Hoppin' Around

It's a busy time for bunnies - Easter's around the corner, and somehow people expect bunnies to hide eggs everywhere. What is up with that? Anyway, apologies for the belated post.

*Boardwalk Empire (Season 1) - One of those shows that made me pine for cable when it was on, this show did not disappoint. The actor who played Omar in the Wire returns as the leader of the black community. The addition of movie stars and directors doesn't hurt, either. And then, basing the story on the appalling corruption during prohibition times, gives the plot an amazing depth.

*30 Rock - I am enjoying the comedian playing the new page, who I recognize from the Daily Show, Bob's Burgers, and Flight of the Conchords. The Grandmentor episode was especially funny.

*Project Runway All Stars - The finale was as anticlimactic as the rest of the season. Meh.

*Colbert Report - It's interesting when the Supreme Court has a case like the one this week where people really pay attention to the oddity that is court proceedings (a hypothetical involving broccoli comes to mind). Really, easy targets for comedians. His recent coverage of the conservative response to the Trayvon Martin murder, while funny, also showed me some Fox News coverage that I might have been happier not knowing about. But I also loved "The Word" that he did on gun control was especially great.

*Bob's Burgers - I love how wacky this show is! With the Simpsons in reruns, it's nice to have an animated series to enjoy.

*Better off Ted (Seasons 1-2) - I read somewhere that this was a good show to check out on Netflix Instant. It was worth a couple chuckles, but mostly fell pretty flat. Maybe the idea of corporations as evil was a more novel idea when this came out.

*Brothers & Sisters (Season 5) - The only thing I can say in my defense is, after hearing an interview with Rachel Griffith on the radio, I wanted more after watching "Muriel's Wedding" one Saturday night. That and I finished a lot of knitting between this and Better off Ted.

I did not get to much reading this month outside of nearly finishing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I guess I am just not a mystery reader, but I really did not enjoy it and do not understand its appeal. I was going to watch the movie, but now I am not sure I even want to see that. It's certainly no Hunger Games!