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2014

Mar

ZEN AND THE ART OF RUST COHLE By Eric Gould

We all have known that person who just goes naturally for the downbeat. But our guess is not many of them can cipher off the existential effluence as done by Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) in True Detective...

2014

Mar

EMMY-WORTHY AFTER OSCAR? By Linda Donovan

When Kevin Spacey guested on Jimmy Kimmel after the Oscar telecast, he reminded Kimmel about the talk show host's first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

2014

Feb

‘THE ADDRESS’ ISN’T ON SESAME STREET By Eric Gould

We first learned about Ken Burns’ celebration of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address last year, with many celebrities participating in the project with their own video recitals. In this charming version, Elmo learns that the address isn’t a place but an important speech in American history.

2014

Feb

THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION, COURTESY OF HAND PUPPETS By David Bianculli

This six-minute video isn’t a history of hand puppets on TV, though that would be fun, too. It’s a history of TV presented by hand puppets from the Glove and Boots puppet web series...

2014

Feb

"SEE I AM WONDER MIKE…" AND BRIAN AND LESTER By Linda Donovan

The Sugarhill Gang may have added those last two names to their famous “Rappers Delight” lyrics if they’d been able to see what Tonight Show viewers witnessed this past week.

2014

Feb

BUILDING ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ IN 300 SECONDS By Eric Gould

The Netflix hit is due to return this week and in case you need a refresher, or maybe want to skip Season 1, here’s a lightning flash trip through all the main plot points from the premiere season...

2014

Feb

YOU GOT IT, DUDE By Linda Donovan

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

WALTER, JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO By Eric Gould

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

TRICK NUMBER ONE By Eric Gould

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

A SUPER ATTACK MOMENT By Eric Gould

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...