I promised that I wouldn't restrict my slapps to just music, so today I am gonna slapp a cable network.  Why not? Fox felt all alone with the last slapp action and Showtime just earned my Academy of Slapp Science Slappworthy Achievement Award. First they cancel one of the best Sci-Fi series on television (a show called Odyssey 5) but just today I learned they killed the best show to ever grace their airwaves, "Dead Like Me".  A show that almost had it all; wit, sarcasm, offensive language, cute actresses, fun storylines and it wasn't like every other goddamn show on TV!  The critics actually got it right for once and heaped praise on the show. So what did Showtime do? They cancelled it. Why? Because they forgot the most important element in any successful TV show in this day and age� Lesbians. 

Showtime was cool enough to figure out what most guys have known forever; lesbians are cool!  It's true, I was talking to the boss here a couple weeks ago while we were watching TV and some lesbians came on and we both agreed that nothing is cooler than lesbians. He even went as far as to joke that the word lesbian could be the new slang for cool, since you can't get any cooler than lesbians! Think about it, we took a word like gay and use it to describe people with same sex tendencies or Motley Crue songs.  Why can't we use the word lesbian in the place of cool?  I think that would be a really lesbian idea.  Try it yourself; you'll be amazed at the response you get! 

Back to Showtime and lesbians. The suits at the network finally realized that lesbians are cool. (Or should I say lesbians are lesbian.) "The L Word" held so much promise. When I heard they were doing the show, I was immediately excited (what red-blooded man wasn't?). This will save me trips to the video store!  But the show turned out kind of disappointing. But because it has lesbians in it, it got renewed. Even if the show isn't that great, the coolness of lesbians, makes it lesbian by association. 

So if anyone from Showtime is reading this, here is my idea to save "Dead Like Me". You need to renew it for at least half season but improve it by introducing a love-story subplot between George (a chick, yeah tell me this show wasn't headed in the right direction) and that hottie Daisy. The ratings would be through the roof.  A lesbian connection with the dark wit and sarcasm!  It's a win win. So think about it. It would be a really lesbian idea.  If you go along with my idea then I will take my slapp back.  So be lesbian and give it another shot.  If you don't that would be so unlesbian and you will have earned a big slapp not only from me but in the ratings. 
 

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