Mike Jurewicz’s Blog

So I have been fighting off a cold since Tuesday, feeling better now just have that nagging cough, so I have been able to watch a lot of TV. I’ve watched Ghost Hunters a few times with my dad or brother and always found it entertaining but in the past week I have been into it even more so.

For those unfamilar with the show it is about an organization called The Atlantic Paranormal Society, TAPS for short, based in Rhode Island.  It was start by a couple plumbers named Grant and Jason.  Their fascination with the paranormal drew them to start the group.  Them along with other investegators with the organization go out to places that are thought to be haunted and investigate.  But one thing these guys do differently that I really like is they go in almost wanting to disprove the supposed haunting.  They will do lots of work to try to debunk things that people report and they themselves experience.  Being a skeptic myself this really makes me glad to see that they aren’t just jumping in there and trying to make every little thing they see or hear have to be “a ghost.”

I have to say that some of the episodes are rather weak with a lot of hype put in the commercials but a lot usually deliver something.  You have no idea how many times I get the chills when they catch something on a recorder of a voice.  Gives me the WILLIES!!  But I found myself bringing up and watching full episodes online over the past a few days and am just amazed by some of the stuff that is unexplainable.

I would put a little clip here but there are so many good ones from the show out there I just wouldn’t know which to choose.  But if you like stuff related to the paranormal, you like seeing people with open minds investigate instead of happy go lucky nuts or just like being a little frightened then check out Ghost Hunters every Wednesday on Sci Fi.

For the benefit of those that have not seen the finale I will put this all under a cut so that I don’t spoil it for anyone that has not seen the episode and wants to.

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With the most shows all out of new shows and others finishing up soon you have to wonder what is there to watch? Sure you could watch reruns but why not take the time to find something new and exciting on TV that you may have never known about? I’ve always been open to this and it has led me to some awesome stuff like 30 Rock & Heroes. So I’ll give you a recommendation, The Flight of the Conchords.

The Flight of the Conchords is both a TV show and a band. The band is a two man group made up of New Zealanders Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie. They bill themselves as “Formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.” All in all the songs are funny and meant to be that way.

The show is a fictionalized take on the band as they move to New York in hopes of making it big. They are helped out by their manager Murray, who manages the band during business hours of his normal job, and Dave, a pawn shop worker that gives them advice. The guys struggle to get gigs and constantly have to fight off advances of their only fan, Mel. But mostly it is just about their life in New York. They will break into song usually a couple times a show and they are usually side splitting at the least. See below for a clip of the song Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros.

Flight of the Conchords can be seen on HBO. Click here to visit their site and check a schedule of airings. Or you can pick up the complete Season 1 DVD’s at your favorite electronics dealer.