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| Tuesday Mar 6, 2007 | Mr. Muggles is the real hero of Heroes. to Television by roo |
| Sunday Aug 28, 2005 | Like ice cream and minature pies, monkeys and the Simpsons
were meant for each other. So, naturally, somebody has made
a (non-exhaustive) list of the monkey mentions and sightings
in the series. (This is not to be confused with the
more general
simian
sightings, which include bigfoot and gorillas). to Television by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Jul 12, 2005 | With a DVD and a some
image stiching software, you can
create
panoramas of the backgrounds of your
favorite TV shows.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Jun 21, 2005 | Reality TV's finest moment occured in April on
"Showdog Moms and Dads"
when
Happy, the crotch-fixated dog,
attacked a stranger and was defended by his.. unusual owner.
"In my vagina two times he bite me.
but his teeths are very small and they don't damage very much. Just, they pinch!"
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Friday May 27, 2005 | Celebrate the return of
the most popular TV show in BBC history by
rolling your
own Dr. Who theme song.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Wednesday Apr 20, 2005 | Showing us once again that there is nothing too obscure for
enshrinement on the web, Maudies
Domain is the German portal for all your Maude Flanders
trivia,
worship,
and
fanfic needs.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Saturday Feb 19, 2005 | Get out your twanger and play with your balls. to Television by nucleus |
| Thursday Jan 27, 2005 | Johnny Carson may have been a great TV host, but he
was not without his
cringe-inducing
lapses of taste.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Monday Jan 24, 2005 | Hurka and other 80s TV commercials from Hungary.
to Television by fool |
| Friday Nov 19, 2004 | "You are nothing without your robot car. NOTHING!"
So build your own replica
of KITT and rest assured that you
are somebody special.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Thursday May 6, 2004 | 19 reasons why 10.5 was full of shit. to Television by yoyology |
| Friday Apr 16, 2004 | "Hams should be seen as well as heard." to Television by yoyology |
| Wednesday Jan 21, 2004 | For gay and bisexual fans of "Space: 1999" (all two of you), there
is finally
a mailing list.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Friday Aug 29, 2003 | Kinchan and Katori Shingo's
Zen Nihon Kasou Taisho is an amazing talent show and the source of many amusing videos (including "Matrix Pong" and "Magic Shadow").
to Television by joshua |
| Thursday Aug 21, 2003 | In retrospect, the combination of
reality TV
and porn was
inevitable.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Friday Apr 4, 2003 | Banzai is a (potentially offensive) gameshow which revolves around viewers making bets about unusual situations narrorated by a particularly thick-accented announcer. One of the more notable segments is "Lady One Question" in which viewers bet how long an interviewer can keep an interviewee talking after asking just one question and afterwards doing nothing. to Television by fool |
| Tuesday Mar 25, 2003 | Back after a year's absence,
TV Go Home returns to
its deeply bitter (and hilarious) spoofing of the BBC Radio Times
TV listings.
As with any satire worth its salt, TvGoHome is itself the subject of
mockery.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Thursday Feb 27, 2003 | So, let's make the most of this beautiful
day. Since we're together we might as well say: Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor? Won't you please, Won't you please? Please won't you be my neighbor? Rest in Peace, Mr. Rogers. to Television by fatherdan |
| Friday Feb 21, 2003 | You weren't the only kid traumatized by TV production company logos, like Screen Gems' creepy "S from Hell." to Television by tregoweth |
| Sunday Jan 26, 2003 | Whether you're a Thunderbirds fan or a stop-motion animation lover, the Supermarionation site is a must-visit. to Television by shadow |
| Thursday Jan 16, 2003 | How good are meteorologists? NORTHERN ILLINOIS STORM LAB takes a stab at answering that question for part of the US. They have the method, they have the answers. I wonder if they'll get any results? There's also some interesting info explaining how storm predictions are made.
to Television by thurston |
| Tuesday Dec 10, 2002 | For those of you who got bored with the original (and all of the many spinoff series), there's still novelty for you: From the people that brought you the Turkish Wizard of Oz, you now can enjoy Turkish Star Trek. to Television by isosceles |
| Tuesday Aug 20, 2002 | What do Anna
Nicole Smith, Buffy
the Vampire-Slayer and Enterprise
have in common? They all suck, they're all from outer space and they
are all mercilessly, yet lovingly reviewed by people at Television Without
Pity who are clearly smart enough to be embarrassed at the amount
of time they spend thinking about this stuff.
