Mad Men Recap: "Field Trip"
Matthew Weiner is a literary man. Individual episodes may be slow. But, sometimes, slow is required for the masterful, coherent whole he is creating. Mad Men is really a novel played out on a...
View ArticleGame of Thrones: "First of His Name" Recap
King Tommen – Man, like 3 hours ago we didn’t even know this kid’s name and now he’s lord of the Seven Kingdoms? Of course, his only lines so far have been “Yes, Grandfather” and “[shakes head...
View ArticleMad Men: "The Monolith" Recap
Cass Mastern lived for a few years and in that time he learned that the world is all of one piece. He learned that the world is like an enormous spider web and if you touch it however lightly, at any...
View ArticleUFC: Friends (A Look Back at "The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion")
Today is the 17th anniversary of the Friends episode, “The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion.” It was the 24th episode of the 3rd season of Friends and is a hell of a time capsule for the UFC....
View ArticleGame of Thrones: "The Laws of Gods and Men" Recap
We’re really starting to move now, which makes me start to feel very sad about whoever is not going to be around for Season 5. Oh well. Watching Game of Thrones is like owning a pet. You love them and...
View ArticleMad Men: "The Runaways" Recap
Normally, we find an overarching theme. Though “The Runaways” felt like an inchoate assembly of vignettes. Perhaps Weiner is playing with structure, enabling viewers to feel the dislocated year 1969...
View ArticleGame of Thrones: "Mockingbird" Recap
Tyrion – Just another amazing episode for Peter Dinklage. This time playing realistic (for a show with dragons) scenes with a brother, friend and presumed enemy. Don’t do it. Don’t you dare do it,...
View ArticleMad Men Recap: "The Strategy"
“The Strategy” traces the formation of the ad pitch from start to finish. We begin outside Burger Chef, with Peggy conducting field research. We finish inside Burger Chef, with Don, Peggy and Pete...
View ArticleNorm Macdonald Never Liked Oscar Pistorius
The Oscar Pistorius trial is currently on hold as he is facing a metal assessment. Meanwhile, Norm Macdonald went on Conan on Wednesday night and talked about how he never liked Pistorius. Really, this...
View ArticleFull House-Inspired Hockey Sweater is the Greatest Amateur Sports Jersey of...
Shut. It. Down. Your amateur beer league team will never come close to matching the insane awesomeness that is this Full House-inspired hockey sweater for the Philadelphia-area men’s league hockey...
View ArticleGame of Thrones: "The Mountain and the Viper" Recap
Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. God dammit! All season, I have traditionally watched “Silicon Valley” sometime on Monday and watched “Bar Rescue” or sports after Game of Thrones. Last night I had to watch...
View ArticleGame of Thrones: "The Watchers on the Wall" Recap
If you were a semi-recurring character on Game of Thrones and your hair was red, you will not appear in the season finale. Sorry. Thank goodness Lady Sansa didn’t show up. This was the rarest of...
View ArticleCroatian Soccer Fan Kisses Brazilian Reporter on Live TV
Sabina Simonato, a Brazilian reporter for one of the Globo stations, was doing a live shot from Sao Paulo on Thursday when a Croatian fan walked by. The Croatian put his arm around Simonato and gave...
View ArticleGame of Thrones: "The Children" Recap
Dear Book Readers, We’re sorry. So sorry. We, the people who have not read the books, want to apologize. We don’t know why you’re so angry. We don’t know why we should be angry. We wish we were angry....
View ArticleThe Strain is the Only New Summer Show Worth Watching
The Strain, that TV show with the freaky worm crawling into a wide open human eye on the posters that you have probably been disgusted by, premiered last night on FX. If, like me, you aren’t familiar...
View ArticleSharknado 2: Cousin Andy Hit A Home Run at Citi Field
Sharknado 2 is a thing people are Social Media’ing about. Richard Kind, aka Cousin Andy from Curb Your Enthusiasm, hit a home run at Citi Field. Not sure if there is meaningful context that would aid...
View ArticleSeven Observations from Watching The Simpsons All Day
As you may or may not have heard by now, FXX is running a Simpsons marathon. Like many on this here Internet, I spent much of Thursday watching the show’s first two seasons. The characters would all...
View ArticleJohn Rocker is Taking His Talents to Survivor
John Rocker and his girlfriend, Julie McGee (a spray-tan entrepreneur), are among the contestants on the upcoming season of Survivor, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. They’ll be competing as a...
View ArticleThis Erin Andrews Photo Will Give Angry Male Sports Columnists Aneurysms
The options are endless in the @DancingABC closet #promoshoot pic.twitter.com/Dn780h9CQI — Erin Andrews (@ErinAndrews) August 27, 2014 Erin Andrews is the new co-host of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars....
View ArticleI've Been Watching the Simpsons Since Last Thursday and Haven't Gone Crazy...
The Simpsons is, by far, my favorite media of all time. This must be established in the first sentence or the rest of this meandering, semi-coherent 2,000 word post isn’t going to make a lick of sense....
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