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Samurai Jack returns and concludes
As the title above states in brief, there’s good news and bad news. I want to elaborate on the good and bad though. The good parts involving Jack‘s return: Genndy Tartakovsky is back to helm the 10 episode run. Phil Lamar … Continue reading
RIP Stephen Furst (belated)
To most people Stephen lives on as Flounder from Animal House but to the Nerd crowd it’s Vir Cotto in Babylon 5. I was more annoyed by the Internet not having many photos of him in the one treasure I later remembered … Continue reading
Battlestar Galactica reunion at the Paramount
For those who saw the entertainment news several weeks ago, Battlestar Galactica show runner/revamper Ron Moore finally admitted that he and the other writers never put together a plan for the Cylons. It was revealed during the closing panel at Austin’s … Continue reading
RIP Adam West
Pretty sad news over this weekend regarding the man who was the first Batman I knew as a little kid. By then Batman was being shown through syndication for afternoon TV. It was so inspirational that my brother and friends often … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Diversions, TV
Tagged DC Comics, Obit, Parody, Sixties, Superheroes
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More MST3K swag arrived!
Joel Hodgson and company sent me a T-shirt some time ago. Then another box appeared at the door when I came home. Insider were awesome stickers, a coffee cup with no handle (reminding me of all the coconuts the characters … Continue reading
RIP: Charlie Murphy
Charlie may have started out in the shadow of his more famous, younger brother Eddie but he went on to be his own person through Chapelle Show. I found him hilarious on [adult swim]’s Black Jesus. The first time I ever saw … Continue reading
RIP: Don Rickles
I’m glad Mr. Rickles had a long and prosperous life (90) because he was a WWII Veteran that participated in the horrors of war unlike other Showbiz types (*cough* St. Reagan and Clint Eastwood). My brother and I knew of … Continue reading
One Punch Man
Short version, One Punch Man is Japan’s version of The Tick mocking the Superhero conventions they have. Long version, Punch is like The Tick but it mocks all the Japanese anime tropes featuring cyborgs, monsters (or kaiju), ninjas, superhero organizations (in Punch it acts more … Continue reading
Katey Sagal
Katey dropped by Austin on her way home from New York to promote Grace Notes, a non-linear memoir she wrote. Being a huge Futurama fan, I had to go and get a little face time with the person behind Leela. Plus, my roommate … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Brushes with Greatness, Diversions, TV
Tagged Eighties, Futurama, Regular Show, SitCom
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Schitt’$ Creek
A more-adult SitCom courtesy of the Pop network, streaming services and the CBC which is a bright spot in the continuous division of larger audiences killing the giant broadcast networks. There’s no way Creek would last a month on the Big Five in … Continue reading
RIP Chuck Barris
According to his obituaries I read today, Chuck was quite a Renaissance Man; songwriting, producing TV shows, running daytime programming for ABC and obviously performing. His most famous creation, The Gong Show, was often something my brother and I would watch … Continue reading
RIP: Richard Hatch
Caught the bad news this afternoon when I was wrapping up my day. It’s a shame he passed away at an early age but at least Richard got to participate in the newer Battlestar Galactica as a political prisoner/agitator. Throughout … Continue reading
Farewell Regular Show
Regular Show‘s eight-year run on Cartoon Network came to an end last night. Sadly, I’m way behind on the show since DVDs only go to the third season, we don’t have cable and CN’s stuff is on the equally sucky, … Continue reading
DC works better on the small screen, part one
Next year, I am looking forward to Wonder Woman in theaters but I dread that it will be drenched in Zack Snyder’s style to prep the character for the inevitable Justice League mess; the other purpose behind Batman v. Superman. Here I wish the … Continue reading
Pacific Heat is Netflix’s first big misstep
This is the worst export from Australia since Silverchair’s debut album. When it comes to an adult animated comedy I didn’t think Netflix could have anything more unfunny than Brickleberry, I was sadly mistaken. The premise is about four elite police officers … Continue reading