Is Entourage Funny Anymore?

I was looking forward to the season premiere of Entourage. I’ve been a big fan of the show since season 1. The new season started a few months beyond where the last one left off. The boys are all riding a hot streak since Vinny closed his big movie, Eric’s pulling in tons of hot tail, Turtle is bagging Meadow Soprano and Drama is still a working actor on a TV show. Everything sounds great right?

Well the big twist is that everyone is leaving Vinny. Yeah that’s right, the ‘Entourage’ is breaking up. So this is where I get lost. You’re telling me that these guys are going to give this all up and pursue their own thing? How about no F-ing way. I get it that Turtle is bagging Meadow Soprano and would like to get in the music business or some such crap, but really? Have you seen Turtle? He’s only got Meadow because of Vinny. And do you think he’ll be able to get a job where he can smoke pot and drink beer all day that doesn’t involve working for Vinny?

I can almost buy Eric’s character. I could almost see that happening in real life. And Drama’s character isn’t that farfetched aside from being able work only a few hours a week on a TV show. From what I know, those guys work their tail off. But whatever it’s tv. Does this mean they are going to rename the show?

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I could get by all of this if it weren’t for the fact that the show isn’t even remotely funny anymore. The gay bashing antics by Ari have become nothing but tired. OK, we get it, Ari is an asshole and can get away with it because he’s rich and has the keys to Hollywood. But his character isn’t even remotely funny anymore.

I watched the whole first episode and I’m fairly certain I didn’t crack a smile, let alone laugh. The show is a comedy right? I’ve never heard of a 30 minute drama, so this would be new ground. I’ll stick with it till the half way point, but unless I actually start laughing again, it may not be worth the band width.

What I’m Watching on TV

I know that you're dying to know, just what I'm watching on TV. Well, I don't actually watch TV, I download TV shows and watch them on my computer.

HBO premiered their new comedy "Hung" the other night. Not a bad show, but the premise feels awfully familiar. Actually, I'm pretty sure the concept is exactly the same as "Weed" and "Breaking Bad". Parental unit is hard up for cash, and they need to figure out a way to make ends meet. "Weeds" and "Breaking Bad" go with dealing pot and selling crystal meth respectively, while hung takes an entirely different approach and maybe even a less believable approach. He's a teacher/high school basketball coach who has decided to become a male prostitute. This is all fine and dandy if he was going to go out there and start smoking some pole, but that's not going to happen. But I'm sure he's going to get with sad house wives and rich divorcees. The one compelling part of the show is where is shot; Detroit. I'm always enthralled with the depiction of America's decaying cities, so I'll give this show a few more just to see if the expand on that.

I'm half way through season 2 of Mad Men. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to get into this show, but it is clearly a winner. It's original, compelling and has a really strong class of actors. And oh yeah, Christina Hendricks is on the show. Season 1 was good enough to get me to stick with it, but season 2 is simply great. Honestly, don't be me, go out and watch this show.

I'm not going to call this good television, but "True Blood" is a watchable show with an ton of turns. I've never seen "Lost", but I imagine the show follows the same type of outline; crazy weird shit happening all the time and it's almost hard to follow. I've always dug vampires, and the vampires in this one are pretty cool, so I'll stick around until it jumps the shark.

And that is basically it. I'm dying for season 10 of "The Ultimate Fighter" but otherwise its summer and who needs television.