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Don’t Do Anything: Life Gets Easier Thanks To DVR
(Flashback Friday: The danger in writing about something “cutting edge” is that you will soon sound ridiculous. So I’ve learned upon reexamining my old columns, such as this one about the dawning of...
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The Laughs, The Smiles, And The Awkward Dead Silence: Fall TV Roulette (Part...
Comedy is hard. I know that to be true. It’s hard to make, and in the case of network sitcoms, it can also be extremely hard to sit through. There are few things more awkward than watching someone try...
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Swept Away: Brace For November Sweeps
(Throwback Thursday: A version of the following first appeared in INsite Boston in 2006. Forgive the dated references — including the very notion of sweeps overall, which is all but dead thanks to...
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Tender Loving Cherish: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Makes A Pilot”
“Well, I’m mad. And this is about to get messy.” Hello, hello, hello! Note to everyone: The Comeback came back. In 2005, The Comeback was ahead of its time. So ahead of its time, in fact, that no one...
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Hogging The Bogart: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Tries To Get Yesterday Back”
“Nice to meet you, Jane Benson, Jewish lesbian with an Oscar!” If you want to quote The Comeback, you have an arsenal at your disposal. Chances are you’ll go with, “I don’t need to see that!”, or...
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Network Jizz: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Is Brought To Her Knees”
“I got you, Gingersnaps.” “Valerie Is Brought To Her Knees” introduces us to “Mallory,” the not-so-thinly veiled character Valerie is playing “loosely” based on her time on Room & Bored. She’s got...
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No Good: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Saves The Show”
“I don’t know what kind of candy you’re making, but I’m a coal miner!” As comedies go, The Comeback rides a fine line between the light and the dark. The breezy tone suggests screwball comedy, yet the...
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You’re The Monster: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Is Taken Seriously”
“I don’t care if you’re available or unavailable. I don’t care if you just found out that you have have herpes or hepatitis C from one of those whores that you pay to come to your room on show nights....
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Red Is The New Orange: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Cooks In The Desert”
“That’s a cautionary tale, huh? That’s what happens, though, you know, when you make show business your whole life, right? You know? Next thing you know, you’re eating kale chips out of a shopping...
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‘Freak’ Of The Weak: Fall TV Roulette (Part Three)
We are officially wrapping up the fall TV season now, as most shows have begun or are about to take a hiatus for the holidays, and others are taking a hiatus for… ever. Farewell, A To Z! Good riddance,...
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The Assassination Of Valerie Cherish: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Faces The...
“No one? Really? Not ‘no one,’ Mark, because I believed in me. I’m not no one. That’s not nice. Maybe you don’t think I’m someone, but I have a birth certificate that says I am. Maybe you should talk...
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The Price Of Stardom: ‘The Comeback’ // “Valerie Gets What She Really Wants”
“It’s HBO. Not that many people are gonna see it.” But what does Valerie Cherish really want? The Comeback‘s Season Two finale answers that question once and for all. “Valerie Gets What She Really...
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Into The Woods: ‘Looking’ Season Two Premiere // “Looking For The Promised Land”
It’s been nearly a year since Patrick, Dom, and Augustin signed off on us, and now they’re back, taking a relaxing weekend getaway to the woods. But watch out, boys! These woods are full of bears! And...
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Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That (When We Were Young, Episode 4)
“I didn’t know she had a pony! How was I to know she had a pony? Who figures an immigrant’s going to have a pony? Do you know what the odds are on that? I mean, in all the pictures I saw of immigrants...
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Now I’ll Never Be A Teen Model! (When We Were Young, Episode 11)
“Think I’ll go for a walk outside now, The summer sun’s calling my name…” Take Our PollPreviously on the When We Were Young podcast, Becky revealed that she used to serenade her entire middle school...
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She Saved The World A Lot (When We Were Young, Episode 12)
“No weapons… no friends… no hope. Take all that away, and what’s left?” “Me.” In every generation, there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the podcasts. She is...
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How I Became The Prince Of A Town Called Bel Air (When We Were Young, Episode...
“You’re moving with your auntie and your uncle in Bel-Air.” Listen to When We Were Young here. In a lot of ways, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air feels like an older show than it is, because I associate it...
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Smart, Clean, Totally Decent Human Being… Gay! (When We Were Young, Episode 26)
“Now, repeat after me: ‘Yo!'” “Yo!” “Hot damn!” “Hot damn!” “What a fabulous window treatment!” “What a fabulou—” “That was a trick!” Come one, come all, and come out already for When We Were Young’s...
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