I *heart* Love Monkey
There's a new show on CBS called Love Monkey and I think it's totally great. It features Tom Cavanaugh (who played the title character on Ed), along with Brandon Walsh - er, I mean Jason Priestly. Tom works for a record label and is really good at finding and developing new talent. In the first episode, he took a stand against the big sell-out label he was working for, got fired, and went to work for a smaller label. He has a gang of guy friends (including Brandon), the requisite love triangle, and it all takes place in Manhattan.
There are a couple things I love about this show:
1. Tom Cavanaugh. The guy is just totally charming and funny. He has great chemistry on screen with his co-stars and you just want to like the guy, even though he sometimes acts like a jerk.
2. The music. They're using real up-and-coming talent for most of the acts as far as I can tell, and it's cool to hear them. Plus the soundtrack is really good. And they throw in special appearances by bigger-name folks. For example, last night there was a little cameo by Ben Folds, one of my all-time-faves. So fun.
3. The writing. It's a little Gilmorian in the banter and just witty dialogue. I laughed out loud more than once last night. Good stuff.
It's a little bit High Fidelity, a little bit Sex and the City for Guys and a little bit Jerry Maguire. I highly recommend tuning in.
posted by Nancy Drew @ 9:07 AM
5 Comments:
Tom Cavanuagh is cute.
So why is this called Love Monkey? That is a funny name.
It is a funny name. There was a line in the pilot episode where he's talking to a gal pal about his previous relationships and she says something like, "You can't just keep swinging from tree to tree or you're going to end up one lonely monkey."
my old bio prof would say that bonobos are love monkeys.
"Male bonobos are not particularly aggressive and lack the massive musculature typical of species that engage in a lot of fighting (such as the standard chimp). Moreover, the bonobo social system is female dominated, food is often shared, and there are well-developed means for reconciling social tensions. And then there is the sex.
Bonobo sex is the prurient highlight of primatology conferences, and leads parents to shield their children's eyes when watching nature films. Bonobos have sex in every conceivable position and some seemingly inconceivable ones, in pairs and groups, between genders and within genders, to greet each other and to resolve conflicts, to work off steam after a predator scare, to celebrate finding food or to cajole its sharing, or just because. As the sound bite has it, chimps are from Mars and bonobos are from Venus."
Here is the full article
So basically, if you're a good person in this life, you come back as a bonobo?
bonobo sex is hilarious!
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