World Series of ANYTHING

It's official. I will watch, and enjoy, any television show that has the phrase 'World Series of' in the title. Putting aside the official World Series (of baseball, which I've been watching ever since I was a young t-baller), three television shows with such a title have crept into my regular television viewing...
First came the World Series of Poker on ESPN (which I posted about last week). To summarize, it's two hours a week of poker, poker, and more poker. Your basic heaven on Earth, is what I'm trying to say.

Next came the World Series of Pop Culture on VH1, which is sponsored by the great Entertainment Weekly. Seeing all of the advertisements over the past couple of months, Andrea and I both hoped it would be a fun show to watch, and indeed it is. I actually half-seriously thought about trying out for the show earlier this year, forming a team of Mr. Cooper, Andrea, and myself. With our powers combined, I bet we would have been an unstoppable pop culture machine (Mr. Cooper knows everything there is to know about the film and TV industry, Andrea is really great with Music and Celebrity News, and I can pick up anything that Mr. Cooper and Andrea don't know because they refuse to subject themselves to some of the uglier sides of pop culture...think reality TV, zombie movies, Animaniacs, etc.). Thanks to this show, I can finally feel good about knowing that the criminal nickname Harry and Marv gave themselves in Home Alone was 'The Wet Bandits'......ok, so I actually thought the answer was 'The Sticky Bandits', because that is what their nickname changes to in Home Alone 2, but I was close enough.

And finally, the third show is none other than the World Series of Darts, also on ESPN...ok, please stop judging me. This show has all the drama and excitement of the World Series of Poker (very competitive players, huge cash prizes, professionals vs. newcomers, etc.), PLUS there's always a chance that one player will go insane and throw a dart at his opponent (while I've never heard of such a thing actually happening, I can always hope). There is no bigger rush than watching a player successfully throw a ton-80 (I bet you want to know what that cool dart term I just used means...guess you'll have to watch the show!). I know watching darts on TV sounds like a horrible waste of time, but I beg you to give it a chance...and I guarantee it's better than anything you'll see on America's Got Talent, a show that has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Americans are severely lacking talent.