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Fun Thing To Buy Of The Day
Sept. 26, 2013
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Billy Crystal’s Memoir ‘Still Foolin’ ‘Em’ Everybody knows Billy Crystal even if you can’t recall exactly where you know him from. From the first season of SNL through hosting nine (yep, […]
By Joanna Hausmann
Sept. 24, 2013
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Modern Family’ Season 4 Out on DVD Just as the series snags the win for this year’s Emmy for outstanding comedy series (once again), Modern Family releases its fourth season on […]
By Joanna Hausmann
Aug. 5, 2013
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Fridays’ Is Finally Out on DVD Fridays, the first and strongest challenger to Saturday Night Live’s weekend sketch comedy dominance, finally comes out on DVD this week. The […]
By Brian Boone
Jan. 17, 2013
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Twenty-Twelve: The Complete Series’ Fans of Downton Abbey may be pleased to know that you can also catch Hugh Bonneville in another show — Twenty Twelve — on DVD […]
By Jenny Nelson
Jan. 16, 2013
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Archer: Season Three’ FX’s fantastic animated spy series Archer comes back for a much deserved fourth season this week, which means that the third season is finally […]
By Jenny Nelson
Nov. 28, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Let Tenacious D Entertain You with ‘Jazz’ Yes, Tenacious D’s first foray into jazz music is now available for your listening pleasure. Jack Black and Kyle Gass’s first jazz album, […]
By Bradford Evans
Nov. 8, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘The Mel Brooks Collection’ - 9 Movies for […] Amazon is selling The Mel Brooks Collection, a nine-disc set consisting of most of the director’s movies, for the low price of $25.99, which is […]
By Bradford Evans
Nov. 7, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Patrice O’Neal - Better Than You’ Yesterday, a new Patrice O’Neal EP was released. Entitled Better Than You, it consists of material that was recorded at the same time as, but […]
By Adam Frucci
Oct. 17, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Check it Out’ and ‘DethAlbum III’ We all love John C. Reilly in something, be it his Academy Award-nominated role in Chicago, his corrupt cop in Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, or […]
By Robert Schoon
Oct. 16, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘The Onion Book of Known Knowledge’ The Onion has a new book coming out a week from today, and it looks pretty amazing. The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive […]
By Adam Frucci
Oct. 15, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Wes Anderson’s latest piece of hand-stitched cinema, Moonrise Kingdom, comes out on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow. Not only is it one of Andersons […]
By Adam Frucci
Oct. 12, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: A Whole Bunch of ‘SNL’ Did you know that thirty seven years ago last night, October 11th 1975, would have been on a Saturday? Did you also know that premiering that […]
By Robert Schoon
Oct. 11, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 7’ The eighth season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premieres tonight at 10pm on FX, which is very exciting! But this week also marks the […]
By Adam Frucci
Oct. 10, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘The League: Season Three’ The fourth season of FX’s super fun fantasy football comedy The League kicks off tomorrow night at 10pm, but it’s not too late to get all […]
By Adam Frucci
Oct. 3, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘The Princess Bride: 25th Anniversary Edition […] Today marks the release of The Princess Bride: 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray, the latest and greatest version of one of the best movies […]
By Adam Frucci
Oct. 2, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Dark Star: Thermostellar Edition’ Before They Live, there was another campy, eccentric John Carpenter sci-fi/comedy cult classic — Dark Star — a film about an […]
By Robert Schoon
Sept. 28, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Mr. Show: The Complete Collection’ Mr. Show, one of the greatest sketch shows of all time, is basically required viewing for anyone who considers themselves a comedy fan. The […]
By Adam Frucci
Sept. 25, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Portlandia Season 2’ For all you hipsters working on your collection of that quaint old video format - the DVD - be sure to go check out Portlandia: Season 2, which […]
By Robert Schoon
Sept. 24, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘New Girl,’ Season One It seems like forever ago that the word “adorkable” was not a part of the American vernacular, doesn’t it? But it was really just one short […]
By Adam Frucci
Sept. 19, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Happy Endings: Seasons 1 & 2’ If you read this site, you’ve probably heard that Happy Endings is ah-mah-zing. Maybe you’ve even watched an episode or two. Well, the show is […]
By Jesse David Fox
Sept. 14, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘MST3K Vs. Gamera’ Just like how every superhero needs their perfect nemesis – a villain who is there opposite and equal – every TV show in which a guy and two […]
By Jesse David Fox
Sept. 13, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Preschool Gems’ Sometimes, the funniest people are those who have no idea they’re being funny. That’s the idea behind Preschool Gems, a new book based on the […]
By Adam Frucci
Sept. 12, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Taxi: The Complete Series’ Thirty-four years ago today, a little sitcom about a New York cab company hit the air. Five seasons and a couple dozen awards later, Taxi was […]
By Robert Schoon
Sept. 11, 2012
Fun Thing To Buy of the Day: Lewis Black’s ‘In God We Rust’ If you have Netflix and haven’t seen Lewis Black’s newest special, In God We Rust, you’ve missed your chance. Don’t worry, today it comes out […]
By Robert Schoon
Sept. 10, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Stephen Colbert’s ‘America Again’ Stephen Colbert and the writing staff of the Colbert Report have a followup to their bestselling I Am America (And So Can You!) coming out […]
By Adam Frucci
Sept. 7, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Nothing’ If you recently read Melissa Surach’s piece exploring the influence of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot on Adult Swim shows and want more absurd […]
By Robert Schoon
Sept. 6, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘We Killed: The Rise Of Women In American […] You know that thing when people are all like, “Blah blah blah women aren’t funny,” and you’re all like, “What!? Is that a thing people actually […]
By Jesse David Fox
Sept. 4, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: George Saunders’ ‘Pastoralia’ Have you read the short fiction of George Saunders? If not, you really need to stop what you’re doing right now and buy Pastoralia. One of the […]
By Adam Frucci
Aug. 31, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘Community: the Complete Third Season’ The fourth season of Community premieres on Friday, October 19 on NBC. But that’s a whole month and a half away! Why not tide yourself over […]
By Alex SongXia
Aug. 30, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Dive Deep Into British Brilliance with ‘The […] Steve Coogan is one of the funniest people on the face of the planet. Better known in his native UK than here in the States, he’s nonetheless […]
By Adam Frucci
Aug. 28, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Jim Gaffigan’s ‘Mr. Universe’ Sure, Jim Gaffigan made waves selling his latest standup special, Mr. Universe, directly to fans via his website. But for some people, a […]
By Adam Frucci
Aug. 27, 2012
Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: Louis CK’s ‘Hilarious’ for $8 King Louis CK’s excellent standup 2010 special Hilarious is currently on sale on Amazon for a mere $8 for the DVD. That’s a good deal! And it’s […]
By Adam Frucci