UncategorizedHelp, I’m Being Held Prisoner in a Suggestion BoxI just thought I’d use a post as a sort of Open Thread™ to ask readers what they’d like to see at this blog. Now that we’ve got...
UncategorizedAnimation Wrap-UpAll four of Fox’s animated sitcoms have ended their 2007-8 seasons, and once again, surprisingly, American Dad was the best of the...
UncategorizedAnd Don’t Forget, He’s Dancin’ in KoreanThe Daily Telegraph has a long interview with Stephen Colbert -- mostly speaking as himself, not the character he plays at 11:30...
UncategorizedI’d Like It If They Liked Us, But I Don’t Think They Like UsTo me, one of the most interesting shows to revisit is a show that failed but became the template for many other, greater shows to...
UncategorizedWeekend Viewing: MATCH GAMETo give an idea of what Saturday Night Live was parodying last week , here’s a clip from the original Match Game.
UncategorizedAfter These Messages, We’ll Be Riiight BaaaackOkay, this is an interesting idea from Fox, home of the gimmick: Let’s zero in on the most important phrase in there: "Longer...
UncategorizedShow With the Best Titles?Here’s a not-very-significant question: which current show do you think has the best episode titles? The elaborateness (is that a...
UncategorizedWill They Have a Johnny Depp Cameo?Of all the series that could be made into feature films and all the people who could be involved with them, I did not expect to...
UncategorizedNo Such Thing as an Underground ClassicI won’t be able to post much today, so here as filler is the greatest TV performance of all time, which celebrated its 30th...
UncategorizedFlashbackI am eagerly waiting for more newspapers to make their historical archives available online -- so far we’ve got a few big-city...