to Television by attila |
| Saturday Aug 10, 2002 | Although it seems that Davey and Goliath are making a return to TV, the Christian efforts of Ned Flanders have not gone unnoticed. In fact, an upcoming religious festival features a tribute night that promises a lookalike contest and the tribute band Ned Zeppelin. To hear (realplayer needed) it from the organizer Ned is both humble and faithful though not necessarily all a joke.
to Television by gsean |
| Friday Jul 26, 2002 | Jerry Springer. Love him or
hate him, he's
a part of our world. His show has even been used in a college
research experiment. But I don't watch the show for Jerry, or the
loons on the show. I watch it for Steve Wilkos, the head
bouncer. Yum!
to Television by moose |
| Wednesday Jul 17, 2002 | When not destroying space
monsters with his devastating
Specium Ray, Ultraman makes
for a delicious
dessert. to Television by fatherdan |
| Sesame Street may have expanded their horizons recently, but Bert and Ernie's coming out at Sundance was not well-received by their owners. to Television by fringehead |
| Tuesday Jul 2, 2002 | Neither Linux on
a wristwatch
nor a wristwatch camera have quite the panache of the Seiko TV Watch ( circa 1982.)
to Television by joshua |
| Saturday Jun 22, 2002 | Television spinoffs are one thing, but a fictional universe that contains multiple shows is another. NBC is a good example: Kramer from Seinfeld is the landlord of Paul Buckman (from Mad About You)'s bachelor apartment; Ursula from Mad About You is the twin sister of Phoebe from Friends. In addition, Urkel from Family Matters (itself a spinoff of Perfect Strangers) crashed a jet back into the cast of Step By Step -- one of whose characters, Dana, made an appearance on the show Boy Meets World. While the obvious motive for such connections is increased marketshare (after all, link a new series to a known good one to increase brand recognition), it's amusing that the linking series almost always outlive the linked ones.
to Television by isosceles |
| Thursday May 30, 2002 | Some people like Airwolf so much, they're willing to write Airwolf fanfiction. Or start Airwolf clubs. Or cast Cheech Marin in imaginary Airwolf sequels.
I guess there must not be a lot for Airwolf fans to do in Sweden...
to Television by isosceles |
| Thursday Apr 11, 2002 | So you'd like to learn more about Transformers, eh? The site seibertron.com certainly has the information you need. It's just not clear where the girly pics fit in. Diva Bomb! Transform! to Television by isosceles |
| Monday Apr 8, 2002 | If the automobile had not been invented, then Knight Rider would be Mr. Ed. to Television by isosceles |
| In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the invention of television, efforts are underway to revive the name of Philo Farnsworth, an Idaho farmboy who is said to have conceived of the idea at age 14, and created a working model at age 21.
to Television by borges |
| Tuesday Mar 26, 2002 | If Transformers,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,Voltron,GI Joe, and He-Man were the first tier of cheesy 80's
cartoons, and if Go-Bots, ThunderCats, MASK,
and Silverhawks
were the second tier, then I can imagine a third tier of also-rans: Dinosaucers,
TigerSharks,
Jem,Turbo
Teen, and the incomparable Street
Frogs!
to Television by isosceles |
| Wednesday Feb 20, 2002 | For the TV addict in all of us, TV Episode Lists By Menu! Now I can prove that I didn't hallucinate Mel Brook's short-lived TV show When Things Were Rotten (unfortunately not available on DVD). On another note, I both love and hate the internet for taking over my mind with the theme song.
to Television by peterb |
| Friday Feb 15, 2002 | Many Finnish children's programs get dubbed for export.
Most of the dubs are good, but some are
not so good,
particularly those from a company called
"Agapio
Racing Team".
