Category Archives: On the TV

Evidence We May Actually Be Living In Some Sort Of Elaborate Hell Dept.

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Tracey Jordan Goes Off

Yes, it’s a cheap Christian Bale cash-in. Yes it’s obviously built to make sites post it and get more attention for “30 Rock.” And, yes, it’s funny.

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TV Review – That Metal Show

That Metal Show (VH1 Classic; 30 min)
What do you get when you mix too many hosts, a guest who mails in her interview segment, unoriginally lame bits and boring non-arguments all shot in an informercial-style format? You’ve got the first episode of That Metal Show, a show so devoid of anything really metal that [...]

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“Hello, Stephen. Where Would You Like To Go Today?”

If I was still 23 and single, I’d have run out and bought this GPS within minutes of seeing the ad in the weekend’s paper. A chance to practically transform my 1989 Nissan Sentra into K.I.T.T.? Hell yes, I can get behind that! And don’t lie – you would have too. Hell, this post may [...]

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Latest Great Tri-State Area Commercial

Like most of our country’s metropolitan areas, the tri-state area around NYC is consistently home to an almost overwhelming bounty of amazing local commercials. Anyone who’s lived here (or around Chicago, or LA, or Atlanta, or Miami, etc) for an extensive period of time — or especially grew up around here — will list off [...]

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WTF Dept: New “Huggies Little Swimmers” Ad

TV ads! Remember them? Yeah, don’t see too many anymore what with the Tivo and the DVR and the YouTubes and the Hulu and the whatnots.
But this one caught my eye…mainly because it’s one of the weirdest and most warped pieces of advertising to come along the pipe in a while — and they’re [...]

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HBO runs two-day Carlin Standup marathon

HBO has decided to “remember” the genius that was George Carlin by reairing 11 of his standups specials starting with the first one, the 1977 classic George Carlin at USC. While I don’t subscribe to the channel any longer (the casualities of having kids), it does make me want to pick up this set. [...]

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From The Land of The Absurd

I’m not sure which is more unbelievable – that Larry King has any idea who Motely Crue is or that there are people still willing to get in a car with Vince Neil. Plus, who had Nikki Sixx in the pool of “Who will be my generation’s Keith Richards?”
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