Archive for the 'Television' Category

Mar
30

Why Uncool Is Cool: An Interview with Paul Feig

Posted in Books, Interviews, Television, Film |

Interviewed by Less Lee Moore

Paul Feig is one of my heroes. In this age of cynicism, that probably sounds corny, but it’s the truth. Paul Feig has been a stand-up comedian and an actor and is currently a writer, director, producer, and author.
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Jan
30

Q & A with Fatal Farm

Posted in Current Faves, Q & A, Video, Television, Music, Film |

By Less Lee Moore

If you frequently troll YouTube for weird videos or subscribe to WFMU’s “Beware of the Blog,” you may have already heard of Lasagna Cat, video mashups of well-known songs with three-panel Garfield comics.

If you haven’t, then you should probably watch one immediately.
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Jan
30

Ron Howard: Who Loves Ya Baby?

Posted in Over the Gadfly's Nest, Television, Film |

By Michelle Patterson

Ron Howard is a gem of a human being. And when I use the word “gem” I’m referring to his acting and voiceover work. The Andy Griffith Show was many things: charming, sickeningly sweet, funny, and surprisingly open-minded about parenting habits and the courtship of a widower. Most of all, though, it allowed the opportunity for children of the time (and even today for those kids who, like me, were prone to dabbling in Nick-At-Nite’s lineup) to project themselves into the role of Opie Taylor.
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Jan
30

My So-Called Memories

Posted in Television, We Miss The Nineties |

By Nicole V.

“People are always saying you should be yourself, like yourself is this definite thing, like a toaster. Like you know what it is even. But every so often I’ll have, like, a moment, where just being myself in my life right where I am is, like, enough.”
Angela Chase, Episode 13 of My So-Called Life
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Nov
29

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Robot

Posted in Television, Science and Technology, Toys and Collectibles, Film |

By Queen Spajina

From sci-fi novels to bartending to chic hotel bars, robots are made to wear many hats and cater to our every whim and desire, ideally without any regard for their own health or welfare.
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Nov
29

Mashup Ex-Voto: Fanvids as Devotional Objects

Posted in Magick, GLBT, Video, Television |

By Jessica Melusine

Being a student of religious practice, magick, and mysticism as well as an avid pop culture devotee means that certain things look very different in my eyes. Ever since a turn-of-this-century Vericon in Cambridge, MA, I have been fascinated with fanvids.
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