Is acting difficult? Some comedians say it’s very easy and practically mock the profession on stage. Other comedians say they can’t possibly do it and mock the profession on stage. C.K. is a part of the latter group. Read more…

We don’t hate Hermes but we never really give him too much thought either. We know he for whatever reason absolutely loves accounting. We know he has a wife who always seems to be on the verge of leaving him for superficial and monetary reasons and a boring son. And that’s about it. By the conclusion of “Lethal Inspection” however, we love him. Read more…

No follow-up story on Douglas’ new robot hand. Very disappointing. Read more…

For the third week in a row Futurama makes fun of a pop culture phenomenon that took place during their long hiatus. While this process seems transparent at this point, “The Duh-Vinci Code” at least shed some light and advanced the story on the dynamic between Phillip J. Fry and his very very old and cranky great-great nephew Professor Farnsworth, who whether he realizes it or cares to admit or not is his father figure. Read more…

I’m not “old” and I don’t have children, so this show and particularly this episode shouldn’t really “speak to me.” However, the outwardly misanthropic, always uncomfortable male with a heart of gold always will. This is already a favorite show. Gold stars for everyone! Read more…

When the days of my senior year of high school were winding down I had one of five conversations I ever had with an acquaintance of mine whose name is 83 percent likely to have been Rob. I do not at all remember what the topic of conversation was, but we were most definitely at one point walking side by side on the sixth floor, and he absolutely said that I was most likely in our graduating class to start a cult. It’s been nine years and I still don’t know whether it was an insult, a compliment, or just a strange observation.

Whatever the case, I have yet to start a cult, despite writing on this website for eight months now. Bummer City. In the meantime, I guess I can enjoy myself watching Douglas Reynholm’s diving into a cult’s rabbit hole of crazy. Read more…

Another week, another topic for Futurama to tackle. While last week’s episode dealt with all of the technology that enhanced (or corrupted) our lives since the show got canceled, this week was an allegory to the same sex marriage debates that have cropped up over the last decade. Read more…

Racism, violence, and cancer humor. Yep, just another episode of Louie. Read more…

iPhones, Twitter and Facebook weren’t around when Futurama got the axe back in the caveman days of 2003. Too bad the show didn’t get a chance to lampoon them right? Read more…

So England: what’s up with them? They’re a lot like the United States, with them speaking English, their children being overweight and losing in the World Cup and all. The only difference seems to be that there’s a ton more fog, warm beer and cool accents. That and they take more offense to jokes about their soccer team. So sorry about that.

Anyway, they also know how to do television, with the standard being six episodes of a series (season). If you’re good and you get ratings, you come back with another series if the showrunner chooses to*. “Quality over quantity” is on the British television family crest, the perfect example of this being the original and superior The Office which aired in Britain with two series of six episodes each. The IT Crowd is another good example, enjoying a very high quality batting average with only having three six episode seasons. The show is about the weird dudes and dudettes at the I.T. department at your work place. Roy is an Irish techie who is normal/lazy considering his job, Moss is very weird and Jen is their boss who isn’t a techie but seems to be about as graceful as a stereotypical one. At its finest the show is the perfect blend of wit and sillyness. Last Friday I was pleasantly surprised to find that the fourth season premiere ran. And now I’m going to write about what happened, because that’s what we always do here and change scares me.

*Two notable showrunners that decided to end their funny shows after two seasons: Ricky Gervais and Simon Pegg
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