Posts Tagged ‘tv’

So, I posted a tweet today about how disgusted I am that I know who Adam Lambert is. (I have a deep and abiding hatred of American Idol.) A half hour later? @lambertfans is following @clubjade. Uh, no.


Judge Reinhold in Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks… SEPARATED AT BIRTH?


I know I had a Saved by the Bell link not too long ago, but this is Jessie Spano’s caffeine pill freakout. If this scene isn’t a classic of bad 80’s/90’s TV, I don’t know what is.


I haven’t even started watching the new season of Big Love, which is a far better show, but I’m still excited for season 3 of The Tudors. Even if Jonathan Rhys-Meyers isn’t going to get fat.
(Seriously, how are they gonna spin Anne of Cleves if he’s just his usual greasy skinny [...]


Zack Attack

27Jan09

Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where Saved By The Bell, Rather Than Law And Order, Became The Dominant Television Franchise For A Generation.


For my conservative friends, here’s Jon Stewart mocking the Dems (and okay, Bob Corker) at Hillary Clinton’s confirmation hearing.
And now all I can think of is John Kerry reading Joe Haldeman, which is far more amusing than the truth.


Letterman: George W. Bush’s ten greatest moments.

Mighty God King: Joe the Plumber truly is the everyman.

The Daily Show: Jon Stewart lets loose on GWB and Sarah Palin.


The Carlton Dance. A classic in more ways than one.


OMG

18Dec08

The Sleepover Friends = Sex and the City? Just wacky enough to work. So does The Babysitter’s Club grow up to be Desperate Housewives? And what about Sweet Valley? (Weeds, maybe?) I must ponder.


A long time ago, when I was in college (okay, it wasn’t that long ago in real time, but in internet time it might as well be the Victorian era) there was a show called Popular. It was more or less a typical product of mid-era WB, aside from a few [...]