Monday nights at 9:00pm, A&E...Be there...
I've mostly given up on watching 'regular' TV in the past few months for various reasons, BUT....I'm gonna be back to it, now.
At 9:00pm on Monday nights on A&E is THEE COOLEST FRIGGIN" SHOW!!!! It's called "Family Plots", I think, and it's a real life show about a family of morticians.I love 'Chuck', the Dad. Ex-boxer. Profane and funny, so far. He's held up well for a man with three daughters. They all work there too and seem to be pretty cool females.
I caught the first two episodes last night and I taped 'em. I let the tape keep going and also caught some show about airplanes and airports that was pretty good, too. It centered on Chicago's Midway airport and LAX during that stupid blackout we had that everybody went overboard about thinking it was another terrorist attack. (I remember that because they pre-empted Scrubs, just to tell everybody it WASN'T a terrorist attack when anyone with a functioning BRAIN already KNEW THAT.)
Pissed off people are fun to watch. (I need to remeber that the next time I feel my blood pressure rising, huh?) Anyhow...if you have any interest AT ALL in the funeral process or the behind-the-scenes shit, you've GOT to see "Family Plots".
It's excellent.
And, I really would love to be an embalmer. Now more than ever.
It is fascinating stuff. (Matter of fact, I'm watching it again right now...)
This guy Chuck is great. His youngest daughter needs a reality check, but, all in all, they're cool people. How the hell you can work in a funeral home, KNOW without a DOUBT that everybody, including yer Dad, is gonna die someday and still call your Dad an asshole to his face, then act like a snot when HE apologizes, is beyond me, but...that's just one of the many, many, many reasons I'm glad I don't have kids.
Compared to what?
Or, is it that they think the dead person looks wonderful 'cause they're dead and it looks better now that they aren't breathing anymore because the looker likes it that way? "You never been more attractive to me than you are right now... ...now that you're DEAD!!!!!" Sick.
I've been to more friggin' funerals in my life than any other 10 people you can name and NOT ONCE has the deceased looked anything but DEAD.
I dunno. Maybe I like people to have a little color or 'essence' about them...two qualities dead people are sorely lacking. (And, I don't mean 'essence' in the smell sense. A deceased person with THAT kind of essence...well...ew. Although, the cutest thing I've ever heard about a dead guy was the one I read about who INSISTED (in writing somewhere) that he be buried with a pin on his lapel. The pin said "Who farted?" I wanna have that too.)
Seriously...I've seen wax figures in TV shows about Madam *Treussau's wax museum who look more 'lifelike' than your average corpse. (*Or however the hell it's spelled. French, I ain't, okay?)
The one time I've actually understood that phenomenon was during this show. Poor Shauna, the embalmer-daughter, had to rebuild some old lady's face who drove off the road into a boulder and smahed her face in. The dead lady's daughter had to, really had to, see her one more time to say goodbye and make the decision about whether it was to be an open-casket viewing or a closed casket 'visit'. Shauna did her best. She wasn't thrilled with the result, but there's only so much that can be done. They're morticians, not magicians...(a line I stole from the show...). (Same goes for chicks who cut hair...beauticians, not magicians...lol.)
Anyway...Shauna busted her ass getting this lady ready to be seen one last time and the daughter of the deceased asked to meet Shauna and hugged her and told her she had done a great job, especially in light of the injuries she had. That was cool. (They went with 'closed casket'...)
All those funerals I've been to and it's never occured to me even once to thank anybody for anything like that.
'Course I never was in much of a mindset to be thinking of thanking ANYBODY for anything during those times, either. I've mostly been too busy wondering how much it was gonna suck now that the person was dead.
It's mostly been a LOT.
Mostly.
Not always. Aaaanyway...
"Family Plots"...check it out. Peace.
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If you like oddball shows, you simply must check out The Mad, Mad House (http://www.scifi.com/madmadhouse/about/). It's a strange, but very entertaining little show.
Posted by: Kathleen at April 20, 2004 07:15 PM (BORB4)
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i don't understand why anybody would want an open casket... i mean, why would anybody want their friends to gawk at their corpse?
just cremate me and sprinkle me on the beach or something.
after i'm dead, of course.
just cremate me and sprinkle me on the beach or something.
after i'm dead, of course.
Posted by: mikey at April 20, 2004 08:15 PM (s5e4Z)
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I've never seen a corpse that looked that the person. Not even my own grandfather. I'm with Mikey; just burn me to ashes and sprinkle me into Long Island Sound.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at April 20, 2004 09:08 PM (KR1AK)
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It's Madame Toussaud, by the way.
I've never heard of this show, but I think I may have to check it out.
I've never heard of this show, but I think I may have to check it out.
Posted by: special k at April 20, 2004 10:14 PM (U28zB)
Posted by: Donna at April 26, 2004 07:36 PM (ofSZC)
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STEVIE... YOU ARE SO FUNNY... WE ARE WORKING LATE AND EVERYONE IS LAUGHIN HARD... I LOVE THE SHOW TOO!!! WHERE YOU FROM FUNNY STEVIE.?
Posted by: DAWN at May 04, 2004 07:50 PM (D2g/j)
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I LOVE Family Plot! It's one of the funniest shows on TV, and a damn site better than those brain-dead clowns you see on "Survivor"! I love to watch Shonna, Melissa, and Emily go about theri various jobs on the show (I especially like Melissa), They are so cute (all 3)and I just can't say enough about the show! I'm a fan forever!
Posted by: Ralph DeMattia at July 05, 2004 06:05 AM (mhz/z)
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I really love Family Plot because IT IS ABOUT
REAL LIFE AND DYING> That is probably why the
critics rage because this is a subject that no one
wants to talk about, no one wants to visit a funeral home, go to a funeral and this is because
it is a real fact of life. This family,with all
their admitted faults and failing, are so true to
life and are not disrespectful to the deceased or
to the families. They put each other in place and
that is the highlight of the show!! BRING IT ON!!!
REAL LIFE AND DYING> That is probably why the
critics rage because this is a subject that no one
wants to talk about, no one wants to visit a funeral home, go to a funeral and this is because
it is a real fact of life. This family,with all
their admitted faults and failing, are so true to
life and are not disrespectful to the deceased or
to the families. They put each other in place and
that is the highlight of the show!! BRING IT ON!!!
Posted by: Dottie at October 14, 2004 12:02 AM (ooO23)
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I love this show, I wish I could write to a couple of the guys on there, I'd give them a run for thier money. They were talking alot about younger women being their preference. What about us sexy, mature, experienced middle aged women. They don't know what thery're missing,, 
This show is tooooooooo funny.
This show is tooooooooo funny.
Posted by: Andrea at March 20, 2005 09:41 PM (ywZa8)
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