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Alex had long been established as the avuncular sage of game show hosts, the wise authority figure you never wanted to disappoint should you have the honor to appear before him on the beloved cultural institution that is Jeopardy! But … Continue reading My journey through the career of Alex Trebek
Episode Grade: A– It’s Wagstaff, isn’t it? There’s just something about the school, and the various weirdos who attend and work there, that brings out the best in Bob’s Burgers. This is partially a result of the deep bench of … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers S11E05: “Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School”
Willem Dafoe continues to be an undervoted Movie Star for these tournaments, but the ones we like, we definitely like. No close races again. Instead, Mississippi Burning was blanked completely by The Lighthouse, and our only TV nominee, The Simpsons: … Continue reading Dafoe: The Elite Eight
This season has squashed the characters into caricatures of themselves, and nobody has suffered that worse than Lisa; the writers know she’s supposed to be principled and idealistic, but they often fail to forget what those principles actually are, and … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Twenty-Four, “Lost Our Lisa”
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
With the international readership that these questions can have, this one is just awkwardly phrased in order to capture the breadth of things. What we want to know here are your favorite ‘foreign” shows that aren’t native to where you … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 8: Your Favorite Non-Native Show
Tonight Saturday Night Live is hosted by Dave Chappelle with musical guest The Foo Fighters! This will be the second appearance for Chappelle, who previously hosted after the 2016 election, and the EIGTH appearance for the Foo Fighters (9th if you count … Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Season 46 Episode 6
Match Card: The Buy-In: Serena Deeb (c) vs. Allysin Kay (NWA women’s championship match) AEW championship match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Eddie Kingston (“I Quit” Match) AEW tag team championship match: FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) (Tully Blanchard … Continue reading AEW Full Gear 2020 Live Thread
There was a time, not that long ago, that opening sequences for TV shows were practically forbidden. A few shows had something resembling on, especially if they were an older show that did their best to retain it, but advertisers … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 7: Your Favorite Opening Sequence
Introducing today’s contestants: Steven, a seventh-grade history teacher, gets cheesecake from his wife on his birthday; Andrew, a musician-teacher, is an accomplished beatboxer; and Burt, a project engineer, learned English from Alex. Burt is a one-day champ with winnings of … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Nov. 6
I finally watched Twin Peaks: The Return. It took me eight months, and watching it by myself made me feel like I missed many important parts by not discussing its unique qualities with other people. In what would count as … Continue reading Twin Peaks: The Return Discussion Thread
We’re leaving a lot of wiggle room here but what we’re looking for is what you felt was the best larger ensemble cast to come together that really nailed it through and through. One where you felt there really wasn’t … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 6: Your Favorite Ensemble Cast
Come drown in despair with us as we live chat the first of the last 3 episodes of the series, Supernatural – s15e18 – Despair. Continue reading Supernatural – s15e18 – Despair
New episode of Discovery! Here’s a place to talk about it. Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S3E4: Forget Me Not
Today’s contestants are: Burt, a project engineer, grew up in the jungles of India; Christina, a copy editor, quit her job to travel with her husband; and Devin, an academic coach, will have to answer to colleagues for missing some … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Nov. 5
I guess I should get this out there up front: I’m not a real Doctor Who fan. Now, I don’t mean to prompt a gatekeeping debate about what constitutes a “real Doctor Who fan,” and I’m not trying to downplay … Continue reading Doctor Who (Modern): S02E10 “Love & Monsters”
Once more unto the breach, dead friends! That’s right, cry havoc and let slip those hellhounds of horror! Ahehehehehehehe! “Catspaw” (Star Trek: The Original Series – Season 2, Episode 7) The Original Series was a remarkably cogent show for its … Continue reading You (Still) Spooky Trek to Me? – “Catspaw”
This one may actually be tougher to answer this year than most other years, especially if you’re like a lot of folks and went through lockdown/quarantine and watched a LOT of shows. We’re going to do this in two ways … Continue reading 30 Day TV Challenge Day 5: Your Favorite New Show Of 2020
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and … Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread
Let’s meet today’s contestants: Paloma, an H.R. director, watches Jeopardy! as a bedtime routine with her young child; Keoni, a Stanford undergraduate student, likes Celtic culture; and Devin, an academic coach, co-hosts a local math show. Devin is a one-day … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Nov. 4
