if you think you know me very well and you don't know that i am unabashedly obsessed with christopher guest, i have news for you:
you probably don't actually know me very well.
spinal tap, waiting for guffman, best in show, a mighty wind, for your consideration. i consider these movies basic litmus tests of whether or not you have a good sense of humor. if you like them, i probably like you. if you don't. well, i'm not saying i don't like you, but i'm also not saying i don't judge you harshly and think less of you for it.
so when i discovered, due to the majestic partnership between hbo and amazon prime, that christopher guest was directing/writing/acting in an original tv series, i kind of felt like somebody had told me that hogwarts and narnia were real and also every day from here on out was going to be a combo between christmas and my birthday.
of course all of this elation was tempered by the quick discovery that, despite critical praise, my new favorite television show, family tree, had been canceled after 8 episodes due to lack of viewership.
fortunately, the series coheres and concludes pretty successfully, if heart-wrenchingly early. the chadwick family blows the bluths out of the water (this coming from a pretty diehard arrested development fan). it's nearly enough to inspire me to take to the digital streets with a #revivefamilytree campaign, but as i'm skeptical about the viral-potential of a change.org petition for a show nobody watched (a show i would have paid so much money to watch if i'd ever once heard about it prior to it's cancellation) i suppose i'll just blog about it in hopes others can get a chance to laugh at luba and monk.
family tree is free on amazon prime.
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