Television
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Whenever I'm channel surfing and stumble upon Robot Chicken, I find myself laughing. It's a show I find very funny but I never make a point to watch it, I just trip over it occasionally and bust a gut. My friend just sent me this very funny little Calvin and
I openly confess that I never caught Open Mike with Mike Bullard on CTV or The Mike Bullard Show on Global. I certainly knew of the shows, and caught ads for the two shows about a billion times, but I never tuned in. Even though I'm not a Mike Bullard
I don't want a lot of television, but sometimes I get exposed to a show because my wife is watching it. This happened recently with Grey's Anatomy. Taryn had heard good things so she rented season one on DVD and blitzed it. I caught about half the episodes, got to
I just wrote about the Elmo and Zooey bit I do with the kids. We've been playing that boo / yay game for over a year now. There was actually a time last year when Michelle refused to wear her Elmo pyjamas because she didn't think I'd like them. I had
There's an running gag in our house regarding Elmo and his gal pal Zooey. They are Sesame Street characters that weren't around in my Sesame Street watching days, so whenever James or Michelle say their names, I give them a angry "Booooooo!!". They have to throw me a Cookie Monster,
I loved watching Ricky Gervais Meets Larry David. If you're a fan of either of these two, or both like me, you'll love this too. It's a five part YouTube extravaganza. It's well worth the 45 minutes it will take you to watch all five. Part One Part Two Part
I miss Six Feet Under. It was quite possibly the best television series I ever had the pleasure of watching and I miss it. Although I enjoyed every episode, my favourite scene might just be the final scene of the series finale. Here's all six minutes and forty eight seconds.
We finished season two of Lost yesterday. Many of you reading this already know details from season three, so please treat me like a mushroom and keep me in the dark while feeding me shit. I'm probably a year away from delving into season three. Lost is a show that
Admittedly, I'm a CBC fan. I listen to CBC radio, I watch quite a bit of CBC Newsworld, I subscribe to CBC RSS news feeds and I even watch a little of CBC television proper. I'm not a CBC fan because I'm a part owner, I'm a CBC fan because
Tim Watley converted to Judaism for the jokes. Jerry knew it, we knew it and Watley knew it. Michael Richards seems to have tried to attempt the same Cosmo Kramer-esque scheme, only he got lazy about it and didn't seal the deal. When it came to light last week that
Apparently there's a network in the States called TV Land. I'm not sure if it's available here in Canada, but I am certain their list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV is. In fact, here's all one hundred for ya, in alphabetical order. "Aaay" (Fonzie, "Happy Days")"And that's
I don't watch a lot of television. I watch every Leaf game and any decent flicks that make their way to TMN, but not a lot of television proper. A couple of shows I do watch, "Rescue Me" and "Weeds", concluded their seasons this month leaving me with "Dexter", "Studio
I was just interviewed for Global National. They asked me what movie has changed the way I live my life and with a mere ten seconds to prepare I rambled off something about "The Shawshank Redemption" and the words of Red. Global National airs on Global at 5:30pm and
This fall I started watching two new shows. One is "Dexter", a great cable show about a serial killer that stars David from "Six Feet Under". The other is the doomed "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip", Aaron Sorkin's new series for NBC about the production of an SNL-like show.
"The Hour", George Stroumboulopoulos' show on CBC Newsworld and CBC, is dedicating tonight's episode to a performance by The Tragically Hip. It airs on Newsword at 8pm and CBC proper at 11pm.
I've always liked Denis Leary. I loved "Asshole", I thought he was great in "The Ref" and his stand up still makes me laugh. The fact he's a major NHL hockey fan earned him plenty of bonus points, too. A couple of years ago I started watching his new series
If not for that silly two term limit, Bill Clinton would still be the President of the United States of America. He's actually smart, imagine that! An intelligent, well-spoken President.. those were the days. He appeared on "Fox News Sunday" this past weekend and it turned into quite the battle.
When TMN picked up the new Showtime series "Brotherhood", I was intrigued by the premise. As summarized on the IMDB page, "Set in an Irish neighbourhood in Providence, the series reflects around two brothers on opposite sides of the law: one a gangster (Jason Isaacs) and the other a politician
Tonight we get episodes one and two of "Hockey: A People's History" on CBC. As a serious and commited puckhead, I've been looking quite forward to this. They're airing two episodes every Sunday night on CBC and repeating them Monday nights on Newsworld. Here's the full broadcast schedule and below
I had never seen a minute of the reality show "Rock Star" until last night. Waiting for the season premiere of "Rescue Me", I stumbled upon "Rock Star" and stuck around for a bit when I heard someone was going to cover Nirvana's "Lithium". "Lithium" is one of my all-time
The CBC has cancelled "Street Cents" and the last episode will air on October 1. "Street Cents" has aired on Saturday mornings since 1989 and had me as an interested viewer throughout much of the 90s. It's was a rarity on television, a show aimed at youth that had smarts.
In Elton John's "The One", he sings: "And all I ever needed was the one". Sometimes, Elton John lies. ABC has mercifully cancelled "The One", the George Stroumboulopoulos reality show that was the lowest rated series debut in network history. No doubt, this is one call George wishes he didn't
When my Mr. Bergstrom took the gig at ABC to host "The One", I wondered if it was the beginning of the end of George Stroumboulopoulos' career in Canada. It may, in fact, have the opposite effect. In the United States, Tuesday night's broadcast of "The One: Making a Music
I'm not sure why, but this morning I woke up and thought of Tom Vu. Tom Vu ran informercials in the early 90s recruiting people to attend his free 90-minute seminar where he'd share the secrets he used to make millions. I loved these informercials because they always showed Vu
I once referred to him as Mr. Bergstrom, the substitute teacher from the great Simpsons episode "Lisa's Substitute". Being stifled by the regular cast of the CFNY Edge102 morning show, George Stroumboulopoulos subbed for a week and helped restore my passion for the genre. Then, when I was hooked, he
