No more Battlestar Galactica for a long, long, long, long time. And another week until the HBO shows get going, so it's slim pickings tonight. Highlight for spoilers:
- King of the Hill: Cotton leaves his beloved Cadillac to Hank's previously unmentioned cousin and ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill. "It's been like a member of the family." "Except that Cotton loved it." This upsets Hank because he wanted the car, and also because Dusty and ZZ Top always played pranks on him (and also played a version of "Radar Love" at Hank's wedding with a 20 minute bass solo).
But the whole thing turned out to be part of a reality show, which of course only served to get Hank even more upset. Will Arnett as the producer was pretty solid. "VH1 Classic is swarming with bands who'll eat anything I tell them to." Plus the climatic moment featuring Dusty's beard caught in a seat belt? Excellent. Not a classic King of the Hill episode by any means, but it was pretty funny. - American Dad: Stan has to set up his boss, Avery, with a friend of Francine, and desperately wants to avoid hearing Francine say "I told you so" in the process. Avery's a little rusty at the whole dating thing, so when he brings the woman home with him, he ends up killing her. Good times. Meanwhile, Roger is embarrassed by not having a nose and puts on a fake one, which results in him being mistaken for Kevin Bacon. And also kills someone. Plus, they made a joke about shoving a baby into a wood chipper and two kids dying in a bungee jumping accident. Pretty morbid episode, huh? But also funny.
The fact that it was called "Stan's Xtreme Bungee Xperience" really sold the bungee joke for me. I really loved the midget airbag assassin, especially after the lengthy seat adjustment sequence. And the Footloose sequence was quite good. I bet that a lot of people hated this episode, but I have a somewhat twisted sense of humor, and really liked it. And as someone who hates to admit his mistakes, I really sympathize with Stan and his "I told you so" fears. - Penn and Teller: Bullshit!: This week's topic is Wal-Mart hatred. They bring up some very interesting points. I know some Wal-Mart haters, some of whom also shop there. A lot of the criticisms revolve around worker mistreatment, and who knows if the Bullshit numbers are believable, but certainly I agree with the idea that they're in business to make money and shouldn't be treated differently just because they've been very good at what they do. And that offering stuff at low prices does help the poor by stretching a dollar further. Particularly effective was the interview with the Chicago mother whose $8.50 an hour from Wal-Mart supports her family and keeps her off welfare, while a city councilman from a richer part of the city wanted to force Wal-Mart to pay its workers twice the minimum wage if they wanted to come to town. But even though they raise some good points, I'm not sure about any argument that comes off as pro-sweatshop. Also not the funniest episode they've done, but still pretty interesting.
Still to watch: I want to check out the rest of The Tudors premiere episode at some point, even though after some reflection I'm not as interested in it as I was after first checking out the pilot. But that's it for now, I think.
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