Here's some
serious evidence
why some movies and TV programs should not get dubbed.
to Television by wwwwolf |
| Friday Jan 18, 2002 | Long before the critically acclaimed series "Oz", "The Sopranos", and "Sex & the City", "Not Necessarily the News" (based on the Britcom series "Not the Nine O'Clock News" which launched Rowan 'Mr. Bean' Atkinson's career) was the only reason to have HBO in the early 1980s besides "Fraggle Rock."
to Television by rich |
| Wednesday Jan 16, 2002 | It's the greatest children's cartoon show you never saw: Li'l Bill and Hill & Friends! to Television by boneyard |
| Tuesday Jan 15, 2002 | If we can send Nixon to China, why can't we send Oprah to Dave? to Television by boneyard |
| Friday Nov 16, 2001 | Sclemeel,
schlemazel,
hasenfeffer
incorporated.
We're
gonna do it!! to Television by lucky |
| Tuesday Oct 30, 2001 | Ah, Benny Hill. We hardly knew ye... to Television by saucy |
| Sunday Oct 14, 2001 | "Thunder ... thunder ... thunder THUNDERCATS, HO!!!!!" Those of us who grew up in the 80's will remember that refrain from an after-school animated series starring anthropomorphic cats in a never-ending battle against the evil forces of Mumm-ra. Like anything that appeals to larval geeks, the show has spawned a number of high-quality fansites. There's even a Thundercats: The Movie prank, complete with a teaser poster, a phony press release, a fake interview and a fictional article about Thundercats' ahem "original NC-17 content" involving the lovely Cheetara. But nostalgia is nothing compared to the side-splitting experience of hearing the familiar voices of Lion-O, Snarf and Panthro curse like sailors in the Thundercats outtakes archive. to Television by pjammer |
| Wednesday Oct 10, 2001 | Cartoon Network's "I Am Weasel" features a surprising number of celebrity voices. In addition to regular cast member and Star Trek icon Michael Dorn, additional voices include George Segal, Dom DeLuise, Loretta "Hot Lips" Swit, Phyllis Diller, Ed McMahon, Bronson "Don't Be Ridiculous" Pinchot, and, of course, "Who's The Boss" and Lifetime Movie melodrama superstar Judith Light. to Television by roo |
| Saturday Sep 15, 2001 | Enterprise, Star Trek series V, debuts September 26th. So get your geek on: download the tv promos, scope the latest crotch candy and check out the theme song from the commercial (Wherever You Go by The Calling). Paramount has been getting a lot of mileage out of their "new" design for the Enterprise, but Hello! I think we know an
Akira Class when we see one! (Akira Class designed by Alex Jaeger for the film 'First Contact' (1996) and appeared in episodes of Voyager and Deep Space Nine.)
to Television by cricket |
| Saturday Sep 8, 2001 | Can't wait for Buffy and Angel to premiere in a few weeks? Don't want to resort to writing fan fiction for your fix? Try pondering over the moral ambiguities and ethical quandries of the Buffyverse. to Television by lampbane |
| Tuesday Aug 21, 2001 | Wil Wheaton, often vilified for his role as Star Trek's Wesley Crusher, has grown up to have a bit of time on his hands.
to Television by riddle |
| Monday Aug 6, 2001 | When sweeps week hits children's TV - Artoo and Threepio pay a visit to Sesame Street. to Television by gsean |
| Saturday Aug 4, 2001 | The reason Christopher Lowell's show on The Discovery Channel is so fascinating is not his remarkable interior decorating skills, it's just that he's so refreshingly gay! to Television by ron2112 |
| Monday Jul 23, 2001 | Theory has it that a test-tube DNA meld between Barney the dinosaur, a proto-Teletubby, a random mix of Sid and Marty Krofftian genes, and a small scraping from Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo could possibly produce a being like Furnitures, the Great Brown Oaf. This seems to be a kid's TV show...and it would be the most utterly absurd kid's show I have ever come across, but I can't find any broadcast times or dates, or stations. Maybe it's happening on a cable network in another reality zone. (Co-stars bear distant resemblance to Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.)
to Television by monde |
| Monday Jul 16, 2001 | Blast from the past: SCTV was rebroadcast on local late-night network TV last night, reminded me of all the people that came through The Second City. to Television by aimz |
| Saturday Jul 14, 2001 | Cartoonist Jhonen Vasquez has created an animated series for Nickelodeon called Invader Zim. It should appeal to fans of his comic, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. to Television by roo |
| Sunday Jul 8, 2001 | How could a TV pilot about the adventures of a super-intelligent renegade astronaut and his talking motorcycle NOT get picked up by a network? Only the monkeys at Fox can answer that, but to experience the genius of the award-winning never-aired
Heat Vision and Jack pilot, try to stomach the 301 Mb MPEG (or smaller RealPlayer versions)download. After the strip-club finale, you'll be saying "All monkey trash shall dance on Paragon's lap" in no time. to Television by saucy |
| Friday Jul 6, 2001 | Some people take what they see on The Sopranos and go a bit too far. Others star in The Sopranos and go even farther. to Television by dnm |
| Haven't kept up on the X-Files?
