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Sweet Labor Free Day

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Greetings Cinescapers! Boy, I must confess that I can't get enough of these Labor Day weekends. Shame they only happen once a year. Isn't it interesting that we need something like a Labor Day weekend to remind us how awful labor is? Perhaps we should all take a lesson from my Uncle Frank and become unemployment leeches feasting off that great cash cow, the State.

Great guy that Uncle Frank. As my mother always says, "You know with Uncle Frank and his visits, whatever is in the house that isn't locked up is going to be sold on the street for crack."

Regardless, he's happy, and you know what? I'm happy too. Why? Well you may not care, but if you do it's because we've got a lot of television to look at this week. With so many options you'd think there wasn't enough time in the day to see everything, and you'd be right. That's why we all need to quit our jobs.

Have you ever quit your job in order to watch more television? Tell me about it at TVWasteland@cinescape.com.

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (8 pm, TCM) Joel McCrea discovers a spy ring, but co-star George Sanders scores all the good lines. Classic Hitchcock, features an impressive "escape under umbrellas" sequence.

BEST IN SHOW (8 pm, COM) Who would have thought those dog show people could be so

Jolene Blalock as Subcommander T'Pol on ENTERPRISE

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COFFY (8 pm, MTRO) Pam Grier goes on a killing spree to avenge her sister's addiction to drugs.

CSI: MIAMI (10 pm, CBS) Bite marks on a victim have the team suspecting the work of a serial killer who likes to bite his victims. Brilliant! (Repeat)

THE QUIET MAN (8 pm, AMC) A man who brutally took the life of another finds romance in Ireland.

SMALLVILLE (9 pm, WB) Clark gets all up in the face of this kid who claims to be an alien. (Repeat)

MI-5 (10 pm, A&E) When there's an attack on a British Army base, why not blame a Bosnian war criminal?

SOUTH PARK (9:30 pm, COM) During a meteor shower a bunch of cats have a huge group sex session. Part of the "meteor shower" trilogy.

ENTERPRISE (8 pm, UPN)

CSI: MIAMI

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SMALLVILLE (8 pm, WB) When some chump tries to assault Lana, Clark teaches him a painful lesson. (Repeat)

ANGEL (9 pm, WB) Angelus and Faith get ready to rumble. (Repeat)

ROCKET MAN (8 pm, DIS) Does anybody know why this film was made?

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (8 pm, CBS) 1) An Internet company employee is murdered. A drive-by shooting occurs in Warrick's old neighborhood. 2) A racehorse tramples a trainer. The punishment: a visit from Mr. Bullet. (Repeat)

RAISING ARIZONA (8 pm, BRAV) A couple abducts a baby from a loving home, wrecking havoc on the emotions of the parents. An American comedy classic.

WITHOUT A TRACE (10 pm, CBS) Jack's team is investigated by Internal Affairs, Jack retaliates by threatening to sleep with one of the investigators' spouses if they don't call the investigation off. (Repeat)

REN & STIMPY / GARY THE RAT / STRIPPERELLA (10 pm, SPIKE) Farts, feces and cartoon cleavage in a two hour block.

TEMORS: THE SERIES (8 pm, SCI-FI) An experiment tested in Perfection does not have the expected results. (Repeat)

STARGATE SG-1 (8 pm, SCI-FI) When Anubis bids for domination of the galaxy the team intervenes like the meddlers they are. (Repeat)

SPIDER-MAN (10 pm, MTV) 1) Want revenge? Use Spider-Man as your instrument, the Gaines Twins did. 2) Flash Thompson becomes smart in this reworking of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON.. (Repeat)

DEAD LIKE ME (10 pm, SHOW) I was at a party the other day and I was convinced this one guy way a deluded necromantic. Turns out he was simply referring to this under the mistaken belief that it was called "The Dead Like Me." Wish I hadn't spent 10 dollars on that shovel. This week Happy Time and George part ways as she tries a new job.

BRANNIGAN (8 pm, TCM) A way-past retirement age John Wayne plays a Chicago detective out to catch a mobster hiding out in London, in this 1975 flick.

TEEN TITANS (9 pm, TOON) Raven and Starfire's animosity towards each other gets in the way of their rescue efforts.

ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (10 pm, IFC) David Bowie does his Ziggy shtick in this rather tepid concert film by D.A. Pennebaker.

DUCK DODGERS (7 pm, TOON) 1) The duck goes on trial for being an incompetent boob. 2) The duck is seduced by a

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WITHOUT A TRACE (8pm, CBS) A pregnant woman at risk of a series of complications disappears from her hospital, ignorant of the danger she's in. (Repeat)

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (8 pm, FOX) Ang Lee's Oscar winning film is more than a lyrical tale of a time long ago, it also contains some serious butt kicking.

And so ends another glorious episode of TV Wasteland. Don't forget this Tuesday Universal is releasing MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE as a Special Edition DVD. So best you go out and buy a copy or you'll always be sad.

Got a good riddle or pun you'd like to share? Why not share with me by dropping a line at Tvwasteland@Cinescape.com? Why, it'd make me the happiest TV critic this side of the Rockies.

TV Wasteland is our weekly Television column.