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Let’s meet today’s contestants: Alisha, a medical student from Alhambra, CA who met a grumpy crocodile; Alex, a consultant from St. Paul, MN who met his wife playing ultimate frisbee; and Gilbert, a university administrator from Princeton, NJ, who promised … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Jun. 15 (encore from Jan. 12, 2018)
Here is an episode that I react to in much the same way many of you reacted to “The Principal And The Pauper”. I’ll start with the good: I always found the broad idea of Lisa’s frustration in this episode … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Three, “Lisa The Simpson”
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 … Continue reading Animation Time
I saw this was coming up, so here’s a thread! Have at it! Continue reading SNL Vintage: Madeline Khan/Carly Simon (5/8/76) Discussion
The All Star queens form girl groups to record and perform an original song. Tessa Thompson and Madison Beer guest judge. Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5: Episode 2 Discussion Thread
Introducing today’s contestants for this season’s premature finale: Matt, a sports update anchor from New York, goes to lots of big sporting events; Kelly, an animation producer from California, loves classic entertainment; and Zach, an attorney from Virginia, who clerked … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jun. 12 (season finale)
In Which There’s a Giant Fish In all ways that Avatar is a response to the renewed interest in fantasy during the 2000’s, in its production it is fairly modest. For all the epic questing and grandiose sweep, it’s still a TV … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “The Siege of the North”
There are many things in life that makes me want to stop writing articles. The fear of being accidentally insensitive, for example. Or the fear of being cruelly exposed as not being quite as well versed in forgotten cartoons as … Continue reading Please, Hammerman, don’t hurt ‘em
Children of Time The A-Story: The Defiant gets trapped on a planet, only to find the survivors are their own decedents. Star Trek! It’s one of the better episodes of DS9 in my opinion. Of course it’s fascinating to see the … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me?
Introducing today’s contestants: Jennifer, a history professor from Pennsylvania, whose nose was broken by her dog just before getting a job offer; Iman, a filmmaker from California, has worked with her mom since 2008; and Zach, an attorney from Virginia, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jun. 11
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
What began as a disappointment had by its fourth season become one of the best shows in Mutant Enemy’s (Buffy, Angel, Firefly) storied history and one of the most acclaimed and consistently entertaining superhero series on television. They’ve teamed up … Continue reading Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Final Season Reaction/Discussion Thread – 7.3 “Alien Commies from the Future!”
Introducing today’s contestants: Joanna, a library programming associate from Ohio, let Las Vegas think she was a contessa and got free stuff; Steve, a middle school teacher from Maryland, fortunately had a calm parachuting coach; and Zach, an attorney from … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jun. 10
Masters of Horror is an anthology horror series from 2005. Famous and emerging horror directors were given a set budget to create an original hour long horror film. There were no other restrictions. The show ran for two seasons on … Continue reading Masters of Horror: S1E07 Deer Woman
Steven teams up with a new ally. Continue reading Steven Universe Rewind: Jail Break
“Wildcat” Courtney tries to recruit new members to the Justice Society of America. Pat’s suspicion is piqued Here’s the Live Chat. Continue reading 6/9/2020 Stargirl Live Chat
Jeff, Francine and Roger start their own bus tour business. We open with Jeff and Hayley watching Police Academy in their van and they see the news report about the RB Burger killer who is on the loose. Next morning, … Continue reading “Exquisite Corpses” American Dad! S17E07
Introducing today’s contestants: Zach, an attorney from Virginia, was afraid car manufacturers were going to run out of model names; Shelli, an editor from Oklahoma, was finding newspaper mistakes at a young age; and Morgan, a physician from Wisconsin, waited … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jun. 9
Arrowverse Review Index Legends of Tomorrow 5×14: “Swan Thong” review Well, here it is folks. End of the line. With this, the Season 5 finale of Legends of Tomorrow, the Arrowverse is officially done for the rest of 2020. New episodes … Continue reading Last of the Arrowverse (for 2020): “Can You Put My Shows Back On TV?”
The Northern Air Temple As I’ve noted multiple times throughout this series, the first season of Avatar has constituted a string of introductions. A show thoroughly laying the groundwork for the epic fantasy story to come. Sometimes those openings are cleaner then … Continue reading Re-Avatar State “The Northern Air Temple” & “The Waterbending Master”
As the sun sets on another Spider-riffic day, find out who the Avocado considers the most Amazing Spider-Man! Continue reading The Avocado’s Favorite Spider-Man – RESULTS!
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