Weeds

Weeds is one of the funniest shows on television. It's on Monday at 10 pm on Showtime, not that anyone has Showtime. Anyway, I would encourage you to watch it. The basic plot of the show is that a suburban mother, played by Mary-Louise Parker, who turns to selling weed to support her sons and her own upper middle class lifestyle. It's a funny, vicious, and not preachy about anything. Here are some related clips.

Wisdom of Our Elders
The accompanying blurb for this on the Showtime YouTube page explains this perfectly: "Uncle Andy teaches Shane how to pleasure himself without disrupting the plumbing."


Weeds Theme Song
Elvis Costello sings a cover of the Malvina Reynolds original. After the first season, a different artist plays the theme for each episode.


Mary Louise Parker on the West Wing
She played Amy, a feminist lobbyist who is occasionally romantically involved with Josh. For a long time I had a huge crush on this character.