Entries Tagged as ‘Discos and Dragons’

2010/01/27

‘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 a little lacking on dramatic depth.  The quick cuts and camera work also evoke shades [...]

2009/12/23

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 shorts aired on Nickelodeon during commercial breaks into a full-fledged 22-min series, it featured some [...]

2009/12/21

SNL & James Franco Hit Christmas Break Early: You Can’t Squint Funny

It’s getting harder and harder to write these SNL commentaries; not because I don’t have anything to say, but because I’m afraid that I’m going to sound redundant, as it seems that I have the same reaction almost every week.  Occasionally there’s a funny, or at least a buzzworthy, sketch, or a Digital Short that [...]