As I write this, I’m on my second cup of coffee while I watch CBS Sunday Morning. My favorite satellite radio stations are 70s on 7 and 80s on 8. I turned 36 this year, so I’ve officially exited certain desirable demographics that advertisers often target. Some might call me […]
Mixed Beans
Conan Week: The Portable Conan
We love Conan O’Brien. The spunkybean staff sort of idolizes him, going all the way back to his days as a Simpsons writer. All week, we’re going to be celebrating Conan, and right now we’re looking at his guest appearances. Conan’s popped up in some unlikely places, and here are […]
The Most Awesome Thing We Saw This Week (Jan 6-12)
So, we took a break for a couple of weeks. There just, well, wasn’t really anything on TV during the holidays. We’ve been subsisting on The Drinky Crow Show and the Dancing with the Stars Wii game. And while assuredly, both are pretty awesome, we didn’t have enough to fill a feature. But as of […]
Myndi’s Best of 2008 (Dec 31)
Somehow, I don’t think 2008 is going to go down as a banner year for much of anybody, except maybe Barack Obama and Robert Downey, Jr. The good news amongst all the bad this year was certainly another year of quality television. There were even some pretty monumental events we […]
The Shut-In’s Guide to the Best of TV, 2008 – Part 2
As 2008 winds to a close, it’s time to set about the task of ranking everything I’ve seen and putting it in numerical order. In this second installment of my Best of 2008 list, we’ll take a look at the Top Ten. 10. Middleman (ABC Family) – “Fighting evil so […]
The Shut-In’s Guide to the Best of TV, 2008 – Part One
When the end of the year rolls around, we all like to make our lists. The Top 10 list is the traditional method for this sort of thing, but I like to go that extra mile. I watch a lot of TV after all, and I feel like I’m going […]