Lord, There Goes Johnny Appleseed

04 Oct 2007, The Babylonian Blog, wheresmyjetpack.blogspot.com

“I was a huge fan of the hard-to-fathom “John From Cincinnati” on HBO. I couldn’t fathom it, and that was half the draw. The brass at HBO foolishly killed the show after only 10 episodes. They’ve since replaced it with nonsense like “Tell Me You Love Me,” which is supposedly oh-so-groundbreaking because it shows raw, unfiltered sex. I’ve watched it. It’s a sappy soap-opera with occasional sex, some of it between people in their late 60s. Uh…no thanks.

So, I gave up on trying to get HBO to reconsider their idiocy. The actors, the directors, the creators and producers have all moved on to other efforts. Some fans, however, are dying much harder. Last week, the faithful took out this full-page ad in The Hollywood Reporter… ” [more]