South Park Leans Right
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 21st, 2008 at 3:06 pmI always wondered where Republicans got their political satire fix. Every Democrat I’ve met goes to Comedy Central’s nightly hour of Stewart and Colbert to…
Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’
Chill Out, Marky Mark
By Jesse Singal - Oct 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pmCheck out Mark Wahlberg’s response to Andy Samberg’s brilliant impression of him:
He’s got to be joking. He can’t actually be this humorless and this…
Maddow Does Leno
By Jessica Hillyard - Oct 14th, 2008 at 9:54 amMSNBC host Rachel Maddow recently appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As a newbie to the “pundit world,” as she calls it, her…
See Matt Dance (Again)
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pmIt’s Friday, and you know what that means? A three minute YouTube break! (Via Ezra a long time ago.)
(Apparently it’s some sort of prequel…
Daytime TV Delves into Politics
By Kay Steiger - Oct 9th, 2008 at 3:15 pmThe fabulous Rebecca Traister has a great article in Salon about how the election is playing out on more than just the cable news networks.…
SNL Removes Offensive (and Boring) Skit from Website
By Rob Anderson - Oct 8th, 2008 at 11:35 amOn Monday, I argued that a skit on Saturday Night Live last weekend was in poor taste because it suggested rich, powerful, money grubbing, Democrat-supporting…
Obsessed: MadTV, High Street Fashion, and FiveThirtyEight
By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 6:10 pmThe stock market may have freaked out this week, but we were keeping calm with these, our latest obsessions:
My roommate showed me this MadTV…
And, No, Top Chef is Not an Adequate Replacement. Top Chef Sucks.
By L. Russell Allen - Sep 29th, 2008 at 10:11 amSo, Project Runway. Obviously a great show. And I totally ran into Terri on the streets of Columbus last week! OMG! And my girlfriend bought…
In This Version, the Whale Fights Osama
By Jesse Singal - Sep 24th, 2008 at 4:38 pmIf you have an English teacher or professor you didn’t get along with and want to make his or her head explode, send along a…
Random, Unsolicited Note: I May Not Hate Norm MacDonald Anymore
By Jesse Singal - Sep 24th, 2008 at 10:19 amI was sure I couldn’t stand Norm MacDonald. But yesterday (via Keith Roshangar) I caught this clip of MacDonald on Conan O’Brien in 1997, which…
It’s Captain America, Not Captain Blue State
By Ned Resnikoff - Sep 24th, 2008 at 9:39 amThis post by Adam Serwer makes me sad. And not just because it made me realize that I was about to argue about mainstream superhero…
Heroes and Those Damn Kids On My Lawn
By Ned Resnikoff - Sep 23rd, 2008 at 3:35 pmVia The Editorialiste, New York Times television critic Alessandra Stanley uses her review of a silly yet momentarily diverting TV serial as an opportunity to…
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!
By Lisha Arino - Sep 19th, 2008 at 2:35 pmWith the economy failing and such, it’s been a pretty rough week, so lets forget our problems for a bit and have some fun (or…
Josh Howard Reminds Us How Fragile Progress Is
By Erica Williams - Sep 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pmThe recent story about Josh Howard, forward for the Dallas Mavericks, being caught on video making an inflammatory remark about black people not singing the…
Who Decided This Was Uncool?
By L. Russell Allen - Sep 16th, 2008 at 2:04 pmI still don’t have power, so, to get out of the house, I spent some time at a local music venue to check out one…
