We’re in a little bit of a weird place this week, as we’re just days away from the Lost finale. It’s a strange mix of anticipation and fear, which is not what we expect from a Friday. But even though we’re actively worried about Hurley and spending most of our […]
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TV’s Moments of Joy 2: Electric Boogaloo (May 7-13)
It’s Friday, and here in the spunkybean offices, that means one thing. That’s right, it’s Hawaiian shirt Friday! You may not realize this, but four days a week we have a very strict dress code. Generally, we can be seen recapping in our tuxedos, and for season finales we often […]
TV’s Moments of Joy (April 30 – May 6)
Here at spunkybean, we can’t possibly write about every show that we watch. In order to clear up that kind of time, we’d have to watch fewer shows and then we would be miserable. Since we can’t recap everything, we’ve decided to end the week with some Moments of Joy […]
Spunkybean Classic: Mad Men Action Figures
Note: It was announced this week that Mattel is planning a line of Barbie dolls based on Mad Men. We’re pretty excited about the opportunity to own tiny versions of Don, Betty, Joan, and Roger, but we couldn’t help but think it sounded a little familar. Back in 2008, Myndi […]
20 Years of The Simpsons: A Life in Yellow
The Simpsons premiered as a regular series on January 14, 1990. I was 14 at the time, only a few years older than Bart. Now, I’m catching up on Homer. It’s been on for more than half my life. 450 episodes and a feature film, and I’ve seen every one […]
Venture Brothers, Pinstripes and Poltergeists, Venture Bro
Ladies and gentlemen, Brock Samson! You know what this season had really been missing up to the point? Guys just covered in the blood of their enemies, that’s what. This week’s episode was full of “Hell, Yeah!” moments, whether it was Brock punching two dudes to death at the same […]