A couple went to Las Vegas for their honeymoon, and checked into a suite at a hotel. When they got to their room they both detected a bad odor. The husband called down to the front desk and asked to speak to the manager.
He explained that the room smelled very bad and they would like another suite. The manager apologized and told the man that they were all booked because of a convention. He offered to send them to a restaurant of their choice for lunch compliments of the hotel and said he was going to send a maid up to their room to clean and to try and get rid of the odor.
It was once a fad among New Yorkers vacationing in Florida to bring back baby alligators for their children to raise as pets. These infant gators eventually grew up and outlived their cuteness, sad to say, at which point their desperate owners flushed them down the toilet to get rid of them.
Some of these hastily disposed-of creatures managed to survive and breed in the dank Manhattan sewer system, so the story goes, producing colonies of giant, albino alligators beneath the streets of New York City.
To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists who use validated scientific techniques to follow the evidence to the truth, regardless of where it leads. Sadly, that is far from accurate.
However, from the point of view of a television dramatic series with high production values, the CSI trilogy (Las Vegas, Miami and New York) has been highly acclaimed all over the world. CSI has been recognized as the most popular dramatic series internationally by the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, with a worldwide audience estimated to surpass 73.8 million viewers in 2009. Once again, in 2011 CSI has been considered as the most watched drama series in the world.
Following is a List of Some of the New Network Drama and Comedy Series Premiering This Fall that Community of Lights Recommends:
The 63rd Prime Time EMMY Awards Ceremony aired live on Sunday September 18th, 2011 on the FOX Network from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by GLEE's Jane Lynch. Big winners included "Modern Family" as best comedy series, "Mad Man" as best drama series, "Downton Abby" as best mini-series and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" for outstanding variety ,music or comedy series. The Emmy for lead actor in a drama series went to Kyle Chandler for "Friday Night Lights" and the lead actress in a drama series to Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife." Jim Parsons won the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy series for "The Big Bang Theory" and Melissa McCarthy won the Emmy for lead actress in a comedy series for "Mike and Molly". Martin Scorsese won his first Emmy for outstanding directing, drama series, for "Boardwalk Empire" as well as Kate Winslet as lead actress for the mini-series "Mildred Pierce."
The Complete List of Winners and Nominees are as follows: