Incoming! Robots, Twin Peaks and Yiddish lessons

. here lies the body of Seth Cohen. Formerly of Orange County, Calif.

Formerly of Fox television. Formerly a denizen of The Bait Shop.
When we bury The O.

C. and Seth Cohen in the graveyard of failed-yet-culturally trenchant television shows, we may say farewell to his body. But we can never, ever displace his spirit.

Seth's nervous, itchy, twitchy armor of self-deprecation lives on in every boy and girl in this great nation who dares to don a cardigan and smell like indie spirit.
So long, Seth. But not goodbye.

Cue: The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights."
Even robots long for companionship. For evidence check out this vintage cut from 1966.

Called "The Mechanical Man," it was written by the late Teddy Randazzo, a music-business legend who co-wrote many songs that were covered by such singers as Frank Sinatra and Dionne Warwick.
Somehow, we can't imagine Ol' Blue Eyes taking a crack at this little ditty:
You've always wanted to fly the friendly skies in your own plane; tool around in a Porsche 911; sip mint juleps in the owner's box at the Kentucky Derby, but you never had the dough. The fine folks at bring you a little closer to that dream.

(All right, $406,000 for a share in the plane is still out of the question.)
Behold the Black Lodge! Watch out for Windom Earle!

Slurp some garmonbozia with the Man from Another Place! The second season of Twin Peaks is finally coming to DVD. Amazon started pre-selling the six-disc set last week, and even though it's not out until April 10, it's already the megastore's top selling DVD.

Forget about that weird James' tangent mid-season, it's a minor quip when we're talking about one of the greatest TV shows ever.
Some people wear their emotions on their sleeves. And others wear avian flu, cholera, syphilis and other diseases on their ties: .

Need to brush up on your Yiddish? Grab a pencil and pay attention to Millie's Yiddish Class, a video blog where Millie Garfield teaches the language once spoken by millions of Jews. Lesson one: a knish on a plate - .

Drowning in gift cards? Find yourself post-holiday saddled with gift cards to stores you don't like? No worries.

You can buy, sell or trade your plastic at Swapagift.com - and get what you really want.
First really bad publicity pitch of the year!

From our friends at Cornerstone Promotion comes this subject line:
"This Month To Be Re-christened 'Jammuary."' (To promote a series of jam-band concerts on television.