Tag: Sex and the City

Ah, wedding season.

June is here, which means many of us are dressing up and watching friends and family declare their love for their partners. But not every wedding goes off without a hitch.

In no particular order, here are my top 5 TV weddings:

Monica and Chandler, “Friends“

Monica and Chandler are definitely the more stable couple in the “Friends” world. But their wedding was not so stable.

Chandler, of course, freaked out, and Joey almost missed the ceremony due to a movie role.

Plus there was the whole who’s-actually-pregnant question.

In the end, they got married, vowing to stand by each other, and Chandler even tried to dance at the reception.

Lily and Marshall, “How I Met Your Mother“

On their wedding day, nothing seemed to go right for Lily and Marshall, who were finally tying the knot after a broken engagement, a cancelled Atlantic City at-sea wedding and many years together.

The harpist went into the labor, Lilly’s ex showed up and Marshall shaved a part of his head. Lilly tried to keep it together, but she finally panicked.

And no, the actual wedding wasn’t the focus, but their intimate outside ceremony was, and it even included some crying from Barney, who claimed no one should get married.

Miranda and Steve, “Sex and the City“

The perfect wedding for the down-to-earth couple.

Miranda wasn’t the one who necessarily wanted marriage, but after proposing to longtime (albeit on-and-off) lover Steve, she finds making the moment not so over-the-top and cliche was a challenge (“I have a child – the jig is up!” she says to someone trying to help her find a dress for the occasion).

But the couple finds a beautiful, tranquil garden. And Miranda wears an understated maroon outfit. Simple and fit for them.

Jim and Pam, “The Office“

Another wedding gone wrong. Quite the theme on TV.

This lovely couple tries to go with the punches, but in the end, they sneak off to marry in a secret ceremony.

Who wouldn’t want a guy like Jim? He’s a sweetie who tries to make the best of the situation.

And here’s where everyone swoons: “And Plan A was marrying her a long, long time ago. Pretty much the day I met her.”

*Note: This is the only episode of “The Office” I’ve ever watched.

Becky and Jesse, “Full House“

Any time Jesse sings on “Full House,” I’m in.

Course you have to watch him finally make his way to the chapel first before his wedding. And that trek includes skydiving, a truck of tomatoes and a bus filled with a gospel choir.

But by the end, with all the 80s/90s fashion, there’s crooning to “Forever” and “Jailhouse Rock,” so you can’t go wrong there.

What are your favorite TV weddings?

This blog was originally published on elkharttruth.com on Dec. 11, 2014.

Maybe this is because I’m a journalist, but I’ve noticed there are a lot of movies and TV shows that portray characters in the journalism industry.

But, as probably any profession depicted, it’s not usually accurate.

In movies, there’s Kevin in “27 Dresses,” Sophie in “Letters to Juliet” and Megan in “Absence of Malice,” just to name a few.

On TV, here’s a short list, from realistic to ridiculous.

Robin Scherbatsky on “How I Met Your Mother”

She worked her way to the top, which makes sense.

She worked weird hours (as in, went to work at 2 a.m.), which makes sense.

She went from horrible, meaningless stories/shows to the top TV station depicted on the show. And then worked even more. Makes sense.

Rory Gilmore on “Gilmore Girls”

Rory starts out how many journalists do: at her high school and college newspapers.

I give “Gilmore Girls” credit for realistically showing the struggle of finding a writing job post-college.

Rory was a Yale grad who set her sights on a New York Times fellowship. Those are hard to come by.

She freaked out during her senior year, but in the end, she got a low-paying job reporting on the road for Obama’s election campaign.

But, for someone who dreamed of being Christiane Amanpour, it was odd that Rory never tried broadcast journalism while in college.

Sabrina Spellman on “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch”

Sabrina loves writing and after graduating college in two seasons (thanks to the magic of TV time), she lands a job at the fictional Scorch magazine.

The magazine world is tough — but most likely, she would’ve been a freelancer, not a staff writer, at first.

Yes, she gets stuck with assignments no one else wants, but I don’t imagine the magazine world is anything like what she experienced.

Then, she quits and becomes a freelancer. But she never is seen working again for the remainder of the series. Because that would totally work … not.

Carrie Bradshaw on “Sex and the City”

No weekly columnist would be able to afford that big of an apartment in NYC, much less all the designer fashion.

While it’s believable that her columns were turned into a book, it’s absurd to see her lifestyle unfold on TV knowing that even columnists work long, odd hours, and could probably never afford Manolo Blahniks.