Monthly Archives: December 2009
A T9 Omission to End 09
When we started this blog back in the Triassic Age of March 2009 one of the regular features was “Words T9 Doesn’t Know.” As the site has developed, and as we found more entertaining, more useful content to write about, … Continue reading
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Muppet Monday: How the Muppets Are Already Improving Your 2010 (And Why Even Disney Knows That Kermit is Superior to Mickey)
We’ve well-documented how the Muppets are just dominating the end of 2009. However, will it continue in 2010? Well, that remains to be seen, but they’ve already made it so your 2010 will be a little better. A few months … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Mickey Mouse Club, Muppet Mondays, Muppets
Christmas: The Final Clipdown
SNL might not have always been funny. In fact, it might have never really been funny. But it’s always been topical. Just try to watch the first few minutes of the Community Christmas episode and not get into some (non-denomination) … Continue reading
Christmas Eve Clipdown: Muppets. Killing. It. Christmas. Style.
On Christmas Eve My True Loves Gave to Me: One awesome Muppet video. As if you didn’t know that the Muppets have just been dominating the last part of 2009, they dropped by Jimmy Fallon to put a festive exclamation … Continue reading
Filed under Muppets, Nostalgia Corner, Talkies, Virulent, Yankee Swap
Christmas Clipdown: ‘Lil Pete & Rite-Aid Have the Same Goal
Was there a show more ahead of its time, more under-appreciated, than Nickelodeon’s Adventures of Pete & Pete? Freaks and Geeks, you say? Okay, maybe. But Pete & Pete is surely up there, and growing from a string of one-minute … Continue reading
Filed under Count Bleh, Discos and Dragons, Good Humor, Nicktoons, Nostalgia Corner, Snick, Yankee Swap
Christmas Clipdown: A Seaver Family Christmas
Even though the cast of Growing Pains was made up of two Jews and a Canadian it contributed its fair share of Christmas themed episodes (likely somewhat due to the presence of at least one Jesus freak). To continue getting … Continue reading
Filed under Growing Pains, Yankee Swap
Entertainment Weekly, You Can Consider My Praise Officially Rescinded
A few weeks back I noted that the cover of Entertainment Weekly‘s annual tribute issue, a look back on all those we “loved” and lost this year, made me feel incredibly mortal and guilty for somehow evading Death’s clutches in … Continue reading
Filed under Count Bleh, Golden Girls, Interweb, Makes You Think, Other people's stuff
Have We Entered The Age of Kenan?
We’ve talked about the groundswell of support that has erupted around Kenan Thompson for his work on SNL this season, and that “What Up With That?” has perhaps become the premier recurring sketch of the season so far, and while … Continue reading
Filed under Nostalgia Corner, Other people's stuff, Saturday Night Live
Muppet Monday: Take That, ‘The Sing-Off!’
The boys of the Beelzebubs aren’t the only ones who are able to make “beautiful” music with just their voices. Nope. Beaker, Animal and Swedish Chef can hold their own, as shown in the new holiday video from Muppets Studios, … Continue reading
Filed under Muppet Mondays, Muppets, Virulent
