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Mensa Meme Moxie?

Forgotten television

First, Mensa says “‘Dese TV shows R smart!”

Then, Johnny replies, “Yar, where be me Simpsons!? Yar!” (Note that in this story, Johnny is clearly a pirate.)

Finally, I retort, “Guh, I don’t even know if I can list 10 television shows.” Yep, that’s me, always ready with a witty repartee.

I’ll try anyway. My top 10 smart television shows, old and new.

  1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  2. Firefly
  3. House M.D.
  4. The Simpsons
  5. Angel
  6. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
  7. Mythbusters

I can only make it to seven, and I almost feel that putting Monty Python on the list is cheating. Then again, Mensa mentioned M*A*S*H, so I don’t feel too bad. That show was awful. And yes, I included three Joss Whedon shows. But that’s because he’s an amazing genius, and his shows show it.

What about you, what’s your favorite “smart” show?

7 replies on “Mensa Meme Moxie?”

M*A*S*H was NOT awful! How could you? Radar drinking Grape Nehi, Hawkeye, B.J., Hot Lips….

I feel you, man. My “list” was partly because I can’t think of ten intelligent TV shows, either:)

I mean,

Ahar, me feels yer pain, matie. :-#

Joss would definitely make up the majority of my list as well. And I used to be really into Sliders – come on, it was about science… sort of.

Oh shit, how did I miss MST3k!? Man, I won’t edit it up there, but make that a list of 8. I admit I probably never watched M*A*S*H after the age where I might have liked it.

Graham, I never watched Sliders, but maybe I’ll check it out sometime.

I also know lots of people that are way into Battlestar Galactica, but I never figured out what that was all about. Sorry Tim!

p.s. Johnny, you know you’re totally a pirate. It’s okay, I won’t tell anyone.

M*A*S*H was B*O*R*I*N*G.

I’m glad you have House up there though. Some of the word play is fantastic, though not as good as it was on V. Mars. I don’t know if I could consider V. Mars a smart show though. But, boy is it pretty.

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