Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Ray Romano is a Man of a Certain Age



Ok this is not the second installment of my new celebrity crushes, but I do enjoy the acting and humor of Ray Romano (in fact I have a friend from college with the same name.) Anyway, he has a new show on TNT called Men of a Certain Age also starring Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher.

Speaking of, I am also a fan of Scott Bakula.  Quantum Leap was one of the first science fictiony shows I watched and I have been a fan ever since.  It didn't hurt that he made it on a Star Trek series either.  Then on New Adventures of Old Christine and Chuck.  Even though he was cast as Chuck's dad which he is clearly too young to play, I was still excited to see him there.  Mr. Bakula, if you are reading this (which you very certainly are not unless my mom sent you this blog link) we all know how Hollywood casting works - you keep on keepin on.

So back to the show, though I have quite a different perspective from these characters (they are middle aged dudes, two with families) the first episode is so well written that I was able to sort of step into their lives.  Usually I have a policy:  you give a new show three to five episodes to see how good it will be.  After one episode, I put Men of a Certain Age on a DVR season pass. You should most definitely check it out, even if you are a late twenties*, hot*, successful* vixen* like I am.

Universally adored Ray Romano.
Joking about his familia Italiano.
Adding another to his list of shows.
Delivering his lines from behind that big nose.


* -ish. Give or take.  Approximately.

[Ed. note: My apologies to Ray Romano the actor, but these Clerihew poems are supposed to make fun of people so I'm just trying to be a good writer. I hope you nose what I mean.]

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