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THE BEST & THE WORST OF IT
Best TV Shows
- The Garry Shandling Show - sitcom
During its four(?)-year run on HBO, this show stunningly mixed an acerbic and cynical humor with show-biz drama ... which is to say, self-indulgent bombast. There's not a likeable character in the cast, a risky nod to honesty only palely reflected in its network counterpart, Seinfeld. Still in nightly reruns on one of the HBO channels.
- The West Wing - drama
Still currently in production in 2000, Martin Sheen is the President, superbly portraying the gravity and scope of all that job entails. The show's best feature is its ability to rise so far beyond the typical Hollywood cynicism of anything remotely political that it has actually made me proud to be a citizen of the United States of America. Brilliant scripts focus on dedicated people working for the betterment of the nation ... I believe it can happen. So does this dramatic series.
Best Unsung Singers & Songs
- I Am the Mercury - Jimmy Spheeris
- We Fall Down - Bob Carlisle
- Merry-Go-Round - Emmit Rhodes
- Avenging Annie - Andy Pratt
- Cryan Shames, 2nd and 3rd albums
Best Romantic Songs
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Just the Way You Look Tonight
- Time After Time
- Who Can I Turn To?
- When Sunny Gets Blue
- Can't Help Loving That Man of Mine
- Skylark
- I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
- I've Got a Crush On You
- Embraceable You
- One For My Baby
- Have A Little Faith In Me (John Hiatt or Joe Cocker)
More Favorite Songs
- A Girl Like You - Smithereens
- Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw
- Mysterious Ways - U2
- You Get What You Give - New Radicals
- Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl
- Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child
- God Only Knows - Beach Boys
- Don't Let Go - En Vogue
- most anything by James Taylor or Laura Nyro
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