We live for press releases like this one: A&E has greenlit a seven-episode series tentatively titled Bob Saget’s Strange Days, “which busts down barriers to investigate some of America’s most fascinating and mysterious worlds. Documenting his journey around America, Saget immerses himself in different unusual cultures from the world of mail-order brides to joining a survivalist cult prepping for the end of the world to rushing a fraternity.” He’ll also be on “the back of a Harley with a biker gang” and “living with a group of partying Amish teenagers before they decide on whether or not they’ll commit to be baptized as Amish adults.” The network promises that Saget will “uncover the humanity and the shared values inside all of these odd and absurd situations that each of us will be able to relate to.”
Granted, my intense enthusiasm for this project could mirror that for Food Network’s What Would Brian Boitano Make? — I loved the pilot, but never made it appointment viewing; must season pass Season 2 — but I’m in. Mostly because I want to know if Amish kids and mail-order brides know about Full House. Also, because I want to see how frat boys and bikers react when they learn that Saget is actually as naughty as them, and what kind of role survivalists believe Bob plays in the apocalypse.
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It was recycling day at the Sullivan Bros. circus, and it was recycling day in the writers’ room. Another volume of Heroes, another flashback episode that finally explains the main villain’s mysterious motivation after half a season of plot-tease hints. (See also: Arthur Petrelli in “Villains” and Adam Monroe in “Four Months Ago”, both pale imitations of Season One’s Sylar Origin Story, “Six Month Ago.”) Also, someone’s powers were freaking out for no apparent reason, and the worst character in TV history was resurrected. But before we get all dreary, here’s three reasons why last night’s episode, Brother’s Keeper, was not the worst episode of Heroes ever:
I can’t say I’m a Sheldon/Penny ‘shipper myself, so I’m not entirely sure whether last night’s episode was cause to rejoice or not for those rather insistent Big Bang Theory fans who subscribe to the notion that the otherwise asexual quantum physicist should shack up with the rather sweet blonde Cheesecake Factory waitress who lives across the hall. True, Sheldon quite clearly, if accidentally, got to second base with Penny. And a drug-addled Penny did coyly joke at the end of the episode about Sheldon helping her to bed. But the vibe between them felt pretty much little sister/big brother all the way to me, right up to the climactic moment when Penny asked Sheldon to sing “Soft Kitty” with her. Then again, their in-the-round duet of Sheldon’s “when you’re sick” song did cause the studio audience to explode with such rowdy excitement that I can only attribute it to some serious pent up sexual tension.
