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Category Archives: Television
Breaking Bad: Seasons 3 and 4
Part 2 of our ongoing experiment (here is Part 1): If you only watched the teasers at the beginning of each episode of Breaking Bad, having never seen one frame of the series (as I have not), would any of … Continue reading
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Breaking Bad Based On Fragments
So this was a really fun project, and there will be two more parts to it. I have never seen one episode of Breaking Bad. I know nothing about it. I plead the fifth. Matt Zoller Seitz and Dave Bunting … Continue reading
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Friends In Kilts
My friend David is the guy in the kilt in this short Guinness Black Lager spot, which you’ve probably seen already. It’s been in heavy rotation all over the place, leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. This short little spot … Continue reading
On This Day: January 28, 1956: And So It Begins
Elvis’ first appearance on television, ever, occurred on this day. He was booked for six consecutive appearances on the Dorsey Brothers’ Stage Show, filmed out of the CBS Studios in New York. He had been to New York the year … Continue reading
This Is What We Call the Muppet Show!
Brilliant video essay by my good friend Jason Bellamy on the Muppets.
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“People Let Me Tell You ‘Bout Kingdom Come”: It’s Still Radical
“Saved”, Elvis Presley’s tribute to his gospel roots in the 1968 NBC Special. This number is so itself, and yet has pouring into it all the influences that went into making rock ‘n roll the amalgam that it was. It’s … Continue reading
Lifetime of a Gesture
It’s a calling card.
Mike and Conan: Two Irish Boys Together
Cousin Mike is going to be on Conan O’Brien tonight. Make sure to watch! Although this is great for Mike, I don’t think anything could compare to throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park. I mean, seriously, to a … Continue reading
Bobby Darin: “MICHAEL!”
Hot. Kind of angry. So intense and clenched. (Watch his hands, and his gestures. They are fascinating.) Love the “Poor Judd is Dead” set, which has no meaning and appears about to fall over at any moment before it disappears … Continue reading
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