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Category Archives: Television
“So You Think You Can Dance” – the Bollywood number
This is seriously one of the happiest most joyful things I have ever seen. We can’t stop talking about it. I can’t even break it down – the parts I love best … it’s all just (to quote Mitchell) “sheer … Continue reading
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“Where everybody knows your name …”
This post about Cheers from the always-insightful and emotionally illuminating Marisa made me cry. I loved that show, too.
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“Do I got the cash? Do you got the horse?”
My friend Joey is the star of this very funny award-winning commercial for an insurance company in Holland. I’d never seen it before, since it’s strictly a European commercial – but it’s up on Youtube. Hysterical! Joey plays “Vinnie”, the … Continue reading
Quantum Leap: Season 1, Ep. 5: “How the Tess Was Won” – Part 1
LEAP INTO: August 5, 1956 Tess: If there’s a man on this ranch who can keep up with me for one week – I’ll marry him. Sam Beckett leaps out of boxer Kid Cody in the 1970s and into “Doc” … Continue reading
Quantum Leap: Season 1, Ep. 5: “How the Tess Was Won” – part 2
LEAP INTO: August 5, 1956 Part 2: We left Sam at the moment he decided to ride Widow-Maker, the ferocious horse who threw him before.
Al from Quantum Leap
I’ll be posting my next Quantum Leap re-cap tomorrow. Season 1, Episode 4: How the Tess Was Won. Here are the other re-caps, for those of you who are into this whole re-cap thing! And here’s a shot of Al, … Continue reading
“For Revolution junkies, spotting the cameos makes an awfully good parlor game.”
You’re speakin’ my language, bub. Review of the upcoming HBO miniseries about John Adams. The review has gotten me quite excited, despite the Linney factor. I’m already junkie enough to be tremendously pleased (in an inappropriate proprietary way) that the … Continue reading
Quantum Leap: Season 1, Ep. 4: “The Right Hand of God”
Okay. I am determined to keep this going. Tommy, I’m sorry I dropped the ball on our project! The past autumn was seriously a rough time for me. Couldn’t do shit. But I really want to keep going with our … Continue reading
Real Housewives of Orange County: A Running Commentary
“I really like Lauri. She seems totally down to earth.” “I know! Me too! It’s so weird, too, because she has had so much work done on her face – she LOOKS so fake – but she really seems the … Continue reading
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2007 Year in Pictures: Empty SNL front office
Scene from the writer’s strike
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