One thing I've been wondering lately: who are the equivalents of Huell Howser for other states or regions ( Read more... )

I have two cousins who, not long ago, got into the new Doctor Who, and then discovered that the show had been going on for a a few more years than they thought, and kind of balked at the huge backlog of stuff to watch. But obviously, you don’t need to watch every single episode, because not all of them were great, and even the good ones are ( Read more... )

In a forum somewhere, when someone asked about the influence of movies and TV on early D&D, they followed up with this comment:
I'd assume that because this was pre-Star Wars that the visual mediums would have had much less of an impact than they do today in gaming culture.
Now, I didn't want to comment in that thread because the person wasn't saying ( Read more... )

I was posting some idle speculation to a forum about what Doctor Who would have looked like if it had been made by an American company, but back in the '60s or thereabouts. And it might not have looked too bad:
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka would have made a great Doctor. Or, going earlier, maybe Rex Reason or Michael Rennie. Vincent Price would have ( Read more... )

The break-out character in New Girl?

Schmidt.

The fact that he's high-strung and a douche makes him an endless source of great humor. Especially since he's a harmless douche, and is aware of his own douche-dom. He's even willing to put money in the Douche Jar anytime he does something douche-like. But he won't change, 'cause he likes the way he is.

I tend to watch a lot of fantasy/sci-fi/horror on TV, but a lot of stuff I used to watch is now either finished or only available on channels I no longer get. So I've been scraping around for new TV series that will fit into my preferred niche -- and the pickings are slim.

Some of them just seem to be scheduled wrong, so I rarely watch them. Terra ( Read more... )

It looks like *everyone* forgot about Rabbit Hole Day. Usually, it's just me.

I forgot to mention I've been watching New Girl, the sitcom starring Zooey Deschanel. The commercials didn't look all that funny, nor did the clips I saw on Ferguson, plus as I've reported here, I've found my Zooey Deschanel experiences to be uneven (one movie I can't ( Read more... )

I have to say, I'm finding those TV commercials about mayhem waaaay funnier that I should, considering they're for an insurance company and I despise the insurance industry.

Th first mayhem commercial was OK, nothing special. But the one about the blind spot and the GPS locator crack me up.

A while ago, I was watching reruns of some mystery show -- probably Psych, but might have been Criminal Minds -- when a character mentioned that a woman said she loved someone "with her glances". Except in the closed captioning, it was written as "with her glans".

Remember when I said that the main CIA supervisor in Torchwood: Miracle Day is ... Newman? From Seinfeld?

Well, his boss is Q (John de Lancie.)

Man, this series is moving slowly, especially compared to the usual Russell T. Davies "let's rush through this too fast" approach to stories. Almost done, though!

Side note: I briefly forgot the name ( Read more... )