Earlier in the week Jonathan Ames, the oddball writer/creator of HBO’s Bored to Death, mentioned on Twitter that he’d like to invite a stranger into his home to watch his television show at his apartment. Naturally, I wrote him an email lobbying to be the person he chose, and last night he wrote back. Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, a TV-less Jonathan Ames, the oddball writer/creater of HBO’s Bored to Death, used Twitter to find a stranger with premium cable to have him over so he could watch his own show. Upon learning of their talent’s dilemma, HBO purchased a shiny, brand new television for Ames, and now he’s hoping to give something back to the universe by inviting a Twitter stranger into his home to watch Bored to Death on his new television gifted to him by his employer. Read more »
Oh Jonathan Ames. I do heart him. His wacky antics are a perpetual source of amusement and inspiration, perhaps never more so than a couple of weeks ago when he searched for people on Twitter willing to let him come over to their place so he could watch Bored to Death, the show he writes for HBO, because he doesn’t own a TV. Now HBO, in an effort to spare Ames from having to tweet-grovel in the future for access to a television with premium cable, has bought him a TV, news Ames shared with the world this morning on Twitter, naturally. Read more »
Some people consider writer/tranny-lover/boxer/Fiona Apple-dater Jonathan Ames’ unique brand of eccentricity, the same eccentricity displayed by the lead character in his HBO show Bored to Death also named Jonathan Ames, to be somewhat grating. Personally, as a HUGE fan of Ames’ writing, I find him enormously endearing, and his using Twitter to find a kindly stranger willing to let him come over to watch his own TV show (Ames doesn’t own a television.) will only help to enhance Ames’ already legendary kookiness. Read more »
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