NBC’s “Guys With Kids” is Terrible
Staying ever vigilant in my attempts to monitor “guy-oriented” pop culture, I thought I would watch the Pilot episode for NBC’s new sitcom, “Guys With Kids.” Within the first minute of the show, I knew I was going to hate it. Yet, I continued on throughout the entire episode, just for the sake of writing...
TLC’s Mama’s Boys of the Bronx
In continuation of reality television’s fascination with Northeastern Italians and overall dopey males, TLC premiered its new series “Mama’s Boys of the Bronx” which follows a handful of men in their late 30’s who are completely reliant on their mothers to function. Everything from finding the toothpaste to finding a spouse is run through their mothers. The...
ABC’s “Man Up” Continues the Trend of Male-Oriented Pilots
The 2011 pilot season offers a third option for male viewers. Along the same lines as “Last Man Standing,” and “How to be a Gentleman,” ABC produced a show about three man-children who have various problems: one can’t get over an old love, one can’t find a way to teach his son how to become...
Pilot Season Continues: ABC’s “Last Man Standing”
For whatever reason, network television channels are churning out multiple new television shows premised on manliness (or lack thereof). Today I had a chance to watch the television veteran Tim Allen star in his new show, “Last Man Standing.” In short, the premise is a man’s man who lives with his wife and three daughters....
How to (Not) Be a Gentleman
Now, usually I don’t give a lot of credence to pop culture’s definitions of what it means to be a gentleman. However, when a show comes on called “How to be a Gentleman” I sort of need to watch that. Regretfully, I followed through… almost. I made it to about 20 minutes in, and I had...