Here's an eBook which makes sense of the mythology, clearly and concisely.
to Television by shadow |
| Tuesday Jun 26, 2001 | Sick of awards that don't mention the best part of your sad little life? Help pick the Best Supporting Character on The Simpsons on The Road to Springfield. My money's on Frink (mngw-hey!). to Television by sylvar |
| Tuesday Jun 19, 2001 | While the excellent BBC TV show, The Royle Family, is no where near as popular as other cable shows, it still might be ready for Prime Time and has inspired a few fan sites.
to Television by rsf |
| Monday Jun 18, 2001 | Television and film actress Maura Tierney is just really fantastic, .so thinks this fan, who has also written a thoughtful analysis of the television show News Radio. to Television by borges |
| Friday Jun 15, 2001 | It's Cal Worthington and his dog Spot! Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal! to Television by mercaptan |
| Thursday Jun 7, 2001 | PBS's Frontline: Merchants of Cool investigation shows how corporations create and monopolize cultural trends. The teen interview section is very telling, they seem to know they're being manipulated but still go along for the ride. to Television by skallas |
| Saturday May 26, 2001 | The $20,000 ZIG. Watch it, even if you are tired of AYB. to Television by dnm |
| Monday May 14, 2001 | Humans are not the center of all life in the universe, money and sex will always be important, and every good fleet needs massive scary warships. Andromeda is the anti-Star Trek. to Television by lampbane |
| Sunday May 13, 2001 | Thirteen.org is hosting a great looking Buckminster Fuller site, but you'll have to go to the Fuller Institute to buy the toys like the Vector Flexor. to Television by skallas |
| Monday Apr 16, 2001 | Allison Silverman's diary provides insight on what it's like to be a writer for the The Daily Show. to Television by george |
| Friday Apr 13, 2001 | The cancellation of Doctor Who
by the BBC over a decade ago has left fans of the series a bit hungry
for more. Fortunately, people like The
Federation have been making fan videos "since the Reagan
administration". One of their recent efforts is to get some Doctor
Who out on the web. "Make a 6
minute video and we'll put it on our website!" they say. And they
have. Supposedly, one
of them isn't even a complete joke. Personally, I recommend the
6 Minute Time
Slacker video. If you're not screeching "FISHYSNAX" by the time
it's over, there's something wrong with you. to Television by dha |
| Friday Apr 6, 2001 | A Perfect Evening's TV - crazy british humor featuring, amongst others, Public Enemys' Flava Flav, Coco the Coco Pops monkey, and of course Wendy Richards' Ass. to Television by wheezer |
| Wednesday Mar 28, 2001 | Despite what Nelvana would have you believe, most of the characters on CardCaptors are probably gay. Or engaged in pedophilic relationships. Watch the uncensored Japanese version instead. to Television by lampbane |
| Thursday Mar 22, 2001 | There's an old story about The Newlywed Game, where Bob Eubanks asks a woman the strangest place she and her husband have made whoopie, and she replies, "That'd be the butt, Bob". According to everyone from TV Guide to the alt.folklore.urban FAQ, it's an urban legend. But this page has a 1977 clip from the game show that says otherwise. to Television by roo |
| Tuesday Mar 20, 2001 | Every time I take the NYC subway I see ads for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that read, "No one ever said they wanted to run away and join a video game." But isn't that what Captain N: The Game Master was all about? to Television by lampbane |
| Monday Mar 19, 2001 | Bugs Bunny is a cross-dresser, the Smurfs are communist, and Scrappy Doo is a human/dog hybrid. Maybe we really should stop watching cartoons after puberty. to Television by lampbane |
| Wednesday Mar 7, 2001 | Yes, an analysis of Survivor, by the guy who brought you The Prisoner Experiment.
