Susan tells me that in the very near future the fantastic television show Northern Exposure is going to be released on DVD, the greatest medium since Super 8.  For those of you who don't much about the series, it was a quirky darkish comedy about a New York doctor who agrees to spend some time working in Alaska in exchange for help with his Med School tuition.  He thinks he's going to be doing this work in Anchorage, but instead it turns out he has to work in THE WEIRDEST FUCKING TOWN IN THE WORLD.  Anyway, the show eventually ended up sucking balls, but for a good three or four seasons it was brilliant and (sometimes) funny as hell.  Inspired by (and in many ways better than) Twin Peaks, it featured characters such as an poetic and eloquent ex-con DJ, a billionaire tough-guy ex-astronaut, a film-obsessed goofy Native American, and a badass feminist airmail pilot.

The whole town launching a piano with a Trebuchet	Adam Arkin as Adam, a grizzled, unshod, cynical asshole and world-class chef.

Susan's going to try and organize (which is definitely within her range of talents) a weekly viewing of episodes of Northern Exposure as soon as she can get her greedy little hands on the DVDs, and she wanted everyone to know about it, to gauge public interest.  I for one will be there, because the show rocks, and so does Susan.  It should be fun, so come, dammit.  Details to follow, but it should be sometime in April.

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