Get your kumbaya-yas out

Beware! The network Fx has pulled a quick one on us all. After airing the 'Once More With Feeling' episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at 7am this past Monday, they switched the 7am slot to Malcolm in the Middle on Tuesday. While I have nothing against Malcolm, it cannot replace what has become a staple of my morning ritual since - oh 1999? I tried not to panic (sometimes holiday schedules tend to interfere with the Buffster), but after Malcolm was aired in this slot all week, I needed to take action - but how? The only way to counter this scheme would be with a fierce and unyielding... google search.

While I did unearth Fx's master plan (through an ingenious perusal of the Fx website), my search stumbled upon something far more interesting. Apparently, IFC Center in NYC is having Buffy sing alongs on Friday and Saturday nights at midnight (ala Rocky Horror not The Sound of Music). I immediately wondered how horribly wrong it would be of me to show up to one of these with a toddler - or, alternatively, how much a sitter would cost for an 11pm-2am shift. Though I bet Caroline could sleep through it (she did, after all, sleep through The Bourne Ultimatum last week), I don't know how comfortable she would be in a Buffy costume - that's an awful lot of leather.

For those of you who are as outraged as I, Fx will be showing Buffy at 7am this weekend - but I have no guarantees going forward. Tomorrow's episode is 'Tabula Rasa', the one where everyone forgets who they are.

And for those of you who are itching for some sing along action outside the NYC area, they also tour.

On a side note, how did I never know that Anthony Stewart Head is the brother of Murray Head? And yes, he did take over for Murray in Chess at one point. That means he can hit a tenor high C in full voice (4:45 of recording). Go Giles-

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A bonus side note: Everyone is familiar with at least these two aspects of the show Chess. It's also the prime example of how difficult it can be to write a show 's book around an already released concept album and a recently ended cold war. But it does have some great songs.