Clik here to view.
Thursday Night TV Recaps for Poor People (And for the Curious Rich)
Hello, Wm.™ Steven Humphrey here, editor of the Portland Mercury. Our regular contributor Elinor Joneser is out today collecting bottles and cans in order to afford rent for her one-room hovel located...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg's Laser Cats 7: Better Than Battle Pony!
Maybe it's just because in the past three days I've rewatched both E.T. and Close Encounters, but I think this might be my favorite thing Spielberg's done since Munich. [ Subscribe to the comments on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watch the Premiere Episode of Girls
Who watched last night's premiere episode of Lena Dunham's Girls on HBO? I saw it too, and while it wasn't quite the yuk-fest I was expecting, this is still smart, funny and very different from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mad Men: Signal 30
I can barely do a recap. I feel like we're in a special era of Mad Men where the showrunners are so familiar with the characters that they can spit out hilarious episodes like last night's intuitively...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Game of Thrones Recap: "Do you want my brother to come in and help?" Edition
Well, how about that. You know? THAT. I was kind of surprised by that thing near the end of Game of Thrones last night. As much as I love the book (LOTS), I've so far approved of the additions and...
View ArticleParks and Rec Returns; April is Up Poop Creek
Hurrah and Huzzah! Parks and Recreation returns this Thursday night on NBC at 9:30 pm. And while I've never been much of an April fan (that rolling eye and flat affect schtick got old fast), it looks...
View ArticleBusey Beat: Gary Busey's Tax Tips!
Who better to give you some last minute tax tips on this tax day than Gary Busey? (Okay... maybe he isn't the best choice... but his advice in regards to blowing up inner tubes is unimpeachable,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IKEA Makes a TV, and... Wait. IKEA Makes a TV?!?
Looks like IKEA (longtime purveyor of inexpensive modern furniture of questionable quality) has something new for its shoppers making the trek from the 'burbs: their own brand of TV called the...
View ArticleSpeaking of Fuck
Lots like this in the mailbag: I honestly had never heard of you before your show on MTV. It is pretty sad actually. Now that I have heard of you I have started listening to your podcasts. I love...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Rock is The Hero, Even Though We All Knew That Already
Will The Rock's new TV show bring him to Portland?! WE CAN ONLY HOPE OH SHIT. The Most Electrifying Man in Sports All Entertainment™ is getting a reality show! Make my day, CNN: Variety reports that...
View ArticleNetflix to Shotgun New Arrested Development Series
So to quickly catch you up, the Arrested Development movie is OFF, and a rebooted Arrested Development series is ON—and Netflix is planning on releasing them in a very interesting way... From EW:...
View ArticleToday in LAFFS: The Parks & Rec Gag Reel!
If you need another reason to hate your current job, here's the Parks and Recreation blooper reel to remind you how much you wish you could work with these people, instead of your asshole co-worker...
View ArticleClik here to view.
And Now for Several Out-of-Context Quotes from the Reader's Digest Profile of...
Despite the sweating, things were going well. I was riding the rhythm of the buzzer. My heart was pounding when Trebek unveiled the Final Jeopardy category: TV Theme Songs. Oh my god! My feet lifted...
View ArticleAmerican Horror Story Returns: New Place, Familiar Face
Ryan Murphy—the creator of American Horror Story, which was hands down the best show of last year—was speaking to a TV panel yesterday in North Hollywood, and revealed the setting of season two... as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RIP Jonathan Frid (AKA VAMPIRE)
First Dick Clark, now another TV great—though much less well known—has passed on. Au revoir to actor Jonathan Frid, best known for his role in the long running horror soap Dark Shadows, who passed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thursday TV Recaps for Poor People!
Hello, fellow peasants. It was nice of Steve to slum it in these recaps last week, but now he is back in his plush castle made of premium cable and diamonds, and I resume my Thursday night job of...
View ArticleGet Your "Thick" On! The Schmidt Workout
As I simply will not shut up about, Schmidt from New Girl is my current favorite character on TV—and not only because actor Max Greenfield also played the dreamy Deputy Leo in Veronica Mars! In New...
View ArticleBill O'Reilly: Experimenting with Being an Asshole Again
In another edition of "SHUT UP, BILL O'REILLY," Bill slammed the makers of Glee for including a transgendered teen (played by Alex Newell) on their show. From the New York Daily News: “Here's the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Game of Thrones Recap: Joffrey's Presidential Dildo Edition
Monarchies are stupid. Say what you will about democracies, at least they never invest power with juvenile little micro-sadists who command people to torture each other. Joffrey's monstrosity was on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mad Men: Far Away Places
I made it to the Backstage Bar last night to watch Mad Men. They show it every Sunday and there was a nice large screen and the volume was turned up to a good level, but in vain because three...
View Article