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2014
Feb
11
 
 
Jimmy Fallon will soon take over hosting duties for The Tonight Show. To remind us of that upcoming historic event, Fallon used his waning days on his show recently to insert himself into a set that looked eerily similar to the bedroom of a character from a hugely successful sitcom from the glory days of ABC’s TGIF:  Full House...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Feb
9
 
 
Here’s an off-beat angle on the story of The Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964: Sullivan first saw the Fab Four on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Feb
6
 
 
With car insurance companies wallpapering commercial time 24/7, they need the most clever jokes and characters... Here's the Geico pitch that makes its discount strategy as commonly known as other obvious standards – like the oldest trick in the book...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Feb
3
 
 
It was a spry evening of Super Bowl commercials, and Audi’s cautionary tale of the perils of compromise that mused on an unwise breeding of a Doberman and a Chihuahua – a “Doberhuahua”– won the night, in our opinion. The spot got our most prolonged “what the hell” moment...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
29
 
 
It’s Super Bowl time and, of course, time for the annual run of high-end commercials. Last year when Ram Trucks rolled out the “Farmer” commercial which used the voiceover of late radio broadcaster Paul Harvey it wasn’t your usual Super Bowl fluff -- and arrestingly so...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
21
 
 
It’s NFL Playoff time and that also means it’s time for the college football All-Star games... Key & Peele found gold in 2012 in this clip that satirizes the usual over-the-top sports presentation graphics, and in poking fun at the inventiveness of some college athlete's names...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
14
 
 
Governor Chris Christie has said he's been to 129 Springsteen concerts but it's a good bet he never heard this version of Born to Run, one of the most brilliant performances in a barrage of comic riffs on the New Jersey scandal...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
10
 
 
Here's Jon Stewart's rant on Wednesday about the Fort Lee traffic scandal that's boiling around New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, where he finds the whole stunt third-rate, unworthy of the true heights of Jersey-style payback...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
9
 
 
Phil Everly passed away last Friday at the age of 74. Performing with brother Don as The Everly Brothers, the duo made frequent television appearances... Known for their signature harmonies, the Everlys have long been remembered by many artists as their inspiration to sing the two-part style...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2014
Jan
5
 
 
It’s not a reboot of the series, but after a crowd-sourced Kickstarter fundraising campaign last year, creator Rob Thomas announced that the show would return for a full-length feature... It’s scheduled for release this March, with Kristin Bell reprising her title role...