Freaks and Geeks and Hot Fuzz

Actually I should say that it's old TV Shows and new movies...specifically one of my favorite older television series, "Freaks and Geeks." I've been going back through the series on DVD and I've got to say it still ranks among some of the best TV series of all time. It's practically flawless in the way it captures not only the look and feel of the 80's, but of the teen angst that all of us (or at least most of us) have gone through.

On the newer side there is "Hot Fuzz," a film that was released with some fanfare earlier this year. It's a British film from the makers of "Shaun of the Dead" and features many of the same actors...(in different parts, of course!)

It also features a lot of laughs, a pretty decent story, some offensive language and buckets and buckets and buckets of blood! It also stars a who's who of British actors and comedians. You'll be busy saying "Hey, look...it's the guy from "Raiders of the Lost Ark," and there's that guy who played James Bond in a couple of movies..." all while characters are being beheaded in technicolor fountains of gushing blood. (It's more funny than gory, really...)

So, watch "Freaks and Geeks" and "Hot Fuzz..." and save me the aisle seat...

Dave