It is me or has this latest season of “South Park” been not great?

They still go after the taboo or the stupid/lacking in common sense, but the humor feels so forced.

The AIDS episode had a couple of moments, like “we’re not just sure…we’re HIV-positive.”  The Britney Spears episode had the townspeople actually singing the ominous chorus part, but ( Read more... )

It takes quite a bit to lead.  There’s a lot to be said about being brilliant, but there’s also some intangibles required to be the head that wears the crown.  Here are some of the various people who just didn’t have what it takes.

Gaius Baltar: Battlestar Galactica - Got elected President of the Twelve Colonies, and after spearheading his single ( Read more... )

I’ve been watching a lot of old episodes of the “the Simpsons,” and while it isn’t new to complain that the last decent season was almost ten years ago, I think I’ve discovered something crucial to writing good episodes.

Homer Simpson must take everything very, very, very personal.

“I hate you, Walt ‘Freaking’ Whitman!  Leaves of green my ass!”

Not ( Read more... )