Comanche Moon - part 2

Larry McMurtry delivered yet again with tonight's episode in the final installment of his Lonesome Dove series.

I mean, we started off with an Indian raid on Austin.

We followed up with Val Kilmer apparently losing his mind in a snake pit.

There was a jaguar that killed a bruja, and a parrot that scared a spider-bitten bandito off the edge of a cliff.

And, he topped it all off with Steve Zahn punching Rachel Griffiths in the face (a la James Cagney and the grapefruit incident)!

So, who cares about watching all the cable news channels for primary returns out of Michigan, much less the crap served up by the sycophants on American Idol?!?!

The voyage of the Lady Juliana

The PBS series "Secrets of the Dead" continues to shine in obscurity--though with a decidedly Australian flavor this season.

Tonight's episode described the voyage of the Lady Juliana, a ship of female convicts sent to populate the British penal colony down under.

It was really an interesting account, and the producers are to be credited for tracking down and interviewing a handful of descendants.

Again, I don't know why the "big" networks continue to force-feed tripe like American Idol.

Or, could it be that I'm just "out of step" with the rest of the tv-viewing public.

Sadly, I think the latter is the case.

Oh, well . . .