Friends of the Faux: Tom the Dog

Posted by Dan September 19th, 2007 at 12:05pm In Friends of the Faux

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Name: Tom the Dog
Location: Ojai, CA
Web Site: Tom the Dog’s You Know What I Like?
What’s your story?: It’s that old, familiar story. A fight for love and glory. A case of do or die. Plus I frickin’ love TV.
What do you do during the day?: Nada mucho. Watch TV, fight some crime.
How do you know about TiFaux?: I’m honestly not sure. Another blogger linked you, I think, probably Crocodile Caucus, and I was hooked.
Why are you so interesting?: I’m two degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. I can do a killer Kermit the Frog impression. I’ve already been on 1 Vs. 100 (as a member of the Mob; I won $6,143), and I’m auditioning for Merv Griffin’s Crosswords tomorrow. I’m as handsome as the day is long. All those things are true.

Favorites

Movie: Casablanca. And RoboCop, of course.
Music: The Who, Who’s Next. Not just the greatest album ever made; the greatest anything, ever.
Book: Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle. Stephen King, The Stand . P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters. Dr. Seuss, The Lorax.
Food: Maui Sweet Onion potato chips. Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby. In & Out’s Double Double combo. Sierra Nevada beer.
Web Site (besides TiFaux — don’t be a kissass): The AV Club. Mike Sterling’s Progressive Ruin. Electronic Cerebrectomy. Achewood.

Television

The best show currently on television is: Man, that is tough. I might have to go with The Daily Show. Also Battlestar Galactica and 30 Rock.
But my all-time favorite is: Deadwood is a recent candidate, but if I’m truly picking one all-time fave, how could it not be The Simpsons?
I’m pained to admit it, but the show I secretly love is: Since I gave up on Two and a Half Men, I don’t really have a secret shame show. I guess New Adventures of Old Christine is about as close as it gets. I watch good TV.
Whose shit are you sick of?: Whoopi Goldberg. Being sick of her shit is kind of a running theme on my blog.
Most cherished childhood television memory: Being shocked by Hawkeye saying “son of a bitch” on the finale of M*A*S*H. Singing along to the theme song of Underdog. Watching R-rated movies that I wasn’t allowed to watch at home on cable at friends’ houses, and subsequently being deeply scarred by The Shining at a very tender age.
Which TV character/personality would you most like to have a tryst with?: So very, very many. Kari Byron of Mythbusters comes to mind first. As far as fictional characters… Robin on How I Met Your Mother, or Eliot on Scrubs.
Kill, boff, marry — Jack Shepherd (Lost), Peter Petrelli (Heroes), Michael Bluth (Arrested Development): Can I please just kill that goddam Jess from Gilmore Girls?
Kill, boff, marry — Starbuck (Battlestar Galactica), Heidi Klum (Project Runway), Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother): Tough choice. But I gotta go with kill Alyson, boff Heidi, marry Katee. If you’re going strictly by characters, it’s gotta be marry Heidi (is she really a “character”?) and boff Starbuck, because I know the heart of a space fighter pilot is just too wild to be tamed by marriage! Wow, that really ends things in a pathetic, nerdy fashion, doesn’t it?