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  • Everything Bad is Good For You

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    Parents can sometimes be appalled at the hypnotic effect that television has on toddlers; they see their otherwise active and vibrant children gazing silently, mouth agape at the screen, and they assume the worst: that television is turning their child into a zombie. The same feeling arises a few years later when they see their…

  • Hole in the Wall

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    What the? This is actually coming to the US, too!

  • Amanda

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    Is Amanda Kimmel the most tragically flawed Survivor player? She spent 78 days in China and Mironesia without ever getting voted off, but no million dollar prize. She has the strongest social game of any player I can think of, but can’t communicate the worthiness of that skill to the jury. The players who voted…

  • Free Radio

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    Most trends are easy to spot in hindsight, so now it definitely seems as though fake-realism has overtaken situational comedy as shown on the Office, Colbert, Ali-G, etc. The latest in this trend is VH1’s Free Radio, starring Lance Krall and Anna Vocino as a pair of radio talk show DJ’s who take over after…

  • Happy Days

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    When I was a kid and watched Happy Days, I honestly didn’t realize it was a retro-show. I thought it was filmed in the 50s and reflected the times. That makes me feel somewhat moronic.

  • Sopranos Finale

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    Note:? It’s been weeks since I first watched the last episode of the Sopranos and I’ve been working on this post forever.? It’s taken me forever to write it and I may edit it later, but for now, here it is! Journey? At this point I have to take a second look at everything I’ve…

  • TV Shows Broken By Time

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    As society moves on, some of our beloved television shows can’t move with it. Culture and technology conspire to break sitcom plots every day. Is there any way to fix them? Here are a few examples: My Two Dads Premise: A woman dies leaving her daughter in the dark about who her real father is.…

  • RIP Mr Wizard

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    Mr Wizard passed away at 89. Three of his experiments are absolutely burned into my mind. 1. Boiling water in an enclosed container will cause it to explode. 2. An experiment where he had a kid try to suck water through a straw several stories high. 3. Obviously: Ping pong balls and mouse traps.

  • Jeopardy Three Way Tie

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    I’m a big Jeopardy fan and I can’t believe they had a three way tie on Friday (I just watched the episode). I don’t understand why the champion didn’t bet one dollar more to make sure his winnings would cover the other guys’ maximum bets. When a tie occurs on Jeopardy, the players return back…

  • Cole Hamels married Survivor Amazon’s Heidi Strobel

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    Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels just got married to Survivor Amazon’s Heidi Strobel.Another Phillies pitcher, Cole Hamels, is having better luck. He and new wife Heidi Strobel barely had time to recover from honeymoon jet lag before flying off to Clearwater, Fla., for spring training the other day. Theirs will be a commuter marriage for a…