I thought I’d sum up my favourite shows of 2009. They aren’t new, some are shows that have been aired and cancelled. Some are comedy and some are drama. However, all are awesome and all I vote are the best shows of 2009. Here they are, favourite at the bottom.
30 Rock
30 Rock. This was one of the first shows we started watching in a marathon style. How could we not, with the humour of Tina Fey, the acting of Alec Baldwin, we watched episode after episode. As I once read, every Tracey Jordan line is a funny quote by itself, but I thought I’d share some others.
Liz: If I have learned anything from my Sims family: When a child doesn’t see his father enough he starts to jump up and down, then his mood level will drop until he pees himself.
Jenna: Hey, I’ve gotta miss an hour of rehearsal today ’cause I just found out from my publicist that I’ve been booked on The View.
Pete: Oh, Jenna, that’s great. For the first time in your life, you’ll be in a room full of women and you’ll be the least crazy one.
Jenna: Yeah, I know!
Buffy
Buffy. When it was first airing, my sister watched it, I basically wasn’t allowed to. I watched what I could, but this year I bought the boy season 1, then season 7, 6, and 5. I’m hooked, I love Anya, Tara, and Spike. Buffy is average, mainly only because she was mean to Spike. It jumped between being fun, to serious. From Dollhouse and this, I love Joss Whedon.
Spike: You know you take the killing for granted. And then it’s gone. And you’re like, I wish I’d appreciated it more. Stopped and smelled the corpses.
Xander: Am I right, Giles?
Giles: I’m almost certain you’re not, but to be fair, I wasn’t listening.
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother. It’s a show I didn’t think we’d like, and when I mention it other people they tend to think it’s average. But it’s bloody awesome. Funny, clever, and has Neil Patrick Harris. (Did everyone else not know he was gay, ‘cos I didn’t?) The cleverness in the episodes is hard to explain without watching numerous episodes, the brocode isn’t funny without knowing NPH’s character, and me saying ‘havvvvvve you met Ted?” isn’t funny without watching them try to pick up.
Lily: On Monday I’m going to have to tell my kindergarten class, who I tell not to run with scissors, how my fiance ran me through with a freakin’ broadsword!
Marshall: Technically, it didn’t go all the way through.
Lily: I’m sorry, were we having a discussion about the degree to which you stabbed me?
Lily: We should come up with a whole new last name.
Marshall: Oh, that’s easy; Lily and Marshall Skywalker.
Lily: Lily and Marshall Hasselhoff.
Marshall: Oh, got it. Lily and Marshall Awesome. Hey have you met the Awesomes? Lily, Marshall their son Totally and their daughter Freaking?
Fringe
Fringe. We’ve really only just started watching this show in the last month. I love Walter, slightly crazy scientist guy who owns a cow. It’s clever, it’s clever in a way most people would never notice. The blue and red lights that only occur when something is going down? The fact the observer is in every episode (even before you meet him)? And, the clues for the next episode in the current?
Just awesome, clever awesome and must keep catching up.
Walter: Miss, I’m going to repeat the demonstration with the rice. Would you care to watch?
Astrid: Nope.
Walter: Okay!
Peter: How’s it going, Walter?
Walter: I plan to urinate in twenty-three minutes.
Glee
Glee. Ohh. My. God. This show is awesome. The music, the humor, the storylines. Oh. My. God. AWESOME. I don’t think I have much more to add. Last scene from season 1, mix of all the dances and sums the whole season up!
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers. A show most of my readers wouldn’t know, or can barely remember. It finished in 2006, after running for 13 seasons and over 500 episodes. Based around a fictional town called Mt. Thomas, the crime capital of Australia, even though it was a small country town. Most people wouldn’t care this show ended, but I grew up with it, the town Mt. Thomas was just part of my life.
At a time, the show gave me an out, it was an escape. It also introduced me to someone I hold close to my heart, actually quite a few people. We become friends because of this show, and stayed friends because I love them. It also introduced me to Jane Allsop. She played feisty awesome Jo Parrish.
If there was one person I’d give anything to met, it would be Jane Allsop.
I once hugged her, but forgot to get a photo with her. I would love to meet her one last time and explain to her how she saved me from myself. In fact, I would give up a lot just to send her a letter.
She’s beautiful, talented, and I just want to thank her.
Anyway, this show kicks arse. Funny one liners, fun filled crime drama, and just some awesomely developed characters.
Tess: Jo, you better do something about this statement of yours.
Jo: No way! That is exactly what happened.
Tess: No, I meant fix the typos. Price is spelt with an ‘E’ on the end, not a ‘k’.
Jo: Yes, well, once you know him it’s the only way you can spell it.
Susie: What is wrong with these men?
Jo: It’s simple. Inside every man is a twelve-year-old boy.
Susie: And inside everyone woman?
Jo: Is a twelve-year-old girl. But twelve-year-old girls are much more mature than twelve-year-old boys.
Related posts:
you missed the best thing about Fringe, it’s just the X-Files 8 years later and it knows it (http://blog.oliyoung.com/post/291715599/fringe-and-the-x-division-via-fringetelevision)
glee and how i met your mother are probably my two favourites from this list
My top show: Pushing Daisies. It’s a few years old now, but I’ve only gotten into it this year. Brilliantly written, quirky, sad and beautiful. Each episode is lovely.
Glee is love.