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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Geography 101

I've been watching that new Jericho show on CBS and I'm trying to figure out who decided to make Denver west of the Rockies?!

Much to my dismay, the first episode has Denver obliterated by a nuclear blast. Too bad for me and all my friends who are now crispy taquitos. We know Jericho is in Kansas somewhere (presumably western Kansas) so when they see the mushroom cloud over Denver, why is the cloud behind the mountains? Did Denver move west, or has there been some sort of massive geological activity that has raised a new mountain range between Denver and western Kansas??

Apparently the producers of Jericho haven't ever made that terrible drive from Denver through Kansas and back again. If they had, they would know that even on a clear day you can't see the mountains in the west until you hit about Limon, Colorado.

So given that the show isn't all that great and the fact that every time I watch it their ignorance of the local geography makes me mad, I don't think I'll be watching it any longer. Way to go CBS!

2 comments:

Mellifluous said...

Perhaps we ought to send protest letters to CBS! Leave Denver alone! We don't want your mushroom cloud or a random mountain range! Colorado natives UNITE! OK, I guess I'm getting punchy.

I'm glad to hear we aren't the only ones still dealing with rabbit ears. We get a comcast ad just about every day, and it makes us laugh.

Anonymous said...

Dude, that is too funny. And people say watching TV is a good way to learn. Ha! :-)