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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA
BETRAYAL *1/2 (out of ****) There are many times, throughout the wonderful magic that is New Fall TV, I try to put myself in the shoes of the network exec, trying to justify their jobs with each passing pilot season. Maybe we only get the best of the best, prompting the ever-hilarious line “If…
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LUCKY 7 ** (out of ****) Lucky 7 has a lot on its plate, even for a pilot. It has to introduce us to seven different characters, each of which work at a gas station/auto shop. They have to keep the show suspenseful, even though we all know how this episode ends: the septet…
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Episode V: “Tests and Breasts†Or “Sam in Wonderland†Freaks and Drinks! The one and only article that gives you a different drinking game for all 19 episodes of superstar launching pad “Freaks and Geeks.†Presenting episode five, the one in which Lindsay cheats and Sam learns the meaning of a boner joke. This…
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WAKE N BAKE In which Erin informs you of the best movies to blaze to Mormons and LDS people have a lot of experience being the butt of the country’s jokes. Don’t get me wrong, they deserve a lot of it. (Contributing funds to California’s Proposition 8 campaign? The church should receive far worse than…
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POPFILTER SPECIAL REPORT: Fuck you, Katy Perry!! Katy Perry has been around for several years now, and for the most part, she never really bothered me. She never gave offense or made me take notice of her. I just kind of just assumed she was an amalgamation of different successful producer’s ideas, packaged in…
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Freaks and Drinks “Kim Kelly is my friend†This is Freaks and Drinks, the article that brings you a brand new drinking game for every episode of popular late 90s coming-of-age sitcom Freaks and Geeks. This week we dive into episode IV, which features the blossoming friendship between Lindsay Weir and everyone’s favorite mouth-breathing, tough…
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WAKE N BAKE In which Erin informs you of the best movies to blaze to My friends and I might just be culturally insensitive, but I’ve never met anyone who took polka seriously. It’s always been a joke genre to me, in the same vein as comedians who play an instrument, or top 40 hits. …
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WAKE N BAKE in which Erin informs you of the best movies to blaze to As many herb enthusiasts will tell you, one of the most kick-ass traditional blazing spots is a summer music festival. Getting high enhances all of the inherent good associated with festivals–live music in the great outdoors–while mitigating the inherently crappy–hot,…
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The Pilot Most of the time, pilots are visual sewage. It’s hard to get them right because pilots have a big job to do, and more often than not shows get tangled up in completing the basic tasks of a first episode of a series: presenting a world, introducing characters, setting a tone and general…
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FAMILY TREE *** (out of ****) If you’ve never heard of Chris O’Dowd, then it might surprise you that the typecasting has already begun. The breakout star of the Brit show The IT Crowd, most Americans found out who he was in Bridesmaids, where he did a pretty great job in the boring girlfriend…
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