Jokes for Retirement Parties: Jacob Klemmer on Norm MacDonald’s Bob Saget Roast (Year of the Month)
The only thing worse than a joke you can predict is a cruel insult you…
THE SHIELD, Ten Years Later (Year of the Month)
The Shield broadcast its final episode in November 2008, so yes that qualifies it for…
Hollow Man: Ruck Cohlchez and wallflower Talk About BARRY, Season One
He tells God that he has gained his selfhood at great cost to other people.…
Year of the Month: Babalugats on The Cube
Many people say that we are living through the golden era of television. They…
Too Good for Its Own Good
Films have so many moving parts that it’s nigh-impossible for all of them to function…
Taco Break: What Makes Something Good?
Lately there have been a few items swimming in my head that make me consider…
A Vestigial Mode Of Time Measurement: DJ JD on Anachronistic Feminism and Firefly
I have a real empathy for creators who have watched time march right past their…
I Might Not Show Respect To Your Job: DJ JD on Power Dynamics Among Firefly’s Companions
There’s a scene at the end of “Shindig” that fascinates me. Boorish Atherton Wing finally…
So Much Tasty In Here: DJ JD on the Sexual Utopias of Firefly’s Women
Drunk Napoleon’s excellent longform discussion of Joss Whedon’s beloved and much-missed space Western Firefly brought…
Year of the Month: Mr. Apollo on All You Need Is Cash
All You Need is Cash, the 1978 TV special co-directed by Gary Weis and Eric Idle, finally united The Beatles…