Category Archives: Flashback!
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
‘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
Did the Oscars Set Rip-Off ‘Saturday Night Live’ Circa 1985?
Well, perhaps it’s reparations for SNL stealing Billy Crystal’s mildly racist black people at the movies joke, but it appears that Crystal and the last night’s Academy Award’s telecast stole their set from the one used in Studio 8H during Season … Continue reading
Filed under Flashback!, Rip-off, Saturday Night Live, You Decide, Yvonne Hudson
Muppet Monday: Our Long-Awaited Thoughts on the Impending Arrival of ‘The Muppets:’ Or Why We’re Dreading the Thing We Wanted More Than Anything Else
In two days The Muppets will return to theaters after more than a decade away from the big screen. It seems like just yesterday that we were salivating over the whispers of a Muppet resurrection orchestrated by Jason Segel (yes, that Jason … Continue reading
Was That Special? Dana Carvey Returns to ‘SNL’ And Our Childhood Officially Ends
We’re going to warn you right off the bat that this is probably going to be the most subjective SNL recap we’ve yet written. So if you like your SNL analysis free of emotional attachment, well, then you should look … Continue reading
Flashback: What Was That We Said About Conan’s Ratings?
Oh, yes, this, just after his first show: And the ratings can certainly be counted on to come back down to earth, if not tonight, or the next night, then soon. But even then will Conan still beat, or at … Continue reading
Filed under Flashback!, Talkies
Flashback: Another Look at Another Look at ‘Parks and Recreation’
With Parks and Recreation making its long, long-awaited return tonight, we thought it would be appropriate to take a look back at a post we wrote in September of 2009, just before the show returned for its sophomore season. Right … Continue reading
Gratuitious Search Term Bait of the Day: Teenage Wasteland
We’re lucky enough to post one of our all-time favorite clips today, thanks to the popular search terms “miranda cosgrove and justin bieber.” Those words have probably brought more teenage girls and middle age men to this site than any … Continue reading
Winter Cleaning: ‘LOST’ Finale: The Neverending Story (And a Brief Discourse on Series Finales)
Note: We began this post the day after Lost’s series finale. Unfortunately, do to a series of fortunate events, we became otherwise occupied, and soon a Lost finale review seemed rather dated. But with the end on the year quickly … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Count Bleh, Flashback!, In Memoriam, LOST
