UncategorizedDirectorial Touches In TV ComedyLast night’s episode of The Big Bang Theory had some nice examples of how the show’s regular director, Mark Cendrowski , has...
UncategorizedThe Parade That Will Not EndCNN has had the " Now : President Obama Watches Parade" on for what feels like three millennia. Remember all those zombie movies...
UncategorizedThe Year of the Mall CopDays after Paul Blart: Mall Cop demonstrates that we still can’t get enough of the "Funny name, wacky job" formula, Fox announces...
UncategorizedStarbuck vs. Starbuck, or: Don’t Make Me Lose Face!I promised myself I wouldn’t write about Andrew Breitbart’s unintentionally hilarious "Big Hollywood" site; it’s too easy and...
UncategorizedDiablo Cody Learns How To Write Dialogue“Having multiple personalities is like hosting a kegger in your brain, only you’re passed out cold while everyone else is...
CultureIs he lovable? Check out his hair.The future belongs to ample-haired leading men like ‘The Mentalist,’ Simon Baker
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UncategorizedWeekend Viewing: Weird TV SongsI don’t mean theme songs. There are lots of those (or used to be), but sometimes a show needs an original song written for the...
UncategorizedThe Snuggie vs. the ShamWow!Though 2008 was a disappointing TV year in many respects, there was one bright spot: the rebirth of the art of the cheesy, cheap...
UncategorizedLife, The Movies, And Michael ScottOne of the keys to the character of Michael Scott on The Office is that he’s a person who constantly tries to act out things he’s...