Category Archives: TV

No more Simpsons on DVD

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Steve

It’s a real pisser with my relatively recent acquisition of season 17. Contrary to the stories about declining DVD sales, I think The Simpsons were consistent sellers but Fox may have poisoned the well through the syndicating and marathons on FX. News … Continue reading →

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RIP: Stan Freberg

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Steve

Being a great satirist and cartoon voice actor were his contributions in my life. Cartoons? Yes, he was Peter Puma and one of the overly polite gophers in the Looney Toons. Stan was an early influence on Weird Al Yankovic, The … Continue reading →

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Another reason why I left Illinois

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Steve

Springfield, IL (my former hometown as a kid) made the news in a bad way but at least it wasn’t for a race riot. As you can see above, that’s the current mayor who was also mayor when I lived … Continue reading →

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Farewell Sam Simon

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Steve

He was most famous for being the silent member of The Simpsons triumvirate when the little-cartoon-that-could became its own show on Fox. However there was much more to Sam and his career. Originally he began in animation with Filmation working on Fat … Continue reading →

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Adam Ant & Grace Jones for Honda!

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Steve

Man how I loved this commercial in high school! It was one of my favorite New Wave singers plugging something on network television! Grace Jones I didn’t mind but she had more of a reputation for being “crazy” acting on … Continue reading →

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RIP: Harve Bennett

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Steve

Right after the death of Leonard Nimoy the man who co-saved Star Trek‘s viability for future movies and TV shows passed away. Harve Bennett was a veteran of television shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man and Salvage I. After the first Star Trek movie’s … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace Leonard Nimoy

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Steve

The man who really made Mr. Spock a feasible, memorable and well-loved character has passed away. Leonard Nimoy did such a great job that it made the character’s death at the end of Star Trek II a pop culture touchstone. However, … Continue reading →

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Cue up the harmonica solo!

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Steve

Damn you Hot Wheels for finally making the impulse buy I was trying to avoid at HEB! Mattel finally made the TV/Movie replica I was willing to shell five bucks out to have, Jim Rockford’s Pontiac Firebird that he often … Continue reading →

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RIP Christine Cavanaugh

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Steve

To the world she’ll forever be known as the voice of the sheep-herding pig Babe, a movie I will never deny made me well up at the end. Sadly, due to a financial dispute EG Daily took her place in the weirder, … Continue reading →

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Richard Horvitz

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Steve

This Holiday Season I’m closing out all the Brushes with Greatness I procrastinated about and boy howdy there’s a slew, one that’s a couple years behind that I have no excuse to putting off. I will start with this gentleman because … Continue reading →

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Farewell fictional Stephen Colbert

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Steve

Calling The Colbert Report a national treasure via On The Media was a bit much from host Brooke Gladstone because the show appeared only a cable, was despised by those on the Right that knew they were being ridiculed and most over 50 … Continue reading →

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1989: The Simpsons Christmas Special

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Steve

I double-checked to make sure I wasn’t repeating myself from five years ago! Firstly, I want to kick off with yet another link from the fine folks at Mental Floss, many of the facts they divulge aren’t new if you’ve watched … Continue reading →

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Reno 911

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Steve

It started with my discovery of all the numerous brown police uniform torsos while sifting through the Lego Store. I then looked for heads with sunglasses because I was inspired to make Deputy Garcia from Reno 911. Since you get three figures … Continue reading →

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“d-b-d-b-d-b-d-b-d-b” shoot again Buck!

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Steve

Right on the heels of Glen A Larson’s passing, a beautiful pinball machine to promote probably what was the movie that was released in the Spring of 1979 before it became a TV series. The back glass needs some work … Continue reading →

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RIP: Glen A. Larson

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Steve

I remember loosely connecting the dots with his name from the opening/ending credits whenever I watched Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. It was the same guy who created/developed them. Big discovery eh? I’m sure there’s a sarcastic comment my … Continue reading →

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