Experimental Half Hour - "XXX Valentine's Day"
Can you believe that the crew over at Experimental Half Hour are already celebrating the release of their 30th episode? Portland's favorite avant-garde cable access show has been cranking out a steady...
View ArticleHere's That Care Bear Reboot You've Been Waiting For
Of course this is going to happen and now the only question is why it didn't happen sooner: American Greetings Properties is rebooting their most profitable property/product, Care Bears, because they...
View ArticleHodor Valentine's Day (feat. Señor Chang)
Because god knows the only thing I truly love is TV. And especially Game of Thrones and Community. Via Via Thanks to Erin and Dan Harmon. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSneaky Peek: Louis CK on Parks and Rec!
Muddling through the stupid car ad before this clip will be totally worth it, because you'll get to see a sneaky peek of Louis CK guest starring on Thursday's Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope's...
View Article"Happy Black History Month, Charlie Brown!"
David Alan Grier (remember HIM???) appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last night to promote his new animated special, "Happy Black History Month, Charlie Brown!" While I really don't think this cartoon is going...
View ArticleHow PBS Covers Presidential Blowjobs
American Experience (on PBS) has a great documentary series coming up on February 20th and 21st, called Clinton—which covers the entire Bill Clinton presidency. Naturally the part I'm most interested...
View ArticlePSA: Project Runway Is on The Hunt
They're baaaaack.... I just got an email from an associate casting director for Project Runway, and they're sniffing up the old Portland tree again, hoping to shake down some more fruit a la Leanne...
View ArticleHappy Burtday, LeVar!
LeVar Burton—the hero responsible for keeping the Enterprise shipshape and teaching countless kids that reading is the best thing ever—turns a sprightly 55 years young today! In celebration of this...
View ArticleThe Best Technical College Ad You Will Ever See
One of the great tropes of low-budget TV ads for colleges is the "snap" teleportation. SNAP! You're in the computer lab! SNAP! You're in the student lounge! However, things go a bit (and by "a bit" I...
View ArticleRecaps for Poor People: Louis C.K. Brings Back the Awkward.
Hello! I am on vacation in sunny Los Angeles right now. I thought about taking the week off the recaps but then I remembered that Louis C.K. was coming back to P&R, so I decided that Universal...
View ArticleWell, I Guess You Can Watch Whitney Houston's Funeral, If You're Into That...
Whitney Houston's funeral will take place this Saturday, and yes, if that's your "thing," you may certainly watch it on television. E! cable channel has just announced that it is planning an E! News...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club!
It's time again for The Walking Dead Chitty Chat Club—a recap that celebrates THE STUPIDEST PEOPLE ON TV. Did you watch last night's ep? Then by all means weigh in on HOW STUPID THESE PEOPLE ARE in...
View ArticleOkay, So This Might Be a Good HBO Show
HBO has been reeeeal hit and miss lately, with the debut of the well-cast but slow as molasses Luck, and Ricky Gervais' Life's Too Short which is funny by half. (GET IT??? Okay, whatever, it's not...
View ArticleIf The Simpsons Were On Netflix Instant I'd Never Leave My House.
Coinciding nicely with the show's 500th episode, which aired on Sunday, Deadspin has a great 20-year-retrospective look at the making of "Homer At The Bat," the star-studded episode that marked the...
View ArticleThe Best Article You Will Ever Read About Pete & Pete
Here's a must read for fans of the hilariously surreal Nickelodeon TV series from the mid-90s, The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Author Mathew Klickstein offers an incredibly thorough history of the...
View ArticleGood News, Bad News, Good News: The Return of Community!
Community is returning in March, so sayeth Community creator Dan Harmon's Twitter machine: What you call 8:00, we call home.Community returns to Thursday nights on March 15th.— Dan Harmon (@danharmon)...
View ArticleSomeone Outside of Portland Who Doesn't Like Portlandia
Hat tips to Bobby for this story... The Washington Post style blog has published a review of Portlandia: The Tour (in which Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein perform a live show to drum up viewership...
View ArticleAnything in the World Can Be Compared to Portlandia
'80s movie slow clap for Slate Salon author David Daley who OH, SO CORRECTLY calls bullshit on the media's love of comparing anything slightly offbeat to IFC's only show Portlandia. While the New York...
View ArticleIt Gets Better Special
The It Gets Better Project's special on MTV aired last weekend, and now you can watch it online too. I just finished watching it, and it's just great. Dan and Terry have really done something...
View ArticleRecaps for Poor People: 30 Rock Does It for the Nerds.
Television rocks. Thursday NBC shows rock the hardest most of the time. Last night was a good night. Let's relive it together, shall we? 30 Rock This was a fucking great episode! Impressive. After a...
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