Category Archives: Analysis
Gallagher: Still Mad After All These Years
Back in March Gallagher suffered three separate heart attacks and it seemed like the very appropriate time to post a long-gestating Gallagher piece we had been planning to write. Well, obviously, two months have passed, but during that interim we … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Bad Humor, Good Humor, In defense of:, Masochism, Nostalgia Corner
Must Flee TV: Community – The Twilight of the First Harmon Dynasty
Today we bring you the final entry in our “Must Flee TV” series, our thoughts on the end of ‘Community’ Season Three, and, well, the end of an era. Full disclosure: when we wrote our Dan Harmon obituary earlier this … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Brilliance, Good Humor, Greendale Human, In Memoriam, Lists, Must Flee TV, Must See TV
Must Flee TV: ’30 Rock’ Season Six – The Penultimate Warrior
This is the penultimate entry in our series of posts looking back at the NBC’s Thursday Night comedies. Still to come is a brief review of the ‘Community’ finale (not to be confused with our already published thoughts on the show’s … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Bob Loblaw, Brilliance, Good Humor, Local Flavor, Must Flee TV, Must See TV
Must Flee TV: ‘SNL’ Says Goodbye to Kristen Wiig – We Know What We Got When It’s Gone
For the last week we’ve been taking a look at NBC’s Thursday night comedies, but with Kristen Wiig’s sendoff on ‘SNL’ this past weekend we decided to add her departure to the conversation. It’s not worth going into detail about … Continue reading
Must Flee TV: Last Exit to Harmontown AKA They Call it Show Business Not Show Art
In our discussion last week about Community‘s upcoming move to Friday nights we confidently predicted that, despite swirling rumors, we saw no reason why Dan Harmon would not return as Community showrunner. Perhaps we should have been more precise with our diction. What … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Greendale Human, In Memoriam, Must Flee TV, Must See TV
Must Flee TV: ‘Parks and Recreation’ – We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes
This week we’re checking in on NBC’s Thursday night comedies as they finish their respective seasons. Today: ‘Parks and Recreation.’ Perhaps the greatest compliment you can offer Parks and Recreation is that it’s no longer referred to as the quasi-Office spin-off (ignore … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Checks & Balances, Flashback!, Good Humor, Must Flee TV, Must See TV
Must Flee TV: Managing Expectations – An Uneven Season of ‘The Office’ Comes to the Close
This week we’re looking back on the just completed/completing seasons of NBC’s Thursday night comedies. Today we check in the senior member of the team, ‘The Office.’ For quite some time we were religious with our Office recaps, but then two … Continue reading
Must Flee TV: Friday Night Fits – About ‘Community”s Move to Friday Nights
We’ve admittedly, regrettably, been remiss with our recaps and analysis of NBC’s Thursday night comedies. There was a time when we provided weekly thoughts on ‘The Office’ (luckily our neglect kicked in just around the time when Friday morning post-mortems … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Good Humor, Must See TV, Greendale Human, Must Flee TV
‘Survivor: One World’ Finale – Tops and Bottoms
[SPOILER ALERT!!!] “I know I lied to you and voted you out, but I have no boobs left so have a little mercy.” – Kim It is somewhat fitting and poetic that in a game defined by boobs – both … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Century 21 Reality, Freak Out Control, Tribal Council, Flashback!, The Worst
‘Survivor: One World:’ Child’s Play
Following Troyzan’s exit on last week’s Survivor: ONE WORLD! the vibe was tense back at the former Big Mike’s Co-Ed Dorm, with Kim spooked by Troyzan’s last words to Kat: DO IT. It’s haunted all of our memories since: But what did he … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Tribal Council, It's gross.
