MAN CAVE: Dude-crushing on Rob Lowe

Man Cave is a testosterone-laden Monday feature that highlights the weekend haps of an everyday, pop-culture-loving Philly dude.

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MAN CAVE: Dude-crushing on Rob Lowe

POSTED: Monday, May 9, 2011, 11:00 AM

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Man Cave is a testosterone-laden Monday feature that highlights the weekend haps of an everyday, pop-culture-loving Philly dude.

Friday: I spent Friday night reviewing my current favorite sitcom, Parks and Recreation. I'm somewhat pleased that I missed the first two seasons of the show, which are reviewed at a consistently lower caliber than the current season — which is more or less the funniest thing on TV. It's painful to think that this show existed without Rob Lowe (who, on Parks and Rec., is officially funnier than Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock), Adam Scott (who you know as the showoff brother from Stepbrothers) and Chris Pratt (an actor who I expected at first to suffer from comparisons to comedic look-alike Seth Rogan but turned out to be as funny or funnier on Parks and Rec. than Rogan ever was on Freaks and Geeks or Undeclared).

Saturday: You might be unsure as to why the Back To The Future trilogy is such a seminal guy institution. It's a family-friendly adventure that has romance and very little violence. But what it lacks in sports or brain-splattering nihilism, it makes up for in spades with technical detail down to the slightest variables. And the fragility that BTTF paints of life over a timeline makes it a compelling watch each and every viewing. If you ask the average fan what their least favorite of the three is, they'll often say Part III, likely because it has the most romance, the fewest plot complications and the most basic essential conflict (guy wants to shoot doc). My personal favorite is Part II, for the exact inverse of those reasons. And Part I, the most classic, is usually agreed on to be the most well -rounded of the three. I'm only a little embarrassed to say that this is not the first Saturday I've viewed the Back To The Future trilogy in its entirety.

Sunday: Man Cave Closed for Mother's Day. Will return next weekend.

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