Limerick Friday LXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXI: Many Giant Leaps For “Mad Men,” Plus Farewell To The Gifted Maya Angelou

A furious midseason finale

Chose nerd over douche, did Sally

Bert Cooper died in high style

For divorce Megan will file

Don and Roger threw Cutler down a valley

Peg fabricated a family

Nailed a presentation emotionally

Against a moon landing backdrop

Roger steps up to stop Cutler’s co-op

Are the best things in life really free?

A douche and fiancé soon parted

O’er the phone? A bit retarded

Ah well, such is Rory

A new chapter for his story

Check out the 63 he just carded

For murder, he put his teaching on the shelf

That’s how Walter White found himself

“Dead man walking,” in the doctor’s voice

Cooking meth the natural next choice

The best pilot ever, I do say myself

From sex worker to cook

From singer to the book

Maya Angelou, an extraordinary life

Balancing achievement with strife

With words and sentiment she did hook

Last time …

Limerick Friday LXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX: “House of Cards” Manages To Hyperbolize Even Politics, Plus “Mad Men” Careening Toward Midseason Finale

“House of Cards,” I have a beef

Involving suspension of disbelief

The Veep a serial killer

Equal parts comedy and thriller

Will Frank become Convict in Chief?

When it was all on the line

Looked like the Pack was fine

Then a blind ump happened

Disappointing season did end

Avent shoulda paid a fine

The return of Jack Bauer

“24” makes an amusing hour

Chloe a tatted punk hacker

Audrey back as a dour cracker

Miss Kim but not Jack’s glower

Again my head I did bow

To be better, that was my vow

Maybe you were in the wind

As love and memory I did send

A void that’s just part of me now

 

Don took pity on Peg

Said goodbye again to Meg

Ghey Bob proposed to Joan

Pete once again alone

The rep of SCDP has flown

Last time …

Limerick Friday LXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXIX: Nipsy Russell Did Not Appear On “Mad Men,” Plus Not Feeling A Draft At The Beach

Lou and Cutler scheming everywhere

Stephanie arrived from nowhere

Don had threesome with Meg

Ginsberg gave his nipple to Peg

Betty got berated and didn’t care

Every year I preach

Pick value and don’t reach

Once again the Fins didn’t listen

Got fans moanin’ and pissin’

Glad I missed most of it at the beach

The front desk, just a little contentious

Wrightsville was kinda pretentious

With people, we were up to our necks

Really missed the OBX

But a day outta town was conscientious

Donald Sterling and his heinous broads

The NBA is full of frauds

His wife like an old leather bag

His mistress, a plastic hag

Put ‘em all on the moon, good gawds

HBO outprograms and outwits

They just keep churnin’ out hits

“Silicon Valley” is awkward humor

“Veep” is a fast-paced funny zumor

Summer TV is gonna be the pits

Last time …

Limerick Friday LXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXVIII: A Too-Long Hiatus Ends, Plus TV Be Heatin’ Up

Don takes a backseat

But continues his deceit

Roger’s orgies have him floored

Peg a minimized slumlord

Megan has me hitting rewind and repeat

Draft winds a-blowing

But no one’s knowing

Just where anyone is leaning

The Fins head careening

Toward more of me oh-no-ing

“Silicon Valley” taking over Sunday night

With lines like “VP of Spite”

The latest triumph from Mike Judge

Examining tech’s satirical sludge

So far, all the caricatures are right

An avoidance of back-nine disasters

Delivered another Masters

To Bubba Watson, weeping

Lack of drama had many sleeping

But I’ve never seen Augusta greens faster

A new gig for Scoot

A team that seems astute

What a nice change

To give me more range

And fewer wankers to boot

Last time …