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Breaking up is hard to do

I am finding it surprisingly difficult to push that one small button. Oh sure, the actual pressing down of the button itself isn’t all that hard – I can handle the remote like a champ. It is everything that solitary click … Continue reading

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Prepping for Arrested Development pt1

With just a few days left before Netflix unleashes new Arrested Development episodes upon us, the interwebs have been a-flutter with lists, interviews, essays, videos, and anything else they can think of that would relate to AD. Yes, we are … Continue reading

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Dr. Tobias Fünke’s Audition Reel

Actor, analrapist, Blue Man, Tobias Fünke has done it all. Now, thanks to Vulture, we have his audition reel for Ron Howard. It’s pretty much exactly what you would expect from Tobias, but my favorite grace notes include his obvious attempt … Continue reading

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It’s here! The Arrested Development Trailer

Final Countdown The stair-car Kitty Unlimited juice This return of this show is going to be off the hook! While I have been very guarded in my enthusiasm for the return of Arrested Development, this trailer has me as happy … Continue reading

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What is it with death and AMC shows these days?

And no, I don’t mean the fact that every few days another famous person seems to be shuffling off this mortal coil. Thinking about some of the biggest dramas on TV right now, it strikes me that all of them … Continue reading

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SNL Classics: Jimmy Tango’s Fat Busters (aka Ride the Snake)

I remember everyone being so surprised when Jim Carrey’s SNL hosted in 1996. Considering his years on In Living Color, his ability to perform even the most odd and bizarre of sketches, should not have surprised anyone. Plus I find … Continue reading

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So….about that Superbowl commercial

Not that one, or that one This one: Apparently this cost the Church of Scientology 8 million dollars. That’s right — 8. Million. Dollars. And it said absolutely nothing. And anything it DID say, well, it seems to be counter-intuitive … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother will end next year

I’m so glad CBS listened when the entire internet begged it to let How I Met Your Mother go off into the sunset, its honor and integrity still mostly intact. It was announced today that CBS has renewed HIMYM for … Continue reading

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SNL Classics: Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef

There were several of these, possibly the most memorable being the time the Anal Retentive Chef cooked with the Creole chef played by John Goodman. But there is something about the low-level insanity of this Anal Retentive Chef sketch that … Continue reading

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Best of 30 Rock’s Dr. Spaceman

I am refusing the believe that 30 Rock is actually going to be ending this Thursday night. Without Liz, Jack, Kenneth, Tracy, and the rest of the TGS gang (note: Hazel Whatshername is NOT on this list), I don’t know … Continue reading

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