Today, I must write a long blog. Not because Alex pointed it out or because he always belittles the length of my blogs. No, I do this because I promised you I would and I've had enough of breaking promises to you, our faithful readers.
Today I am going to write about situation comedies or "sitcoms" as they can be known. I am a fan of several sitcoms, predominantly American imports, such as Friends, Scrubs, the Middle, Modern Family, the Big Bang Theory and more I'm not going to list so it doesn't look like I'm trying to fill space. There is, I'll admit an absence of british humour in thar list but sitcoms such as Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses and, in more recent years, programs like Episodes don't have the long term and such universal appeal of their American counterparts. I am forced to assume that this is one of the effects of the gloabalisation and americanisation of western culture as a whole. Such is the nature of the world with a Subway or McDonalds or a KFC on every street corner. Not that I'm against this; I'm a fan of an occadional chicken and bacon sub or chicken selects or a boneless bucket. This has become less a blog about sitcoms and more a blog about western culture and the americanisation of it.
TOPIC CHANGE! An advert just came on for a "superhero season" on television and it featured a clothes shop catering for various heroes. One such item is Bruce Banner or Hulks trousers. This led me to ponder where he actually does get those purple trousers with the incredible elastic waistline. He must get them custom made, but then that would surely compromise his identity as an enormous green man with anger management issues.
This blog is plenty long enough now to satisfy you and to silence Alex's moans. I'll see you, but not really, in two days.
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