Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Today's episode of The West Wing (a show I never watch because the only channel I get is PBS) was about the Iowa caucuses. The only two cases in which Iowa generally receives any mention in the national media, of course, are 1) during the presidential caucus and 2) during shows about the presidential caucus. So when one of these happens, Iowans gather 'round their televisions with their corn-dogs and Mountain Dew and bask in the limelight.
So that's what Jake, Danny and I did this evening. But the big reason we watched it was that there was a scene in which Alan Alda visits the infamous Hamburg Inn No. 2. There was a big party at the Burg, which the guys and I went to first, but there were too many people so we left. That show is pretty good. They have an astounding commitment to authentic details. Except that they made the restaurant set about twice as big as the actual Hamburg Inn is.
In retrospect, that episode had a very eery similarity to All About Black Holes, what with Alan Alda mucking around in Iowa City. Very weird.
So that's what Jake, Danny and I did this evening. But the big reason we watched it was that there was a scene in which Alan Alda visits the infamous Hamburg Inn No. 2. There was a big party at the Burg, which the guys and I went to first, but there were too many people so we left. That show is pretty good. They have an astounding commitment to authentic details. Except that they made the restaurant set about twice as big as the actual Hamburg Inn is.
In retrospect, that episode had a very eery similarity to All About Black Holes, what with Alan Alda mucking around in Iowa City. Very weird.
