Monthly Archives: January 2010
Friday Nostalgia Corner: ‘Denver the Last Dinosaur’
A quick one before I go away: Did Encino Man totally rip this off or what?!
Filed under Nostalgia Corner
Something Funny Happened on the Way to Five Thursday’s Ago
(This a post I intended to compose a month ago, but then the holidays hit, and then the Thursday night comedies went on winter vacation so there was no real rush to write this. But with the comedy block returning … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Bad Humor, Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam, Good Humor, Must See TV
Score One for Gritty High School Football Dramas!
Well, if there were two good things to come out of Jay Leno destroying the NBC schedule, they are that Chuck has been brought back early and given a major push (and will now likely have a much greater chance … Continue reading
Filed under Dillon Panthers, Other people's stuff, Who's the Boss?
(Belated) Top 10 ‘SNL’ of the Decade
It was an up and down decade for Saturday Night Live, but then again it’s been an up and down 34 years for Saturday Night Live. The show started gangbusters in 2000, taking advantage of the 2000 election and perhaps … Continue reading
Filed under Lists, Saturday Night Live
In Defense Of: Jay Leno/How He Might Screw This All Up AKA More Thoughts on ‘Late Shift 2: Dave’s Revenge’
Do I want Jay Leno to have a show? No. I think his time has come and gone. When Gallagher talks about late night comedians as the manifestation of mediocrity, Leno is the poster boy (which makes me think, wonder … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, In defense of:, Talkies
Conan: Barbarian or Adventurer?
I wasn’t going to write anything about the statement heard ’round the world because a) I posted a late night-related article yeserday and b) I figured I’d leave decoding Conan O’Brien’s missive and surmising his potential options to the real … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Talkies, Who's the Boss?
In Defense Of: Jimmy Fallon
I was planning to write this post a couple weeks ago, before the tornado of Leno-Conan-Local Affiliates-gate threw the entire late night landscape into a tumult (and what of George Lopez?), but this takes on even greater significance now. At … Continue reading
Filed under Good Humor, In defense of:, Muppets, Saturday Night Live, Saved by the Bell, Talkies
Muppet Monday: VoluntEar Video and Peoples is Peoples
Only two Mondays into 2010 and things are already shaping up for the Muppets in the new decade. When we decided to institute Muppet Mondays we feared that we wouldn’t have enough material each week, or at least enough relevant … Continue reading
Filed under Mickey Mouse Club, Muppet Mondays, The Big Screen
Nostaliga Corner: ‘The Commish’ – A desk job? Not the way HE does it
There were a few shows I watched as an eight year-old that I probably shouldn’t have been allowed to view. WWF(E) Monday Night Raw. Probably not Married with Children. Definitely not Silk Stalkings (although it proved popular among the whole … Continue reading
Filed under Growing Pains, Jump Street, Nostalgia Corner