to Television by mpc |
| Saturday Feb 3, 2001 | I've seen a few episodes of Scrapheap
Challenge (or, Junkyard
Wars, as it's known in the more combative USA), and it's great
fun. The official sites are about what you'd expect, but
the NERDS answer all the
interesting
questions from their experiences on the show.
to Television by gator |
| Thursday Feb 1, 2001 | As if you needed another reason to put off finding a girlfriend: Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds and Space: 1999 are finally being released on DVD, in the States, in their entirety. Anderson's model studio developed the techniques and trained the artists who made 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, James Bond, Batman, Krull, Alien, Aliens, and Dragonheart. to Television by cricket |
| Tuesday Jan 30, 2001 | Ever wondered what a Battlestar Galactica Daggit really was? The shocking truth revealed.
to Television by loothi |
| Saturday Jan 27, 2001 | Full House, Charles in Charge, Ally McBeal, Perfect Strangers - these shows (and many others) raise significant cultural questions. Most importantly, who would you kill? to Television by wheezer |
| Wednesday Jan 17, 2001 | Admit it, geek. You can recite the following opening credit voice-over by heart: "The year is 1987, and NASA launches the last of America's deep space probes. In a freak mishap Ranger 3 and its pilot, Captain William 'Buck' Rogers are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life support systems and returns Buck Rogers to Earth ... five hundred years later "
First released in 1979, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century's two-year run enjoyed syndicated play throughout the early/mid-eighties and introduced a generation of teenagers to memorable characters like Twiki and Dr. Theopolis, all the while keeping horomone-crazed adolecent boys glued to their television sets in hopes of catching an extended scene featuring the luscious Col. Wilma Deering (played by actress Erin Gray).
to Television by pjammer |
| Saturday Jan 6, 2001 | Why is everyone so infatuated with "reality" TV? There are shows about dogs, marines, guns, hitchhikers, classified ads, really old people, novelists, and home decorating. There are at least six million fan sites, blogs, news sites, and application sites. What's next?
to Television by djinn |
| Friday Jan 5, 2001 | Scooby
Scooby
Doo,
where
are
you? And
how
could
you?
to Television by moose |
| Thursday Dec 28, 2000 | After being bounced from three networks, noted film critic Jay Sherman is back! to Television by tregoweth |
| Thursday Dec 21, 2000 | For those in extreme need of a hobby: see if you qualify to stalk William
Shatner.
to Television by dha |
| Thursday Dec 14, 2000 | Whenever guests from out-of-town visit me in New York City, they're always bothering me about getting tickets for television show tapings. Some shows are easier to get tickets for than others. My secret? Audiences Unlimited. They offer free tickets to over 60 television shows if you're in New York or Los Angeles. But, if you're in the mood for something a little more intellectual (and you live in the Philadelphia area), I recommend that you sign up for tickets to Justice Talking -- National Public Radio's town hall-style forum that takes an in-depth look at the matters currently at stake in our nation's courts. to Television by rich |
| Monday Nov 6, 2000 | Ahh washed-up child actors... at least somebody still cares about them. And some people even keep their eyes peeled for these erstwhile sensations. While the sunken careers of Scott Baio or Dana Plato may be sad, rest assured that at least one site is informally researching why Diff'rent Strokes fell from grace. (I'd agree that the Very Special episodes were a big downer.) to Television by dwrr |
| Friday Oct 27, 2000 | Wait 10:13 minutes after the last official song on the X-Files Film Soundtrack to hear the "secret" track - Chris Carter explaining the whole shebang (listen to the mp3 or read the transcript). Turns out the X-Files conspiracy is based on the 1940 collaboration between France's Vichy régime and the Nazis: aliens are the Nazis, the world governments are the Vichy and the world population is the betrayed French people. But if everything is explained, why is the show still on? [ distant cash register noise ]
to Television by cricket |
| Strangers With Candy is like The Simpsons turned up to 11 - so intelligent, shocking and hilarious you won't believe it got on TV. I even dig the faux Crystal Method techno song that's been circulating on Napster. For extra creep-out factor, check out humorous nonfiction by Strangers star Amy Sedaris' brother, David Sedaris. He'll sometimes reveal the Sedaris household origins of something you'd assume too disquieting to be true - like feces mysteriously appearing on the bathroom towels... to Television by cricket |
| Tuesday Oct 24, 2000 | The enigmatic TV show The Prisoner now comes in digest form. to Television by skallas |
| Saturday Oct 14, 2000 | Space.com not only produces their own television shows, but they offer live 24x7 streaming of NASA TV. For broadband users Yahoo offers a much smoother 300kbs broadcast. to Television by skallas |
| Tuesday Oct 3, 2000 | The P-Chip is so much cooler than the V-Chip. to Television by dnm |
| Wednesday Sep 6, 2000 | YesterdayLand
is a showcase of Saturday Morning Cartoons from the beginning of TV
Time to today, including some details and casting info for each. For
example, did you know that
Courageous
Cat & Minute Mouse was created by Batman creator Bob Kane?
