Monthly Archives: January 2010
‘The Inbetweeners:’ It’s like ‘Skins’ Meets ‘Torchwood’ Meets ‘The Office’ Meets ‘Mr. Bean’ Meets Other BBC Programmes
Okay, so above the comparisons were mostly lies, but, as already been oft-said, British import The Inbetweeners is a like a sitcom version of Skins. It’s to Skins as Undeclared was to Freaks & Geeks. Which means it’s good, if … Continue reading
Filed under Across the pond, Discos and Dragons, Good Humor
Muppet Monday: Take Me Down to ‘Dog City’
A couple weeks ago I decided to check out the Paley Center here in LA (formerly known as the Museum of TV & Radio). I assumed it would be basically the same as its NY brother (and my assumption proved … Continue reading
Filed under Local Flavor, Muppet Mondays, Muppets, Nostalgia Corner
Monday Friday Nostalgia Corner: Hanx For the Memories
I wasn’t able to post to Nostalgia Corner last Friday because my day was just NUTS (okay, so my mom was visiting and I spent my scant free time writing about The Office clip show)! So here’s a belated but … Continue reading
Filed under Saturday Night Live, Talkies, Nostalgia Corner, Buffy & Hildegarde
Michael Ian Black Does Understand
If there was one comedian/mid-level celebrity whose career I’d like to emulate it would probably be Michael Ian Black (okay, there’s a laundry list of comedian/mid-level celebrities who careers I’d like to emulate, and an even longer list of A-list … Continue reading
Filed under Interweb, Other people's stuff, Talkies, The State
Dear ‘The Office:’ You’re Making it Harder and Harder to Keep Defending You
First reaction to last night’s “episode:” What the fuck was that? A clip show? Really? Really??? Perhaps I would not have be so indignant if the episode had was a celebration of a milestone number of episodes. Or if it … Continue reading
In Defense of: Jim Halpert
One of the thorniest arcs on this uneven season of The Office has been the promotion of Jim to co-manager, a move that has seemed more like a demotion, as he has seemed to have lost the respect of his … Continue reading
Rethinking My Faith in Amazon
Every morning I wake up to at least one email from Amazon, whether it be recommendations of new mystery novels (because those are what I get my dad for his birthday every year) or the “Top Ten Deals in Electronics” … Continue reading
Filed under Count Bleh, Interweb
Muppet Monday: If You Thought the Muppets Were Only Going to Dominate the Web, TV and Volunteerism in 2010 Then You Were Wrong. Dead Wrong.
They’re taking on the comic book world as well. I had a long, busy day so I’m just getting to the Muppet Monday post now. In lieu of this, and for the sake of brevity, I’m going to paste an … Continue reading
Filed under Comic Book Guy, Muppet Mondays, Muppets, Other people's stuff
