Adam and Tiffy

Thanks to a lackluster post-sweeps tv week and our Tivo (which clearly has a sick sense of humor) we have watched some extremely strange things in this past week.

1. Beauty and the Geek. See now, this show is interesting to me because the so-called geeks actually look way less geeky than 90% of our friends. And one of them bears a strong resemblance to the husband of my best buddy (Hi, Jared!). I also have a hard time believing that there are really grown women in this country who don’t know that North Carolina is south of South Dakota and are truly stumped when trying to figure out the “capital of New England.” And if there are, it’s really just not fair to ask them trick questions. That’s just mean.

2. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. This is a late-90′s show hosted by Jonathan Frakes that was on Fox. It depicts five “mystical stories” cheezy re-enactment style and you as the viewer are to guess if the stories are true or false. As far as I can tell, even when they are real they are just “based on accounts” given by people who were clearly drunk during the so called events.

3. Pride and Prejudice. This is the best one. I love Pride and Prejudice. It is quite possibly my favorite book ever and I’ve seen all of the movie versions as well. The six part BBC version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle is by far the best one out there, minus the tacked on wedding ending. So, imagine my surprise when Tivo records one that was made in 2003. How could I have missed that? So, unawares, I start watching. It seems okay at first, lots of toothy white people with dorky hair cuts and improbable names dancing around love in a slightly charming fashion. But then… One of the silly sisters is reading a faux-The Rules kind of book and sensible Elizabeth says, “Am I interrupting your scripture study?” Zing! But wait, what are they talking about? Then come the references to dressing inappropriately in church and respecting the sabbath. And wait, is this all taking place in Utah?!?!?

Yes folks, Tivo had stumbled across the officially sanctioned Church of Latter Day Saints modern re-telling of Pride and Prejudice. After this sunk in I was morbidly curious and had to keep watching. And while I knew it was truly cringeworthy, it actually seemed some how strangely right to me. At least then there is a logical non-contrived that they never get around to the booty thing; it would make the baby Jesus cry. It can retain the nice, pure true love charm without resorting to ridiculous plot lines like email romance or something. All in all it was not a complete waste of an hour and a half.

I am off from work tomorrow and perhaps I will spend some time finishing up my “Why Star Wars: Episode III is NOT the worst movie ever” blog post. Don’t get too excited, folks!