Well, two days after my surgery and it appears as if the Vicodin is finally kicking in. I was so drugged while in the hospital, perhaps it took a couple days for those lovely pain killers to exit my system, making it possible for the Vicodin to actually be effective. In any case, it has left me feeling a bit on the high side, so I won't be blogging too much today. Hopefully the sensation will wear off before too terribly long, so I can get back to writing. I hope everyone reading this is having a great Saturday. I think it's time to relax on the couch and watch some movies, while listening to Pink Floyd, of course.
After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...
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