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2017

Apr

THE STUFF OF LEGEND By Eric Gould

Amazon has released their annual crop of new pilots and one, The Legend of Master Legend starring John Hawkes (Deadwood, Winter’s Bone) should be a sure-fire audience favorite... Turn's out the show is based on the self-styled real-life superhero in Orlando, Florida...

2017

Mar

PLAYFUL INNUENDO By Eric Gould

The jokes on Paul Reubens 1986-91 CBS series Pee-Wee’s Playhouse were usually down-the-middle for the young audience, but once in a while veered mildly into adult territory...

2017

Mar

A GRAPHIC INTRODUCTION By Eric Gould

The new FX series Feud: Bette and Joan is a throwback to old Hollywood and the tale of the bitter rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and also has a an old-school title sequence inspired by the work of legendary designer Saul Bass....

2017

Mar

SURVEILLANCE IS HEATING UP By Eric Gould

Here’s Stephen Colbert’s latest riff on Kellyanne Conway’s recent claim that the government can eavesdrop on you through your microwave oven. Turns out that the little kitchen helpers also make great Late Show studio TV cameras, and have one other amazing capability...

2017

Mar

CANINE CONFESSIONS By Eric Gould

Conservative observation has it that liberals usually assume everyone’s a critic of the President. See what happens in this SNL sketch when three scientists (including Scarlett Johansson) debut their new invention, a machine that translates for pets...

2017

Mar

A BRAND ILLUSION By Eric Gould

Just in case you don’t think advertising pays, here’s an example of E*TRADE’s latest commercial, an ambitious-looking 30-second spot starting out with a flat panel display on a desktop, but as the dolly shot reveals, the setting turns out to be quite something else...

2017

Mar

ACTING UP ON PORPOISE By Eric Gould

We’ve been fans of Nature’s recent miniseries Spy in the Wild... This clip from episode 4, “Bad Behavior” follows a gang of teenaged male dolphins. Seems the lads are like most youths, unruly and too rambunctious for orderly family life. So what do they do? Surf and hang out in gangs, of course – and spend some time playing ping pong with a puffer fish. But it also turns out they might be getting a bit of a gas, too..

2017

Feb

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER By Eric Gould

Vice News has a new video out documenting the case that nobody draws bigger crowds, builds walls, understands debt, and 21 other things better than the President. And there is no clip stringing together all the claims better than this...

2017

Feb

INSIDE STEPHEN COLBERT By Eric Gould

Bob Odenkirk visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert recently to discuss rough clips for a movie idea, Late Show: The Movie in which he stars as Stephen Colbert. Turns out, Colbert also appears in it — in the role of Bob Odenkirk. But the Inception-like reversals don’t stop there...

2017

Feb

“OUR SHOW WAS MUCH TOO HIP, SO WE GOT CEN-SOR-SHIP…” By Eric Gould

David has recapped The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 50th anniversary for the New York Times this week, and in his TVWW blog. Looking back, it’s no surprise the young brothers got their own show on CBS in 1967. Their timing, charm and wit were quite something... The brothers returned to CBS in 1988 for a memorable reunion special...