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  1. Taxi Killer Starring Jane Lynch, and Nine Other Less Than Impressive Film […]Not every actor can be as lucky as Jason Schwartzman and have their first film be Wes Anderson’s Rushmore (and first TV appearance, Freaks and […]
  2. Checking In…With Comedy Counter-Parts and Younger Versions of Tom HanksWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the comedic counterparts to Tom Hanks? Tom Hanks is mainly […]
  3. Louie Recap: ‘Bummer/Blueberries’“Help what? His head came off.” The title of last night’s episode of Louie, “Bummer/Blueberries,” is a great new way of describing depressing […]
  4. Checking In with…National Lampoon’s LemmingsWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the writers and actors of the off-Broadway musical, National […]
  5. Louie Recap: ‘Pregnant’My original recap for the first episode of season two of Louie wasn’t very positive. I wrote it too soon after watching “Pregnant,” without […]
  6. Checking In With the Cast of Upright Citizens BrigadeWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the cast and creators of Upright Citizens Brigade? The list of […]
  7. Checking In With the Cast of Pootie TangWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the cast and crew of the cult hit, Pootie Tang? Released 10 […]
  8. Checking In with the Cast of The Little Rascals MovieWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the young cast of 1994 full-length film, The Little […]
  9. Checking In With the Cast of the British OfficeWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the cast of one of the greatest comedies of all-time, The […]
  10. Modern Family Recap: ‘The One That Got Away’I still think last week’s episode, “See You Next Fall,” should have been the finale. The biggest reveal from “The One That Got Away” is that […]
  11. Movie-to-TV Comedy Adaptations That Took Their Sweet Time In Getting MadeWord came last week that Napoleon Dynamite, the movie that annoyed the shit out of everyone seven years ago, will once again annoy the shit out […]
  12. Talking to Ben Schwartz About Jean-Ralphio, Soapdish, and Driving a Rented […]Imagine it’s 1991 all over again, and you’ve just been cast as the voice of the soon-to-be-fan-favorite Hans Moleman on The Simpsons, your […]
  13. Modern Family Recap: ‘See You Next Fall’“See You Next Fall,” which really should have been the final episode of the season, is basically Modern Family’s clip show episode. Every […]
  14. A Who’s Who of Sitcom Theme Song ComposersWhatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the following Theme Song Composers? (I’m only choosing people […]
  15. Seven Episodes of South Park That Don’t Feature Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and […]This Wednesday’s episode of South Park, “Royal Pudding,” did something that the show rarely does: pushing Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and, sometimes, […]
  16. Community Recap: ‘For a Few Paintballs More’We finally know the true hero of Greendale Community College and of Community in general, the person who makes everything possible, the person […]
  17. Modern Family Recap: ‘Good Cop Bad Dog’I always enjoy when Modern Family takes on an issue that a person might actually have in real life. For most current sitcoms, this rarely […]
  18. Donald Glover Gets Confident on His IAMDONALD TourDonald Glover is at a point in his career where he can basically do whatever he wants. The comedy community loves him, thanks to 30 Rock, […]
  19. America’s First Sitcom and Other Forgotten Comedies on DuMont, the Lost […]NBC, ABC, and CBS. We remember these as the first television networks, the ones that gave us I Love Lucy, The Abbott and Costello Show, and […]
  20. Community Recap: ‘A Fistful of Paintballs’I’m always a little hesitant when a show goes back to a theme its already done, and done perfectly. For instance, “Fizbo” is Modern Family’s […]
  21. Modern Family Recap: ‘Mother’s Day’Although “Mother’s Day” was one of the better episodes of season two of Modern Family, it still had its share of problems. I realize how […]
  22. A Comprehensive Guide to Sitcom Soundtracks, Ranked by How Soon You Should […]But first some ground rules: no soundtracks for sitcoms about bands or musicians, meaning no The Monkees or Flight of the Conchords, and no […]
  23. Community Recap: ‘Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts’Typically, sitcom episodes that feature a baby being born are Events: there’s Joey accidental proposal to Rachel right after she has Emma on […]
  24. A Visual Community Recap: ‘Paradigms of Human Memory’Even if I wrote 1,800 words on last night’s episode of Community, “Paradigms of Human Memory,” I knew I’d, and especially you’d, be […]
  25. Modern Family Recap: ‘Someone to Watch Over Lily’Jay attempting to give Manny some confidence before a camping trip. Mitchell and Cameron deciding who should get Lily in case of an emergency. […]
