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Thanks for those who expressed and interest and offered feedback for this feature. This will be evolving as I get more feedback and see how well things work as it goes along, but here’s how things will work for now: … Continue reading Avocado Creative Writing Derby – First Prompts
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Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. For good or for ill, police procedurals have been an integral part of the TV landscape from the beginning. From the … Continue reading Television Turmoil: Cop Rock
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In Which Teen Horniness is Not a Crime How much should prescience be worth in a movie, is something successful because it can call shots, even if the story falls short in a meaningful manner? It’s a question that I … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 07: Southland Tales
The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, and Family Guy ©2021 by Twentieth Television. Bless the Harts and The Great North ©2021 by Twentieth Television and Fox Media LLC. I wanted to start something new. So I will start making weekly threads where you can discuss the shows as they … Continue reading Fox Animation Domination Discussion Thread (Week of February 28, 2021)
Yes, the Golden Globes is still happening. But good news: at least Ricky Gervais isn’t hosting. In this thread we’ll talk about the winners and also have some laughs with Tina and Amy. The 78th Annual Golden Globes will start … Continue reading 2021 Golden Globes Live Thread
Written by: Lewis MortonDirected by: Jeffrey LynchDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL I will admit that the ‘nonessential/essential’ categorisation of episodes is a bit messy and intuitive to me; I know for a fact that there are definitely episodes … Continue reading Futurama, Season Two, Episode Two, “Brannigan, Begin Again”
With the conclusion of our 28 Days of Animation Challenge today, we’re getting ready to move onto the next phase! We’ve had a lot of fun running these with the comic book challenge, Disney, films, anime, novels, and now this … Continue reading 30 Days Of Animation Challenge: Epilogue
The Arrowverse is coming back in full force now. This week Batwoman and Black Lightning were joined by newcomer Superman & Lois, and in just a couple days The Flash will return as well! We got a lot to cover, … Continue reading Let’s Talk Arrowverse – It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Spinoff!
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated review … Continue reading Animation Time
Mothra, she’s great! I love her! Have a great Sunday y’all! Continue reading The Day Thread of Mothra
I… did not think this month through. 😀 Rather than try to cram the last couple of days of questions into one day with multiple topics, we’ll wrap things up with our catch-all kind of end of the month question … Continue reading 30 Day Animation Challenge Day 28: What Animation Means To You
It’s been a crazy week and I’m utterly spent, at least no one went to the hospital. I don’t have a topic so it’s a free for all! Continue reading Free for All Sunday Food Thread 2/28
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Or visit the quiz here. Sunday: MiscellaneousMonday: LiteratureTuesday: GeographyWednesday: MusicThursday: HistoryFriday: … Continue reading Triviacados: Sunday, February 28, 2021
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Honky (1997) “So, we got dropped from Atlantic, put out the Honky record about a month later, hit the road, and toured for the next year,” guitarist/vocalist Buzz Osborne recalled. … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Melvins (or; How To Leave Town Before the Gold Rush) [Part 6 of 11]
Here ya go, all you damn hippies going on about EVERY VEGETABLE IS A GOOD VEGETABLE these past two weeks. Some ground rules though: As with the Worst Vegetable Tournament, I shall be using the United States Department of Agriculture’s … Continue reading Best Vegetable Tournament: Nominations
Dolly Parton is a great songwriter, and I love “Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind” for its stealth sassiness: (Side note: Porter Wagoner is such a patronizing asshole in this clip; it gives me even more respect for what Parton … Continue reading Don’t Let the Night Thread Trouble Your Mind (2/27/21)
Twilight is at 11am PST (2pm EST) on Monday, March 1. Continue reading Werewolf 145: On Tour! – Day Five, The Scandal
Tonight Saturday Night Live is hosted by Nick Jonas with musical guest… also Nick Jonas! This will be the debut appearance for both. Jonas has previously appeared as a musical gust three times both as a solo act, and as a member of The … Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Season 36 Episode 14
And we have the qualifiers for the 8th race of this season of Marbula One! Team Momo is our host. Its a nice course with an S-curve, some splits and a speed boost just before sector 3. Who will qualify … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2 GP8: Momotorway Qualifiers
It’s time for the Avocado least favorite tradition, the one where I look at the Razzie nominating ballot and opine how awful it is. However, things are a little different this year: this year’s ballot is so abysmal and slipshod, … Continue reading Scott looks at the Razzie Ballot: Verotika was robbed!!!
Bring out your pets! Continue reading The Pet Thread Revels
The Number One song on this date back in 2007 was Nelly Furtado‘s Say it Right. The song features Timbaland, who helped write and produce the track. According to SongFacts: “With it’s poetic lyrics and layered keyboard sound, The Eurythmics … Continue reading Say It Right Day Thread
