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June 05, 2008

Got to get down to "Swingtown"

OK, this is why you have DVRs, people. We're all going to be watching the NBA Finals tonight, I presume. But you'll want to record "Swingtown" on CBS at 10. This summer series follows the wife-swapping, Quaalude-popping escapades of a bunch of Chicago suburbanites in the summer of '76, and it's either going to be one of the most talked-about guilty pleasures in TV history or one of the most laughed-at failures. It's a hoot. I mention it here only because I have a big review of "Swingtown" over at the day job: "Night Is Fallin' and The Music's Callin'." Check it out.

Swingtown_thumb_2It's worth watching just for this guy's porn-star moustache =====>

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We believe that Swingtown is the MOST entertaining series to hit any network in many many years.
We don’t stay up that late usually, so we record the show to watch at a more convenient time. Of course, when we watch the recorded episodes of most TV shows, we fast forward during the commercials. Not so with Swingtown. We feel so strongly about this show that we watch the ALL the commercials and make note of who they are. We are sending business their way and taking the time to send them letters stating our appreciation of their sponsorship.
To the nay-sayers – we say that this show is no more “shocking” and “immoral” than any of the soap opera’s that have been running on DAYTIME TV for generations (and Swingtown does it without any of the violence you see (or even implied) on the soap opera’s (and other TV). Swingtown deals candidly with developing relationships and receives negative press from the right – wingers. These same “morals police” are mum about all the violence on TV. Makes you wonder about their priorities doesn’t it?
CBS, please (!!!!) keep this show on your roster – it is the best show you’ve given us in years!

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