Tube Glue

It's been some 8 years or so since Wii've dedicated time to consistently watch a telly series. C'mon, whatwith ASTRO Wii should be actually glueing ourselves to the idiot tube more right? There are, after all, sooo many good shows out there.

However, Wii've been slowing down on the series since our Uni days. Last series Wii'd attempted to keep in track with was...Roswell. Yes. That one was the latest. Wii remember having to set the alarm on so that Wii could leave Vista Komenwel some half-hour before the show was about to begin, make our way into IMU, all the way up into the student's lounge, switch the channel and not let go of the remote. Given that there was only the one telly in the lounge and Wii only had national channels on the telly back at the apartments, it was a case of first come, first served for ASTRO in the lounge. Thankfully the few others (all Medics) who barged into the lounge around that time wanted to watch the show too. But Roswell didn't have long-term appeal...Wii didn't bother sticking to the end of the season.

After that Wii'd all headed off to Glasgow for a year. The telly owned by our neighbouring apartment JBC H5 (manned by jayay, jayess, kayhaytch and eleff) died after our first London trip, cutting us off from Big Brother and all other UK telly shows. When Wii came back to M'sia work in retail then cut us from regular telly viewing. By then Wii were healthily living without the idiot box. That marked the end of our weekly tv series relationship.

Thank goodness Wii have old relationships to remember by: series Ally McBeal, Early Edition and The Pretender, sitcoms aplenty from Friends to The Golden Girls, and after- (or mid-) dinner gameshows Wheel Of Fortune, American Gladiators, Supermarket Sweep, Win Lose or Draw...and others that have faded into a dusty corner of our memory now.

Now with the ready accessibility of tv series on DVDs, Wii still don't really feel the urge to get any because Wii don't feel like making time to watch them. And this includes Desperate Housewives, House and Heroes, the only few series that Wii are actually interested in. Desperate Housewives and House Wii've caught a few episodes here and there (although in the case of DH Wii've spoilt it by catching the pilot episode and the final episode of Season 1 before the rest of the episodes - pilot ep in M'sia and then final ep in Sporeland). Even Prison Break, generously provided by otousan (who had it generously provided by someone else) is sitting in the computer waiting to be watched - Wii don't enjoy watching movies on the PC generally.

But there are some DVD sets that Wii do go after. These are the few that die die must watch and keep. Thankfully our list isn't long too:

• Sailormoon anime series (have collected 3 out of 5 seasons so far)
• Ouran High School Host Club (waiting for DVD release)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (if ever Wii can find it)
• Miss Marple (BBC television series, also if Wii can ever find it)

Somehow don't think Wii'll ever add Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Friends, QaF andsuchandsuch onto the list until Wii get our own pad. And even then Wii'd prolly not even watch it. Not until Wii have loads and naught to do, or when Wii get hit by a sudden attack of nostalgia for old telly series.