".....The show’s producers decided at the outset to allow their performers leeway in what they say and do on the show. Though scripted like any hour-long television drama, performers are given great leeway in the delivery of their lines and the blocking of each scene. If actors feel that something is not true to their character or a mode of delivery doesn’t work, they are free to change it provided they still hit the vital plot points.^[20]

The freedom that producers have extended to the performers is complemented by the fact that the show is taped without rehearsal and without extensive blocking. Camera operators are trained to follow the actors rather than actors standing in one place and having cameras fixed around them. This allows performers to not only feel free to make changes but to feel safe in making those changes because the infrastructure will work around them. Executive producer Jeffrey Reiner described this method as “no rehearsal, no blocking, just three cameras and we shoot.”^[21]

Working in this fashion has had a profound influence on everyone involved with the show, with series star Kyle Chandler going so far as to say “When I look back at my life, I'm going to say, "Wow, [executive producer] Peter Berg really changed my life."”^[22] Executive producer and head writer Jason Katims echoes this sentiment saying “When I first came on [the ‘FNL’] set, I thought, it’s interesting — this is what I imagined filmmaking would be, before I saw what filmmaking was