Duchess Goes Mad Men
Another reason to snub Banana Republic in favor of local design: Duchess Clothier has joined the ranks of fashion designers who have been bitten by the Mad Men fashion bug, having released three new...
View ArticleThe Interview Dan Savage Interview
Hey! There's a really good interview in Interview in which our sister paper's editor Christopher Frizzelle over at The Stranger interviews Dan Savage (whose new show Savage U debuts tonight on MTV)....
View ArticleFat Betty Francis Has a Twitter Account
I had no idea they had Twitter back in 1966—and yet? Here's Fat Betty Francis (from Mad Men, 'natch) strutting her fine fat stuff on the Twitter machine. NOTE: This is both mean and "size-ist"... so...
View ArticleKnight Rider says "Don't Smoke Dope... It Kills BABIES!!!"
Check out this positively hysteric anti-pot PSA from the '80s starring an extremely frustrated David Hasselhoff (as Michael Knight from Knight Rider) and KITT—who really needs to have his "CPU"...
View ArticleCanadian "SportsCentre" is Better than American "SportsCenter," I Assume
Hello. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT CANADIAN SPORTSCENTRE (yes, that's the way they spell it up there) WAS SO MUCH MORE FREAKING AWESOME THAN AMERICAN SPORTSCENTER??!?!? Actually I have no basis for...
View ArticleThursday TV Recaps for Poor People!
I'm just gonna go for it. Community Last night’s episode continues telling the sad story of Abed and Troy’s deteriorating friendship with a PBS-style war documentary on their epic fort battle. It is...
View ArticleRecaps For the Mildly Interested: We're Done Here
Picture Sylvester and Tweety Bird. Now picture them married. Now picture Sylvester abusing Tweety Bird by strapping him to a machine from one of the Saw movies and force-feeding him worms. Now picture...
View ArticlePaul Feig on Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks is one of the best TV shows ever, which is why the idea of creator Paul Feig walking the Onion's AV Club through the making of the thing, episode by episode, is pretty great. The...
View ArticleMad Men Mystery Date
The commercial below is the namesake of this week's episode. Sally watches it with her new grandmother who I both hated and enjoyed tonight. Remember the Simpsons episode where they played Mystery...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Recap: "Let's do it on the giant Risk board" Edition
Ned Stark was a good ruler, a good military leader, and a good man. He was not, however, good at politics. In Westeros, it’s abundantly clear that if you want to be good at the game of thrones, it...
View ArticleMr. McFeely and the Terrifying Purple Panda
Even though the thoroughly enjoyable Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is no more, his old sidekick/speedy delivery man Mr. McFeely (David Newell) is still working the kindergarten circuit. But now he's...
View ArticleToday in Sexy Adult Undergarments (Which is to Say, "Diapers")
I caught an abridged version of this commercial on TV the other night, and was all like, "YESSSSSSS!!" For who doesn't want to see Melrose Place's Lisa Rinna modeling adult diapers (which she thinks...
View ArticleTV Is Dying, Too
Don't worry, print journalism! You're not the only thing that's going away! Citibank entertainment media analyst Jason B. Bazinet and his team wrote in a note to investors today that they are baffled...
View ArticleChevy Chase and Dan Harmon Are Tearing Me Apart
Community is about a family, and nothing says family like "Parents screaming at each other long into the night for years on end until they finally get a divorce and never speak to each other again."...
View ArticleThe Simpsons' Springfield is Our Springfield
In news that is no longer very interesting but would've been nice to know... oh, I don't know... maybe ten years ago, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening finally 'fesses up and reveals that the...
View ArticleRon Sworschach
I've long believed that Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson is the best sitcom character to hit TV screens since the 1980s*. This Tumblr answers the essential question: What if you combined Ron Swanson...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Kids Sing Game of Thrones Theme
In the season one Blu-Ray edition of Game of Thrones, the GoT kids Arya, Sansa and Bran Stark (played by Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, and Isaac Hempstead Wright) get their very own commentary...
View ArticleCCOKC: Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron
Props to everyone involved in the creation of this glorious Funny or Die video. CCOKC - Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron - watch more funny videos [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSimpsons' Springfield is NOT in Oregon; Oregon Continues to Give Less Than...
As I brought to your (in)attention the other day, The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening gave a recent interview with Smithsonian magazine in which he revealed where he came up with the name of...
View ArticleThe Shins on Kimmel
The Shins appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last night, playing two songs from Port of Morrow—"Simple Song" and "The Rifle's Spiral"—but also appearing in a little comedy bit, as they are wont to do these...
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