Who's Da Best

Do you watch 24? What an amazing show. It is a feat of scriptwriting and ingenuity to have plot after interwoven plot falling into neat place every hour upon hour of programming. Woof. Whoever watches the show must give credit to one character for holding it all together. 'It' being the sanctity of the United States of America as the world's most powerful hence most vulnerable nation in the world. The man who catches every bad guy and all the bombs falling on the nation with both hands and feet is Jack Bauer. He is the manifestation of integrity, honour and truthfulness. He is so smart and imaginative that he escapes from any situation. He could be hand-tied to a pipe in the backroom in an airport warehouse and escape by climbing up the pipe, burning off the rope against the heat in the hot water pipe, pretend to be tied up as the guard comes to check on him, and beat the living daylights out of the poor fella. He's the MacGyver for this millennium. He even faked his own death to protect his daughter. Drama. Somewhere in the midst of each episode I catch on AXN, I would say "Jack is the best lah. Anything also can do." My mother would respond "Yah lah. Then how the show can make so good." (She also says "Idiot" when the bad guy turncoat appears.) Jack also has this little shoulder sling bag that is his magic bag of tricks - everything also got inside. A man and his bag.

Do you watch Ellen? The Ellen Degeneres TV show is one big party man. I have the opportunity to watch Ellen when I am on MC (like I was yesterday) and on leave (like I was in December). She dances with the audience. Would Oprah dance? No. Would Jay Leno dance? No. Would Letterman dance? He might if provoked. She has so much fun on the show and ensures the audience has fun too. She called George Bush when his daughter was on the show. She got the rejected bachelorette from the latest Bachelor episode to come on as soon as the final show was over. She got the Miss California who had to relinquish her crown because of an accounting error to come on and tell her story. Such current and sensational content. Who wouldn't wanna watch? And here's the best part. She gives away prizes and gifts like nobody's business. She had Ellen's '12 Days of Giveaways' and my god, she gave each audience member thousands of dollars of products - Sonicare Toothbrush, Nintendo Wii Sport, iPod Touch, Harry Potter Gift Set, Entire Seinfeld Series Set on DVD, Vers iPod Dock, Hannah Montana Spotlight World Tour for Wii and Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey for Wii were presented to each audience member on the show I saw yesterday. She is da best lah. Real life best, as opposed to fictional character winner, Jack Bauer.

Do I watch too much TV?