They have such great classics as as Amazing
Chan and the Chan Clan, The Brady Kids,
Hong Kong Phooey and, of course, I Am The Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali.
How could we ever forget cartoons like Laverne
& Shirley in the Army, The
California Raisins Show or Attack
of the Killer Tomatoes?
Included are non-cartoon Saturday Morning Classics, like the
The
Bay City Rollers Show. And in their videos are they have interviews
with a variety of folk. Why you can even watch
Courtney Love singing the theme to the
Banana Splits. to Television by moose |
| Thursday Aug 31, 2000 | Orson Welles' frequent cheesy commercial voice-overs didn't always go well.
to Television by skallas |
| Sunday Aug 20, 2000 | My favorite Italian soap opera is currently un posto al sole, which can always be relied upon to provide my daily quota of backstabbing, incest, and sex. Much more interesting than the somewhat anemic un medico in famiglia. P.S.: Could one of memepool's Italian readers please ask Ilaria D'Amico from la giostra del gol if she will run away with me to some tropical island? to Television by peterb |
| Thursday Aug 10, 2000 | Watch defeated American pop-icons selling Engrish-titled products in Japanese TV commericals. to Television by kade |
| Tuesday Aug 8, 2000 | Survivor Sucks has made waves as the site for news and speculation about the residents of Palau Tiga. Only one of the residents, however, is responsibile for the Gayest Dance Ever. If you saw the August 2 episode, you know what's coming.
to Television by boneyard |
| I really enjoy the intertwined plots & the portrayal of New York's Bravest everyday heroes captured by the writers of NBC's Third Watch. But, I was obsessed with Emergency! when I was a kid. Now, you can rediscover the adventures of Paramedics Roy DeSoto & Johnny Gage, Nurse Dixie McCall, and the rest of Squad 51 and see what might've been if only those darn network censors hadn't gotten in the way.
to Television by rich |
| Friday Aug 4, 2000 | Are you tired of the major networks' talking-head coverage of this year's election featuring NBC's Tom Brokaw, ABC's Peter Jennings, CBS's Dan Rather, or PBS' Jim Lehrer?
You may want to try Comedy Central's Indecision 2000, featuring the nation's most famous impotent ex-Presidential hopeful Bob Dole, or Annanova, billed as the 'world's first virtual newscaster' for a change of pace. to Television by rich |
| Monday Jul 17, 2000 | Iron Chef Slash Fiction: the meeting
of the wacky soap opera/cooking/game show from Japan,
Iron Chef, with
slash fan-fiction, homo-erotic fiction based on (usually) media-invented creations.
to Television by moose |
| Tuesday Jul 11, 2000 | Joss Whedon may be pretty cool and all that, but his work on X-Men consisted of a thrown-out rewrite, and on Titan A.E. a slightly-less thrown-out rewrite. He's hardly "responsible" for either film or script... to Television by nyarl |
| How frequently is a television series so much better than the movie that created the franchise? In the case of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, they were both created by Joss Whedon who's also responsible for Titan AE, and X-Men. Most people think the difference is in the casting. Who would have thought that Sarah Michelle Geller &
David Boreanaz would succeed where Kristi Swanson & Luke Perry have failed?
to Television by rich |
| Sunday May 28, 2000 | Look out, evildoers! A preview of the new live-action Tick series is now on-line! "Here you are, citizen: a steaming hot cup of justice!"
