There are very few sketch comedy shows out there that will make me burst out in belly laughs. Besides an occasional Saturday Night Live, there was also In Living Color and Fridays and Mad TV, all three of which I considered viable viewing alternatives to SNL. Maybe The Kids in the Hall, but that was…
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“Why do you think they call it dope?”
Came across this series of film clips recently, and felt like sharing. No matter what time my little pre-teen self watched television – whether it was a Saturday morning cartoon or some TV game show or a syndicated afternoon program – there would always be some sort of anti-drug public service announcement. And this was…
Read MoreBreaking Bear – a TV show that’s not safe for anybody
Breaking Bad was an incredible drama series. Over its 60+ episodes, you could see the gradual change of a struggling chemistry teacher who turns into a methamphetamine-manufacturing drug kingpin. The show was well-written and deep. And now … we get the parody show. This popped up on my Tubi feed, so I watched a couple…
Read MoreHow many outfits does Sarah Keenleyside own?
Last Monday, I visited my ophthalmologist for my yearly eye checkup and eyeglass prescription adjustment. Since I have Type II diabetes, my medical regimen includes holding back retinal neuropathy and any sort of blood hemorrhage in my eyes – thus requiring a yearly routine of an ophthalmologist in the summer and a retinal specialist in…
Read MoreThe Harvey Birdman / Venture Bros / Aqua Teen Hunger Force / Mike Tyson Mysteries crossover WE ALL NEED RIGHT NOW
A couple of days ago, I remarked on a 1972 animated movie that combined the King Features Syndicate characters as part of an omni-shared universe. Well, apparently, this next “shared universe” collaboration features content not from a single publishing entity, but instead from a single cable television broadcast entity. Specifically, Cartoon Network. And even more…
Read MoreThe cinematic universe movie from 1972 (that was sorta repeated in 1986)
Cinematic universe films take a TON of preparation and writing to make them even remotely believable. Look at how much effort one went through just to create the first Avengers movie. You needed several standalone films, along with a way to tie all of them together. Same thing with the current James Gunn-authored DC Universe.…
Read MoreThe Fugitive: The greatest ending to a serialized TV drama
For four years, the lead character was a man on the run. An escapee from the law. Someone convicted of murder, and all appeals were exhausted. While being escorted to prison and an eventual date with the electric chair, he escapes. And now he must stay hidden, and find the evidence to prove that the…
Read MoreThe Green Hornet was too much like Batman, and not enough like Batman.
After the breakout runaway success of the 1966 Batman TV series, there was an attempt to create another super-crime-fighting half-hour drama series by the same network. And with the same production company that operated the Batman TV series, we received The Green Hornet. The Green Hornet originally existed as a popular 1940’s radio drama, and…
Read MoreSo I watched “Spider-Noir” in color … because …
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the new Amazon Prime miniseries Spider-Noir, which takes the Spider-Man story and plants it into a 1930’s era crime noir drama. It’s almost as if Stan Lee and Steve Ditko had lunch with Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett, and this was the result of splitting the dining check.…
Read MoreThe Royale with Cheese TV Club: Fleabag
The Royale With Cheese Movie Club is a blog category where I finally get around to watching films that apparently everyone else in the world has seen. It was named after my finally seeing Pulp Fiction about 25 years after everyone else. Of late, I’ve added a TV subsection to this blog category, so at…
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