HBO

Hey, I've made the bigtime everybody! I have HBO. And I've discovered that although the movies are generally horrible, they have some of the funniest shows on TV since Beavis & Butthead. These shows are:

Bored to Death - Who knew anything with Jason Schwartzman and Ted Danson would be so entertaining, perfectly paced and low-key funny? I wish I came up with the idea for this show: a writer struggling with his second novel who advertises on craigslist as a private detective.

The Life & Times of Tim - Man, this is some of the best lo-fi retarded animation ever. I love the establishing shots, they always seem to have bums sitting against buildings, bums in garbage cans, crazy people yelling at nothing, hookers, etc.. Some of the episodes are sort of one-track duds but the ones that shine really shine. Like the one I watched last night, "The Comeback Sermon," in which Tim has broken up with his girlfriend and has nowhere to live. He tries staying with his friend and sharing his bed, a friend who has night fits and advises Tim to hug him and "stick his leather wallet in his mouth" whenever the fits start. He also tries staying with his sex-crazed priest.

Eastbound & Down - A show about a mullet-sporting, self-centered, coke-snorting ass whose once glorious professional baseball career is over and done with, leaving him mooching off his brother's family, sleeping on their couch, and substitute teaching at his old high school.

And "The Pacific" isn't funny at all, but is refreshingly well-done. No shaky cams, overdone cgi crap, just straight-up war in the jungle awesome.