I probably watch too much TV.

Here are some of my favorites:

• Late Show with David Letterman
   
• The Simpsons
   
• Saturday Night Live
   
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
   
• Good Eats
  Alton Brown’s Peabody Award-winning weekly half-hour program on Food Network is part cooking lesson, part science lesson and part sketch comedy. Brown’s whimsical sense of humor and his easy-to-follow recipes make this a joy to watch and have prompted me to cook some great stuff. His books include I’m Just Here For the Food, now in a revised “2.0″ edition, and Gear For Your Kitchen. He’s also the commentator for Iron Chef America.