Whatever happened to the Alice Roosevelt Longfellows of the world?
"If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me."
Bear in mind I'm not taking shots at anyone in particular, rather realizing that I can't go through life making crude comments, being condescending and functioning as an overly self aware member of the inteligencia.
With that said we'll get to the newer, more boisterous Part 2 of The ACC in Sitcoms!
"Parks and Rec"-NC State
Little brother of the "The Office" this show has got some great cast members like Amy Pouhlter as well as that Indian guy whose name I won't bother looking up. Its a funny show, a lot of times its pretty freaking good, even better than The Office at times, although never consistently. Well NC State, the outcast, red headed step child of the ACC is just like this show. Great cast (Philip Rivers, Mario Williams, Adrian Wilson, Torry Holt) but they'll never be as good as centerpieces such as Miami, FSU or VT. Sure they may beat them a game or two but never with any regularity. Also the pit on the show might as well represent the refuse pile that NCSU truly is as a University.
"Everybody Loves Raymond"-Virginia
First class all the way, right down to the minimal inuendo, whole family friendly topics and the choosing of Amy over Stefaniá. By the way Stefaniá should be an easy choice, she's a hot Italian babe and Amy is just a homely Anglo. This is a show with longevity, its as classic in syndication as it was first run and its also just as mediocre. Never bad, never great; Raymond was a steady ratings getter. The Wahoos are the picture of mediocrity. A 9-3 season is just as much an anomoly as a 4-8 one. To live in the 6-6 house, is their probably safest bet. Like living across the street from your folks 6-6 is a blessing when you're picked last and a curse when you're picked highly.
"Yes, Dear"-Wake Forest
Small audience, smart audience, quiet audience. Small fanbase, smart fanbase, great fanbase. An underrated show that a lot of people have no idea was ever on is a great representation of the Deacs miniscule program. They're both non-threatening, unassuming but based on a solid foundation. The show lives on the "Odd Couple" principle while the Deacons have fully bought into the redshirt everybody ideal. Both tried and true ways to win. There isn't much left to write here other than the only way the Deacs could have more Guts was if they added Mike O'Malley to their staff. Checkout the leaderboard MO!
"My Name is Earl"-Maryland
A sort of ass backwards show with a strange premise a funny fat guy, a few loyal viewers that popped up and then disappeared into Bolivia (thank you Mike Tyson). The Terps just by name are strange, not to mention their meteoric rise to stardom under Friedgen (the fat guy) and then subsequent drop off the map (or TBS 10pm syndication). This was a clear cut just lucky to strike when they did situation as they caught FSU post Weinke, the ACC pre-VT, BC and Miami and had a temporary offensive genius running things.
"King of Queens"-North Carolina
Sometimes good things don't last as long as you wish they did. Whether its King of Queens truncated run or the winning ways of Dick Crum or Mack Brown. Hopefully Butch Davis will change this trend. Much like Carrie and Doug the Heels have seen some serious ups and downs (major downs like the Torbush/Bunting era). But just like Leah Remini saw during her fat phase the true Heels football fans are a loyal bunch that love them fat or skinny. For the record chunky Leah Remini; not as hot but her attitude was great and she was light on her feet for a growing lady. Heels basketball fans were like Becker watchers who also tuned into King of Queens "sometimes"; uninformed and honestly annoying to be around.
"Seinfeld"-Virginia Tech
Great consistency. A model for what a program should be. A self-made, low budget high returns outfit that makes a lot out of nothing; and Virginia Tech is pretty good too. Beamer is the Larry David of this group, the quiet voice behind the scenes orchestrating a masterpiece and being compensated very well to do it (thanks to his UNC pump fake). When Seinfeld's great ie the bet, opposites, world's collide, summer of George et cetera the show is amazing, but when its "bad" ie smog city strangler and the final episodes its still better than 95% of television and 100% of the forensics dramas or reality shows. The Hokies are the same, under Beamer when their great they are title great, when they're bad they still find a way into a respectable bowl game. They play football the right way and like the greatest sitcom of all time, their fans appreciate everything they get.
Coming soon Mike Felder does the ACC in something else. Email your suggestions to felder@cfb-campus.com and who knows your topic may show up here.
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