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The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches Of All Time
April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Prime Time Game Shows
October 1st, 2007 · No Comments
A general rule of thumb is that any time a show has to waste time convincing you to watch, there’s nothing there to see. Currently, prime time game shows are the most shameless examples of this. When a show, such as Fox’s Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? or Don’t Forget The Lyrics whittles [...]
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The Sopranos
May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
Gallons of ink have been spilled hailing The Sopranos as the greatest television show ever. That’s a difficult title to hand out in a medium as populist and as varied as television; indeed that simple act of coronation will inspire the dissidents in droves. Best at what? Better than M*A*S*H? Gunsmoke? 24? “Best” isn’t the [...]
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Borat
November 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments
When I was three, as the story goes, I turned to my mom in the middle of a Roman Catholic mass and asked her “If Jesus was Jewish, then why are we Catholic?†Some people are just born dissidents.
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