Community Recap: ‘Studies in Modern Movement’My friend Kyle and I constantly play a game where we cast our friends, as well as ourselves, as characters from our favorite shows. For […]
Community Recap: ‘Competitive Ecology’“Your love is weird and toxic.”
I’m a big fan of sitcom episodes where a new, normal character begins hanging out with the main cast of the […]
Community Recap: ‘Geography of Global Conflict’“Uruguay kindly requests that Somalia stops pronouncing it Ur-a-gay.”
When I think of Annie, I’m reminded of the opening line from the Silver […]
Community Recap: ‘Biology 101’“Monkey knockout gas? Now that’s the kind of grounded, sensible thinking I want to see this year.”
It’s easy to complain about the state of […]
Checking In…with the Cast of ClerksNext week, on September 23, the world will at long last see Kevin Smith’s 10th feature film, Red State. Smith announced the […]
Louie Recap: ‘New Jersey; Airport’“I’LL WAIT FOR YOU!”
Season one of Louie ended on September 7, 2010, with two episodes, beginning with “Gym.” In it, Louie attempts to pick up […]
Checking In…with the Cast of The Weird Al ShowOh, this is a story ‘bout a guy named Al, and he lived in a sewer with his hamster pal. But the sanitation workers really didn’t approve, so he […]
Louie Recap: ‘Niece’“I gotta know you’re not a dead kid in my house right now.”
“Niece” could have very easily been an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Louie […]
Checking In…with the Voice Cast of Home MoviesOn September 2, 2001, Adult Swim premiered on Cartoon Network with an airing of the Home Movies’ episode “Director’s Cut.” It’s been a good […]
Louie Recap: ‘Duckling’Holy shit on the tits of a dog was that good.
It would have been so easy for a “comedian goes to Afghanistan” episode to be self-serving. It […]
Checking In…with the Hosts of Talk SoupStarting today, you can see Joel McHale earning a paycheck in the literally diaper-smelling Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World. Just […]
Louie Recap: ‘Halloween/Ellie’“I always wanted to make a movie where a guy’s life is really bad, and then something happens and it makes it worse. But instead of resolving […]
Photos from Lebowski Fest 2011Looking to find your way to Lebowski Fest? Just follow the dudes in the bathrobes. Or the men holding coffee cans. Or the women in the Viking […]
Checking In…with the Muppet Show MuppeteersWhatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paperboy, evening TV…and the talent behind all your favorite Muppets, and some you’ve […]
Louie Recap: ‘Come On, God"/"Eddie’“So we’re like porn for God?”
Even at the risk of revealing too much about myself (apologies in advance): a friend of mine from middle school […]
Louie Recap: ‘Oh Louie/Tickets’On a different, lesser show, one more like Oh, Louie starring Bob Saget, Louie C.K. and Dane Cook would have envied one another, wishing they […]
Louie Recap: ‘Subway/Pamela’“You wanted to take a bath with me…?”
I love the still above. In a single photo, you have the entirety of the New York subway experience: in […]
Louie Recap: ‘Country Drive’“In America, people would say this word…”
In HBO’s Talking Funny, Chris Rock, who is black, calls Louis C.K., who is white, “the blackest […]
Louie Recap: ‘Moving’“There’s a toilet in the kitchen. So awesome.”
Does it matter that it was a Hasidic Jew who once showed me the shittiest apartment I’ve ever […]
