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RIP: Florence Henderson and Ron Glass
Two mainstays of my TV consumption passed away over the holiday weekend. Florence Henderson of course was always Mrs. Brady from the cheesy The Brady Bunch, the sitcom family I think many of us in Gen X wanted to belong to. … Continue reading
All Hail King Julien is a pleasant surprise on Netflix
Netflix’s animation offerings outside of Bojack Horseman, which isn’t for children, have been rather disappointing until this offshoot of Madagascar started last year. King Julien stole both the movie and the Penguins show with his devil-may-care attitude mixed with equal parts of … Continue reading
Matt Smith
The big guest of this year’s WizWorld, the Eleventh Doctor! Missed out on him two years ago when he had to bail. Since you’re allowed two people in the photo, I let my friend Ayako’s son Eddie join us! Turns … Continue reading
Jeremy Shada
Almost done with all the celebrities I saw at this year’s WizWorld. Jeremy was a last-minute addition to the show. As you can see from the poster, he’s the voice of Adventure Time‘s Finn, the program’s main hero. I stupidly didn’t … Continue reading
Stranger Things lives up to the hype
Admittedly, I’m late to be on the Stranger Things bandwagon when this Netflix hit appeared in July. I was busy getting back into the groove of working, living and other crap which gets us all through the day. José recommended it … Continue reading
Lee Majors! The kickoff to Brushes week!
Another WizWorld Austin has come and gone! This year’s was great too. It finally had a gauntlet of people I wanted to see, meet, have photos with and get autographs of. Then comes the buying of crap but on the … Continue reading
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RIP Martin C Croker
He provided the voices of Zorak and Moltar for Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Doctor Weird who kicked off numerous Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes. The banter he provided to make Space Ghost even more ridiculous was a huge factor in getting CN to … Continue reading
The Amazing World of Gumball is an understatement
One little luxury I’ve allowed myself during this stint of housesitting besides spoiling a couple cats has been binge watching this gem on Cartoon Network. Since Adventure Time and Regular Show are on hiatus (sadly, the latter will be starting its … Continue reading
1966: Star Trek debuts on NBC
“The Man Trap” wasn’t exactly a great start but more memorable episodes came along to define the show later in the season: “Errand of Mercy,” “Balance of Terror,” and “A Taste of Armageddon.” Star Trek was the first Sci-Fi program to demonstrate … Continue reading
Good luck Larry Wilmore
Friday night I watched the last episode of The Nightly Show courtesy of a DVR. I’m rather bummed over Comedy Central canceling the comedy/panel/talk show. Nightly may not have had the same voice as The Colbert Report or The Daily Show but Larry and his … Continue reading
RIP Jack Riley
Farewell to the man who was Bob Newhart’s grumpy patient Mr. Carlin in the Seventies but to my generation and younger people he was the voice of Stu Pickles on Rugrats. Jack had a very distinct voice. I think he also … Continue reading
Springfield at night
Austin resident Tim Doyle has created a series of pictures showing what the iconic town may resemble when the sun goes down. Pretty interesting and clever since Springfield is an unsung cast member.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
The Rodriguez-Tarantino team up from 20 years ago became a serialized TV show for Rodriguez’s cable channel El Rey. Recently the second season was posted on Netflix so I decided to check it out because I needed to trying something … Continue reading
RIP Jerry Doyle
It’s sad how all the Babylon 5 actors are dying off so quickly. By my count, about half of the principle cast is gone which rules out any real reunion. For a long time Jerry played a favorite, the cynical yet … Continue reading
RIP Garry Shandling
A damned shame Garry died suddenly because he was a quiet, unsung hero of comedy but it wasn’t always that way. When I first saw him, he was in the same camp as Billy Crystal, a rather boring Johnny Carson … Continue reading