We open the second to last episode of this first season (my fault last week for thinking this was the finale!) on Susan wrapping a birthday present for Janet, which she will be receiving at a low-key dinner that night at the Millers. Bruce says Roger’s been a sad sack […]
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Beverly Hills 90210: Where Are They Now? (Sep 2)
We don’t know if you’ve heard, because there’s been very little publicity, but there’s a “spinoff” of teen classic Beverly Hills 90210 starting this week. Since there are huge banners in the mall showing characters names “Navid” and “Silver”, (really, producers Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, really?) we at spunkybean […]
Mad Men Round Table: Season 2, Episode 6 – “Maidenform” (Sept 2)
EJ Leave it to Mad Men to give us a montage of women getting dressed, a strip club, and a bikini fashion show and then make us feel guilty for enjoying it. Much as Myndi extolled the virtues of baby-acting earlier this season, I’m here to praise Chauncey the Dog. […]
Post-Mortem: Venture Brothers – Season 3 (Aug 26)
The Venture Bros. wrapped up an excellent third season on Adult Swim this week. As we’ve come to expect, hilarity and carnage abounded. Around these parts, we like to conduct a post-mortem on the season to see what we’ve learned. And considering we learned how you can use a live […]
Mad Men Round Table: Season 2, Episode 5 – “The New Girl” (Aug 26)
…so the shopkeeper tells the sheik, ‘no, but you can get the camel for two dollars!’ Well, with Myndi on vacation, it’s a special All-Dude Edition of the Mad Men Round Table. That’s right, feel free to scratch anything that needs scratching, because nobody here’s going to judge you. EJ […]
Swingtown–”Get Down Tonight” (Aug 22)
This was the penultimate episode of Swingtown’s first (and possibly only) season, and it was a pretty crazy hour. There was disco dancing, strip poker, butt-pinching and Susan & Roger cooking. And I mean that in a couple of ways. Susan and Bruce are still struggling with their relationship in […]