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Comedic Comparisions
As a follow up to my previous post, I’ve found two great examples of an “old lady” character being used in what is supposed to be a humorous situation. This one, about the complexity of the Digital TV transition, is funny: Jack Black’s bathtub makeout session in last night’s Office episode is not (at 2:09).…
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The Office: Stress Relief
Last night’s episode of The Office, “Stress Relief,” has got to be one of the most disappointing episodes of that show I have ever seen. After hyping it for the duration of the Super Bowl, they delivered what was at best a mediocre episode with enough actual laughs for a 30-minute episode, and an additional…
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Twenty-Four
It’s been a while since there have been new episodes of 24. Of course, the more seasons a show has the greater the chance of it going down the drain—I’m sure it’s near enough to an exponential function. I’ve watched the first four episodes and they’ve been pretty good. Tony and Jack running down hallways…
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Firefly
The ill-fated Joss Whedon show Firefly has earned a significant place in overall geek culture, so I have been meaning to watch it for some time now. It’s an excellent take on the space western and I think that for the most part it deserves the fame it has achieved. Unlike other popular sci-fi stories…
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