Category Archives: Flashback!
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
Gratuitous Search Term Bait of the Day: Dental Hygiene
This was our first tough one: “toothbrush the state video” Unfortunately, we’ve been thwarted in our efforts in the past to upload this State sketch to the webs. And even if we wanted to try it again, we don’t currently … Continue reading
Winter Cleaning: My (Belated) Top 10 TV Shows of the 2000s
With the snow keeping us indoors we thought it might be a good time to go through our drafts and let some of these long-languishing, somewhat unfinished posts see the light of day. First up, our best shows of the … Continue reading
In Memoriam Emeritus: Chris Farley
Every year here at Jumped the Snark we like to commemorate the passing of Chris Farley, who left us on December 18, 1997. We’re a few days late marking the 13th anniversary of that dark afternoon, but we don’t think … Continue reading
Filed under Flashback!, In Memoriam
