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Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The 25th Anniversary

 Twenty five years ago, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the greatest ever television show ever made, EVER, debuted on the WB network. I confess that I didn’t get on the Buffy bandwagon until around season three, but once on, there was no going back. And once my ex-wife, Jessica, and I got together we started hosting our friend Rob who came over every Tuesday for Buffy, then Buffy and Angel. We’d order pizza from Piecora’s (my favorite pizza place back home in Seattle) and settle in for two hours of fun. Those were good times, I miss those times. Anyway, I have all seven seasons of the show on DVD (plus they’re on Amazon Prime Video) and it’s become a Halloween tradition of mine to watch the various Halloween episodes that night, but, every five years or so I’ll actually watch them all again, seasons one through seven. So, in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary, I’ve just started season one and it’s kinda like falling in love all over again. 
I know that over the years it’s come out that Joss Whedon was an asshole during the making of Buffy and Angel, and there is some conversation over whether or not it’s okay to still love the show. It’s the same conversation that has taken place about Michael Jackson’s music or the comedy of Bill Cosby. I’ve concluded that I still love the shows, including Firefly. Asshole or not Whedon was a genius with dialog, and loving the show is less about him and more about the wonderful characters he created and the amazing actors that brought them to life.

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