Aug 16 2012
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Phil Dyess-Nugent,
Erik Adams,
Noel Murray,
and 4 moreWelcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that all deal with a central theme.…
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Aug 6 2012
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If you’re reading this, I probably don’t need to tell you that “The Trip Back” takes its name from the 1970…
Aug 3 2012
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I’m going to begin tonight’s recap with a confession: I friggin’ love the Olympics. There are few things I care…
Jul 30 2012
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Over the course of nine episodes of Strangers With Candy, Jerri’s social status at Flatpoint has fluctuated more…
Jul 30 2012
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John Semley,
Jason Heller,
Josh Modell,
Joel Keller,
and 6 more1. The Bangles, Gilmore Girls
When a TV character suddenly expresses extreme devotion to a singer or band he or she…
Jul 25 2012
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It’s no secret that Alaska is a place blessed with natural resources, but as tonight’s Frontline illustrates, when…
Jul 23 2012
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From episode to episode of Strangers With Candy, Jerri Blank’s hopes and dreams tend to shift rather dramatically.…
Jul 19 2012
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Phil Dyess-Nugent,
Noel Murray,
Emily Todd VanDerWerff,
and 3 moreWelcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that all deal with a central theme.…
Jul 18 2012
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If you reached the end of tonight’s finale of Inside Men and thought to yourself, “Uh…what?” then rest assured…
Jul 18 2012
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From To Sir With Love to that movie a couple years ago with Hillary Swank, Hollywood just can’t seem to resist a…
Jul 16 2012
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During its original run on Comedy Central, the crude, politically incorrect Strangers With Candy drew comparisons to …
Jul 16 2012
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John Semley,
Scott Tobias,
Phil Dyess-Nugent,
and 7 more1-2. Sylvester Stallone, F.I.S.T. (1978); First Blood (1982)
Sylvester Stallone is the actor’s equivalent of a…
Jul 12 2012
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Phil Dyess-Nugent,
Erik Adams,
Noel Murray,
and 4 moreWelcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that all deal with a central theme.…
Jul 12 2012
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Inside Men is odd, especially for a show about a bank heist, in that it’s more about motive than action. With the…
Jul 9 2012
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As we all know by now, Jerri Blank is a woman of contradictions: A social misfit who rejects the few people who…
Jul 2 2012
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Writing about Strangers With Candy is fun, but it also presents something of an intellectual challenge. It’s such a…
Jun 28 2012
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Phil Dyess-Nugent,
Erik Adams,
Noel Murray,
and 4 moreWelcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that all deal with a central theme.…
Jun 28 2012
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As the first episode of Inside Men ended last week, it became clear that John Coniston, the series’ milquetoast…
Jun 26 2012
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For decades, Americans have enjoyed cracking smugly self-satisfied jokes about British teeth, those crooked,…
Jun 25 2012
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Strangers With Candy is often described as a “high school satire” or a “parody of after-school specials,” but as…