Monthly Archives: August 2012

Nerdist All-Star Celebrity Bowling: Doctor Who

This might be even better than the All-Star bowling with Mad Men… In honor of Doctor Who returning tomorrow night, not only have we been getting the brilliant mini-series Pond Life, but Chris Hardwick and the Nerdist youtube channel gave … Continue reading

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SNL’s first 3 hosts of the new season are…

EW reported that Saturday Night Live has announced the hosts and musical guests for the first three episodes of it’s upcoming 38(!)th season: Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy/American Dad/The Cleveland Show/Ted will host the season premiere on September 15, with … Continue reading

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Game of Thrones Theme – Dog or Cat

In a move dubbed “the end of the internet” by my brother, we can now enjoy The Game of Thrones theme song “sung” by a dog or a cat – take your pick. First, a reminder of the actual theme: … Continue reading

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Doctor Who’s web series – Pond Life

Only 5 days until the new season of Doctor Who which will contain among other things, dinosaurs on a spaceship. But it will also contain the end of the Doctor’s journey with Amy and Rory. To count down to the … Continue reading

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All the super creepy teasers for American Horror Story: Asylum

Ryan Murphy surely is a man of many…talents? At least of many interests, producing a seemingly random slate of shows: Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story, The New Normal.  So a plastic surgery soap opera, a teenage/musical/high school melodrama, a serialized horror … Continue reading

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Paranorman’s Zombies, Ghosts, and Confused Story

In 2009, Laika Entertainment produced one of my favorite animated films ever, Coralinebased on the book of the same name by Neil Gaiman. Coraline did everything an animated film should do – it was visually inventive, the characters were complicated … Continue reading

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Breaking Bad – The new Mentos Commercial

For those of you who are too young to remember the amazing Mentos commercials from the 90’s…     And probably my favorite…   NO WAY that guy is going to a job interview with what is CLEARLY wet paint … Continue reading

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SNL Classics: The Closet Organizer

So while this isn’t really a clip from the vaults of SNL since it aired two years ago, I frequently quote bits from this sketch. Everything – EVERYTHING – about this sketch is a study of the absurd. Let’s start … Continue reading

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NBC put The Office out of its misery

I should say The Office…and the audience. We all know that The Office should have ended when Michael Scott left, and it seems NBC has finally figured that out themselves. This season, season 9, will be the final season of … Continue reading

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Kids learn of death in the Odd Life of Timothy Green; sob uncontrollably

And it is, sad to say, really sorta funny. I feel I can say that only because I went through the same thing when I was younger. My mother had taken me to see E.T. and like every other child … Continue reading

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