Recently, I was having a spirited debate with a friend over the movie “Some Kind of Wonderful”. He said it was an example of when John Hughes really started to go south, and I got defensive–I still had misty water-colored memories of that last scene, wherein Keith gives Watts the […]
Mixed Beans
Secret Shame – EJ Confesses!
I’ll admit, I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to television. I may cast a wide net in my viewing choices, but I’d like to think that net has a fine mesh. Sure, there are some dubious selections on my DVR, but I can rationalize most of them. […]
EJ’s Observations
Ben Cossar, through his intermediaries, approached me to write for this thing we call Spunkybean. There were certain tests I had to pass, of course. Actually, I think they could better be described as ‘rites’. I don’t want to talk about the specifics, but let’s just say, well, I’ve been […]
Icons
The new Entertainment Weekly has a feature on the “100 Greatest TV Icons”. Strangely, both the cover and article title claim it’s the “50 Greatest TV Icons”, though my copy very clearly includes numbers 51-100. This is where the problems with the list begin. Obviously, any list like this is […]
Well, I’m certainly not going to read! (aka: What to watch during the writers’ strike)
The time we’ve all be dreading is almost here. Pretty soon, the networks are going to run out of original episodes of just about everything and, with a few minor exceptions, the airwaves will soon be flooded with some of the most tired and brainless programming imaginable. (Crowned: The Mother […]