This coming weekend, I’ll participate in The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. There is a weird sensation that sometimes overtakes me when I watch a … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Kristen Bouchard
The Story Behind That Photo of Ketanji Brown Jackson and Her Daughter by Gina Cherelus In the interest of focusing on the positive, I am setting aside the instinct to engage with arguments made in bad faith to instead celebrate … Continue reading Outside Reading — Through Sarahbeth Maney’s Lens edition
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. In 1966, three years before Sesame Street and a full decade before The Muppet Show, the first … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — The Ideal Muppets
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. The Committee started in … Continue reading Laughing Matters — The Committee, “Soul Lessons”
A Loving TV Portrait of a Woman in Full by Shane O’Neill In remembrance of Louie Anderson, Shane O’Neill writes about the character he was instrumental in creating for the FX series Baskets. Although Christine Baskets was originally conceived by … Continue reading Outside Reading — Missing Christine edition
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. When Louie Anderson made … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Louie Anderson at Comic Relief
As a Former ‘Buffy’ Obsessive, Watching Joss Whedon’s Downfall Feels Crushing — and Inevitable by Caroline Framke The protracted implosion of Joss Whedon’s reputation and career has been painful to watch for those who found their empowered voice in part … Continue reading Outside Reading — Now Leaving Sunnydale edition
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. This commercial, from 1973, is truly as good as it gets. I don’t know if it fulfills … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Wilson Pickett for Schlitz Malt Liquor
The world’s oldest broadcast television station first went on the air in 1928. About ten years later, Betty White was on the air, too. She made her debut by singing a song from the operetta The Merry Widow, essentially repeating … Continue reading Betty White, 1922 – 2021
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. It is clear to … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Carrot in a Box
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