East Bound and Awesome East Bound and Awesome
Have you been watching Eastbound and Down? While not as rock solid as the premiere, the second episode was a good watch nonetheless, setting the tone for the rest of the initial batch of six episodes. Here’s the scenario: Former pitching phenom Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) gets a job teaching...
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My Spirited Defense of Jimmy Fallon My Spirited Defense of Jimmy Fallon
For those who don’t know, tomorrow night is the end of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and Alan Sepinwall has written a fantastic article taking a look back on the historic run of the tall, skinny, awkward red head that we all grew to love and call one of our own. In his place steps Jimmy...
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Dollhouse Premiere Dollhouse Premiere
Joss Whedon is my master. His new show begins tonight. You’ve been informed.
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Chuck Chuck
Just wanted to remind everyone that Chuck returns tonight (my enjoyment of the show was described here).  Set your DVR’s.  It’s a special 3D episode.  I haven’t figured out how that’s going to work on my TV, so if you have any idea, let us know.
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Screw it, I’m posting the whole thing: Lost Debate [television] Screw it, I’m posting the whole thing: Lost Debate [television]
ATTENTION: MASSIVE SPOILERS We did this quite some time ago, in anticipation of the Lost Season 5 premiere today. It’s really, really long. I could have broken it up, but this isn’t the thing that people are sitting somewhere anticipating. If you are significantly interested in Lost, it...
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Chuck [television] Chuck [television]
One of the things that is great about E is that he gets really, really, really into things upon occasion. I think that it’s awesome that he displays a high level of passion for things. Recently, one of those things was the show Chuck. At his behest, I began watching the show (Season on on Netflix,...
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Good news, everyone [TV] Good news, everyone [TV]
This is a really, really big day for our country. The third installment of the Futurama Straight-to-DVD movies, Bender’s Game, is being released today! Here’s hoping that this one is as good as the original series, and not ‘almost as’ good, as I feel the first two were. Because...
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Thoughts on the New Yorker Festival [comics and colbert] Thoughts on the New Yorker Festival [comics and colbert]
I had the distinct pleasure of attending two events at the New Yorker Festival yesterday. I saw a talk called Comics 101 by Art Spiegelman, and an interview of Stephen Colbert by Ariel Levy. I won’t summarize the whole talks, but I want to discuss some small thoughts I had. Spiegelman’s...
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More great TV shows that will never see the light of day More great TV shows that will never see the light of day
Rapid-fire posts it is! I just couldn’t resist. Summer reality shows I’d like to see: 1) Last Civil War Widow Standing 2) Hell’s Vice Presidential Office (Chef Gordon Ramsey trims the fat as Barack Obama narrows his search for a running mate) 3) As It Turns Out, America Doesn’t...
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