I am becoming a high-functioning This American Life addict. (That’s right CBC, I’m going south of the border — you’ve hired one too many Jian Ghomeshis, you bastards).
This excerpt from an old episode about television — host Ira Glass talking about his relationship to TV. Specifically? To the OC.
“…it’s personal in the deepest possible way. And um, like I’m a kinda dorky fan when it comes to stuff. My wife is here in the room, so maybe this is bad to be telling this story — every week the OC comes on, my wife Anaheed and I sit on the couch, and when the theme California comes on, we sing along with it. In full voice. You know what I’m saying. Think about what that takes. I’m 47 years old. I’m a grown-ass man. We’re a married couple, y’know, sober. We are sober, singing the theme to a Fox show. And I gotta say — every single week it makes me love my wife, and love TV, and love everything in the world all at once. And last week when the OC went off TV, I, I cried and I’m not ashamed to admit it.”
Cue: California, by Phantom Planet