I think everyone has a popular TV show they've never really watched much of, despite its seeming ubiquity. Maybe it's 'MASH', or 'Frasier', or god help you 'Two and a Half Men.' For me, it's Seinfeld. For whatever reason, I just never really watched much of it while it was huge. Now that it's syndicated and running just about 24-7 somewhere in the 800 channels I've noted a strange phenomenon that is sometimes paired with the already unusual state of having missed a bulk of some massive pop culture hit.
Somehow, whenever I catch Seinfeld, it's the same episode. There's got to be hundreds of Seinfeld episodes and yet for some reason I always seem to catch the same two or three that I've already seen. Something about Kramer getting into trouble with a harebrained scheme or George embarrassing his way into disaster, or both. It always provokes a feeling of Deja Vu tainted with a coat of mundane boredom. I didn't really want to watch it in the first place, so a repeated repeat isn't so much of a let down as a curiosity. The really odd thing is how I seem to react to this each time as if it had never happened before.
Groundhog Day was a fine movie, perhaps the pinnacle of Bill Murray's career.
The dreams I have where Denali is the primary subject feel this way to me upon awakening. Why is it always the same episode? Going through the same experience over and over again, am I learning anything? Is there anything to learn? Is the exposure a refresh, a reminder so I do not forget, or a clogged expulsion that refuses to clear?
It is all so desperately tiresome.
Posted by Matt at March 6, 2008 11:33 AMyou're fucking kidding me, right? the pinnacle of bill murray's career? that is SO obviously 'the man who knew too little'.
get with it, holmes.
I have had a few dreams that were repetitive ones, but the one I remember most is a very strange childhood dream.
On another note... I like sleeping with you.
I hope your dreams get better, hon.