Teachers

People (Stupid, "Why don't we know any Italians who grew up in Brooklyn?"[what about MaryAnne]"No, that's not what I mean.") people, sometimes nervously ask me what I think of The Sopranos. If I'm offended by it. I always reply that I would only be offended by it if it were a crappy show. Fortunately, it rocks. And so I suffer through the obnoxiously long hiatuses and the gloomy, non-Sopranos days of the week when the show is in season. In short, I love the fucking show. Enough already, you're gonna make me cry.

With this in mind, I felt I needed to watch at least an episode or two of NBC's new sitcom "Teachers," if only to have a response ready should someone request my opinion. People sometimes have a hard time coming up with things to say. (Perhaps that is what inspired one of my colleagues to demand that we take a "Who's Cuter – Derek or A-Rod?" poll down in the Teachers' lounge. She deemed it shallow and stupid. [duh!] I think she's bitter that she's getting ever older, balder, doughier, and is not is smart as she thinks she is.)

How is the show? It's crappy. I was not offended by the stereotypes it proffers (in my experience, horny teachers who drink (hell, get high) at school are par for the course. How could I be offended by teachers being portrayed as a bunch of hotties? I do take issue with the high heels (sensible shoes do prevail). But the cleavage? I cannot say I have not donned a snug shirt on occasion to try to improve attendance, especially in those end of the day classes.

I think The Education Wonks had the most insightful review:

O'Dark Prince Of The Peacock Network, Please preserve us from this dumb, cliché-filled, poorly-written, poorly-acted, and unfunny program masquerading-as-comedic-entertainment. If it be your will, make the Nielson Families both blind and apathetic to such idiocy, so that the ratings stay low and result in its swift and just cancellation.

Amen.

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