Easter Schmeaster

Back in North Carolina my parents are preparing to eat bunny cake. Jesus approves.

I can hear the Catholics singing in the church across the street. I can't tell if they're singing in English or Spanish, but the tune is familiar.

I wonder why TV shows never do Easter episodes. You see Halloween eps, Christmas eps, Valentine's Day eps, but never Easter. Not that I'd ever want to do a holiday episode. There are a few good ones out there, but not many. The episode of FRIENDS where Ross dresses up like the Holiday Armadillo is pretty hilarious. The Halloween episodes of BUFFY were always pretty good, especially when they're all locked inside the house and Anya's running around in a big bunny costume. But every time they have a holiday party on ER somebody ends up having sex for the first time, or a magical baby's born, or somebody on the cast dies or leaves. It's just so over-the-top. Then again, it's ER. "Over the top" is kind of their motto.

So I wouldn't want to write a holiday episode because of the trend toward corniness, but I could see incorporating a holiday into an existing episode. I might try that.

In the meantime, I am going to celibrate Easter with in that house of worship that embraces all of Hollywood: the gym. Then I'm going to do my taxes. And no bunny cake.