There once was a show called Ally McBeal. The show was made popular because of the witty writing of David E Kelley and the short skirts of its female leads. It is unfortunate that this show is not still on the air to serve a new generation of female lawyers with role models to pattern their careers on. Ally McBeal had a number of devices that the show used to make points. Before Scrubs was on the air, it was Alley McBeal that was television's leading producer of fantasy sequences. Another device of the show was the theme song.
Tracy Ulman served as a psychologist on the show for the various beautiful attorneys of the show. She advised the attorneys that they needed a theme song. This would be a song that you would hear running through your head to help you confront your fears, get through the day, or win in court (since the show was ostensibly about attorneys). A friend of mine uses the Wicked Witch March from Wizard of Oz as her theme song. I use Rocking the Suburbs.
I think this song encapsulates my personality. It is satirical, i know this, but i sometimes like to take the lyrics at face value. After all what do any of you non-white males know about the depths of "white boy pain." White males are the last identifiable group it is ok to discriminate against. Being a white male i am against such discrimination. All we want is a level playing field, preferably at about 1952 level.
I also know the song is a little obnoxious. I bought some sheets for our bed. They were Diet Pepsi Lime Green. I told her that they were the color of my happiness. She exclaimed, "No wonder you are so obnoxious." Erin tells me all the time that i am obnoxious, so i am slowly beginning to think that maybe it is possible that at some level there is a small chance that i just might be a wee bit obnoxious. If that is indeed the case and i am not misperceiving the matter, then the song's obnoxious qualities also fit my personality.
The final thing i am going to say about this song is that it is by Ben Folds. Who would have thought that a man whose biggest hit is a song about a high school girl getting an abortion would be capable of making a song that is so much fun? Me, that's who. This is the man who after meeting William Shatner on a Priceline commercial decided that he ought to approach Bill about making a new album. (Wonder no more about my emphasis on Priceline commercials for yesterday's post) Somewhere back in one of my earlier posts i mention Folds-Improv Everywhere video. To save you some time, the link to the video here.
Later
Bob
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