  26. Ranked: 20 Years of NBC ‘Must See’ Thursday Night ComediesNBC’s had Thursday night as it’s big comedy night for nearly 20 years now, moving from “Must See TV” to “Comedy Night Done Right.” Over all […]
  27. Community Recap: ‘Competitive Wine Tasting’Community has been rightly praised by you, me, everyone for their genre episodes. But a sitcom can’t, and shouldn’t, have a theme every week […]
  28. La’Peaches Pitts or Joe Shortsleeve: Who Has 2011’s Name of the Year?As a child, I hated my last name because it rhymed with “burp.” But I had it easy compared to Taco B.M. Monster and Yolanda Supersad, just two […]
  29. Modern Family Recap: ‘The Musical Man’“The Musical Man” was a particularly messy episode of Modern Family, an odd and new problem for the show. One of Modern’s greatest strengths […]
  30. 10 of TV’s Most Memorable Weed-Based Episodes It wasn’t until relatively recently, the mid 1990s specifically, that weed was a topic that could be discussed in network comedies. Of course […]
  31. Giving Mad Love a Fair ChanceEarly on in last week’s episode of Mad Love, “Baby, You Can Drive My Car,” Judy Greer, Martin Starr, and Sarah Chalke, three key members of […]
  32. Cannibal!: Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Original Twisted MusicalMatt Stone and Trey Parker have always been obsessed with the macabre. One of the more famous episodes of their most famous creation, South […]
  33. Giving Perfect Couples a Fair ChanceI’m just going to come out and say it: I don’t hate Perfect Couples. I’m basically the only one, and soon, that “don’t” will change to the past […]
  34. Community Recap: ‘Critical Film Studies’I logged onto Twitter right after “Critical Film Studies” aired last night to see what people thought of the episode. The answer was rather […]
  35. Modern Family Recap: ‘Boys’ Night’When you watch as many sitcoms as I’m sure most readers of this website do, it’s fun trying to guess where an episode’s plot is going to go […]
  36. ABC’s Best in Film and the Trouble with ‘Authoritative’ ListsAccording to Rotten Tomatoes, the greatest comedy film of all-time is Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. […]
  37. Five Great Sci-Fi Comedies (and Three Awful Ones, Too)Yesterday, we published a review of Paul, the new film from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and how much of its humor comes from Pegg and Frost’s […]
  38. Community Recap: ‘Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy’We’ve learned a lot about future episodes of Community since “Intro to Political Science” aired three weeks ago, including next week’s Pulp […]
  39. Giving Tosh.0 a Fair ChanceOpen Mind is a weekly series in which Josh Kurp takes a look at shows that we wouldn’t normally cover, to see whether they’re as bad (or […]
  40. The Ten Most Memorable Guest Stars of The Adventures of Pete and PeteLast week, Nickelodeon announced that beginning this fall, they would start airing many of their most popular shows from the early- to […]
  41. Giving The Big Bang Theory a Fair ChanceOpen Mind is a weekly series in which Josh Kurp takes a look at shows that we wouldn’t normally cover, to see whether they’re as bad (or […]
  42. Modern Family Recap: ‘Two Monkeys and a Panda’Was last night’s episode of Modern Family, “Two Monkeys and a Panda,” supposed to be funny? I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it — it was my […]
  43. Giving Fox, and Raising Hope, a Fair ChanceIt’s easy to blame Fox for not giving our favorite shows a fair enough shot, by moving them around on the schedule or not increasing the […]
  44. What the Hell Happened to the Farrelly Brothers?There are a lot of people who wish it were still the 1990s: Chris Klein from American Pie, Ace of Base, Jennifer Aniston, the guy who created […]
  45. Giving Rules of Engagement a Fair ChanceOpen Mind is a weekly series in which Josh Kurp takes a look at shows that we wouldn’t normally cover, to see whether they’re as bad (or […]
  46. Community Recap: ‘Intro to Political Theory’Over at the A.V. Club, the great Todd VanDerWerff published an article yesterday explaining the similarities between Community and Glee, even […]
  47. Modern Family Recap: ‘Regrets Only’A husband is afraid to tell his wife that she doesn’t have a good singing voice. A man doesn’t listen (literally!) to his partner. A teenage […]
  48. Community Recap: ‘Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking’Even if Community was slightly (yet lovingly!) spoofing the form, “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking” was exactly that: a documentary. If a […]
  49. Modern Family Recap: “Princess Party”It’s official: Modern Family is in a slump. “Princess Party” shouldn’t have been as nearly as meh as it was (I don’t believe Modern Family can […]
  50. Giving Mike and Molly a Fair ChanceOpen Mind is a weekly series in which Josh Kurp takes a look at shows that we wouldn’t normally cover, to see whether they’re as bad (or […]
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