The Tick – “The Tick Loves Santa!” Original airdate 11/25/95 This is the animated Tick series, by the way. Not the short-lived live action version. And looking at that airdate, I just realized The Tick was doing superhero parody about a decade before superheroes had enough cultural cachet to warrant […]
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The 25 Days of Christmas Episodes – Day 19 – Veronica Mars “An Echolls Family Christmas”
Veronica Mars – “An Echolls Family Christmas” Original airdate 12/14/04 As with every first season episode, the mystery of the murder of Lily Kane runs through the background. However, we’ll put that aside so we can enjoy Christmas without all sorts of backstory. Some of Neptune High’s most disreputable students […]
The 25 Days of Christmas Episodes – Day 18 – The Venture Bros. “A Very Venture Christmas”
The Venture Bros. – “A Very Venture Christmas” Original airdate 12/19/04 In a fantastic touch, this episode opens with the old “SPECIAL” logo that CBS used to use spinning into frame. That’s right, we get our first joke three seconds in. Good sign. We open with Dr. Venture in full […]
The 25 Days of Christmas Episodes – Day 17 – Curb Your Enthusiasm “Mary, Joseph, & Larry”
Curb Your Enthusiasm – “Mary, Joseph, & Larry” Original airdate 11/10/02 The holiday merriment begins with Larry David visiting the doctor because he has a pubic hair caught in his throat. So few classic Christmas stores use that plot device, and it’s really a shame. Larry has a visit from […]
The Most Awesome Thing I Saw this Week (Dec 6-16)
It’s the oldest and truest of the Zen koans. If awesome occurs, and spunkybean doesn’t report it, does it really occur? Technically, yes. Yes it does. However, we hate the idea that you might have missed something awesome. Thus, we scoured the airwaves to bring you the choicest of morsels. […]
Heroesville: Heroes, Season 3, Episode 13 – “Dual” (Dec 16)
This? Was a good episode. Everybody’s stories advanced, and they were all important to the wrap-up. None of that “Hiro and Peter saved the world, and oh yeah, Niki died in a house fire” jazz for us. This is Season Three – the season where things happen! This isn’t something […]