Category Archives: Makes You Think

NBC: Requiring Shots of Earth From Outer Space Since 1966

Doing our due diligence we’ve been watching the trailers for the new series picked up by the big four networks for their respective fall seasons.  Some have been promising, some dead on arrival, and others just somewhere in between.  But there was … Continue reading

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Lindsay Lohan on ‘SNL’: Sobering Saturday

Four days have passed since Lindsay Lohan returned to host Saturday Night Live, and the benefit of time does nothing to portray her performance in any more of a positive light.  Yes, in spite of her wooden, stumbling, at times … Continue reading

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This Week in ‘Today’: The Grammy’s Strike Back

Well, if you can believe it, it’s now been a year since Arcade Firegate, when Kathie Lee and Hoda stoked the fire of YouTube haters, feeding their insatiable hunger for spewing forth bile and hate.  And this year it seemed like a … Continue reading

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Muppet Monday: We Finally Weigh-In on the Bert & Ernie Marriage Petition

However, that being said, they’re not gay.  At the very least, they’re not gay lovers. Care to weigh-in, Greg Kelly? Well, that settles that. [Video via HuffPo]  

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Twinsies: ‘Teen Mom’ Edition

A few months back we were drawn into MTV’s Teen Mom 2 for a number of reasons.  There was Kailyn, the Target employee who was living in her baby daddy’s parent’s basement.  There was Leah and her fiance Corey, who … Continue reading

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Did ‘SNL’ Rip-Off Jumped the Snark?

Wellllll, no, not really.  But it’s really curious that no less than a month ago we posted a video of Taboo, the fifth member of the Black Eyed Peas, visiting the 4th hour of Today and then this past weekend … Continue reading

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We Did It! 500(+) Posts!

Well, actually,  due to a rather unbelievably productive early part of 2011, we passed the 500 post mark a few weeks ago, somewhere around the time we started the Saved by the Bell Project.  In fact, we’ve sped from 400 … Continue reading

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Muppet Tuesday: Cookie, Cookie, Cookie; Rexamining Cookie Monster

A short, fun Muppet Tuesday inspired by a video referred to us by The Geoff Man and last week’s Top Chef. As far as Sesame Street characters go, we don’t remember being particularly enamored with Cookie Monster as a child.  … Continue reading

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Kieran’s Mom’s Korner: Kieran’s Mom Weighs-In on the Rise and Fall of ‘SNL’

Yesterday we posted a new ‘Kieran’s Korner’ with Kieran’s thoughts on the recent ‘SNL’ hosted by Dana Carvey.  We figured we’d get some real wisdom, some genuine perspective.  And we did.  But now we have a special treat, some observations … Continue reading

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Did ‘The King’s Speech’ Poster Rip-Off Mirah’s ‘You Think It’s Like This But Really It’s Like This’ Cover Art?

Here’s the poster for Best Picture front-runner The King’s Speech: And here’s the cover art for Mirah’s 2000 album You Think It’s Like This But Really It’s Like This: Makes you think, right? Probably just a coincidence. But just for … Continue reading

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