parenthood television

We need more Power Rangers reboots

I don’t know if you nonparents know this, but at this very moment there are no less than six dozen Power Rangers iterations available on Netflix, including Power Rangers MegaForce, Power Rangers Super MegaForce, Power Rangers Dino Charge, Power Rangers Super Dino Charge, Power Rangers Ninja Steel, Power Rangers Into the Jungle, Power Rangers Mystic Force … I could keep going. Here is how we like to consume Power Rangers in my house: ALL AT…

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the internet is fun

A eulogy for Television Without Pity

The buttery and soothing tones of Brooke Gladstone’s voice informed me tonight on the drive home from work that Television Without Pity is no more. The archives will stay up but NBC Universal, which owns the site (?????), has shuttered it and there will be no new recaps. I haven’t been on TWoP in years but this still hurts my heart all the same. I suppose it is just another fact of life when you’ve…

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comedy television

This is so funny and cute I just about can’t stand it

I have just laughed and laughed at this skit. Is it weird that I have a crush on Bill Hader’s bone structure? UhhhL Originally this was a clip of the Stefon skit. Now it’s the whole episode. Huh?

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comedy television

Gristle McThornbody

My two latest Netflix acquisitions have not quite piqued my interest in any substantial way, so I’m letting them collect dust while I’ve pawed my way through my VHS cabinet and begun working my way through tapes of MST3K episodes recorded off the Sci-Fi Channel roughly ten years ago. These tapes — there are a couple dozen of them — are in bad shape. The sound is so bad that you have to turn it…

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