to Television by riffraff |
| Friday May 19, 2000 | It's all about DangerMouse. to Television by caviar |
| Tuesday May 9, 2000 | Having listened to Germans complaining about having to figure out what English Star Trek titles went to what episode, I knew that Star Trek was different in Germany. I didn't know that they remade the entire show. Beware the space infection of "Kork ist krank" and gaze in confusion at "Handys". It's enough to make me wish I had more than a semester of German--or none at all. to Television by jacquez |
| Wednesday May 3, 2000 | Gerry Anderson has created more than his share of excellent geeklarvae TV, including Thunderbirds, UFO and my beloved Space 1999. Rodney Matthews, though sometimes dismissed as a Roger Dean wannabe (he's also done Yes covers and, okay, his fonts are too baroque to be legible), is a gifted, idiosyncratic artist who sold millions of his insectile sci-fi posters in the '70s and has since designed numerous record covers, book jackets and recently the (unfortunately crappy) Playstation/PC game Shadow Master. The two recently collaborated on a British TV show called Lavender Castle, which combines puppets, computer graphics and poetically beautiful design to bring to life a lushly illustrated children's fantasy. to Television by cricket |
| Monday Apr 24, 2000 | Fans of Scooby Doo
may be disturbed by some of the other Scooby Doo Fans out there. For example,
one nut made his own
Mystery Machine.
Another has a thing for
Daphne.
And then there's the guy who sees a
conspiracy between
the show and the
X-Files.
to Television by moose |
| Wednesday Mar 15, 2000 | The comforting thing about being a Doctor Who
fan is that there's always another one who's sadder or has way too much
time on their hands.
to Television by dha |
| Tuesday Mar 14, 2000 | The Futurama Outlet is almost as much fun as any given episode of the show. Episode guide, icons, fonts, video clips, a "zodiac-u-rama", the fun is endless. And, to add to the Futurama thrills, several toy companies are in the process of making all the merchandise you'll ever need. My favorites at the moment (at least what I can see online) are the tin Futurama toys being made by Rocket USA. to Television by mrradon |
| Wednesday Mar 8, 2000 | Every Dharma & Greg episode ends with a screenful of odd personal commentary by series co-creator Chuck Lorre that looks like something from the label of Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castile Soap. Not content to reach an audience strictly through the pause button, Lorre has published these funny vanity cards. to Television by rogers |
| Thursday Feb 17, 2000 | Clerks: The Cartoon!
to Television by tregoweth |
| Tuesday Feb 15, 2000 | "Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin." to Television by birgitte |
| Thursday Feb 10, 2000 | "WAZZZZUUUUPPPPPP?" "Watchin' Superfriends, havin' a Bud."
to Television by crikey |
| Sonnenfeld has the go-ahead for a live action Tick pilot, starring Patrick Warburton. to Television by caviar |
| Monday Jan 31, 2000 | For those of you who missed Superbowl XXXIV (GASP!), you can still catch all the commercials right here. Bad Cheeta! to Television by reid |
| Thursday Jan 13, 2000 | Like the
Thundercats
before them, out-takes
from the 1960's life-size puppet show
New Zoo Review
are now available online
(as both
real audio and
MPEG).
to Television by riotnrrd |
| The brother of Scott Amedure, the gay man killed after revealing a same-sex crush on the Jenny Jones Show, has created an online memorial honoring America's first TV talk show martyr. to Television by rogers |
| Monday Jan 10, 2000 | Bruce Campbell has a new TV show called Jack of All Trades, where he battles the most evil enemy of all -- the French. It's being paired with some other syndicated show called Cleopatra 2525, where scantily clad women get chased underground by killer robots and "discover Cleopatra, an aspiring actress and part-time exotic dancer who suddenly awakens from a cryogenic deep freeze, having lapsed into a coma during cosmetic surgery in the year 2001." God I love television. to Television by nyarl |
| Tuesday Jan 4, 2000 | Jesco White, the Elvis-impersonating, glue-sniffing, clog-dancing star of "The Dancing Outlaw" and "The Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood", the great no-longer-unsung hero of West Virginia, now has a fan club and a rumor page to keep his fans up to date on his whereabouts. to Television by jacquez |
| There's a group of
people who pay attention to
what Dana Scully's wearing. And I thought I was the only one.
