Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Gratuitous, Copyrighted

Entertainment Weekly ripped me off! Their website currently has a list up called 21 Favorite Examples of Gratuitous TV -- don't they know I own the word "gratuitous"? Sheesh, you think you know somebody, your subscribe to their magazine for 14 straight years, and then they go and sneak behind your back and pull this sort of stunt. Stunned! I am stunned.

Anyway, faux-outrage aside, one thing I noticed within their countdown was that the majority of memorable male gratuity on television involves the male character having just gotten out of the shower. You know, somebody rings the doorbell or they fall out a window or something, anything, to get them tracking all over the house dripping wet with a washcloth-sized speck of fabric the only thing to shield them. TV's just like real life! Anyway, see what I mean:

Eric Dane, Grey's Anatomy
Zachary Quinto, Heroes
Jamie Bamber, Battlestar Galactica
Jared Padalecki, Supernatural
Matthew Fox, Lost

And these are just recent examples.
But I think I know where this can all be traced back to:


Patrick Duffy is the nexus of the universe, you know.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, looks like a normal day at Villa Romano!

Herbaliscous said...

I still dream about that episode of BSG with Jamie Bamber's skimpy towel. I have an unhealthy fascination with that man, particularly his highly lickable toes and armpits.
Mmm, salty!