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2014
Jun
27
MAKING POP OUT OF OP-ART By Eric Gould
 
 
The band OK Go has a reputation for creating amazing single-take productions for their music videos. Now, they've outdone themselves with this stunning one-shot choreographed adventure for their new video...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jun
23
ROCKING THE HERD By Eric Gould
 
 
Now, space travel is so routine it’s a challenge to name the latest launch or even one current astronaut. With space technology now going private, here’s one video example from the rocket company SpaceX, which shows a test flight of the Falcon 9 Reusable which can blast off and, hey lookit that, return to the launch pad...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jun
23
FX’S ‘TYRANT’ HAS 'GODFATHER' GOING MIDDLE EAST By Eric Gould
 
 
The ratings success of last year’s CBS supernatural thriller series Under the Dome proved that airing in summer is no longer a TV demotion, and FX's new Tyrant might turn out to be a worthy summer potboiler...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jun
19
STILL UNFORGIVEN: ‘RECTIFY’'S FREED FELON RETURNS FOR SEASON TWO By Eric Gould
 
 
When the terms “literary” or “novel-like” are used for a television series, that usually means it’s a drama where nothing explodes and no one is shot.. Sundance Channel's Rectify returns for a second season of Southern small-town drama...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jun
16
‘FARGO’ FINALE: NO COUNTRY FOR INNOCENCE By Eric Gould
 
 
If you liked the hubris and violence in Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1996 film Fargo, and their chilling tale of nihilism in 2007’s No Country for Old Men, then you must be loving the mash up of both in FX’s Fargo series, which is wrapping up Tuesday night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
24
THE ROASTER AND THE ROASTED By Eric Gould
 
 
Don Rickles is getting his own grilling in a special tribute on Spike TV’s One Night Only on May 28. Here, in a 1968 Kraft Music Hall Friars Club broadcast, "The Merchant of Venom" is roasting Johnny Carson...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
15
LOUIE MINUS "LOUIE" By Eric Gould
 
 
Fans of FX’s Louie  might have noticed that creator Louis C.K. has dropped the show's theme "Brother Louie," done by the band Stories in 1973...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
8
‘MARON’: LEFT COAST LOUIE RETURNS By Eric Gould
 
 
It’s spring, and along with the flowers, a couple of weeds in the form of comedy pariahs have returned. On Monday night, Louie bloomed after a year-long hiatus. On Thursday, it’s Maron’s turn...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
May
1
SAY GOODNIGHT TO A LATE LATE ROBOT AND FOUL-MOUTHED PUPPETS By Eric Gould
 
 
NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, is running this 13-minute Craig Ferguson "Best Of" tribute now that the late night talk show host has announced he's stepping down from Late Late Show in December. There are many highlights here...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Apr
11
THE NO MESSAGE MESSAGE By Eric Gould
 
 
Here's an example of a TV ad that uses just stock footage to highlight the icons and words we see in commercials...with no product to sell. In other words, it's a prime example of Marshall McLuhan's 1964 maxim that "the medium is the message"...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Eric Gould

Associate Editor

Eric Gould is a writer in Boston and Associate Editor for tvworthwatching.com. With prior stints in art, music, photography and design, he casts a wide net across the media pool fishing for the smart, the surprising and the oddly compelling. He will have essays on Rectify, Six Feet Under and Girls in the upcoming “Finale: Considering the Ends of Television Series” from Syracuse University Press. Email him at gould@tvworthwatching.com
 
 
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