to Television by shadow |
| Tuesday Dec 21, 1999 | A new Fox TV show takes old-fashioned concepts like "dowry", "gold digging", and, dare we say it, "prostitution", and updates them for a new generation. It's a whole new way to look at romance (after these important messages). to Television by faisal |
| Tuesday Dec 14, 1999 | A long time ago in a galaxy far far away (the 70's), someone greenlighted one of the most horrible creations ever to deface the boob tube: the Star Wars Holiday Special. This review maybe makes it sound like it's so bad it's good, and in some ways, I guess it is, but in most other ways, it's sort of like putting live hornets in your ass. to Television by faisal |
| Sunday Dec 5, 1999 | Anyone who's been buzzed at 11pm on a Friday night knows about
Space Ghost: Coast to Coast,
a hilarious
cartoon
based on the idea
that dim-witted 60's ex-superhero
Space Ghost now
runs a late night talk show. Make sure to stay an extra half hour for
it's funnier spinoff
"Cartoon
Planet" featuring everyone's favorite man-child:
Brak.
to Television by riotnrrd |
| Monday Nov 29, 1999 | There is good television, bad television, and a whole mess of middling television; see repesntative samples of each at the Museum of Television and Radio. Now on both coasts! to Television by goboro |
| Friday Nov 5, 1999 | In a world filled with sitcoms whose plot every week could be described by "something happens and then zany hilarity ensues," there is a tendency to try and break the "sitcom" mold completely like
Ally McBeal or SportsNight, but there is one show which shows that strong character driven comedy can still thrive in a situation comedy framework.
That show would be Cosby. It features Bill Cosby as a retired baggage handler. The cast includes one of my very favorite actors, Doug E. Doug, plus
Phylicia Rashad, Madeline Kahn, and T'Keyah Crystal Keymah. It even has my favorite comedic actor Wallace Shawn in a recurring minor role.
to Television by keith |
| If you were a big fan of Northern Exposure and would like to know the finer details of the show, then The Moose's Guide to Northern Exposure has everything you need to know. to Television by eclipse |
| Friday Oct 29, 1999 | If your roommates exercise the power of the veto over those TV shows you maintain a passive/aggressive love/hate relationship with, enjoy some sarcastic weekly recaps. This way if you can't watch while other people are in the room, you can still find out what Dawson and Joey did, or didn’t do, last week. to Television by birgitte |
| Friday Oct 22, 1999 | Ad Critic is less critic and more downloadable advertisement warehouse for those who find advertising more than just an annoyance on TV. to Television by joshua |
| Monday Oct 11, 1999 | The thing that makes me so mad about network television is that spineless programming weasels will ditch a wonderful and innovative show (that they commissioned) simply because there's a little violence and a gratuitous shot of dog feces. I'm talking about David Lynch's latest foray into television, Mulholland Drive, which seems to have been shot down by ABC before it could get off the ground. Read Lynch's grousing about this latest screwing-over by network television or, better yet, read the script for the pilot episode and dream about what might have been. to Television by crikey |
| Saturday Oct 9, 1999 | You Can't Do That On Star Trek?
Well, maybe you can... but then, maybe there's some things you
*shouldn't*. to Television by moose |
| Friday Oct 8, 1999 | Been dying to reenact your favorite Brady Bunch episode? Here's the plan: first, get yourself a tuxedo. Learn to play your guitar. Can't forget the feathers. Last, but not least, the poem. Follies await! to Television by boneyard |
| Want to dress just like your favorite TV characters? Have bedroom furniture matching the decor of your favorite show? I don't know what's creepier - obsessive fans who live and breathe syrupy television shows or the cynically enterprising companies who target them. to Television by pjammer |
| Friday Oct 1, 1999 | I love
Wonder Woman. You can
watch her every morning at 9am on
the Sci-Fi channel. Darn this day job. to Television by keith |
| Thursday Sep 30, 1999 | The new syndicated show, Battle Dome, answers
the question of what you would get if you cross American Gladiators with professional wrestling. to Television by keith |
| Friday Sep 24, 1999 | Many years before The Blair Witch Project, I got scared of going into the woods by the wonderfully moody and weird David Lynch series Twin Peaks. Check out The Black Lodge to navigate through a webbed-up doppelganger of the Black Lodge. Or, perhaps for a bit of real-world creepiness, take a |
