I’m not sure if any of you have noticed, but there’s a mid season mini-show that is interesting. No, not Daybreak which couldn’t fill the time usually taken by Lost in the ABC lineup… I mean Armed and Famous on CBS which is filling the temporary gap in Jericho. It’s the show that looks like Tremors and Lost had a spin-off. You know, it starrs the ever so capable Skeet Ulrich. For those of you that know me, please re-read that entire last sentence with my sarcasm tone in your head…
But my distaste for an actor is secondary to their mini replacement which is mildly entertaining due to the cast – but more so because it was shot in Muncie, IN… The home of Ball State, which was once the top ranked party school in America for a number of years. This is where David Letterman went to school… Where my Wife received her Master’s degree… Where I saw Nine Inch Nails, The Jim Rose Circus, and Marilyn Manson back in my senior year of high school…
Vic made the comment that it was interesting to see that they shot the show to look like more of a metropolis than it actually is. It’s very true to anyone that’s been there. I liked the most how they end each show at The Sunshine Cafe. It’s a real trip and interesting to see all these folks in the role of police officer. Not only to see them in such a different role than standard celebrities, but also in an environment more representative of America than most would ever want to admit. 
My only problem is the voice in the back of my head that wonders how much of what they say is sincere and how much is playing to the camera. I hope for sincerity, but it’s not something I think exists in large amounts for most people and especially in productions with any relation to television or Hollywood.
PS – seeing La Toya in high definition is scarier than watching a preying mantis hunt butterflies on Discovery HD… And next week she goes undercover in a prostitution sting… That’s like a train wreck that you can’t not watch.