If you watch Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel, then you know how he has made himself a star by surviving in harsh environments with unusual items Macguyver style. Well, in this current season, Bear had to be airlifted after a camera sled slammed into his leg. Not the type of hazard he’s used to having to worry about.

I love the fact that people love Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, but I can’t take a full week of 24 hours of nothing but sharks. I can’t verify, but I think we have a video of every living great white shark on this planet.

I found it hard to watch last night’s episode of Deadliest Catch. I remember seeing the story break in the news when Phil Harris passed away, and I was curious to see how it would be handled, or even if it would be addressed during the show’s season. When I watched the first episode and heard audio from Phil’s son talking about taking his blodd pressure, I knew it was going to be included in the show. So, to me it’s been like a slow march toward the inevitable, and last night, the inevitable happened. Phil took a while to grow on me, but he quickly became one of my favorite captains, not only because of his humor and attitude, but the way he treated his crew was great to see. I will miss watching him helm his ship.

So, who watched the UFC fight last week? My wife and I went to a Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner and just happened to get there as the event was starting. I wouldn’t say I’m a big fan, but I do admire those guys for their work ethic in training and the intricacies of MMA. I watched the two televised undercard fights, but my wife and I, since we’re not big fans, left before the main event.

I got so caught up in the Stanley Cup playoffs last week (HAWKS WIN, YES!!!) that I didn’t even know that the World Cup had started. I love sporting events, and I played soccer when I was younger, but I wonder how popular the World Cup really is within the U.S. I know the rest of the world follows it like we follow most of our sports, but it seems that Americans as a whole don’t really care about the World Cup. Which is somewhat sad.

According to the experts at Entertainment Weekly, Homer Simpson is the greatest TV character of all time. Homer managed to top a list that included Harry Potter and Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Buffy the vampire slayer. OK, there are a number of issues with this, and it’s not because I dislike Homer Simpson. I was just entering junior high school when the Simpsons debuted on their own show. I remember my dad laughing hysterically at Homer, and I laughed right along with him. I love this show and I have to say, despite the fact that I’m a saxophone player, Homer is my favorite character on the show. But my issue stems from other things. First, Entertainment Weekly is just another magazine that, while it does have a pretty wide readership, does not encompass the whole population. This is just another space waster to try and feed the public’s fixation with lists. Second, why is this being treated as a legitimate news story? Third, since when is a movie character included in a list of famous TV characters? If you’re compiling a list of famous characters from television, stick to that genre. This is not rocket science.

I think you’ll have to count me in the minority when it comes to the television show Lost. I didn’t have access to TV when it debuted, I was a struggling fresh out of college student trying to survive on only the things I needed. And since I didn’t start, I decided not to finish. I know there are DVD sets of each season, but the whole concept didn’t spark my interest. 24 is set to end tonight as well and that’s another one I never could get into. I watched one or two episodes during the first season, but it couldn’t hold my attention during a single episode. The only shows that really interest me are Deadliest Catch and Man V. Food. MvF is a show where each episode is a stand alone event. That means I can watch a rerun and not have to worry about what happened previously. With Lost, if I were to watch any episode outside the context of the season’s chronology, I would be completely lost (pun not intended). I like Deadliest Catch because of the drama inherent in the job. While there is an overall plot, I can still enjoy an episode without too much worry over what happened previously. And with Captain Phil, I’m hoping the finale is classy and tasteful, but I have to think there is going to be a couple of gut wrenching episodes left before this season is over.

I’m not a fan of the current Saturday Night Live, and I haven’t been a fan for a while. The last time I watched an original airing of SNL was when Dana Carvey and Mike Myers were still doing the Wayne’s World sketch. Since then, I have had to wait for something that would require watching. The Celebrity Jeopardy sketches with Will Ferrel as Alex Trebek are hilarious, but I was not about to waste night hoping that a specific sketch would be on the docket. Now, the next SNL inspired movie will hit theaters tonight. Watching the previews, I have somewhat high hopes for this. I was a casual follower of MacGuyver and his ingenuity in making something from virtually nothing became an iconic joke. So, to watch SNL take on this icon in a satirical fashion means that there is potential comedy to be mined from the premise. While I might go see this movie in the theaters, I don’t think it will bring me back to the show.

Well, this season of Grey’s Anatomy may be over, but let’s take a second to ponder a slightly philosophical question. Which female doctor is the hottest? My vote goes to Ellen Pompeo. With those soft, green eyes and flowing hair, I look at her wearing one of those lab coats and wonder if there are real life doctors who are that appealing. In my life, I have been to the doctor for various reasons many times, and I can say that some male doctors do resemble the stereotype we see on TV. Well defined jaw with that dark stubble; that George Clooney lookalike exists. But I don’t think I have ever seen a femal doctor that could pass as a model for a magazine. I know I’m being extremely sexist, and I don’t want to give the impression that I think female doctors are not pretty, Hollywood seems to have raised the bar on physical looks when it comes to casting women in medical dramas. Really, the only show that came close to casting realistic looking medical professionals was ER. That show had Clooney, yes, but Anthony Edwards has the look that if you saw him on the street and didn’t know what he did fir a living, you might just pass him off as another hourly wage earner.

I just watched the video of that 17 year old who ran out onto the field during the Phillies-Cards game. If you’re not familiar with the story, security used a taser gun to subdue this kid since running onto the field is a misdemeanor and cops have authority to tase someone who is fleeing. The funny part is the kid appears to do a head first slide when he’s hit. I expected to see him start shuddering before collapsing to the ground and flop around like a fish. If you didn’t know any better you might think that this kids just tripped.