Category Archives: Television

Briefly

Posted on 01/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

He’s Gumby, dammit! Art Clokey, creator of Gumby and Davey and Goliath, died yesterday. I know that Davey and Goliath is Christian proselytizing, but it’s one of the shows from my childhood and I watched it every Saturday morning. Even … Continue reading →

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I’m so unhip, Golden Globes version

Posted on 12/15/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So the Golden Globe nominations are out, and it turns out that the only nominated film I’ve seen is “Up.” And you know, I really don’t care. I don’t watch any of the nominated TV shows, either. Tried a few … Continue reading →

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World’s stupidest programming award to ABC

Posted on 11/28/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Let’s recap a few things before moving on with this post. Lost, one of the hottest new shows of the season the year it debuted, and a still fairly popular show in its second season, began to lose its audience … Continue reading →

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Let that be your last apple pie

Posted on 11/06/2009 by Soccerdad

Do you figure that on better days on Cheron, Lokai and Bele would have eaten this? Crossposted on Soccer Dad.

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Reviewing a few new shows

Posted on 09/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Flash Forward: You know how when Lost premiered, the pilot was so well done, so incredibly gripping, that you knew immediately that ABC had a hit on its hands and that you couldn’t wait for Wednesday to come around? Yeah, … Continue reading →

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Two sad losses: Mary Travers and Henry Gibson

Posted on 09/16/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So sad. But I didn’t know they were both in their seventies! Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, and Mary is gone. No more Puff the Magic Dragon. Or any of the sixties protest songs that I still love to hear, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Snark News Briefs

Posted on 08/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Britain’s FM: Hey, terrorism can be useful sometimes! He was talking about South Africa, not the U.K., so it must be okay, right? (And of course, he probably doesn’t shed a tear for any Jews killed in terrorist attacks. What … Continue reading →

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How many of my readers are Dollhouse fans?

Posted on 08/11/2009 by Meryl Yourish

And how many of you bought the DVDs and watched episode 13? Because, yikes—I think it was the best thing I’ve ever seen from Joss Whedon. Including my favorite Firefly and Buffy episodes.

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Wednesday SNB

Posted on 08/05/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Human rights, shmuman rights: The U.K. is perfectly fine with backing an economic pact between Syria and the EU in spite of its “concerns” about Syria’s human rights violations. Because after all, the almighty Euro is more important than the … Continue reading →

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A conversation on unspeakable things

Posted on 07/29/2009 by Meryl Yourish

A phone conversation a few minutes ago: Meryl: I just saw the most bizarre news report I’ve ever seen. Sarah: Yes? Meryl: I’m watching Fox News, and they have a segment on a guy who’s been arrested for a bizarre … Continue reading →

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Your Friday funny, on Thursday

Posted on 06/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Sarah sent me what may be the world’s longest elephant joke. Do not be drinking if you watch this. Boy, I miss the Carol Burnett Show.

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Oh wow, man

Posted on 05/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Cheech and Chong are on Mad TV, and, well, I have something to confess: Stoner humor is apparently just as funny today as it was when I was fourteen years old. Either that, or Mad TV’s writers got way better. … Continue reading →

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The Battlestar Galactica series finale post

Posted on 03/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So, without giving away anything in case some of you out there want to someday watch it in its entirety, well, the ending sucked. Ron Moore is obviously suffering from Gene Roddenberry-itis. Because hey, overcoming human nature isn’t a problem. … Continue reading →

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My weekly chick flick fix is back

Posted on 03/01/2009 by Meryl Yourish

If you have SoapNet, you can watch my new favorite chick show, “Being Erica.” They’ve been advertising it heavily on Soapnet (which is a great way to dip into soaps you may not have watched for years but are wondering … Continue reading →

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The mystery of Starbuck

Posted on 02/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Here there be spoilers. But I’ll put them in the comments.

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Reading the archives

Posted on 02/16/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I’ve been reading my archives since last night (and staying up way too late, and spending way too much time on them, but hey, it’s a holiday weekend for me, and I’m home, and I can do this without consequences … Continue reading →

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The most awesomely awesome night of television

Posted on 02/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Many years ago, Friday night TV was must-tape. At 8:00, you had Babylon 5. At nine, there was X-Files. At ten, time for Picket fences. Three different networks, three different kinds of shows, and all three excellent. It got to … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Television | 6 Comments

B-Movie fun

Posted on 02/08/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Yesterday, a couple of friends of mine drove down from NorVA and spent the evening here in New Home in Richmond. They had previously seen both my old apartment and the outside of my new home, as I couldn’t very … Continue reading →

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Latest BSG episode, no spoilers

Posted on 02/06/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Wow. That episode frakkin’ rocked. So did last week’s. The last ten episodes are looking to be the best ever in the entire series. Thank goodness, because the first ten sucked every time they went into Baltar’s religious spew. This … Continue reading →

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Jeopardy tryouts

Posted on 01/27/2009 by Soccerdad

If you want a chance to appear on Jeopardy, there will be online tests starting tonight based on your geographic location in the United States. Register here. Three years ago I think I got about 40 of the 50 questions, … Continue reading →

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