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The Huff 'n Puff Days Are Over: Things That Happened on Last Night's Grimm

You know the Customs House? That historical building in the North Park Blocks that no one knows what to do with? The makers for Grimm have found a use for the 1897 building: fill it full of fake cops...

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The Spike TV Video Game Awards Were Terrible

Spike TVHow sad is it that the Spike demographic was born after Hot Shots! Part Deux? If any single moment could serve as a summary of the entire awards show, it would be when a paid actor, dressed in...

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Lowe's Commenters Make Oregonian Commenters Look Like Commie Pinkos

As you may have heard, Lowe's (the big box hardware store) has pulled their advertising from a TLC show titled All-American Muslim—a reality program about a family of Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan who...

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What The Hell Atari?

Growing up in the 80s and early 90s I was exposed to a lot of bizarre videogame advertisements. Japan's Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past dance off? The creepy-as-hell proto-CGI NES ad? That's our...

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American Horror Story Chitty-Chat Club!

Welcome to the American Horror Story Chitty-Chat Club, and if you're a fan of horrifying, bloody birth scenes that possibly include lil' Baby Antichrist... you've come to the right place! Take an...

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Rob Lowe in GREATEST LIFETIME MOVIE EVAHRRR!!!

Sometimes life is a bottomless pit of shit-filled despair. But other times? IT IS JUST SO AMAZING I WANT TO DRY HUMP THE SKY!!! Today is one of those days, my friends, because the Lifetime network...

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Long-Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found

RadioTimes.comIt turns out Matt Smith was not the first Doctor with a penchant for hats. Well, this is interesting! Every year, the British Film Institute holds a “Lost and Presumed Wiped” event. It...

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Rapunzel the Killer Wolf-Girl: It's Grimm Recap Time!

Last night’s episode of Grimm was about a werewolf Rapunzel who kills people with her hair. It was actually one of the better episodes so far- maybe my second favorite after episode five. Grimm has...

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Battlestar Galactica: Ruiner of Lives, Bringer of Despair

I'm not entirely sure the following can be legitimately defined as "Sketch Comedy." As a fair amount of my peers can attest to, this clip from season two of Portlandia feels more like an Unsolved...

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Portlandia Is So Two Hours Ago. Welcome to Vancouvria!

Is it wrong that this makes me nostalgic for getting coffee at McDonalds with my dad every single day of my childhood? (Correct answer: YES.) (Via all of my social networks, simultaneously.) [...

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Kristen Bell in Her Underpants, Because... Kristen Bell in Her Underpants.

So Showtime has an interesting and potentially very funny show debuting January 8 called House of Lies, which is based on the book by Martin Kihn, and stars Don Cheadle (EEEE!), Kristen Bell (EEEE!),...

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American Horror Story Chitty-Chat Club: Season Finale!

OMG, you guys! American Horror Story is SO INSANE! And last night's season finale was the "insane-iest"! Hit the jump for my thoughts on this episode, and be sure to add your comments to the......

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Syllable for Syllable, Jenna Maroney Is the Funniest Person on TV

It's not as concise as that time Conrad Bain slapped her in a men's room, but here's Jenna working at her new judging gig, from the forthcoming season of 30 Rock. [ Subscribe to the comments on this...

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American Horror Story will Return... with a New Cast and Haunted Mansion??

The best show not many of you are watching is far and away American Horror Story. I CANNOT OVERSTATE THIS INDISPUTABLE FACT!! Now that you've been duly informed, get ready to be duly informed of...

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The Eternal (and Eternally Bizarre) Brilliance of Pee Wee's Playhouse...

Here's a minute and 47 seconds that prove my subject line. I cannot wait for the day when Paul Reubens, S. Epatha Merkerson, Grace Jones, and Van Dyke Parks (who composed the music) collaborate again....

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X-Factor Pakistan

As hot tipper Paul says, "Makes the Jackass guys look like preening debutantes." Some of those are old tricks—florescent bulbs are dramatic but relatively mild, as are the brittle blocks—asbestos?—you...

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Lil' Britney Spears' Japanese Existential Crisis

So I've been spending a lot of my vacation week watching Japanese TV commercials, and... OH, I'M SORRY! IS THERE SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT I SHOULD BE DOING WITH MY TIME?? Didn't think so. Anyway, I...

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Weatherman Hissy Fit: Holiday Edition

TV news people are the worst people on the planet... generally speaking. I worked for a news station for awhile, and believe me, it's a personality train wreck featuring tanker cars full of highly...

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Rick Santorum: The Pied Piper of Fecal Matter

In news obviously designed to make us ill, Rick Santorum has 21 new supporters: The Dugger family from the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting (another one of those skin-crawling reality shows that...

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Snoop Dogg Co-Hosts The Price is Right

Presented without comment. Okay, I have one comment: THIS... IS... AWESOME!! [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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