knowledge is power
I missed "30 Rock" this week. I missed the most recent installment of Tina Fey's little solo venture, the madcap fledgling comedy that's been consistently impressing me since its debut this fall, and I'm disappointed.
Last night, when I got home from work, we made our Thursday-night pizza and got out our healthy root beers and sat down in anticipation of "30 Rock," "Ghost Hunters" and the second-best show on TV, "The Office." While the pizza was being prepared, I rewound the tape two hours.
Why is it that whenever I rewind a taped program, it's always on a commercial when I hit play? I hit rewind again and watched as the ads ran backwards into themselves, and then ... Tina Fey did not appear. Neither did Alec Baldwin, whose sheer comedic brilliance could carry the show with both hands tied behind its back (and I was never an Alec Baldwin fan before his guest appearance on "Will & Grace"). Instead, it was people waiting anxiously to step on a scale. Or something -- I find the whole idea of "The Biggest Loser" really offensive, so I didn't pay attention.
"What?" I screeched, and checked the listings again. I'd set the tape right -- we'd checked the VCR Wednesday evening to make sure.
The listings were wrong, and we'd missed our show because of it. In a normal household, people probably would shrug and move on to the next show. And that's what we did. Hey, we're TV addicts, but that doesn't mean we're not normal.
Next time, I'll have to arm myself with the listings from the NBC Web site. There's really no other way to be sure. And now I'm off to watch "The Office," because we were too sleepy last night to give it our full attention. Of course, that's assuming I didn't accidentally tape "My Name Is Earl" instead.